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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Ecuador's Disappeared

Ecuador is in the grip of a violent drug war with record killings and the military deployed on the streets. As the government crackdown intensifies, a troubling pattern has emerged. At least 50 people detained by security forces have disappeared since 2024. One of them is Jonathan Villon, a father of three taken by soldiers in broad daylight in December 2024. His family has video of him in the back of a military truck on the day he was taken, and he has not been seen since.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Decapitating cartels? Mexico leans into the 'kingpin strategy'

Military operations against cartel leaders in Mexico have led to increased violence and disappearances among ordinary citizens.
World politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

A Strongman at The Hague

Rodrigo Duterte's extrajudicial drug war killed thousands in the Philippines, but he faced crimes against humanity charges at The Hague despite maintaining a devoted following.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

US reportedly to launch new phase of operations against Venezuela US politics live

The Trump administration ordered lethal strikes on civilian boats near Venezuela, redefining terrorism to justify unchecked military action and expanding presidential authoritarian power.
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
6 months ago

MAGA movement leans on protests against Claudia Sheinbaum to push for military intervention in Mexico

U.S. MAGA-aligned media and some politicians amplify Mexican protests to portray Mexico as a narco-terrorist state, fueling interventionist rhetoric.
fromenglish.elpais.com
6 months ago

Michoacan, untamed territory: One of the symbols of Mexico's security crisis

But almost 20 years ago, just a few blocks from the town square where the mayor was gunned down at point-blank range, another event occurred that marked the country's recent memory. In the early morning of September 6, 2006, about 20 hooded men with assault rifles, dressed in police uniforms, stormed into a nightclub, firing shots. Before leaving, they took five human heads out of a bag and left them on the dance floor.
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fromIrish Independent
7 months ago

Trump calls Colombia's president 'illegal drug dealer' and announces end to US aid

He warned that Mr Petro "better close-up" drug operations "or the United States will close them up for him, and it won't be done nicely". Mr Trump, while at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, wrote on his Truth Social platform that Petro is "strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs, in big and small fields" across Colombia, which the Republican president spelt as Columbia.
US politics
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
7 months ago

A war on drugs' for regime change: Trump hits Maduro with gunboat diplomacy

The U.S. deployed ten warships and about 10,000 troops to the Caribbean targeting Venezuelan drug cartels; critics call the approach gunboat diplomacy aiming at regime change.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
10 months ago

A Filipino priest's fight for justice for victims of Duterte's drug war

Catholic priest Flaviano Villanueva gathered evidence of extrajudicial killings to pursue justice against Rodrigo Duterte for drug war crimes.
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