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El Salvador Ex-President Sentenced to 14 Years Over Gang Ties

El Salvador Ex-President Sentenced to 14 Years Over Gang Ties

In El Salvador's crackdown on criminal gangs, the current administration has sentenced former Pres. Mauricio Funes and his former Security Minister Gen. David Munguía Payes to 14 and 18 years behind bars, respectively, for their ties with criminal gangs.

Politics

Mexico Opens Homicide Probe into Migrant Center Fire

Mexico Opens Homicide Probe into Migrant Center Fire

On Wednesday, Mexican authorities announced a probe into the deadly blaze at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez earlier this week, as public servants and private security guards allegedly took no action to help detainees escape....

Illegal aliens

Nicaragua Frees Hundreds of Prisoners, Deports Them to US

Nicaragua Frees Hundreds of Prisoners, Deports Them to US

Nicaragua's government on Thursday freed 222 dissident prisoners and deported them to the US in an unexpected operation that reportedly came as they were stripped of their political rights and citizenship after being declared 'traitors.'...

Nicaragua

EU Declares Nicaragua Envoy 'Persona Non Grata'

EU Declares Nicaragua Envoy 'Persona Non Grata'

The EU on Monday declared the head of the Nicaraguan mission to the European Union, Zoila Yanira Müller Goff, "persona non grata" amid deteriorating political relations between Managua and Brussels.

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