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Kilmar Abrego García’s tattoos do not prove MS-13 membership, experts say - The Boston Globe

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Sarah Cahlan |Teo Armus |Samantha Schmidt

In an interview with ABC News on Tuesday night, Trump again adamantly insisted that Abrego García is a gang member while referencing a photo circulated by his administration on social media that labels the tattoos on his four fingers with: “M - S - 1 - 3.”A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. “They looked, and on his knuckles he has ‘MS-13,’” the president said in the interview. “He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed. … It says MS13.
Trump’s aid freeze hampers anti-narcotics programs in Latin America

1 month ago | postguam.com | Samantha Schmidt |Katharine Houreld |Karen DeYoung |Mary Beth Sheridan

BOGOTÁ, Colombia - As Latin America’s drug trade surges, the Trump administration’s aid freeze has halted crucial anti-narcotics programs. The administration paused nearly all U.S. foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department, including its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. INL has supported governments and security forces worldwide in combating organized crime, human trafficking and drug trafficking.
Venezuela releases 6 U.S. detainees after Trump envoy meets with Maduro

Jan 31, 2025 | msn.com | Samantha Schmidt |John Hudson |Karen DeYoung

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Trump retaliates against Colombia after it refuses deportation flights

Jan 26, 2025 | msn.com | Samantha Schmidt |Mary Sheridan |Trisha Thadani

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Venezuela’s Maduro is sworn into office with no proof of his victory

Jan 10, 2025 | msn.com | Samantha Schmidt

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A major cocaine transit country is halting US anti-drug cooperation

Dec 6, 2024 | postguam.com | Kevin Sieff |Samantha Schmidt

Paraguay’s antidrug agency has decided to halt cooperation with the United States, delivering a significant blow to U.S. efforts to curb organized crime in a country where cocaine trafficking has surged. The decision was communicated to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration this week and will take effect next year.
Argentina’s president considers exiting Paris agreement with Trump

Nov 14, 2024 | msn.com | David Feliba |Maxine Joselow |Samantha Schmidt |Chico Harlan

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Amid calls for new elections in Venezuela, opposition weighs next move

Aug 15, 2024 | msn.com | Samantha Schmidt |Marina Dias

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A visual timeline

Jul 24, 2024 | msn.com | Samantha Schmidt |Ana María Herrero

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Why Chile’s draft constitution reads like a US conservative wish list

Dec 17, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | Samantha Schmidt

Chileans will vote Sunday on a proposed constitution that contains echoes of US conservatism: the right to religious objections, the right to home-school, language that may be interpreted as suggesting personhood for fetuses. The document, written in large part by members of Chile’s right-wing Republican Party, is in many aspects more conservative than the 1980 dictatorship-era constitution it seeks to replace. And its connection to current trends in US conservatism isn’t coincidental.