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Worse Than the Dreyfuss Affair: the Persecution of Julian Assange

CounterPunch|16 hours ago

>It may appear unnecessary to repeat the truism that democracy depends on transparency and accountability, and yet, how often has the democratic order been betrayed by our leaders in the recent past?

How often have the media abandoned their watchdog function,

Journalist Craig Murray sentenced to eight months imprisonment

World Socialist Web Site|1 day ago

>The prominent defender of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been found guilty of contempt of court for his reporting on the 2020 trial of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond.

Guest GMB host Alastair Campbell is forced to apologise after accidentally telling viewers the Queen is DEAD in on-air blunder

Daily Mail|11 hours ago

>Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell made the gaffe this morning while interviewing former England footballer Vinnie Jones about his new memoir, Lost Without You.

'You looked like Gandalf': Tony Blair admits his lockdown mullet was a mistake and it took him 'some time to get organised' and get it cut as he appears on GMB with his former …

Daily Mail|14 hours ago

>The former prime minister was lampooned by Alastair Campbell on Good Morning Britain as his former spin doctor invited more of his Labour and left-wing friends on to the show.

Washington Post: Trump Justice Department Spied on Journalists Covering 2016 Election

Democracy Now|9 hours ago

>The Washington Post is reporting Trump's Justice Department secretly obtained the phone records — and attempted to get email records — of journalists reporting on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

'Roll tanks in the morning': Ex-Trump officials pledge support for Israel as violence escalates

RT|13 hours ago

>Former officials of the Donald Trump administration have taken to social media to cheer on Israel as it becomes embroiled in conflict and a campaign of aggression with Palestine.

So-called Scots activist Craig Murray has left victims of rape living in fear

Daily Record on MSN.com|22 hours ago

>Columnist Annie Brown says Murray is already being lionised by his supporters as a "political prisoner" before he has even served a day in jail.

The Zimbabwe bill that could outlaw 'unpatriotic acts'

The Zimbabwean|13 hours ago

>None of the accusations led to prosecutions. "Look at [Julian] Assange. Why is he being arrested and taken to America? It is because he has violated their interests," Mr Togarepi says. It is not clear when the proposed bill will be brought before …

Craig Murray held in contempt of court

Morning Star|15 hours ago

>Craig Murray watched two days of the former first minister's trial at Edinburgh's High Court in March 2020 and wrote about it on his website. Judges subsequently ruled that Mr Murray, 62, was in contempt of court,

Matt Taibbi: Media outlets 'once challenged the Spy State,' now they're 'agents' of it

Fox News|20 hours ago

>Journalist Matt Taibbi blasted members of the media for their transformation from being challengers to what he referred to as the "Spy State" to becoming "agents" of it

We must contain the lie machine

China Daily|1 day ago

>We saw this in the so-called color revolutions in Ukraine, Myanmar, Syria, Egypt, Venezuela, Brazil and China's Hong Kong special administrative region. The speed with which lies and prejudices are spread via social media is impressive.

Zimbabwe's plan to outlaw 'unpatriotic acts'

Yahoo News|18 hours ago

>The move is part of a plan to improve the government's international reputation but campaigners and opposition parties argue it is another "vehicle for oppression", in the words of Dr Madhuku. "Activists travel - we are the voice of the voiceless and speak the truth,

The Media Wants You to Trust Washington Again Now That Trump Is Gone

Mises Institute|8 hours ago

>Former CNN White House correspondent Michelle Kosinski declared on Twitter last week that American journalists would "never expect … Your own govt to lie to you, repeatedly" and "Your own govt to hide information the public has a right to know.

Proposed Patriotic Bill Dangerous - Madhuku

Zimbabwe|18 hours ago

>Spread This NewsBBC Zimbabwe is planning to introduce a law to punish people who are deemed "unpatriotic" because they criticise the country when abroad - and it has left activists feeling nervous. Constitutional lawyer and opposition politician Lovemore Madhuku calls the proposal "dangerous",

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Julian Assange's father marches for his son

Westender|3 hours ago

>Monday 3 May was International Press Freedom Day, and this year it coincided with Labour Day in Brisbane. John Shipton, Julian Assange's father, marched with Julian's union, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (the MEAA) on Brisbane's Labour Day to remind Australia that his son,

"No State Can Define Patriotism"

ZimEye|12 hours ago

>Constitutional lawyer and opposition politician Lovemore Madhuku calls the proposal "dangerous", saying that "no state can define patriotism". People seen as unpatriotic for allegedly undermining the national interest abroad could face criminal charges if the measures being considered are passed.

Madhuku says Zimbabwe's proposed Patriotic Bill is dangerous

The Zimbabwe Mail|15 hours ago

>HARARE - Zimbabwe is planning to introduce a law to punish people who are deemed "unpatriotic" because they criticise the country when abroad - and it has left activists

2021 Mother's Day Golden Gate Bridge Action And Walk

CODEPINK|13 hours ago

>CODEPINK is a women-led grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs.

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The five-year old Border Police improved control of Costa Rica’s porous land border with

Panama, including through expanded use of biometrics and cooperation with Panama. The Air

Surveillance Service (SVA) pushed to better control its airspace with additional radar, training

and operations capacity. SVA’s support for the Coast Guard will expand significantly in 2018

with acquisition of the maritime patrol aircraft and improved capability for night operations.

After a favorable constitutional court ruling, the government expanded use of the Judicial Wire

Intercept Program (JWIP) in 2017, resulting in notable convictions. For example, largely based

on JWIP intercepts, Costa Rican prosecutors convicted a Sinaloa Cartel-affiliated trafficking

network estimated to have trafficked more than 70 MT of cocaine.

The U.S. government estimates opium poppy cultivation in Mexico reached 32,000 hectares (ha)

in 2016, an increase from 28,000 ha in 2015. Most opium poppy cultivation occurred in the

states of Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango, and Guerrero. The Mexican Attorney General’s Office

(PGR), SEDENA, SEMAR, Foreign Ministry (SRE), and the United Nations Office on Drugs

and Crime (UNODC) began an opium yield study in 2017 to better estimate the quantity of

heroin produced in Mexico. Collection of field samples will continue through the opium poppy

growing season of early 2018, with analysis planned for spring 2018.

Increased seizures at the U.S.–Mexico border suggest a rise in fentanyl trafficking. Synthetic

drugs are increasingly transported in poly-drug loads and sometimes pressed into pills disguised

as prescription medications for sale in illicit markets. In August, using Merida Initiative-funded

non-intrusive inspection equipment, SEMAR seized 64 kg of material containing fentanyl and

30,000 fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills at a checkpoint near the Arizona border. During the first

nine months of 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection had seized 224 kg of fentanyl at U.S.

southwest border ports of entry, all from privately owned vehicles. The United States supports

SEMAR, SEDENA, Federal Police, Customs (SAT), and PGR with information sharing,

training, and specialized equipment. In January, SEMAR captured two Sinaloa Cartel

“superlabs,” seizing over four MT of methamphetamine and thousands of liters of precursor

chemicals.

In January, Mexico extradited Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, former head of the Sinaloa Cartel,

to the United States to stand trial. In May, Mexican officials arrested Damaso Lopez Nunez,

Guzman’s likely successor as the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. In addition to Lopez Nunez’s

arrest, his son Damaso Lopez Serrano surrendered to law enforcement authorities in July at the

U.S.–Mexico border, the first time a high-ranking cartel leader ever voluntarily surrendered to

law enforcement authorities in the United States.

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It’s a legitimately big deal that the New Generation Jalisco Cartel has a Mexican Army helicopter, even if we aren’t reading a whole lot about it. “The criminal group was once an armed wing of the feared Sinaloa cartel, fighting turf wars with the Zetas and Knights Templar gangs, but it has emerged as a powerful force this year in its own right,

https://wikileaks.org/berats-box/emailid/19927

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>Damaso Lopez Serrano

U.S. Attorney’s Office

Southern District of California

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, August 7, 2017

Sinaloa Cartel Cell Leader Self-Surrenders at Border

Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Braverman (619) 546-6717

NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – August 7, 2017

SAN DIEGO – Sinaloa Cartel Cell Leader Damaso Lopez-Serrano, aka Mini Lic, was arraigned in federal court today following his self-surrender to United States law enforcement authorities at the Calexico West Port of Entry on July 27.

Lopez-Serrano, 29, is believed to be the highest-ranking Mexican cartel leader ever to self-surrender in the United States. Lopez-Serrano was arraigned on an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in San Diego on August 19, 2016, charging him and five of his close associates, including Nahum Sicairos-Montalvo, aka Kinceanero, with Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances Intended for Importation and Conspiracy to Import Controlled Substances.

United States District Court Judge Dana M. Sabraw arraigned Lopez-Serrano on these charges today and unsealed the indictment against these two defendants. Lopez-Serrano did not seek bond and will remain in custody. A status hearing is scheduled for November 2, 2017 at 10 a.m. before Judge Sabraw.

The announcement was made by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Alana Robinson.

The United States also announced today the unsealing of an additional indictment returned December 4, 2016, in the Eastern District of Virginia by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Criminal Division’s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section charging father and son, Damaso Lopez Nunez and Damaso Lopez Serrano, respectively, with Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances Intended for Importation. Damaso Lopez Nunez was arrested by Mexican authorities on May 2, 2017, and the United States is in the process of seeking his extradition on the December 4 indictment. Lopez Serrano will be arraigned on this indictment at a future date.

“At a time when more Americans than ever are dying from drug overdoses, the Department of Justice has made it a top priority to target the Mexican Cartel leaders responsible for the dangerous drugs that poison our families,” said Attorney General Sessions. “We will continue to go after these cartel leaders in order to dismantle their organizations from top to bottom, and today’s announcement should send them a clear message: you can turn yourselves in the easy way, or we will find you and bring you to justice the hard way. No matter what, you will face the consequences.”

“This extraordinary case is this district’s most significant, comprehensive and large-scale cartel prosecution,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Alana Robinson. “Today marks another important step in the dismantling of the Sinaloa Cartel and is a reflection of law enforcement’s focused efforts these last several years to put an end to this most powerful drug trafficking organization.”

“The arrest of this key cartel leader is a significant blow to the Sinaloa Cartel,” said DEA San Diego Special Agent in Charge William R. Sherman. “DEA remains vigilant in its mission to keep investigating this organization and arresting these individuals who sell their poison to the citizens of the United States.”

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The Southern District of California indictment unsealed today marks the conclusion of the fourth phase of a five-year investigation that, in total, has resulted in charges against over 125 people and has had a significant impact on the worldwide operations of the Sinaloa Cartel. This investigation has also offered one of the most comprehensive views to date of the inner workings of one of the world’s most prolific, violent and powerful drug cartels. Cartel members and associates were targeted in this massive investigation involving multiple countries, numerous law enforcement agencies around the United States, a number of federal districts and over 250 court-authorized wiretaps in this district alone.

This case began in late 2011 as an investigation of what was at first believed to be a small-scale drug distribution cell in National City and Chula Vista. It became evident that the drugs were being supplied by the Sinaloa Cartel, and the case evolved into a massive multi-national, multi-state probe that resulted in scores of arrests and seizures of 1,397 kilograms of methamphetamine, 2,214 kilograms of cocaine, 17.2 tons of marijuana, 95.84 kilograms of heroin, and $27,892,706.00 in narcotics proceeds.

The primary indictment in this investigation was previously unsealed targeting the alleged leader of the cartel, Ismael Zambada-Garcia, known as “El Mayo,” as well as two of his four sons - Ismael Zambada-Sicairos, known as “Mayito Flaco,” and Ismael Zambada-Imperial, known as “Mayito Gordo.” Zambada-Imperial was arrested by Mexican authorities in November 2014 and is pending extradition to the Southern District of California. Also part of that indictment is Ivan Archivaldo Guzman-Salazar, known as “Chapito,” whose father Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera was the alleged leader of the Sinaloa Cartel along with Mayo.

As part of this investigation, U.S. authorities previously arrested and prosecuted another son of Mayo - Serafin Zambada-Ortiz, who pleaded guilty in the Southern District of California in September 2014 to drug trafficking charges.

José Rodrigo Aréchiga-Gamboa, commonly referred to by his alias "El Chino Ántrax,” was arrested in the Netherlands, extradited to the United States by Dutch authorities in July 2014 and pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in May 2015. Arechiga-Gamboa is believed to have worked for the Sinaloa Cartel as the leader of a violent enforcement arm of the Sinaloa Cartel called “Los Antrax” and a key lieutenant of Mayo.

This case is the result of ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership that brings together the combined expertise and unique abilities of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, dismantle and prosecute high-level members of drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations and enterprises.

DEFENDANTS Case Number 16CR1896-DMS

Damaso Lopez-Serrano, aka Mini Lic Age: 29 Culiacan, Mexico

Nahum Abraham Sicairos-Montalvo, aka Kinceanero Age: 29 Culiacan, Mexico

SUMMARY OF CHARGES

Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances for Purpose of Unlawful Importation, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 959, 960 and 963; Term of custody including a mandatory minimum 10 years and up to life imprisonment, $10,000,000 fine and 5 years supervised release.

Conspiracy to Import Controlled Substances, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 960 and 963. Term of custody including a mandatory minimum 10 years and up to life imprisonment, $10,000,000 fine and 5 years supervised release.

AGENCIES

Drug Enforcement Administration

Homeland Security Investigations

Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations

Customs and Border Protection Office of Border Patrol

Internal Revenue Service

Federal Bureau of Investigation

United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois

Department of Justice, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces

Department of Justice, Office of Enforcement Operations

*An indictment or complaint is not evidence that the defendants committed the crimes charged. The defendants are presumed innocent until the Government meets its burden in court of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/sinaloa-cartel-cell-leader-self-surrenders-border

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> “Today marks another important step in the dismantling of the Sinaloa Cartel and is a reflection of law enforcement’s focused efforts these last several years to put an end to this most powerful drug trafficking organization.”

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>National Guard Kills Agent of Sonora Attorney General's Office; Claims To Have Mistaken Him For Cartel Suspect

Elements of the National Guard (GN) killed Jose Ramon Reyes, 36, an official of the Sonora Attorney General's Office in Caborca municipality. They also injured his sister Veronica Reyes, 25. Reports say that the GN confused them for a cartel cell that owns a similar vehicle.

The events occurred on Wednesday evening on a dirt road that leads to San Isidro rural community. At the scene, elements of the GN fired at least seven times at the Tahoe truck in which the victims were traveling.

On Twitter, the GN issued a statement confirming that the troops involved in the attack were detained and under investigation.

"The GN reiterates that abuses or excessive use of force by its personnel will not be tolerated", the statement read.

Pictures of the scene that circulated on social media showed the SUV had been shot through the windshield. Reyes was killed instantly and his sister was treated at a nearby hospital after she was shot on the arm.

Sonoran authorities and Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) said that they would investigate the incident but did not issue any further statements.

As reported by Borderland Beat, much of the violence in Sonora is driven by conflicts between several factions of the Sinaloa Cartel and local drug groups like La Plaza and/or the Caborca Cartel. This turf is a strategic location for drug trafficking given its proximity to the US state of Arizona.

For several months, criminal groups have been competing for control of the Sonoran municipalities of Caborca, Sonoyta, Pitiquito and Altar. They also want control of the Santa Ana-Magdalena-Ímuris corridor in the north and the Guaymas-Empalme-Cajeme corridor in the south.

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2021/05/national-guard-kills-agent-of-sonora.html

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>Gunmen Kidnap and Kill a Crime Reporter from Sonora

Benjamin Morales Hernandez, a crime reporter from Sonoyta, Sonora, was found dead this morning in an abandoned lot close to a highway heading to Caborca municipality. His assassins left a written message at the scene, but the text has not been revealed by authorities by press time.

Morales-Hernandez's sibling confirmed that he was kidnapped by armed men at approximately 6:00 p.m. the day before. He said he was forcibly taken from his home.

Morales-Hernandez worked as a crime reporter for Noticias Xonoidag, a Facebook page that covered news in Sonora. He often shared information about criminal activity in Sonoyta, Caborca, and Puerto Penasco, where drug-related violence has increased in recent months.

In addition to his crime reporting, Morales-Hernandez also covered political topics. His last live video he released was on May 1, when he spoke about the upcoming municipal and state elections in Sonora.

This Monday, May 3, was World Press Freedom Day. Mexico was celebrating this day amidst spiraling violence against journalists and ongoing impunity.

Last March, a crime reporter from Guaymas, Sonora, Pablo Felipe Romero Chavez, was kidnapped by suspected cartel members. His kidnapping came weeks after another reporter, Jorge Molontzín Centlal, went missing in Santa Ana, Sonora. Their whereabouts are unknown.

Background

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to exercise journalism as a profession. Though the figures are often conflicting, press freedom organizations around the world collectively agree that over 150 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2000. Dozens more remain disappeared.

Like in most criminal cases in Mexico, the vast majority of these incidents remain unsolved and with few perpetrators arrested and/or convicted.

Much of the violence in Sonora is driven by conflicts between several factions of the Sinaloa Cartel and local drug groups like La Plaza and/or the Caborca Cartel. This turf is a strategic location for drug trafficking given its proximity to the US state of Arizona.

For several months, criminal groups have been competing for control of the Sonoran municipalities of Caborca, Sonoyta, Pitiquito and Altar. They also want control of the Santa Ana-Magdalena-Ímuris corridor in the north and the Guaymas-Empalme-Cajeme corridor in the south

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2021/05/gunmen-kidnap-and-kill-crime-reporter.html