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Lilia Saúl @liliasaul.bsky.social · Nov 14
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francescadnunz.bsky.social
A decade ago, Douglas Menjivar became a whistleblower and activist after he was raped in ICE detention.

He married a US citizen, but wasn't able to get a green card.

In June, agents arrested him just before his 50th birthday. 🧵

www.texasobserver.org/trump-ice-ar...
Trump's ICE Arrested a Whistleblower Who Exposed Sexual Assault in Detention. Now, He’s Left the Country.
Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.
www.texasobserver.org
October 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.

We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.

www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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elpaisamerica.bsky.social
🔴 Brayan Palencia fue uno de los más de 200 migrantes enviados por Estados Unidos al Cecot, la megacárcel de Bukele, por supuestos vínculos con bandas criminales

🔗 elpais.com/america-co…
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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evodzoni.bsky.social
Unable to extradite cartel capos due to legal processes but under pressure from the White House to take action, Mexico found a way to bypass a key human rights law by 'expelling' them north. Here, @liliasaul.bsky.social and I dig into the amparos behind the decision.

www.occrp.org/en/feature/a...
ANALYSIS: Alleged Mexican Cartel Members Buy Time With Legal Mechanism
Men accused of murder, drug trafficking, and cartel activity have used “amparos,” which are supposed to protect individual rights against miscarriages of justice, to indefinitely delay trials and extr...
www.occrp.org
September 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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motherjones.com
Your weekly reminder that the highest court in the country does not agree with Donald Trump and his administration’s actions.

“The justices found that the federal government violated the due process rights of detainees.”
SCOTUS again halts Trump's Alien Enemies Act deportations
"A powerful rebuke to the government's attempt to hurry people away to a Gulag-type prison."
www.motherjones.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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cnn.com
Over a decade after 43 students from a rural teaching college vanished in southern Mexico, a new arrest has stirred fresh scrutiny and reopened old wounds: cnn.it/4dm9bFp
Retired judge arrested over 2014 disappearance of 43 students in Mexico | CNN
The retired judge’s arrest is related to the “disappearance of recordings from cameras” in the state of Guerrero, where the students were last seen.
cnn.it
May 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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bloomberg.com
Trump's administration assails a decision by Moody’s to lower the US credit rating, casting it as a political decision.
White House Criticizes Moody’s Downgrade to US Credit Rating
The White House on Friday assailed a decision by Moody’s Ratings to lower the US credit rating, casting it as a political decision.
bloom.bg
May 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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propublica.org
NEW: In what could be a major escalation of U.S. pressure on Mexico, the Trump administration has begun to impose travel restrictions and other sanctions on prominent Mexican politicians whom it believes are linked to drug corruption, U.S. officials said.
Trump Administration Moves to Block the U.S. Travel of Mexican Politicians Who It Says Are Linked to the Drug Trade
The list of Mexicans who could be targeted for U.S. visa restrictions includes leaders of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s party, state governors and former Cabinet ministers.
www.propublica.org
May 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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jacobodayan.bsky.social
El ejército por encima de la ley.
Cómo se llama eso?

Sedena ‘desobedece’ a juez y retoma construcción irregular en Laguna Bacalar, pese a suspensión provisional

animalpolitico.com/estados/sede...
Sedena ‘desobedece’ a juez y retoma construcción irregular en Laguna Bacalar, pese a suspensión provisional
animalpolitico.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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ourworldindata.org
People in richer countries spend more on food, but it’s a smaller share of their overall spending
The image shows a scatter plot illustrating the relationship between the annual amount spent on food and the share of total consumer expenditure that is allocated to food across various countries. The x-axis represents the annual amount spent on food in US dollars, ranging from $0 to $4,000. The y-axis indicates the percentage of total expenditure spent on food, from 0% to 60%. Several key data points are highlighted: - Kenya, where the average food spending is $900, accounting for 58% of total expenditure. - Kazakhstan appears on the plot, contributing to the overall trend of expenditure. - The United States, where the average spending on food is $3,400, making up 10% of total spending. - Switzerland, with an average food spending of $4,100, represents only 9% of total expenditure. - Venezuela is also marked on the graph. The title emphasizes that people in richer countries tend to spend more on food overall, yet this spending constitutes a smaller portion of their total spending.
May 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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godin.bsky.social
Newer April SkySat imagery from @planet.com appears to show that part of the Wadi Gaza closest to the Gaza-Israel border has been damaged or destroyed.

March 31 PlanetScope imagery shows partial clearing activity, and April 27 SkySat shows a large portion has been bulldozed.
October 15 2023 SkySat imagery from Planet Labs shows the Israel-Gaza border where Wadi Gaza crosses into Israel. The image is before the ground invasion of Gaza began, so the landscape, agriculture and buildings are relatively untouched. March 2 2025 SkySat imagery from Planet Labs shows the Israel-Gaza border where Wadi Gaza crosses into Israel. Orchards, buildings and farmland have all been destroyed. The Wadi Gaza appears to be unchanged from where it meets the Israel-Gaza border. March 31 2025 PlanetScope imagery from Planet Labs shows the Israel-Gaza border where Wadi Gaza crosses into Israel. A part of the Wadi Gaza, starting at the border and going a few hundred meters into Gaza, has apparently been bulldozed. April 27 2025 SkySat imagery from Planet Labs shows the Israel-Gaza border where Wadi Gaza crosses into Israel. A larger section of the Wadi Gaza appears to have been bulldozed or cleared.
April 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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malamadremx.bsky.social
TelevisaLeaks: investigación revela que Televisa operó campañas de desinformación y falsedades; el gobierno de López Obrador, el exministro Zaldívar y el esposo de la ministra Yasmín Esquivel habrían sido beneficiados

animalpolitico.com/politica/tel...
TelevisaLeaks: investigación revela que Televisa operó campañas de desinformación; Zaldívar habría sido beneficiado
animalpolitico.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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occrp-esp.bsky.social
¿Cómo se cobra una estafa? | #ScamEmpire

El auge de las neobancas digitales ha sido de gran ayuda para estafadores que, usando diferentes métodos, consiguen que sus víctimas pongan importantes sumas de dinero en cuentas irrastreables. Hasta ahora:
Huge Ecosystem of Unregulated Payment Providers Helps Scammers Collect Victims’ Money
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies, proxy account holders, and sham paperwork to receive funds from their victims th...
www.occrp.org
April 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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occrp-esp.bsky.social
🕊️ El Papa Francisco ha muerto a los 88 años.

Su pontificado despertó polémicas por su constante rechazo a la corrupción clerical, incluso creando un secretariado para revisar las finanzas vaticanas.
April 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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cnn.com
Detainees created an SOS message at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas.

The detention center houses detainees including migrants accused of being gang members and facing deportation under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act before the Supreme Court issued a temporary block in April.
May 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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jacobodayan.bsky.social
#TelevisaLeaks | La fábrica de mentiras, manipulación y guerra sucia

aristeguinoticias.com/2704/investi...
#TelevisaLeaks | La fábrica de mentiras, manipulación y guerra sucia
Una filtración masiva, de más de 5 terabytes de datos, revela que dentro de la televisora más grande del mundo en habla hispana opera un grupo clandestino para difundir noticias falsas y ataques contr...
aristeguinoticias.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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occrp-esp.bsky.social
Las rosas son rojas,
el cielo es azul,
y para combatir una red
nos haces falta tú.

¡Síguenos!
December 10, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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occrp-esp.bsky.social
Él consiguió un pasaporte nuevo aunque era buscado por la Interpol | 🧵
April 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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jasonleopold.bsky.social
I am not giving up on the FOIA. Going to continue to fight like hell for records.
jasonleopold.bsky.social Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · Apr 1
NEW: The entire CDC #FOIA office — nearly two dozen people — received RIF notices. FOIA personnel at FDA and NIH were also dismissed. The CDC has seen a massive uptick in FOIA requests this year. It’s the second busiest year since Covid.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Top US Drug, Tobacco Regulators Cut as RFK Jr. Reshapes Health Agency
First came Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ouster of a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services’ vaccine division. Then, the HHS chief axed the people overseeing new drug reviews and tobacc...
www.bloomberg.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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occrp.org
Dirty money could find a home in the breakaway region of northern Cyprus if lawmakers pass a bill allowing offshore funds into local banks, experts warn.

“Questionable” cash laundered in the region could be transferred abroad, economist Mertkan Hamit said.

www.occrp.org/en/news/prop...
Proposed Law Would Attract Dirty Money to Northern Cyprus, Experts Warn
The administration of the breakaway region has drafted legislation to bring international funds into local banks, with few questions asked.
www.occrp.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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occrp.org
Scam tactics are evolving, and so must our response. OCCRP Deputy Editors in Chief Julia Wallace and Peter Jones will speak about our #ScamEmpire project at the Global Anti-Scam Summit today.

Learn how scammers operate — and how to stop them. Register: www.gasa.org/gass-2025-lo...
Global Anti-Scam Summit (GASS) London 2025
Join us on March 26 and 27 for the Global Anti-Scam Summit (GASS) London 2025 in London, United Kindgom.
www.gasa.org
March 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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occrp.org
OCCRP editors Ilya Lozovsky and Laura Mannering and @svt journalist Björn Tunbäck will be answering questions about the #ScamEmpire project on r/europe at 3pm CET today 👇
From the europe community on Reddit: Hi, we investigated two scam call center networks from the inside and uncovered their dirty tricks and hidden structures. Ask us anything!
Explore this post and more from the europe community
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March 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Now you can read the Signal group chat texts and decide for yourself whether this is information that should have been classified
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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csmaldonado.bsky.social
Escribo esto sobre ‘La Prensa’ y con cariño. Un diario de cuya redacción formé parte hace ya muchísimas lunas, pero cuya historia de compromiso y valentía admiro.

elpais.com/america/2025...
La épica periodística del diario ‘La Prensa’ de Nicaragua gana el Premio Rey de España
El diario, que resistió a la dictadura de Somoza y al acoso del gobierno revolucionario de los ochenta, sufrió la confiscación de redacción de manos del régimen de Daniel Ortega
elpais.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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washingtonpost.com
Human rights organizations say the message presented by videos posted by Bukele, is clear: This is what awaits those deported from the United States to El Salvador.

The footage itself, they argue, shows clear signs of human rights violations.
Videos offer a glimpse into Bukele’s prisons and the fate of U.S. deportees
Human rights organizations say the message presented by videos posted by Bukele is clear: This is what awaits those deported from the United States to El Salvador.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM