Author: Megan Janetsky
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Costa Rica to accept 25 ‘third country’ deportees from US every week
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica said Thursday that it would accept 25 migrants deported from the United States per week as part of an agreement to help the Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries.” The Central American nation joins a growing number of countries across Africa and the…
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At least 73 people died in the attempt to capture a Mexican cartel leader and its violent aftermath
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — At least 73 people died in Mexico’s attempt to capture the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the violent aftermath of his death, authorities said Monday as much of the country feared another wave of violence. The body count taken by security officials included security forces, suspected cartel…
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25 Mexican National Guard troops left dead during an operation that killed cartel leader ‘El Mencho’
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said Monday 25 members of the National Guard were left dead in Jalisco in six separate attacks after the killing of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes. Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho” was the boss of one of the fastest-growing criminal networks…
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The president jailed 1% of El Salvador’s population. Their children are paying the consequences
El Salvador’s social services agency says more than 40,000 children have had one parent or both detained in President Nayib Bukele’s nearly two-year war on gangs
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Anti-Trump billboard artist receives death threats
PHOENIX — Artist Karen Fiorito knew a backlash was bound to come. And it has. Commissioned by a downtown Phoenix art gallery in January to create a billboard art piece that would comment on President Trump’s administration, Fiorito said what she had in mind was going to stir up a controversy. “Billboards are perfect because…