Colombia security forces kill 5 members of top cocaine cartel days before country’s president meets with Trump

Colombia security forces kill 5 members of top cocaine cartel days before country’s president meets with Trump

Colombian security forces killed five members of the country’s largest drug cartel, including a regional kingpin, the government said Wednesday ahead of a meeting in Washington between presidents Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump. The U.S. leader is set to host his leftist sparring rival Petro at the White House next Tuesday for talks on combatting…

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Hitmen ambush and kill reporter who covered corruption in Peru, journalist group says

Hitmen ambush and kill reporter who covered corruption in Peru, journalist group says

Peruvian journalist Fernando Nunez, whose reporting dug into municipal corruption cases, was shot and killed by hitmen while returning from an assignment, Peru’s National Association of Journalists (ANP) said Sunday. Nunez, a reporter for the digital outlet Kamila TV, “was attacked by hitmen while riding a motorcycle with his brother” on Saturday, the ANP said…

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Lawmakers see video of second strike on boat survivors, say admiral testified there was no kill order

Lawmakers see video of second strike on boat survivors, say admiral testified there was no kill order

Washington — Military officials showed lawmakers video of a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat behind closed doors on Capitol Hill on Thursday, and testified that there was no order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to leave no survivors of the attack, multiple lawmakers said.  Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…

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