Anonymous ID: f435f3 April 26, 2019, 7:11 p.m. No.6329183   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48074702

Sri Lankan police say they exchanged fire with an armed group in the east of the country as they searched for those linked to last Sunday's bombings.

A military spokesman said there was also an explosion as police conducted a raid in the town of Ampara Sainthamaruthu, near Batticaloa.

In a separate raid nearby, police said explosives and uniforms of the Islamic State (IS) group were seized.

Earlier, Sri Lanka's PM said warnings of the attacks had not been passed on.

Ranil Wickremesinghe told the BBC he had been "out of the loop" and that vital intelligence warnings had not been passed to him.

In Ampara Sainthamaruthu on Friday, police said officers acting on a tip-off had launched a raid and that an armed group had set off an explosion. A gun battle then ensued.

Details were sketchy but Sri Lankan media said one civilian had died as well as several suspected militants.

In another raid in the same town police found IS uniforms, 150 sticks of gelignite, 100,000 metal balls and a drone camera, a military spokesman said.

Police quoted by local media said 10 arrests were made across the country on Friday bringing the number detained since last Sunday to 80.

President Maithripala Sirisena has told reporters that intelligence services believed about 130 suspects linked to IS were in the country and that police were hunting 70 who were still at large.

Anonymous ID: f435f3 April 26, 2019, 7:18 p.m. No.6329261   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-complains-us-longer-border-crossing-times-62667053

Mexico has expressed concern to the United States government about lengthy delays at ports of entry along their shared border that are hurting companies in both countries.

Mexico's foreign affairs ministry said in a statement Friday that impacts to Mexican and U.S. businesses have been felt in April due to delays in customs inspections at the border.

In late March, the U.S. government announced it was moving some personnel from ports of entry to help Border Patrol handle the influx of migrant families. Longer border crossing times resulted.

Mexico asked for a meeting of the 21st Century Border Executive Steering Committee, which includes officials from both governments, to discuss the issue.

 

In the first two months of 2019, Mexico became the United States' number one trading partner.