David C. Adams
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British-born, Miami-based, freelance journalist for @nytimes, and @CPJAmericas. Previously @UnivisionNews, @TB_Times @Reuters
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Trump's housekeeper, @SandraDiazNJ1 says she paid more in taxes than her boss. Read more about her story 👉
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“Why are we talking about Arizona?” asks @VanJones68 ion @CNN . “Because the Latino and Latina community stood up and did something extraordinary.”
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Did not see this one coming. IF prosecutors can make this new allegation stand, Juan Orlando Hernandez has some VERY big questions to answer. @jeffgernst @DEAHQ And President Trump might also want to reconsider his "fantastic" hand shake with President Hernandez last week.
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@jeffgernst El fiscal Bove al jurado: "le pedimos que hagas justicia, justicia larga evitado en Honduras, justicia para un hombre que es virtualmente intocable y totalmente protegido por el gobierno hondureño.".
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In a stunning opening statement in the New York drug trial of Tony Hernandez, a federal prosecutor alleged Wednesday that Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman personally gave him $1 million to be delivered to his brother, the President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez.
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EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. has requested the extradition of former Honduran president #JuanOrlandoHernandez on drug trafficking related charges, multiple sources tell Univision. Hernandez left office Jan 27 and has been named in several @SDNYnews drug cases.
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@helenaguirrefer @GovRonDeSantis Except Miami-Dade county did NOT follow the Governor. @MayorGimenez actually took a v different, much more proactive approach. Hard to see that the Governor really deserves credit for that.
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Parece que el gobierno hondureño no entiende el principio constitucional estadounidense de la separación de poderes entre la parte judicial y ejecutiva.
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Argumentos finales y deliberaciones del jurado en el juicio de Geovanny Fuentes podría enviar una señal preocupante a Honduras, cuyo presidente enfrenta acusaciones crecientes de vínculos con narcotraficantes. con @jeffgernst en la corte en Neuva York.
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The trial in New York of alleged Honduran drug trafficker, Geovanny Fuentes, begins on Monday. According to court documents it will provide deeper insights into drug corruption in #Honduras, implicating president Juan Orlando Hernández. By .@jeffgernst.
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The #TonyHernandez tapes: Part Three, where the DEA agent shows Tony a photo of a kilo of cocaine with his initials, 'TH', stamped on it. I have to hand it to Tony. He manages to keep it together, with a wry smile. "Noone puts their name on something . so sensitive," he says.
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Cómo queda el presidente de Honduras tras la condena a su hermano por narcotráfico en EEUU. Juan Orlando Hernández dice sentir "gran tristeza", pero se compromete a seguir colaborando con EEUU. Con @jeffgernst
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Jury finds 'Tony' Hernandez, brother of Honduran president, guilty of drug trafficking. Hernández was convicted by a jury in New York of four counts of drug trafficking, illegal possession of weapons and false statements to a US official. With @jeffgernst
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@UnivisionNews @Univision @jorgeramosnews @NicolasMaduro Happy to report Jorge has been released. Here he is on his phone in his hotel after he was released this evening.
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'El Rojo’ told the court he began working with Tony Hernandez in 2004, paying him $5k a load to protect his cocaine with information on Honduran police and military operations on drug routes off the coasts and main roads. @jeffgernst reporting from the courtroom for @UniNoticias.
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Very reassuring to see democratic gesture by @Papialaorden (Nasry Asfura) meeting and congratulating @XiomaraCastroZ today. #Honduras providing the region with a surprising and much needed lesson in democracy!
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Carlos Zelaya, brother-in-law of Honduran President Xiomara Castro, admits he met with narcos in 2013 where bribes were "offered", says he is resigning as head of Congress. In the meeting were Devis 'El Cachiro' Rivera and Ramon Matta Jr., among others.
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Another normal day in Honduras, apparently. Hernández apareció sonriendo en un desfile militar el sábado, acompañado por el embajador interino de Estados Unidos, Colleen Hoey, como si todo fuera normal.
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El colombiano que supuestamente reclutó a los ex soldados acusados de asesinar al presidente Moise de Haití ha permanecido en paradero desconocido desde julio 2021. Hoy tenía una cita en el tribunal de tráfico de Miami. Fue multado con 277 dólares por una infracción de luz roja.
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@jeffgernst @UniNoticias @BlancaRVilchez @CMendozaHN Y, aquí en la sede de @UnivisionNews le damos las gracias a @jeffgernst por su incansable esfuerzo de investigación durante las últimas semanas.
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Exclusive: Here is the Narco Video that shows traffickers discussing bribes with Honduras President’s brother-in-law which prompted his resignation from Congress
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Trial exhibit #203-R4 in #TonyHernandez drug trafficking case in New York: a weapon allegedly carried by the president's brother, embossed with Honduran flag and name of JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ. @jeffgernst (UPDATED WITH CLOSE UP IMAGE)
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Remembering #VanessaGuillen today on what should have been her 22nd birthday. Learn more about the Guillen family's fight for justice.
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Extradition case of #JuanOrlandoHernández: "He's done for. Not even Superman could save himself from this," said Carlos Chajtur, a Honduran criminal defense lawyer. A Honduran Supreme Court judge on Wednesday began hearing the extradition case.
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US Attorney Bove wraps up closing argument to jury in #TonyHernandez drug trafficking trial: "we ask that you do justice, justice long avoided in Honduras, justice for a man who is virtually untouchable and totally protected by the Honduran government.".
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Trump Hotels management group appears to have been evicted from Trump Ocean Club in Panama after a Judge entered the property Monday with armed police escort. Statement by hotel owner Orestes Fintiklis. @UnivisionNews #TrumpOrg
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El caso de #TonyHernandez, la entrevista con la DEA y los "narcoamigos" de Tony. Una guía de quién es quién . .
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STORY NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH: Witness directly involves president of Honduras in use of drug money for his campaigns. That's what confessed drug trafficker Alex Ardon told the court on Tuesday in the New York drug trial of #TonyHernandez. .@jeffgernst
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El gobierno hondureño se quejó hoy en una nota diplomática al gobierno de los Estados Unidos de la manera “denigrante” en que la fiscalía de Nueva York se refiere a Hernández y su presunta participación en una organización de narcotráfico “patrocinada por el Estado".
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The president of #Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, is a wily politician, but he may need the skill of Houdini to escape the clutches of U.S. prosecutors investigating him ties to drug cartels. Could he seek refuge in #Nicaragua? with @jeffgernst.
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¿Quién es el "monstruo", Consuelo Porras, que aterroriza a los fiscales de Guatemala? via @UniNoticias.
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Presidente de #Honduras está en el ojo del huracán por nuevos testimonios en la corte en Nueva York que lo vuelven a implicar con el narcotráfico pro @CMendozaHN via @uninoticias.
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The Miami-based majority owner of the Trump Ocean Club hotel in Panama, Orestes Fintiklis, celebrated the apparent eviction of Trump’s management group by playing a Greek folk song on the hotel lobby piano.
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Federal agents arrested the owner of a Miami area security firm Tuesday linked to the assassination of Haiti’s president, Jovenel #Moise, in July 2021. Antonio Intriago, the owner of CTU Security, is due to appear in court Tuesday pm, his lawyer confirmed to Univision Noticias.
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Honduras has apparently revoked its extradition agreement with the U.S. What's behind this? Earlier reports that two members of her Libre party are being sought for extradition appears to be untrue. Jailed traffickers have previosuly claimed they bribed her husband, Mel Zelaya,.
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Exjefe de la policía de Honduras es acusado de tráficar drogas para el presidente Hernández y su hermano.Juan Carlos 'El Tigre' Bonilla presuntamente abusó de su posición oficial para proteger los envíos de cocaína. hondureña.
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Nery Orlando Lopez Sanabria muere en una riña el una cárcel la máxima seguridad en Honduras. Era autor de una 'narcolibreta' con anotaciones de envíos de drogas que supuestamente implicaban a Tony Hernández y su hermano el presidente de Honduras.
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@UniNoticias Fuera del juzgado, el abogado defensor Avraham Moskowitz, dijo a los periodistas que Fuentes era "un daño colateral en el afán del gobierno por perseguir al presidente Hernández". Dijo que parecía claro que el gobierno planeaba intentar llevar a Hernández a los tribunales.
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President Trump, here is your threatening caravan. “There are 300 kids and 400 women . Babies with bibs and milk bottles, not armaments. How much of a threat can they be?”
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Una fuente oficial familiarizada con el arresto del expolicía hondureño, Mauricio Hernández, se entregó a la DEA. Si decide cooperar con los funcionarios estadounidenses, podría intercambiar lo que sabe con los fiscales a cambio de una sentencia menor.
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Alex Venegas is an elderly marathon runner in Managua who runs in protest against the government. He was jailed for “terrorismo“. He got out Wednesday, went for a run Thursday. and was busted again. Tifani Roberts reports from Managua :
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VIDEO: Antes de ser asesinado, autor de las narcolibretas que incriminan al presidente de Honduras pidió cambio de prisión | Shows Noticiero Univision | Univision @CMendozaHN
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El caso de #TonyHernandez, la entrevista con la DEA y los "narcoamigos" de Tony. Una guía de quién es quién .
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Inicia deliberaciones el jurado del caso de narcotráfico de 'Tony' Hernández en Nueva York. El hermano del presidente de Honduras es acusado de tráfico de drogas con el apoyo del Estado hondureño. Con @jeffgernst en la corte en Nueva York.
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The ‘Trump’ letters were just removed from outside the Panama hotel where he lost management control today. @UnivisionNews #TrumpOrg
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Latest in New York trial of Geovanny Fuentes. Accountant testifies to meeting between accused trafficker and President Juan Orlando Hernandez. Contador testifica sobre reuniones entre presunto narco y el presidente de Honduras via @jeffgernst.
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My attempt to explain some of the implications of the Tony Hernández conviction.
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The Colombian man who allegedly recruited the ex-soldiers accused of assassinating president Moise of Haiti has stayed out of sight since the killing in July 2021. He had a court date today in Miami traffic court. He was fined $277 for a red light infraction.
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@jeffgernst obtuvo copias de los libros de drogas antes del juicio y confirmó su autenticidad con el abogado de López Sanabria. Jeff también confirmó que los libros de contabilidad figuraban en el informe oficial de arresto de 2018 de López Sanabria.
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Covid: France rewards frontline immigrant workers with citizenship
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This is truly shocking news. Miami professor, Bruce Bagley, an acclaimed international expert on drug trafficking, and a frequent source of mine, and many other colleagues, was charged today in in New York federal court in a money laundering scheme
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This little boy has been waiting for asylum at the U.S> border for two months after his family say he was shot by a stray bullet fired by Nicaraguan police.
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.@BernieSanders supporters cheering it’s #NotMeUs at a watch party in Miami as #SuperTuesday results come in. @GeoffMiami
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Mauricio Hernandez Pineda, a former senior Honduran policeman and cousin of President Hernandez was arrested in New York on Wednesday charged in a multi-ton cocaine conspiracy with the president’s brother, Tony Hernandez.
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"Everything we were doing to reduce gang presence, provide education and workforce development . is literally going down the crapper." - project manager in Guatemala. Trump cuts off aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador via @Univision @dadams7308.
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Miles de hondureños se encuentran en una disyuntiva: luchar contra el coronavirus o contra el hambre. Ya hay 110 casos de covid-19, y población esta confinado a casa. Sin embargo, centenares salen a protestar, porque no tienen qué comer. @UniNoticias.
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El Consejo de la Unión Europea emitió sanciones contra seis altos funcionarios del gobierno nicaragüense por violaciones graves de los derechos humanos, incluidos el actual jefe de policía, y un asesor del presidente Daniel Ortega.
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Geovanny Fuentes supuestamente pagó unos $25,000 a Juan Orlando Hernández a cambio de protección para un laboratorio de cocaína, según alega una acusación de la fiscalía de Nueva York. con @jeffgernst
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Three US gov informants were allegedly involved in the operation that culminated in the assassination of #Haiti's president #JovenelMoise in 2021, raising questions about how much Washington knew about the plot. Does the #FBI have a conflict of interest?
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Judge sentences Tony Hernandez to life in prison plus 30 years for drug trafficking. "Based upon Tony Hernandez' free choice to engage in a life of drug trafficking for 12 years, a sentence of life imprisonment is richly deserved.".
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Colombia ambassador to US, blasts State Department as “destroyed” and “non-existent” in recording - from @APjoshgoodman
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The invasion of #Panama 30 years ago was the largest U.S. military intervention in Latin America, and I was on the ground covering it. Besides ending the dictatorship of Gen Manuel Noriega, it was also a life-changing event for me personally.
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Gen Hugo Torres risked his life 46 years ago to rescue Daniel Ortega from jail. Today, aged 73, he was arrested by #Ortega ‘s police for peacefully opposing his regime.
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NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH: Who is who in the drug trafficking trial against #TonyHernandez Hernández, brother of the president of Honduras. On Day Six, prosecutors showed the jury parts of a video of a DEA "interview" recorded just after his arrest.
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Un asesinato en Honduras genera nuevas sospechas de participación del gobierno en el narcotráfico. Nery López Sanabria era socio del hermano del presidente hondureño y estaba colaborando con la DEA. ¿Fue esta la razón por la que lo mataron? @UniNoticias
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The residents of Monimbo, Nicaragua are manning the barricades with homemade mortars and grenades. @UniNoticias @TifaniRoberts #SOSNicaragua
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A legal battle is heating up over Venezuela's looted billions. Were forfeited funds diverted to help pay for Trump's wall?
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Hondurans are on the edge of their seats as they await a possible decision tomorrow regarding the extradition of former president #JuanOrlandoHernandez by @jeffgernst .
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Detienen en EEUU al exsecretario de Seguridad mexicano Gerardo García Luna acusado de conspiración para el narcotráfico | Noticias Univision Narcotráfico | Univision
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Un mes después del asesinato de López en una cárcel de máxima seguridad en Honduras, aún no dan con quién esta detrás del crimen. López estaba colaborando con la DEA y muchos se preguntan si esa fue la razón por la que lo mataron. El reportaje de @CMendozaHN en Tegucigalpa.
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Prosecutors to seek life in prison for former Honduran congressman, Tony Hernandez, brother of President Juan Orlando Hernandez. They are also asking for $138.5m in restitution and a $10m fine. Sentencing is set for March 23.
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"Republicans are weaponizing the word ‘socialism’ and creating straw man socialists. They don’t exist anywhere except in their own imagination, in their alternative reality. It’s 21st century electoral McCarthyism.” @AmandiOnAir.
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Viaje a las montañas de Honduras donde se esconden los narcos que supuestamente ayudaron al presidente Hernández y su hermano | Shows Noticiero Univision | Univision
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Comienzan los argumentos finales en el juicio por narcotráfico a Tony Hernández. El hermano del presidente de Honduras es acusado de ser un traficante de "proporciones épicas", parte de una red patrocinado por el Estado. Por @jeffgernst
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This includes my first memory of Chelsea in the 1970 Cup Final, and a header by David Webb!
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How the U.S. Worked Overtime to Deliver Weapons to Israel After State Department officials spent months working through weekends and after hours on arms sales, the Israelis sent cases of wine to them just before Christmas.
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My latest with @jeffgernst on the Tony Hernandez case. Big question here is will Mauricio Hernandez cooperate with prosecutors, and what will he say? Will he further implicate President Hernandez?.
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Facebook knew of Honduran president’s manipulation campaign – and let it continue for 11 months
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Los fiscales concluyeron su caso el martes en el juicio a 'Tony' Hernández y el jurado está más cerca de las deliberaciones. Mañana los abogados presentarán los argumentos finales. Con @jeffgernst
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This could be a potentially groundbreaking challenge to the historic 'Feres Doctrine' that protects the U.S. Department of Defense from lawsuits for damages in civilian court. #IAmVanessaGuillen.
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Extraordinary show of strength and courage by @maradiaga and jailed Nicaraguan opposition figures.
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Un 'task force' para combatir la #Corrupcion en #Centroamerica : esto es lo que propone el enviado especial del @StateDept para el #TrianguloNorte via @UniNoticias.
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Another terrible sign of the slide back into dictatorship in Nicaragua with the closure of 100% Noticias and arrest of its top journalists.
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“The reason we are talking about Arizona is because there’s a community of people that was being picked on and mistreated, anti-immigrant attacks against them, that forced them to organize themselves.” - @VanJones68 on @CNN gives shout out to @LUCHA_AZ and @MiFamiliaVota.
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Miami and Costa Rica have become the refuge for many of the 54 reporters forced to flee Nicaragua due to persecution by the Ortega government. @PiruloAr describes how Nicaraguan journalists are fighting to keep press freedom alive from abroad.
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Geovanny Fuentes allegedly paid $25,000 to Juan Orlando Hernández in exchange for protection and access to a cocaine lab located near Honduras' largest port, an .@SDNYnews indictment alleges. with .@jeffgernst.
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A financially broke Tony Hernandez asks judge for court appointed lawyer prior to sentencing Feb 24. The brother of Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez writes: "I have exhausted my life's savings and nack account."
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Univision's @TifaniRoberts reports from Managua on the roundup of opponents to #DanielOrtega. Shortly after she interviewed @quintopedroj he was arrested. His exiled brother, @cefeche , says #Nicaragua is now Latin America's most brutal #dictatorship
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El #Dragunov apareció en #Nicaragua en los '80 cuando el gobierno Sandinista de Daniel Ortega libró una guerra con los rebeldes 'Contra' respaldados por Washington. Ahora lo usan los partidarios de Ortega para disparar a civiles. Gran colaboración con @TifaniRoberts y @mrodpons.
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Today @realDonaldTrump doubled down on his support for @JuanOrlandoH and praised his efforts in the war on drugs. I wonder what @SDNYnews and @DEAHQ make of this.
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Que pena con mis grandes amigos colombianos. Inglaterra sabe muy bien como es perder con penales. Pero esta vez no nos toco! Por lo menos los chicharrones y empanadas dejaron un buen sabor!
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Pelosi-led Congressional delegation to #Honduras snubbed President Hernandez after meeting with Bukele in El Salvador, saying there can be no security without first ending corruption, and no prosperity without justice.
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OPINION: "¿No sería prudente que Estados Unidos evite compartir inteligencia sobre la lucha contra el narcotráfico con alguien que pueda estar vinculado a los narcotraficantes?" dice @Eric_Latam, opinando sobre las relaciones entre EEUU y el presidente Hernández de Honduras.
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