Reuters probed 20 killings by a police squad accused of summary executions in restive Venezuelan neighborhoods. Cops say they acted in self-defense. The official story is contradicted by dozens of witness accounts and exclusive video footage.
Families – rather than single adults – from Central America are the big growth sector as poverty, violence and Trump’s immigration policy all play a part
Almost three years ago, Pedro Nehemias told his mother he was traveling from their rural town in Guatemala to the country’s capital to visit friends and buy some clothes. In reality, he was going to meet a Honduran boy he met on Facebook.
“When leaders need an enemy and need to mobilize people against that enemy, confuse people about the truth, and shut down debate, ‘terrorism’ is now an option.”
It’s 4 a.m. A wave of cellphone alarms go off inside the church and movement begins. The heavy sleepers need an extra nudge. “It’s that time,” one woman murmurs, tapping her teenage son on the shoulder.
