Category: Americas

Mexican Troops Sent to Border City After Deadly Cartel Clash

August 13, 2022
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MEXICO CITY—Hundreds of Mexican soldiers were sent to the border city of Juarez Friday after a prison face-off between members of two rival cartels caused a riot and shootouts that killed 11 people, most of them civilians, authorities said. Los Chapos, members of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel formerly led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and…

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American Tourist Dies in Rio After Being Hit by Stray Bullet

August 12, 2022
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RIO DE JANEIRO—An American tourist died in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, three days after he was shot during a confrontation between local drug dealers and vigilantes. The U.S Consulate in Rio and hospital Samaritano Botafogo confirmed Trey Barber’s death in separate statements. The consulate did not offer more details due to family privacy issues….

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Gang Violence Leaves 11 Dead in Mexican Border City

August 12, 2022
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MEXICO CITY—A gang riot inside a border prison that left two inmates dead quickly spread to the streets of Ciudad Juarez where alleged gang members killed nine more people, including four employees of a radio station, security officials said Friday. The surge in violence recalled a far more deadly period in Juarez more than a…

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Trump Supporters Will Be Targeted After Mar-a-largo Raid, Part of Leftist ‘Playbook’ as Seen in Latin America: Sen. Rubio

August 12, 2022
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Following the raid at Donald Trump’s Florida Home, those who support the former president may be targeted by the Biden administration, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) warned in a recent interview. “This is shocking to Americans, but in Latin America and many of the countries around the world, here’s what happens,” Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, told Fox…

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Trump Supporters Will Be Targeted After Mar-a-Lago Raid, Part of Leftist ‘Playbook’ as Seen in Latin America: Sen. Rubio

August 12, 2022
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Following the raid at Donald Trump’s Florida Home, those who support the former president may be targeted by the Biden administration, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) warned in a recent interview. “This is shocking to Americans, but in Latin America and many of the countries around the world, here’s what happens,” Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, told Fox…

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Mexican Army Seizes 1.5 Tons of Meth, 328 Pounds of Apparent Fentanyl in Fruit Juice Truck

August 12, 2022
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The Mexican army on Aug. 11 seized almost 1.5 tons of meth and 328 pounds of apparent powdered fentanyl in the northern border state of Sonora, officials said on Thursday. Soldiers, who were acting on a tip, also found 816,486 pills apparently containing fentanyl that had been packed inside 46 drums aboard the offending truck. The Defense…

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Cuba Tames Its Largest Fire, Fuel Depot Locals Begin to Return

August 11, 2022
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MATANZAS, Cuba—Massive clouds of steam rose from Cuba’s largest fuel depot in Matanzas on Wednesday as firefighters, helicopters, and boats poured water and foam on the smoldering remains of the largest fire in the island’s history. Black charcoal covered with white ash remained red hot after the flames died down. One firefighter was confirmed dead,…

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3rd Oil Storage Tank Collapses in Cuba Terminal Following Fire, Spill: Governor

August 8, 2022
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HAVANA—A third crude tank caught fire and collapsed at Cuba’s main oil terminal Matanzas, a local governor said on Monday, as an oil spill spread flames from a second tank that caught fire two days earlier in the island’s biggest oil industry accident in decades. Cuba had made progress fighting off the raging flames during…

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Argentinians Speak out From Inside Spiraling Inflation Nightmare

August 8, 2022
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The sound of dozens of car horns filled the air as thousands of protesters from socialist unions blocked three main avenues in Buenos Aires near Plaza de Mayo in front of the office of President Alberto Fernandez on Aug. 4. It has become part of the city’s background noise in recent months, just…

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Police Kill 13 in North-Central Mexico After Agent Slain

August 8, 2022
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MEXICO CITY—State police in north-central Mexico killed 13 alleged gang members in a shootout the same day they captured four people burying one of their officers and a relative, authorities said Friday. The San Luis Potosi state security agency said in a statement the clash occurred Thursday evening in the Vaqueros community in Rayon municipality….

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