Immigration
Five migrants found dead in a railroad car near U.S. border
"Severe dehydration exacerbated by heat stroke” is the possible cause of death
Latin America
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Drug trafficking
Head of powerful drug trafficking clan captured in Honduras, son killed in standoff
Herlinda Bobadilla, for whom the U.S. government was offering a $5,000,000 reward, was captured in Honduras
Politics
Boric urges Biden to invite Latin American dictatorships to Summit of the Americas
Boric’s government wants the summit to bring all of the region’s players to the table, despite the differences “and alternative convictions that may exist in the area of human rights"
Politics
RUBIO: Letter from 'Congressional Marxists' is cover for Biden's future Venezuela plans
A coalition of 18 left-wing House Democrats sent a letter to President Biden on Tuesday urging him to lift all sanctions against the Venezuelan dictatorship. Sen. Marco Rubio says that's just cover for the president who has already decided to lift sanctions against the dictatorship.
Border
Mexico and U.S. to open more border crossings
The priority will be to combat fentanyl and arms trafficking in both countries
Immigration
Migrant disappearances in Mexico quadrupled in 2021, foreigners near tripled
The number of missing foreigners in 2021 grew by 292% in 2021 to 349 cases
Human Rights
Torture cases in Venezuela increased by 148% in 2021
The NGO Provea published the 33rd edition of its Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in Venezuela
Crime
U.S., Colombia, Paraguay investigate jet-ski assassination of anti-drug prosecutor Marcelo Pecci
Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci was murdered on Baru Island, Cartagena. Colombian authorities came up with two hypotheses about the crime
Politics
Latin American leaders threaten to boycott Biden's Summit of the Americas
The presidents of Bolivia, Brazil and Mexico have also threatened to pull out of the summit, further demonstrating the strained relations between Latin America and the Biden White House
Crime
VIDEO: The moments after assassins murdered a Paraguayan prosecutor in Colombia
"No, there was no threat, we only came here to spend the holidays, we were without bodyguards, there was no risk of revenge, we had no risk, that's why we were in the hotel," said his pregnant wife, Claudia Aguilera
