MEXICO CITY—A Mexican reporter who told the president three years ago that she feared for her life was shot dead on Sunday, the second journalist killed in the same area in a week and underscoring the country’s status as one of the deadliest for journalists outside a war zone. Lourdes Maldonado, a local journalist with…
Mexican Reporter Killed, Had Told President She Feared for Her Life
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Mexican President Says He Is Well After Hospital Stay for Check-Up
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2 Canadians Killed, 1 Wounded in Mexico Resort Shooting
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Brazil’s Pele Released From Hospital After Tumor Treatment
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US Charges 2nd Key Suspect in Killing of Haiti’s President
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House Committee to Study Chinese Purchase of Neo Lithium
The House of Commons industry committee elected Thursday to review the Chinese purchase of the Canadian mining company Neo Lithium, albeit pushback from Bloc and Liberal MPs reduced by two-thirds the time the Conservatives wanted to study the deal. Conservatives wanted to allot six days to review the purchase of Neo Lithium by the Chinese…
House Committee to Study Chinese Purchase of Mining Company Neo Lithium
The House of Commons industry committee elected Thursday to review the Chinese purchase of the Canadian mining company Neo Lithium, although pushback from Bloc and Liberal MPs reduced by two-thirds the time the Conservatives wanted to study the deal. Conservatives wanted to allot six days to review the purchase of Neo Lithium by the Chinese…
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SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—On Jan. 19 the administration of socialist President Luis Arce canceled the requirement of proof of vaccination against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus to enter any public establishment or place of commerce. The announcement was made by health minister Jeyson Auza. The Movement for Socialism (MAS) party officials announced the original “supreme decrees” 4640…
Sinaloa Cartel Operatives Sentenced to Prison in Southern District of California
January 20, 2022
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A major drug trafficker and money launderer for the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel was sentenced to 188 months in prison for supervising the smuggling of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin from Mexico into the United States. through Southern California and smuggling drug proceeds back to Mexico. His prison term follows the sentencing of at…
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