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How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Katie Mettler |Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl |Jasmine Hilton |Lateshia Beachum

How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison (washingtonpost.com) How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison By Katie Mettler; María Luisa Paúl; Jasmine Hilton; Lateshia Beachum 2025041910005600 The path to Kilmar Abrego García's deportation to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador began six years ago, when a suburban Maryland police detective typed a critical allegation into a Gang Interview Field Sheet....
Senator meets with man wrongly deported to El Salvador

6 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Theodoric Meyer |Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl |Maria Sacchetti

Senator meets with man wrongly deported to El Salvador (washingtonpost.com) Senator meets with man wrongly deported to El Salvador By Theodoric Meyer; María Luisa Paúl; Maria Sacchetti 2025041801335600 Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) met Thursday in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego García, a Maryland resident who has been imprisoned in the country since the Trump administration mistakenly deported him there last month.
Six dead after tour helicopter plummets into Hudson River

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Angie Orellana Hernandez |Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl |Victoria Craw

Six dead after tour helicopter plummets into Hudson River (washingtonpost.com) Six dead after tour helicopter plummets into Hudson River By Angie Orellana Hernandez; María Luisa Paúl; Victoria Craw 2025041021215000 A helicopter carrying a Spanish family on a sightseeing trip crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board — including three children — in what officials described as a "tragic" incident.
As Trump cracks down on immigration, U.S. citizens are among those snared

2 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl

For one man, it happened when he stepped out of a Chicago pizza shop after an afternoon of job hunting. For a 10-year-old girl and her siblings, it began at a Border Patrol checkpoint in South Texas as their family rushed to the hospital. For a man in Virginia, it started with immigration agents surrounding his truck, guns in hand.
As Trump cracks down on immigration, U.S. citizens are among those snared

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl

As Trump cracks down on immigration, U.S. citizens are among those snared (washingtonpost.com) As Trump cracks down on immigration, U.S. citizens are among those snared By María Luisa Paúl 2025040511000800 For one man, it happened when he stepped out of a Chicago pizza shop after an afternoon of job hunting. For a 10-year-old girl and her siblings, it began at a Border Patrol checkpoint in South Texas as their family rushed to the hospital.
Trump administration says it mistakenly deported Salvadoran migrant

3 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Maria Sacchetti |Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl

The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing that it had wrongly deported an immigrant living in Maryland to a mega-prison in El Salvador despite a court ruling prohibiting it, but alleged that U.S. officials are unable to pressure the Central American nation to return the man to his family in the United States.
Can noncitizens protest? What to know about First Amendment rights and risks.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl

Can noncitizens protest? What to know about First Amendment rights and risks. (washingtonpost.com) Can noncitizens protest? What to know about First Amendment rights and risks. By María Luisa Paúl 2025032804114100 In New York, Mahmoud Khalil, an anti-war protester at Columbia University, was detained after the government accused him — without providing evidence — of Hamas ties.
JD Vance’s face has become a meme for the right and left. Here’s why.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl

The vice president’s face is no longer his own. It has been inflated, stretched, smoothed and contorted so many times on social media that it’s easy for hyper-online politicos to forget what JD Vance actually looks like — and even easier for casual internet users to stumble upon a baffling depiction of the former senator from Ohio. One day, Vance is a doe-eyed baby sucking a lollipop.
Delta flight crashes at Toronto airport

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl

A Delta Air Lines flight crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, coming to rest upside down on the tarmac, according to images shared on social media. The Bombardier CRJ-900, a regional jet that seats roughly 76 passengers, departed Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport about 10:30 a.m. local time Monday, according to the aircraft tracker FlightAware. All passengers and crew members were “accounted for,” the Toronto airport posted on X on Monday afternoon.
Delta flight crashes at Toronto airport

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl

‘My face went white’: Woman boards American Airlines flight from Austin to Charlotte. Then she sees an alarming Wi-Fi network‘This is insane.’ Some passengers refused to board their American Airlines flight after it was delayed by five hours because of a potential bomb …