Crime
After Maduro’s capture, armed paramilitary groups patrol Caracas, search phones and restrict press
ADN América spoke with a Venezuelan man in Caracas who was held for several hours after armed groups searched his mobile phone.
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Politics
Former Panamanian president sentenced to 10 years in prison for money laundering
The Panamanian court found the former president guilty and sentenced him to serve 128 months in prison, in addition to paying a fine of $19.2 million
Crime
El Salvador arrests 110 Colombians in money laundering scheme that threatened borrowers
The operation, which started in 2021, would offer residents and small businesses loans with interest rates of 20 percent. However, if the victims defaulted they were threatened
Crime
Spain extradites former Venezuelan military intelligence chief to U.S. for cocaine trafficking
The decision came after the European Court of Human Rights denied an effort made by Carvajal to avoid his extradition and was authorized by Spain
Climate
Landslides in Colombia kill at least 14 with 20 still missing
Rescue teams from the Civil Defense, Red Cross, and firefighters are still searching for any survivors that might still be buried under the debris
Politics
Texas-Mexico tension heats up with cross border coalition accusing López Obrador of cartel collusion
On the same day the coalition made its announcement, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called on U.S. Hispanics to vote against for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Entertainment
Celia Cruz and '¡Azúcar!' stun fans two decades after her death
Celia Cruz's death paralyzed the Latin music world on July 16, 2003
EFE
Mexican authorities find more than 300 migrants smuggled in truck
In two separate incidents, Mexico’s National Immigration Institute (INM) found 303 undocumented migrants who were being transported in cargo trucks and a tractor-trailer.
Immigration
"S.O.S. Freedom and Peace": Venezuelan migrants flee communism through Mexico to U.S.
A first caravan of close to 1,000 Venezuelan migrants left Ciudad Hidalgo, in Chiapas, southern Mexico, bound for the U.S., in search of work and better living conditions, despite new immigration restrictions
Crime
American woman kidnapped in Mexico released after being held captive for 8 months
Monica De Leon Barba, 40, was kidnapped on November 29, 2022, while she was walking from work to her home with her dog in Tepatitlan, Jalisco in western Mexico
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Children who survived Amazon plane crash released from hospital
After more than six weeks, the children were miraculously found alive, although severely dehydrated and malnourished
