A federal U.S. court sentenced former Bolivian Interior Minister Arturo Murillo to nearly six years behind bars on Wednesday for conspiracy to commit money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. Murillo pleaded guilty in October to receiving at least $532,000 in bribes from a Florida-based company in exchange for helping the…
US Court Sentences Ex-Bolivian Interior Minister to 6 Years in Bribery Scheme
Mexican Authorities Arrest Son of ‘El Chapo’ in Military Raid
Authorities in Mexico captured Ovidio Guzmán López, 32, an alleged cartel leader and the son of convicted cartel drug kingpin Joaquín Archivaldo “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, in a military operation. Mexican Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval announced the arrest in a press conference on Thursday. Sandoval said members of the Mexican Army and National Guard…
Right Wing Opposition Leader’s Unlawful Arrest Marks ‘Disturbing Turn’ in Bolivia’s Democracy
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—The pavement at a busy city intersection is charred black. Chunks of tires and shards of metal remain from protest fires and violent clashes between police and demonstrators who demanded the release of governor Luis Fernando Camacho on Jan. 2. The nation’s ruling government—the Movement for Socialism or MAS party—arrested Santa Cruz’s right-wing…
Pelé Buried at Cemetery in Brazilian City He Made Famous
SANTOS, Brazil—Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid his respects at Vila Belmiro, the stadium where Pelé played for most of his career. Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, gives condolences to Marcia Aoki, widow of the late Brazilian soccer player Pele, during…
Illegal Aliens Overwhelm Officials in the Florida Keys, Prompt Closure of National Park
January 2, 2023
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Some 500 illegal immigrants have landed on islands in the Florida Keys in the last several days, prompting officials to close the Dry Tortugas National Park on Sunday. “During the past 72 hours, [Border Patrol] agents have responded to a high volume of migrant landings in the [Florida Keys],” U.S. Border Patrol Chief Agent Walter Slosar said on Twitter…
Fans Mourn Pelé at Public Viewing in Brazil Stadium
SANTOS, Brazil —Thousands of mourners began paying their respects to Pelé in a solemn procession past his coffin at the Vila Belmiro Stadium in his hometown of Santos on Monday. The Brazilian soccer great died Thursday after a battle with cancer. The three-time World Cup winner was 82. Pelé’s coffin was placed on the field…
14 Dead, Including 10 Prison Guards, After Armed Attack on Mexican Prison Near US Border
Fourteen people have been killed, and dozens more injured after gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, which sits across the border from El Paso, Texas, on New Year’s Day. Approximately 10 prison guards and four inmates were killed on the morning of Jan. 1 when…
Lula Sworn in as Brazil’s President
Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president of Brazil on Sunday. In a speech to Congress, Lula said he would send a report about outgoing Jair Bolsonaro’s administration to all lawmakers and judicial authorities, revoke Bolsonaro’s “criminal decrees” that loosened gun control, and hold the prior administration responsible for its COVID-19…
15 Dead, 47 Injured in Western Mexico Bus Crash
MEXICO CITY—Fifteen people are dead and 47 are being treated for their injuries after a bus carrying holiday season tourists flipped on a highway in Mexico’s Pacific coast state of Nayarit, authorities said Saturday. Officials in the nearby state of Guanajuato said all the passengers were from the same city, Leon, in that state. It…
Mexican Authorities Find Strange Holiday Package: 4 Skulls
MEXICO CITY—Authorities in central Mexico said Friday they found a strange holiday-season package at a local airport: four human skulls being shipped to the United States. Mexico’s National Guard said its officers were called to an airport in the city of Queretaro after an X-ray detected strange shapes in a cardboard box. The box was…
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