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Salvadoran Prosecutor’s Office Seizes Assets from accomplices of Mauricio Funes

Nine properties, 6 vehicles and 4 bank accounts confiscated from two former officials of ex-President Funes, granted asylum by Ortega in Nicaragua.

Alicia Arango is Colombia’s new interior minister to replace Nancy Patricia Gutierrez, who came under fire for criticizing the 2016 peace deal.

Human rights groups are condemning the Mexican gov. for its crackdown on Central Americans who travel through Mexico in route to the US.

The new president of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, said he does not see as feasible breaking relations with Nicaragua, as he did with Venezuela.

A 7.7-strong earthquake rocked the Caribbean between Cuba & Jamaica today. Cuban seismology experts said there was no threat of a tsunami.

Environmentalist Michael Gregory told the rally: “The border wall is an environmental disaster and biological obscenity.”

Bolivia’s interim government on Friday broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba, accusing it of having shown “permanent hostility” towards it.

In Mexico, soldiers in riot gear used batons and pepper spray Thursday to beat back a caravan of hundreds of Central American migrants…

If found guilty, Zapete could face up to six months in prison and a fine of up to 20,000 Dominican pesos ($375).

The San Pedro River runs north from Sonora, Mexico, into the US state of Arizona. It is the last free-flowing river in the western United States.