Colprensa photo at El Colombiano (Medellín, Colombia). Caption: “El caso de abuso policial en el que murió Javier Ordóñez pasó a manos de la justicia ordinaria.”

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September 15, 2020

Western Hemisphere Regional

“Jarring medical neglect” within the facility, including a refusal to test detainees for the novel coronavirus and an exorbitant rate of hysterectomies being performed on immigrant women

Presumably noticing the lethargy and divisions in Latin America, Claver-Carone seized the moment in June to advance his own candidacy

Given Claver-Carone’s curriculum vitae and the circumstances leading to his election, could he serve as an able consensus-building politician who, as president of an international institution, will put the region’s interest above all others?

Irwin Detention Center, run by LaSalle Corrections, has refused to test detainees and underreported Covid-19 cases, the nurse says

Because Jane Doe 1 fears persecution and torture in Mexico, she will be difficult for investigators to find as they continue their investigation, her attorney said

Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela

Venezuelan immigrants commit substantially fewer crimes than the native born, relative to their share in the overall population

Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela

The Senators also condemned the administration’s record of deporting individuals and families back to the dictatorships they were forced to flee, what would amount to a violation of U.S. law prohibiting refoulement

Colombia

En el documento titulado Alétheia los investigadores recopilaron 31.156 homicidios y 5.479 desapariciones forzadas de miembros de la Fuerza Pública

Así las cosas será la Fiscalía general de la Nación quien investigue en la justicia ordinarias las conductas en las que habrían podido incurrir los siete policías procesados

Varios funcionarios del SAT —y también líderes y organizaciones sociales— temen que el nuevo defensor: el político cordobés Carlos Camargo, quien se posesionó la semana pasada, frene, engavete o modifique esos informes

According to the latest reports received, at midnight on September 10 police continued to shoot live rounds at protesters in several cities

Eight commanders called the kidnappings an “extremely grave mistake” and acknowledged the pain they had caused

Queremos decirles que el secuestro fue un gravísimo error del que no podemos sino arrepentirnos

  • Sandra Borda Guzman, Otra Vez (El Tiempo (Colombia), September 15, 2020).

Vincularla y reducirla a una fachada de la insurgencia armada. Así se evitan tener que tomarse la protesta y sus demandas en serio y justifican el uso indiscriminado de la violencia

Reactions to the unrest have exposed the country’s political polarisation amid anxieties about the coronavirus and the 2016 FARC peace agreement

Después de meses de investigación al respecto, la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación –Pares, presenta este informe sobre la crítica situación de seguridad de Colombia

The disgraced agent, Jose I. Irizarry, pleaded guilty to 19 federal counts, including bank fraud and having diverted millions of dollars in drug proceeds from DEA control

Mexico

Víctimas denunciaron que la Fiscalía mexiquense obstaculiza la investigación y presentaron un amparo para que FGR atraiga el expediente

Una exageración, pues por lo general mienten, fue la respuesta del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador a quienes acusaron la ocupación militar de la Catedral Metropolitana el fin de semana: el Frente Nacional AntiAMLO

Paraguay

Óscar Denis was taken by Paraguayan People’s Army days after military killed two 11-year-old girls in unclear circumstances

U.S.-Mexico Border

Federal border officials are worried what would happen if Biden cancels bilateral agreements with Mexico that have dramatically slowed the migrant flow

Venezuela

Doctors we spoke to say Venezuela’s government has been using motels and other makeshift facilities to quarantine patients suspected of having the novel coronavirus

Venezuela se mostró complacido con algunos de los comentarios de Michelle Bachelet sobre la situación en el país, pero omitió mencionar las críticas que ésta lanzó a la gestión de Nicolás Maduro

The authorities said cellphones taken from the men when they were arrested last week included images of suspected targets