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The verdict is in: Genaro Garcia Luna is guilty on all counts.
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🧵🧵🧵 Abro HILO sobre la campaña en curso del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación: conquistar África, un mercado de drogas que cualquier empresa criminal quisiera dominar.
Avionetas, barcos, drogas y alianzas internacionales. De todo en este relato.
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I'm raising money for Help Maryam Al Rukabi Recover from Acid Attack. Click to Donate
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Today's front page features our story on the loosely connected, QAnon-believing network of 'patriots' that spent weeks organizing and crowd-sourcing money for mass action at the Capitol on Jan. 6: nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/ w/ @ddknyt
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BREAKING: Article of impeachment accuses President Trump of “incitement of insurrection” for last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to a draft obtained by AP. apne.ws/X0wS88m
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Yesterday some Proud Boys wore shirts with 6MWE insignia. It means 6 million (Jews) wasn't enough. A reminder that if democracy becomes vulnerable, genocidal forces in the wings are ready to rise. Yes, even in America. #CapitolRiots
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SPECIAL REPORT: Leaked records reveal how money laundering has allowed Venezuela's elites to drain the country of its wealth, turning it into a hellscape of hyperinflation, malnutrition and violence.
And how Miami serves as a key outpost. #FinCENFiles
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. it's been 4 days since you suspended for no reason except answering to a massive bot campaign. Please reinstate his account .
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.@TwitterSupport Please help make Twitter a better place by unbanning @MENA_Conflict. Don't give into mass reporting by QAnon trolls.
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. Please help make Twitter a better place by unbanning . Don't give into mass reporting by QAnon trolls.
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I've conducted an initial open source survey of the event sin Beirut, which you can read below. Hopefully it goes some way to clarifying the events of the last few hours.
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Dozens of people were killed and at least 2,500 people were hurt after an explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon.
This comes on the heels of massive inflation and unemployment, in a country already struggling against #COVID19.
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Mexico takes down "El Marro" whose gang syphoned millions of dollars of gasoline from the state. Marro's war with the powerful and expanding Jalisco cartel turned once peaceful Guanajuato into a hellhole. A win for AMLO - and the Jalisco cartel wsj.com/articles/mexic via
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Narcos have long worn military fatigues but the numbers and weaponry of these Cartel Jalisco New Generation troops is beyond nuts.
This is why we cannot understand them as just criminals - when they so resemble a paramilitary or guerrilla force -
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Violence in Mexico can seem all encompassing because of the homicides seen the last three years, but killings are often closely tied to local dynamics involving criminal, political and economic actors, as well as other variables like natural resources.
bit.ly/31XRMjH
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BREAKING: 1st COVID-19 case identified in Idlib. He is a doctor working at the Bab al-Hawa hospital who was infected in Gaziantep, TR, where he lives. The hospital was placed under lock-down. Confirmed to me by a doctor working at the same hospital who helped diagnose the case.
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Hisham al Hashimi was part of the system. He criticized the lawlessness of militias. He was not an outspoken critic of the status quo. Even that was intolerable to these groups.
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New York has passed 10 pieces of legislation to reform police departments in 3 days.
One repealed a law that kept police discipline records secret. Another criminalized police chokeholds. Two gave the state A.G. more authority to investigate departments.
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Over the last few days we have been collecting examples of police violence against journalists in the US.
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On May 29, @OmarJimenez was arrested live on TV while covering the protests in Minneapolis. His arrest put the spotlight on police actions against the press.
We have tracked over 130 other police actions against the press at protests across the US.
bellingcat.com/news/americas/
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Asheville Police surround a medic station created by protesters as they stab water bottles with knives and tip over tables of medical supplies and food June 2, 2020. The medic team, made of EMTs and doctors, said the medical station was approved by the city. #avlnews
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BREAKING: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is increasing charges against Derek Chauvin to 2nd degree murder in George Floyd’s case and also charging the other 3 officers, confirms. #GeorgeFloyd
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Incident 133: Credentialed photo-journalist fired at with less lethal rounds, I believe in Worcester, despite previously identifying himself as press and communicating with police.
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At this point I’d identified myself as press and asked a sergeant if I might be at risk of being arrested if I stayed I was told that it would be fine if I wasn’t the breaking law and wouldn’t be targeted.
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Louisville, Kentucky, police left the body of David McAtee on the street for 12 hours interc.pt/2XO6ar3 by
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Research shows that disproportionate force by police can turn a peaceful protest violent. So why are so many departments doing it anyway? New at + , and report.
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Only 39% of Americans feel white, black people are treated equally by police, poll says
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The Museum is outraged at the horrific killing of #GeorgeFloyd. Painful moments like these remind us of our shared humanity. The words of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel help us reflect on the lessons of the Holocaust, the vital need to confront hate, and promote human dignity.
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A Twitter account that tweeted a call to violence and claimed to be representing the position of "Antifa" was in fact created by a known white supremacist group, Twitter said. The company removed the account.
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Just to clarify;
• Population transfer was never the only policy option in Syria. It isn't a policy option at all, it’s a war tool.
•The attacks in SW and east Syria amount to an insurgency-that's impacting all sides there.
•The SAA isn't immune to losses. No military is.
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Do you have photo or video from the scene of George Floyd's arrest in Minneapolis on May 25? Please consider sharing your footage with . Our Visual Investigations team is trying to reconstruct the moments leading to Mr. Floyd's death.
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The has published the full, 41 page contract. It's surreal.
A contract setting out the terms for the operation of a mercenary force inside Venezuela: rules of engagement, who qualifies as a hostile force, which weapons are allowed, rules for detentions, etc.
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Bodies on the streets and presidents in denial: how Latin America is emerging as a new virus epicentre
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IS made a huge leap in claimed attacks in April compared to prior months in Iraq and Syria:
Jan: 88
Feb: 93
Mar: 101
Apr: 151
Map is for April.
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Germany bans Hezbollah, raids mosques.
Like the European Union, Germany had until now only outlawed Hezbollah's military wing while tolerating its political wing.
The ban was immediately welcomed by the United States and Israel
u.afp.com/3fqL
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Coronavirus measures have forced many Central Americans to choose between staying home and feeding their families. That's led to unrest and repression in the region.
My latest for : aljazeera.com/indepth/featur
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This photo taken this weekend of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro during a rally in support of the country’s military is an extraordinary take on what’s happening in the country. Bolsonaro, visibly disturbed by a bout of coughing, continues to downplay the gravity of #Covid19
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