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October 27, 2022
Colombia
- “ee.uu. Entrego Otros Siete Helicopteros a Colombia para Frenar la Deforestacion” (El Espectador (Colombia), October 27, 2022).
La ceremonia se llevó a cabo en la Base Antinarcóticos de San José del Guaviare
- Luis Jaime Acosta, “Colombia’s Congress Approves Negotiations With Illegal Armed Groups” (Reuters, Reuters, October 27, 2022).
Colombia’s Congress on Wednesday approved a law to allow President Gustavo Petro to seek peace deals with leftist rebels and criminal groups tied to drug trafficking via negotiations and processes of surrender
Guatemala, Venezuela
- Andrea Dominguez, Cesar Perez Marroquin, ““Ayudenos a Volver a Nuestro Pais”: Migrantes Venezolanos Claman por Apoyo en Guatemala” (Prensa Libre (Guatemala), October 27, 2022).
Decenas de migrantes venezolanos ven truncado su deseo de llegar a EE. UU. y muchos de ellos quedaron varados en Guatemala, donde claman por ayuda para regresar a su país
Mexico
- Cody Copeland, “Dissent in the Ranks: National Guard Soldiers Speak Out Against Militarization in Mexico” (Courthouse News, October 27, 2022).
In exclusive interviews with Courthouse News, navy sailors incorporated into the National Guard described corruption, low pay and poor quality of services since the force initiated its transfer to the Secretariat of National Defense
- Natalie Kitroeff, Oscar Lopez, Ronen Bergman, “Evidence ‘Invalidated’ in Explosive Report on Mexico’s 43 Missing Students” (The New York Times, October 27, 2022).
This summer, the government said it had uncovered what happened during the 2014 mass abduction. Arrest warrants quickly followed. But since then, the criminal case and the new account have unraveled
- Gloria Leticia DÍaz, “Organizaciones Civiles se Amparan Contra Vigilancia de las Fuerzas Armadas en las Calles Hasta 2028” (Proceso (Mexico), October 27, 2022).
Organizaciones de la sociedad civil interpusieron 24 nuevos amparos contra las reformas legislativas que delegan la operación y administración de los recursos económicos de la Guardia Nacional (GN) en manos de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional
- Laura Sanchez Ley, “‘El Mencho’ Comparte Mando del Cjng Con Sus Hermanos y Pareja” (Milenio (Mexico), October 27, 2022).
El documento al que tuvo acceso MILENIO describe que varios parientes de estos hermanos se han convertido en los coordinadores regionales y jefes de plaza de la organización criminal
Mexico, Venezuela
- Manu Ureste, “Venezolanos Denuncian Deportaciones Expres en el Sur de Mexico” (Animal Politico (Mexico), October 27, 2022).
Atorados en Honduras, donde piden ayuda, migrantes venezolanos que intentaron llegar a Estados Unidos relatan que en el sur de México se toparon con un muro verde formado por militares y agentes migratorios que les impidieron avanzar
- Dave Graham, “First Plane Repatriating Venezuelan Migrants in Mexico Departs for Caracas, Sources Say” (Reuters, Reuters, October 27, 2022).
The plane, operated by Venezuela’s state airline, left Mexico City’s Felipe Angeles International Airport destined for Caracas
Nicaragua
- Jose Luis Sanz, Roman Gressier, “Biden Closes Door on Ortega’s Gold” (El Faro (El Salvador), October 27, 2022).
On Monday the Biden administration expanded Trump-era sanctions to the Nicaraguan economy, cutting off the country’s lucrative gold industry from U.S. markets
U.S.-Mexico Border
- “Impunity at the Border: Inside Us Border Patrol’s ‘Cover-Up’ Unit” (Fault Lines, Al Jazeera, October 27, 2022).
We investigate secretive units within the US Border Patrol that have been accused of covering up agent misconduct
- Lauren Villagran, “Venezuelan Migrants Set Up Encampment in Juarez as Us Expulsions Mount” (The El Paso Times, October 27, 2022).
On Tuesday, Chihuahua state authorities asked the migrants to move away from a migrant aid center and the railroad tracks, and a large group pitched tents nearby on the south bank of the Rio Grande
- Salvador Rivera, “1,000 Venezuelan Migrants Expelled to Tijuana via San Diego So Far” (Border Report, October 27, 2022).
About 1,000 Venezuelan migrants have been expelled from the U.S. into the city of Tijuana since Oct. 12, well below projections of 200 per day but enough to fill shelters beyond capacity