A Mexican illegal alien was sentenced to 21 years in prison on July 5 for his role in leaving a female Honduran illegal alien to die on the side of a Texas road in a 2018 human-smuggling incident. Nelson Bahena-Garcia, 43, was found guilty and sentenced in the Southern District of Texas for conspiring to commit…
Mexican Human-Smuggler Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Leaving Woman to Die on Texas Road
July 7, 2022
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Extradited Drug Lord Returns to Italy to Serve 30-year Sentence
ROME—Rocco Morabito, the second most-wanted fugitive in Italy and a bigwig in the powerful ‘Ndrangheta mafia, was flown to Rome on Wednesday after being extradited from Brazil ending some 28 years on the run. Morabito, who was arrested in Brazil in May 2021, will now serve a 30-year prison sentence for various drug offenses. Italian…
How an Increasingly Politicized Supreme Court Threatens Brazil’s Democracy
July 6, 2022
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Commentary When the then head of the top electoral court in Brazil, Supreme Court Justice José Dias Toffoli, officially declared Jair Bolsonaro the winner of the 2018 presidential elections, he made this unusual pronouncement: “The future president must respect institutions, must respect democracy, the rule of law, the judiciary branch, the National Congress, and the…
Hurricane Bonnie Steams Westward Off Mexico’s Pacific Coast
MEXICO CITY—Hurricane Bonnie strengthened while moving roughly parallel to Mexico’s Pacific coast Monday, after crossing over Central America from the Caribbean and dropping heavy rain and contributing to two deaths. Forecasters said they expected the hurricane, now a Category 2 storm, to pose no threat to land as it headed generally westward farther into the…
US-Mexico Border Is World’s ‘Deadliest’ Land Crossing: UN Study
July 4, 2022
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The U.S.-Mexico border has become the world’s “deadliest” land crossing, according to data recently brought to light by a United Nations study. A historic high of 728 recorded immigrant deaths and disappearances along the U.S.-Mexico border crossing in 2021 has made the land crossing the deadliest in the world, according to the study conducted by the…
Competing Directly With Belt and Road Initiative Spells Disaster for Western Taxpayers
July 3, 2022
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Commentary U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement at the 2022 G7 meeting that $600 billion would be given to the developing world should set off alarm bells across the West. What is driving this massive transfer of wealth from the developed world to developing countries? The reason is the U.S. State Department, and Biden managed to…
Tropical Storm Colin Brings Rain to Carolinas, Weakens
MIAMI—Tropical Storm Colin formed along the South Carolina coast on Saturday morning, bringing rain and winds, though the storm later weakened and conditions are expected to improve by Monday’s July Fourth celebrations. The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned of the possibility of localized flash flooding along the Carolinas coast through Sunday morning. By late…
Tropical Storm Colin Threatens a Wet Weekend for Carolinas
MIAMI—Tropical Storm Colin formed along the South Carolina coast on Saturday, bringing the threat of rain and high winds for a day or two during the holiday weekend before improving for Monday’s July Fourth celebrations. The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned of the possibility of localized flash flooding along the Carolinas coast through Sunday…
Tropical Storm Bonnie to Make Landfall Near Nicaragua-Costa Rica Border: NHC
Tropical Storm Bonnie is expected to make landfall late Friday night near the Nicaragua and Costa Rica border, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday. Bonnie was about 195 miles (315 km) east-southeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, packing maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 km per hour), the Miami-based weather forecaster…
An Inconvenient Truth About the Amazon Rainforest
July 1, 2022
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Commentary What you have been told about the Amazon rainforest is not necessarily the truth, and quite to the contrary. For example, World Wildlife Fund claims that more than a quarter of the Amazon rainforest will be devoid of trees by 2030 if cutting continues at the same speed. In reality, deforestation in the Amazon…
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