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February 4, 2020
Brazil, Paraguay
- Gabriel Stargardter, Daniela Desantis, “Jailbreak in the ‘City of Blood’: Brazil’s Drug Gangs Overrun Paraguay” (Reuters, Reuters, February 4, 2020).
The fugitives were members of the First Capital Command, Brazil’s largest and most powerful gang, known by its Portuguese acronym PCC. The escape underscores the organization’s growing influence in Paraguay
Brazil
- “Brazil: Possible Evidence Tampering in Police Killings” (Human Rights Watch, February 4, 2020).
Two reports by international forensic experts point to possible destruction of crime scene evidence by police in the killing of nine people during a February 2019 operation in poor communities in Rio de Janeiro
Chile
- Victor Garcia, “La Violencia se Reactiva en Chile: Hubo Cinco Muertos Durante la Ultima Semana” (La Nacion (Argentina), February 4, 2020).
Mientras todos los caminos apuntaban a marzo como la fecha del resurgimiento de movimiento social chileno, las protestas recobraron su fuerza por adelantado
Colombia
- Laura Soto, “Ivan Marquez Hace su Primera Movida Militar en Colombia” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), February 4, 2020).
En el último mes, el rearmado jefe de las extintas Farc, Iván Márquez, envió un emisario de alto nivel al Cauca para convencer a las disidencias que se le unan
- “Enero 2020: Mes Con Mas Asesinatos de Lideres Respecto al Mismo Periodo Desde 2016” (Semana (Colombia), February 4, 2020).
La Misión de Observación Electoral afirma que 19 líderes políticos, sociales y comunales fueron asesinados en el primer mes del año. Catorce más que en enero de 2016
- “Sacan a Colombia de la Mas Importante Red Internacional de Memoria” (El Tiempo (Colombia), February 4, 2020).
Los vemos obligados por lo tanto a no renovar la membresía del CNMH en la Coalición Internacional de Sitios de Consciencia
Mexico
- “Cinco Jovenes de Entre 12 y 18 Anos Fueron Asesinados en Negocio de Videojuegos en Uruapan” (Animal Politico (Mexico), February 4, 2020).
Cinco jóvenes de entre 12 y 18 años fueron asesinados en negocio de videojuegos en Uruapan
- Kendal Blust, Murphy Woodhouse, “As Murders Surge, Rising Violence Tests Sonora, Mexico” (Fronteras Desk, February 4, 2020).
High-profile acts of violence in Sonora, Mexico, have been big news on both sides of the border in recent months. But murder has been on the rise in the state for a number of years, with most victims quickly vanishing from the headlines
Mexico, U.S.-Mexico Border
- Anna-Catherine Brigida, “Death of Ugandan Shows Risks for African Asylum Seekers in Mexico” (The New Humanitarian, February 4, 2020).
Her companions questioned whether Nabunjo’s death could have been prevented if she hadn’t been forced to wait for five months in Mexico, where they say the language barrier hindered her medical care
Peru
- Aramis Castro, Nelly Luna Amancio, “Saweto: La Violencia de la Impunidad en la Amazonia” (Ojo Publico (Peru), February 4, 2020).
Una cadena de irregularidades en el papel de varios funcionarios públicos responsables de investigar desde el 2008 la denuncia por tráfico de madera que ocasionó el despiadado asesinato de los líderes indígenas
U.S.-Mexico Border
- Colleen Long, Ben Fox, “Apprehensions at U.S.-Mexico Border Drop for 8 Straight Months” (Associated Press, Time, February 4, 2020).
The tally for the month of January was about 36,000, including apprehensions of people crossing illegally and migrants who were declared inadmissible by border officers at a port of entry. It was a 10 percent decline from December
Venezuela
- “Venezuela: Violent Abuses in Illegal Gold Mines” (Human Rights Watch, February 4, 2020).
Residents of Venezuela’s southern Bolívar state are suffering amputations and other horrific abuses at the hands of armed groups, including Venezuelan groups called “syndicates” in the area and Colombian armed groups operating in the region
- “Cabello Sobre Cidh: Yo No se Quien Les Va a Dar la Entrada Aqui en Venezuela” (Tal Cual (Venezuela), February 4, 2020).
El presidente de la ilegítima asamblea constituyente, Diosdado Cabello, cuestionó que la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) realice la Observación In Loco que tienen programada entre el 4 y 8 de febrero
- Tom Balmforth, “Russia Sends Lavrov to Venezuela to ‘Counteract’ U.S. Sanctions” (Reuters, Reuters, February 4, 2020).
Lavrov, foreign minister since 2004, flies to Latin America on Wednesday, stopping in Cuba before heading to Mexico on Thursday and Venezuela the next day
- “Guaido Rallies Venezuelan Expats in Miami at End of Tour” (Associated Press, WTOP, February 4, 2020).
A key meeting absent from Guaidó’s trip was with his most important ally, President Donald Trump, who earlier in the day tweeted a picture of himself golfing at his Florida Mar-a-Lago club