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Weekly Report - 20 April 2023 (WR-23-16)
MEXICO: US indictments strain relations
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the unsealing of five federal indictments targeting leaders and collaborators of the Sinaloa drug trafficking organisation (DTO) on 14 April. The indictments aimed to combat fentanyl trafficking to the US. However, they have been received badly by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, with two recent points of tension over bilateral security matters resurfacing.
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- COLOMBIA: Former paramilitaries weigh in on peace plan
- ECUADOR: Lasso threatens to dissolve legislature
- BRAZIL: Lula faces pushback over Ukraine
- CHILE: Activists protest over Los Bronces
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- EL SALVADOR: Bukele’s security plan in the spotlight
- NICARAGUA: Relations with Beijing bear fruit
- UN announces new envoy to Haiti
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