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Un Experts Say Jailed Guatemalan Journalist Zamora May Have Been Tortured
The United Nations on Wednesday said journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, imprisoned in Guatemala over the last two years, is being held in potentially life-threatening, inhumane conditions that could amount...
Nicaragua Forces 1,500 Church and Civil Society Groups to Close
Nicaragua has revoked the registration of 1,500 non-profit organizations, the latest in a years-long crackdown in the small Central American nation.
The organizations, which include hundreds of religious groups, are...
Mexico Convicts 11 Cartel Gunmen in Killings Of 122 Bus Passengers Near US Border Over 2 Years
Mexican prosecutors finally won convictions — and 50-year prison sentences — Wednesday against 11 drug cartel gunmen for the 2010-2011 massacre of 122 passengers who were pulled off passing...
Judges May Soon Have to Run for Election in Mexico. Critics Say That’s Bad News for Its Democracy
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has long been critical of his country’s Supreme Court as it stood in the way of some of his signature policy proposals. This...
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Guatemalan Police Arrest 7 Accused of Trafficking The 53 Migrants Who Asphyxiated in Texas in 2022
Guatemalan police on Wednesday arrested seven Guatemalans accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas after being abandoned...
From Fentanyl to Cocaine, The Rise of Turkish Criminal Networks in Latin America
In June, Turkish authorities seized 373 kilograms of cocaine from Ecuador. Two months earlier, in April, Turkish police seized 608 kg of cocaine during an operation in three provinces....
