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Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay

• Manuel Espino, “Levantan Ficha Roja a Exlider de las Farc Detenido en Mexico; Sera Deportado a Colombia” (El Universal (Mexico), October 20, 2021).

De acuerdo con fuentes federales, tras varias horas las autoridades mexicanas determinaron no activar la ficha roja contra Granda Escobar por la inmunidad que le otorgan los acuerdos de paz

Haiti

• Joe Parkin Daniels, “‘Haitians Are Kidnapped Every Day’: Missionary Abductions Shed Light on Growing Crisis” (The Guardian, October 20, 2021).

Kidnappings of 16 Americans and a Canadian in Port-au-Prince come as hundreds of local residents face similar targeting, with at least 628 abductions so far this year

Mexico, U.S.-Mexico Border

• David E. Sanger, Michael D. Shear, Eric Schmitt, “Trump’s Pentagon Chief Quashed Idea to Send 250,000 Troops to the Border” (The New York Times, October 20, 2021).

Top national security aides to former President Trump also talked him out of launching military raids against drug cartels inside Mexico

U.S.-Mexico Border

• Fernanda Echavarri, “Biden’s Pick to Lead Cbp Just Confirmed Trump’s Harsh Border Policy Isn’t Going Anywhere” (Mother Jones, October 20, 2021).

A self-described progressive, Chris Magnus committed himself to Title 42 in a confirmation hearing Tuesday

• Nick Miroff, “Border Arrests Have Soared to Highest Levels Since 1986, New Cbp Data Shows” (The Washington Post, October 20, 2021).

U.S. authorities detained more than 1.7 million migrants along the Mexico border during the 2021 fiscal year that ended in September, and arrests by the Border Patrol soared to the highest levels since 1986