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T&T U-15s near last ditch solution for Concacaf tourney, two US-based players in 18-man squad
Wired 868
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August 2, 2025
Trinidad and Tobago will get to Aruba two days late for the Concacaf Under-15 Championship. But, crucially, they will be in time for kick off in their opening Group E encounter against Barbados in League B. And perhaps the most important thing is...
How 36 Mayan Women in Guatemala Came Together to Prosecute Their Attackers
The New York Times
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July 24, 2025
These crimes happened during the darkest period of the war that consumed Guatemala for more than three decades. From 1982 to 1983, the country’s then-dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, ordered his U.S.-supported military to eradicate guerrilla...
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending Aug. 1
Pass Blue
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August 1, 2025
Diplomats arriving at the ministerial session to start the two-state solution conference, held at the UN and led by Jean-Noël Barrot, foreign affairs minister for France, and Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, his Saudi counterpart, on July 28, 2025. At...
US job scam busted, five including mastermind arrested for human trafficking via 'donkey route' in Jharkhand
The New Indian Express
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According to the complaint lodged at Tatijharia Police Station, once in Brazil, the victims were handed over to an international smuggling network. The traffickers attempted to illegally move them across multiple countries — Bolivia, Peru,...
Democrat politicians suspect Long Island prison illegally holding ICE detainees too long
New York Daily News
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July 23, 2025
Democrat lawmakers on Wednesday morning inspected the Long Island lockup where more than 1,400 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees have been held in the past five months, after jail staff initially tried to bar the politicians from...
History of political exiles is repeating itself in El Salvador
Gulf Today
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July 23, 2025
The fiercest voices of dissent against President Nayib Bukele have long feared a widespread crackdown. They weathered police raids on their homes, watched their friends being thrown into jail and jumped between safe houses so they can stay in El...
Government of Belize Launches Special Electricity Committee to Develop National Electricity Energy Mix Master Plan
The San Pedro Sun
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July 18, 2025
Press Release – Belmopan, Belize – July 16, 2025 – The Government of Belize, under the leadership of Prime Minister Hon. John Briceño, has officially launched the Special Electricity Committee (SEC) to spearhead the development of a National...
Guatemalan national caught in Springfield for illegally reentering after deportation
Yahoo News
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A Guatemalan national was arrested in Springfield for illegal reentry into the U.S. after a series of arrests and deportations for various crimes. In a news release sent to 22News from the Department of Justice,...
World News | El Salvador's New Wave of Political Exiles Say History Repeating Itself
Latestly
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July 23, 2025
San Salvador, Jul 23 (AP) The fiercest voices of dissent against President Nayib Bukele have long feared a widespread crackdown. They weathered police raids on their homes, watched their friends being thrown into jail and jumped between safe...
El Salvador's new wave of political exiles say history is repeating itself
KPRC - Texas
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July 23, 2025
The fiercest voices of dissent against President Nayib Bukele have long feared a widespread crackdown. They weathered police raids on their homes, watched their friends being thrown into jail and jumped between safe houses so they can stay in El...
Large Guatemalan Navy Vessel Enters Belize Waters
Channel 7 Belize
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Today, a Guatemalan Navy Vessel was sighted in Belizean waters - reportedly less than a mile from the Hunting Caye Forward Operating Base. What was it doing there? Well, we asked the Coast Guard Commander, Admiral Elton Bennett, and he told us he...
Guatemalan national sentenced for illegal reentry into US
Bay State News - Massachusetts
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July 18, 2025
Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of JusticeLeah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice A Guatemalan national residing unlawfully in New Bedford...
Guatemala’s Government to defend fellow citizens in the US
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 7, 2025
In a press conference from the National Palace of Culture, the headquarters of the Executive Branch, the president emphasized that the U.S. Congress decided to impose a one percent tax on remittances, which is why they stated from the outset that...
President thanks visiting Guatemala Congress leader for supporting Taiwan
Focus Taiwan
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July 17, 2025
Taipei, July 17 (CNA) President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) thanked Guatemala for its continued support of Taiwan's international participation during a meeting with Guatemalan Congress President Nery Ramos in Taipei on Thursday. Accompanied by Foreign...
Guatemalan national charged with assaulting federal officers in Rhode Island
Ocean State Today - Rhode Island
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July 16, 2025
Sara Miron Bloom Acting United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island | News From The StatesSara Miron Bloom Acting United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island | News From The States A Guatemalan national, Cristian Aroldo...
Guatemalan man in ICE custody after being charged with soliciting a child in Portsmouth R.I., authorities say
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“This individual’s administrative arrest underscores [Homeland Security Investigations] New England’s commitment to targeted enforcement that works to identify individuals seeking to cause harm to our communities, including and especially...
'Report' of ICE Deporting an 82-Year-Old Legal Immigrant Gets a Bombshell Update, Press Left in Shambles
Red State
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July 22, 2025
On Friday, a local newspaper in Allentown, PA, published a story making a salacious claim against the Trump administration. According to "family members," ICE had arrested and roughed up their 82-year-old grandfather, a legal asylum holder, before...
ICJ Agrees To Hear Guatemala's "Intervention" In Sapodilla Cayes Case
Channel 7 Belize
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The Sapodilla Cayes - it's the southernmost range of islands in Belize - and it is claimed by both Guatemala and Honduras. In 2022, Belize asked the the International Court of Justice, to, quote, "adjudge and declare that, as between Belize and...
What we know about claim ICE deported Chilean grandad Luis Leon to Guatemala
Snopes
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July 21, 2025
In July 2025, following reports in The Morning Call, a news site based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a claim circulated online that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Luis Leon, an 82-year-old grandfather from Allentown, while...
FHP arrests immigrant ‘wanted for murder in Guatemala’ during traffic stop, state says
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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July 22, 2025
A man living in the U.S. illegally was arrested earlier this month after he was stopped by Florida Highway Patrol in Palm Beach County for speeding and was determined to be “wanted for murder in Guatemala,” the Florida Department of Highway Safety...