Several new laws and decrees punish posting criticism of the government, communism or Cuban leaders online or in a media outlet. Starting Friday, all media outlets in the country must also seek formal government approval to continue working.

The massacre is one of the worst in Haiti’s Artibonite department, an agricultural region that has increasingly been terrorized by gang violence that is metastasizing from the capital.

A previous attempt by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to make the Guard a fully military organization was ruled unconstitutional. Now, with his party controlling majorities in both legislative chambers, the president was able to achieve his goal by amending the constitution.

The aircraft in question was initially detained in Argentina in June 2022, with Venezuelan and Iranian crew members suspected of being involved in espionage. Weeks later the U.S. government moved to take possession of it.

The plan, which will see Mexico elect thousands of judges and magistrates nationwide, was approved this month amid outcry from the opposition, business leaders and two of Mexico’s biggest trading partners — the U.S. and Canada.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed allegations from his country’s disgraced ex-security chief — jailed in the United States and facing a possible life sentence for corruption — that he has links to drug cartels.

Senior U.S. officials and migrant advocates say Mexico’s internal migrant bussing is a major factor in the stunning fall in apprehensions at the U.S. border, down 77 percent since December. But it’s unclear whether the results are sustainable. 

Benin’s soldiers would be the only native French-speakers enlisted in the campaign. But the Pentagon has turned to Benin to assist U.S. counterinsurgency efforts in West Africa, straining resources, and Benin has concerns about the intervention’s leadership structure.

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada controlled, and may still control, a “veritable army” of cartel members, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Francisco Navarro. “His release would guarantee his flight.”

Three U.S. Army members were injured in the 2021 car-bombing attack near the Colombia-Venezuela border. The FBI led the investigation of the case.