Colombia extradited the alleged head of the feared Gulf Clan to the United States Wednesday where he faces indictments in three federal courts. Dairo Antonio Úsuga David had been the country’s most-wanted drug trafficker before his capture in October 2021. Colombian President Iván Duque said he is “comparable only to Pablo Escobar,” referring to the…
Australian Woman Missing in Mexico After Child Found Alone
MEXICO CITY—Authorities on Mexico’s Caribbean coast have issued an alert for a missing Australian woman whose 2-year-old daughter was found wandering alone in the resort city of Cancun. Prosecutors in the coastal state of Quintana Roo said Tahnee Shanks, 32, was last seen on Monday in Cancun. There was no immediate information on how she…
Nissan Says It Will Invest More Than $700 Million in Mexico
MEXICO CITY—Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co said on Wednesday it will invest more than $700 million in Mexico during the next three years to boost its operations in the country. The investment is set to improve the facilities, equipment and automation procedures in Nissan’s facility located in the state of Aguascalientes, the company said in…
Migrants Planning to Cross US Border Illegally Use Private Chat Groups to Discuss Title 42, Best Strategies
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico—As the Biden administration prepares to revoke Title 42, the migrant chat rooms on WhatsApp are full of chatter about how it might affect their illegal entry into the United States. Title 42, the public health order, allows for the quick expulsion of non-essential travelers, including illegal aliens. “I’d like to know if…
Migrants Planning to Illegally Cross US Border Use Private Chat Groups to Discuss Title 42, Best Strategies
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico—As the Biden administration prepares to revoke Title 42, the migrant chat rooms on WhatsApp are full of chatter about how it might affect their illegal entry into the United States. Title 42, the public health order, allows for the quick expulsion of non-essential travelers, including illegal aliens. “I’d like to know if…
Dominican Diplomat Apparently Kidnapped in Haiti
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—A diplomat from the Dominican Republic apparently has been kidnapped in neighboring Haiti, prompting Dominican authorities to call for his safe release. The local newspaper El Dia reported Tuesday that the government also had beefed up its military presence on the border, though officials did not immediately have any comment on that….
Why Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Deserves to be Re-elected: Part 2
Commentary During the worst of the pandemic in Brazil, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, this brave political leader who has been the 38th President of Brazil since Jan. 1, 2019, fought really hard against far too many mayors and governors. These politicians used their power to impose total bans on freedom of assembly and freedom of movement,…
Biden, Mexican President Discuss ‘Irregular’ Immigration at Southern Border
President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador joined a bilateral meeting on Friday where the two leaders discussed efforts to limit “irregular” immigration at the southern border. The meeting also addressed the visions of both the United States and Mexico to accelerate development and infrastructure projects along shared borders to strengthen North…
UK Minister Sent to British Virgin Islands as Premier Appears in US Court
The UK’s Minister for overseas territories Amanda Milling will travel to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) for governance talks as the territory’s elected Premier Andrew Fahie appeared in a U.S. court on Friday on drug-trafficking-related charges. Fahie, 51, was arrested at a Miami airport on Thursday in an operation led by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency on charges of…
Why Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Deserves to be Re-elected
Commentary Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a retired military officer who has been the 38th President of Brazil since January 2019. When he was elected the nation’s president in November 2018, he singlehandedly brought an end to four decades of notoriously corrupt left-wing rule in the country. Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign first gained traction when he promised to…
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