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Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
BRAZIL: Police uncover alleged plot to murder Lula in 2022
On 19 November Brazil’s federal police (PF) arrested military officers suspected of participating in a plot in 2022 that could have involved assassinating President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and supreme court (STF) justice Alexandre de Moraes.
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
HAITI: Gang members killed amid rising violence
On 19 November Lionel Lazarre, deputy spokesperson for Haiti’s police (PNd’H), told the media that at least 28 suspected gang members had been killed by PNd’H officials and residents in Pétion-Ville, a wealthy Port-au-Prince suburb.
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
MEXICO: Moves to create a security super ministry
On 19 November a commission of Mexico’s lower chamber of congress unanimously approved a planned reform of Article 21 of the constitution, designed to increase the powers of the security ministry (SSPC).
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
CHILE: Monsalve case triggers “darkest day” for Boric
On 19 November a Santiago court judge ordered that Chile’s former deputy interior minister Manuel Monsalve be held in preventive detention on charges of rape, setting a four-month deadline for the case against him to be finalised.
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