Maria Abi-Habib
Investigative Correspondent, Latin America at The New York Times
NYT investigations - Latin America. Formerly in India, Mideast & Afghanistan. 2X Polk winner & Pulitzer finalist. Email: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
clarin.com | Maria Abi-Habib
Poco después de que asumiera su cargo en El Salvador, el embajador de Estados Unidos en el país, Ronald Johnson, forjó una relación inusualmente cercana con el presidente salvadoreño. El presidente Donald Trump había nominado a Johnson en 2019 como su embajador en el país centroamericano poco después de que la Casa Blanca declarara la guerra a las pandillas de El Salvador conocidas por su violencia, entre ellas la MS-13.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Maria Abi-Habib
Después de eso, el gobierno de Bukele pareció obstaculizar los esfuerzos de Estados Unidos dirigidos al desmantelamiento de las pandillas salvadoreñas. En noviembre de 2021, el gobierno liberó en secreto a un alto dirigente de la MS-13 a pesar de que existía un pedido de extradición de Estados Unidos, según una orden de detención del Departamento de Justicia que el Times revisó.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Maria Abi-Habib
A few months later, any agreement between the gangs and the government seemed to collapse, leading to a killing spree in the country's capital that left dozens of people dead. The government quickly imposed a state of emergency that remains in place today, mobilizing police and the military forces to carry out mass arrests.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Maria Abi-Habib
NowAbduction by the state is the new norm in the so-called “land of the free”. Last week, the United States admitted it had wrongfully deported 29-year-old Salvadoran citizen Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has now joined the burgeoning population of El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center …
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1 month ago |
myheraldreview.com | Alan Feuer |Maria Abi-Habib
Inside the White House, Trump officials are embroiled in a debate over whether to carry out military strikes against Mexican drug cartels or instead to collaborate with Mexican authorities to jointly dismantle criminal organizations. Amid this split, a high-level delegation from Mexico arrived in Washington on Thursday and met with senior U.S. officials to hammer out a security agreement, a draft of which was crafted last week and will likely anchor the talks.
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