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March 29, 2018

Ecuador

• “Lenin Moreno: Situacion en Frontera Es Consecuencia de la Permisividad y Desmantelamiento a ff.aa. Y Policia” (El Universo (Ecuador), March 29, 2018).

Cuestionó que a las fuerzas de seguridad nacional, la Policía y las Fuerzas Armadas, no se les haya dotado del armamento necesarios para operar en estos sectores

Mexico

• David Agren, “Mexican Police Officers Found Guilty of Murdering Journalist in Rare Conviction” (The Guardian (Uk), March 29, 2018).

The police officers, identified as Luigui Heriberto N and José Francisco N, were convicted of killing newspaper owner Moisés Sánchez in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, the most lethal jurisdiction

• “El Periodista Carlos Dominguez Fue Asesinado por su Trabajo; 3 Comunicadores Entre los Detenidos, Dice Pgr” (Animal Politico (Mexico), March 29, 2018).

La PGJ imputa homicidio calificado y delincuencia organizada a Cantú García, quien es militante del Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) en Tamaulipas

Venezuela

• Ana Vanessa Herrero, Nicholas Casey, “Venezuela, Accustomed to Tragedy, Is Shaken Again by Horrific Jail Fire” (The New York Times, March 29, 2018).

Witnesses said that grieving relatives who had come were sprayed with tear gas by security forces who tried to disperse them

• “Venezuela Ag Says 68 Dead After Riot, Fire at Police Station” (Associated Press **, March 29, 2018).

Saab said four prosecutors had been named to determine what happened at the state police headquarters in Valencia