On July 10, US District Judge William Dimitrouleas in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., sentenced former ICE agent Wilfredo Vazquez to 87 months in prison for sexually assaulting a female immigration detainee in his custody. Vazquez pleaded guilty in April to two… Read moreICE agent sentenced for sexual assault
On July 9, ICE agents joined Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in raiding two marine companies in Port Arthur in southeastern Texas, near the Louisiana border. The operations took place at the R & R Marine Fabrication and Drydock… Read moreICE raids Texas port company
The New York Times scored a media coup July 1 with a front-page story on the revival Algeria’s Islamist militant underground following its transformation into an al-Qaeda franchise, “Ragtag Insurgency Gains a Lifeline From Al Qaeda.” The front-page story featured… Read moreMaghreb al-Qaeda’s NYT debut sparks Algeria outrage
An investigation by Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has confirmed reports that a US air strike in the Deh Bala district of Nangarhar province July 6 killed 47 members of a wedding party, including the bride. The investigation found that 39… Read moreKarzai confirms US air-strike on wedding party
At least 20 were killed July 12 in fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban insurgents following an attack on an army convoy near Zargari, North-West Frontier Province. The violence came during an unannounced, one-day visit to Pakistan by Adm…. Read morePakistan vetoes Pentagon force
US war resister Corey Glass, an Iraq war veteran who served with the National Guard, won a stay of removal from a Canadian federal court July 9. Glass, who came to Canada in 2006, was scheduled to be deported the… Read moreBi-national mobilization for Iraq war resisters in Canada
From the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), July 10: NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union filed a landmark lawsuit today to stop the government from conducting surveillance under a new wiretapping law that gives the Bush administration virtually… Read moreACLU pledges to challenge wiretapping law
For the past two weeks, some 200 troops from Mexico’s elite Federal Preventive Police (PFP) have occupied the village of Zimapán, Hidalgo, the scene of protests over a toxic waste site that the Spanish firm Befesa is scheduled to open… Read moreFederal police occupy Mexican village in toxic waste fight
As popular organizations called a one-day general strike July 9 to protest rising food and fuel prices, Peru’s President Alan GarcĂa accused leftist opponents of plotting to overthrow him. “What we are seeing is a conspiracy that is underway,” GarcĂa… Read morePeru general strike: land struggle or “conspiracy”?
US authorities could demand the extradition of two FARC guerilla leaders arrested by Colombian commandos during their rescue of 15 hostages, Justice Department officials said July 7. FARC leaders Gerardo Antonio Aguilar RamĂrez AKA “CĂ©sar” and Alexander Farfán Suarez AKA… Read moreFARC leaders captured in rescue operation to face extradition?
The MatsĂ©s, a tribe of 2,500 people in the remote Peruvian Amazon, have rejected plans by the Peruvian government to explore for oil on their land. The government has created five exploration “lots” overlapping MatsĂ©s territory, and signed deals opening… Read morePeru: MatsĂ©s indigenous people say no to oil exploration
