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(I’ll post January 9 later: I’m just back from a family event that had me traveling over the weekend, and must report shortly for jury duty today.)
January 6, 2023
Colombia
– Santiago Torrado, “El Gobierno Sometera a una Parte de las Disidencias de las Farc y Con Otra Negociara” (El Pais (Spain), January 6, 2023).
The Petro government may negotiate a more political deal with the Gentil Duarte wing of the FARC dissidents, which rejected the 2016 peace accord before its signing, while it may limit talks with the Nueva Marquetalia, which signed then abandoned the accord, to conditions for demobilization
– “Monitor del Cese el Fuego Unilateral del Eln Durante el Fin de Ano de 2022” (CERAC (Colombia), January 6, 2023).
No “violent actions” measured during the ELN’s holiday ceasefire
Mexico
– Kate Linthicum, “Cartel Lays Siege to Mexican City After Recapture of the Son of ‘el Chapo’” (The Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2023).
Argues that Ovidio Guzmán’s arrest, which proved impossible in 2019, shows that the Sinaloa cartel has weakened since then
– ““el Raton” Esta Ya en Cdmx. Su Guardia Disparo a Fuerzas Federales y Le Respondieron” (SinEmbargo (Mexico), January 6, 2023).
Moment-by-moment coverage of the capture of Ovidio Guzmán and related violence in Sinaloa
U.S.-Mexico Border
– J. David Goodman, “They Built the Wall. Now Some in Texas Fear It May Fall Down.” (The New York Times, January 6, 2023).
An in-depth look at the 3-mile privately-built border wall built on the bank of the Rio Grande in south Texas
– “Remarks by President Biden on Border Security and Enforcement” (The White House, January 6, 2023).
Rollout of the administration’s new humanitarian parole and Title 42-expansion policy, and of Biden’s upcoming Mexico visit
– Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Kevin Sieff, Maria Sacchetti, Nick Miroff, “Biden Immigration Plan Would Restrict Illegal Border Crossings” (The Washington Post, January 6, 2023).
The administration’s humanitarian parole, Title 42 expansion, and other border proposals “reflect a political shift to the center for Biden”
– Jonathan Clark, “Feds Remove Controversial Border Patrol Surveillance Blimp From Nogales” (Nogales International, January 6, 2023).
CBP has taken down the locally disliked “tethered aerostat” from Nogales
– “Fact Sheet: Biden-?Harris Administration Announces New Border Enforcement Actions” (The White House, January 6, 2023).
White House lays out its plan to “draw on the success of the Venezuela initiative”
– Eileen Sullivan, Michael D. Shear, Miriam Jordan, “Biden Announces Major Crackdown on Illegal Border Crossings” (The New York Times, January 6, 2023).
Coverage of the Biden administration’s Title 42 expansion. Unfortunate headline, as seeking asylum is not illegal
– “Dhs Continues to Prepare for End of Title 42; Announces New Border Enforcement Measures and Additional Safe and Orderly Processes” (Department of Homeland Security, January 6, 2023).
DHS memo laying out the Biden administration’s new humanitarian parole and Title 42 expansion process
Venezuela
– Tracy Wilkinson, “U.S. Looks for Opportunity in Demise of Guaido, Whom It Recognized as ‘Interim President’ of Venezuela” (The Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2023).
Pivoting away from a strategy that did not succeed