Despite new laws to protect soldiers from sexual abuse, the death of Pvt. Ana Fernanda Basaldua, and a new Pentagon report on elite military academies, suggest the problems are far from being resolved. (
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The U.S. investigation into the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise took a giant leap forward on Tuesday when four key suspects were flown to Miami from Haiti. (
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Alex Bello-Ortiz was a model Air Force cadet whose death devastated his family in 2020. The initial investigation by Daytona Beach police closed the case as a suicide. Armed with new evidence, the family contends that he was murdered by a fellow cadet. The case has since been reopened. (
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The life of a young Air Force cadet, Alexander Bello-Ortiz, was cut short in tragic circumstances in 2020. His death was declared a suicide but his family suspect foul play.
Mexico's former Secretary of Public Security is on trial in New York. U.S. officials credit Garcia Luna with creating the country's first investigative agency capable of conducting sophisticated security operations. But he allegedly worked behind his back for El Chapo's Sinaloa cartel.
The unprecedented trial was scheduled for April, but government and defense lawyers say they need more time to review sensitive and classified documents, including Hernandez's cooperation with the CIA.
Roberto Rivas risked his life to help dismantle a "huge" human smuggling ring involving as many as 10,000 passports. He was brought to the United States as an informant on a special 'public benefit' visa, but claims he was then forgotten about by the agents he assisted. (
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Retired Colombian soldier Mario Antonio Palacios made a taped confession to the FBI before he was arrested in Miami for his alleged role in the assassination of Haiti's president, Jovenel Moise. His lawyers say it was obtained illegally and have asked a judge to block it. (
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In this week's episode, The Outlaw Ocean Project examines forced labor is the South China Sea, specifically the Thai fishing fleet. Onboard a Thai fishing ship using enslaved labor, three dozen Cambodian boys and men worked barefoot all day and into the night on the deck.
The Salguero cousins are alleged witnesses to a key meeting where El Chapo Guzman allegedly paid $1 million for Juan Orlando Hernandez's election campaign.
The longest law-enforcement chase in nautical history, spanning 110-days and 10,000-miles, featured a bunch of vigilantes pursuing Interpol’s most wanted illegal fishing ship. Slaloming around icebergs in a deadly glacier field, cutting through a category 5 storm, this chase only ended when one of the ships sank. To discuss why illegal fishing is so rampant and unchecked, this episode takes us from the capture of the world’s most notorious scofflaw vessel in African waters to the seas off the coast of North Korea where we discover the planet’s largest illegal fishing. Listen to Episode Two of the new podcast series
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A tireless investigation chronicles murder on the high seas. Listen to this dramatic first episode of the new podcast series
The Outlaw Ocean from CBC Podcasts and the L.A. Times.
For the trial to move forward, defense attorney Raymond Colon must first obtain a security clearance to receive classified documents related to the case. That could take time due to Hernandez's close ties to the US government
Angel Sanchez spent 12 years behind bars for his crimes as a member of a Miami street gang. He spent the next 11 years making up for lost time studying law, until he was admitted to the Washington, DC bar. He was sworn in on Friday in the same courthouse where he was convicted in 1999. (
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Juan Orlando Hernández is due to go on trial in January, but questions are swirling about his defense team, which is described as "ill-prepared". (
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The Guillen family is challenging a longstanding military doctrine that does not allow members of the military who suffer any type of injury while on active duty to sue the federal government in civilian courts.
The 1985 murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena was a major part of the plot of the popular Netflix series 'Narcos: Mexico'. Following the arrest last week of Rafael Caro Quintero, the notorious Mexican drug lord, US authorities say they want to extradite him to stand trial for numerous crimes, including the kidnapping, torture and murder of Camarena. (
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A federal police investigator said a suspect confessed and detailed what happened to British journalist, Dom Phillips, and Brazilian indigenous rights defender, Bruno Pereira.