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A survivor tells her story
Sun StaffDAY AFTER DAY, for 78 days, Ines Consuelo Murillo was tortured by a secret Honduran military intelligence unit called Battalion 316. Her captors tied the 24-year-old woman's hands and feet, hung her naked from the ceiling and beat her with their fists....Tags: Defense, Advanced Training, Cuba, Death, Guerrilla Activity
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How a journalist was silenced
Sun StaffON THE NIGHT OF July 8, 1982, a dozen soldiers wearing black ski masks and carrying automatic rifles raided the home of Oscar Reyes, a journalist who wrote articles critical of the Honduran military. Helicopters hovered above the two-story, brick house...Tags: Journalism, Firearms, Defense, Death, Honduras
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When a wave of torture and murder staggered a small U.S. ally, truth was a casualty.
Sun Staff(First in a series) TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - The search for Nelson Mackay Chavarria - family man, government lawyer, possible subversive - began one Sunday in 1982 after he devoured a pancake breakfast and stepped out to buy a newspaper. It ended last...Tags: El Salvador, Corporate Crime, Prosecution, Guerrilla Activity, Abusive Behavior
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Former envoy to Honduras says he did what he could
Sun StaffJohn D. Negroponte, U.S. ambassador to Honduras during the early 1980s, when the Honduran military kidnapped, tortured and murdered hundreds of people, said this week that he worked diligently behind the scenes to prevent the abuses. "When allegations of...Tags: Elections, Democracy, Manila (Philippines), Philippines, Government
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Unearthed: Fatal Secrets
Sun StaffThe search for Nelson Mackay Chavarria - family man, government lawyer, possible subversive - began one Sunday in 1982 after he devoured a pancake breakfast and stepped out to buy a newspaper. It ended last December when his wife, Amelia, watched as...Tags: El Salvador, Corporate Crime, Prosecution, Guerrilla Activity, Abusive Behavior
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Former Guatemala President Alfonso Portillo extradited to U.S.
MEXICO CITY — Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited Friday from his home country to the United States, where he faces long-standing charges that he used U.S. banks to launder millions of dollars in public funds that he...
Tags: Prosecution, International Law, Mexico, Guatemala, Extradition
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Drug cartel boss pleads guilty to murder in U.S. agent's death
WASHINGTON — A Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder in a 2011 ambush south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and which sharply strained U.S.-Mexico relations....
Tags: Mexico City, Gulf Cartel, Washington, DC, Organized Crime, Theft
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Ugandan leader removes army chief named in succession plot claim
ReutersKAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has removed his head of the military Aronda Nyakairima, and moved him to a civilian position as the minister for internal affairs, a statement from the military said on Friday. Nyakairima was one...Tags: Uganda, Africa, Freedom of the Press, Human Rights
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Pickering agrees to be questioned over State Department's Benghazi probe
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The retired U.S. diplomat who co-chaired an internal State Department review of the 2012 terrorist attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on Wednesday ended his refusal to submit to a closed-door interview with a Republican-led House...Tags: White House, Elections, Barack Obama, Michael G. Mullen, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Bank on Montreal says U.S. ambassador to become vice-chairman
ReutersTORONTO, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson will join Bank of Montreal as vice-chairman after he leaves his diplomatic post and will work in the bank's U.S. division, BMO said on Tuesday. BMO, Canada's fourth-largest bank, said...Tags: Bank of Montreal, Montreal (Canada), Canada
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Broward women brought 143 Haitian workers to US for fake jobs, feds say
The 143 workers paid as much as $3,500 each, lured to South Florida from Haiti with false promises of steady paying jobs in construction or on farms, the hope of getting permanent residency and making a life in the U.S., they said. But when they arrived,...
Tags: Gainesville, Coral Springs, Labor Legislation, Fort Lauderdale, Washington, DC
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Feds: McHenry man threatened embassy officials over visa dispute
A McHenry man is accused of threatening to kill State Department officials, including the U.S. Ambassador in Serbia, as well as Serbians in Chicago because of a visa dispute involving his wife in Serbia. Russell K. Gordon, 48, was born in the United...
Tags: FBI, Belgrade (Serbia), Serbia, Interior Policy, U.S. Department of State
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