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US President Barack Obama has slammed the door on Hondurans in a move meant to punish the nation for refusing to reinstate ex-president Manuel Zelaya:
The Obama Administration has decided to block travel by the people of Honduras to the United States to punish their country for its Supreme Court’s refusal to back the return to [...]
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has hit Guatemala.
The earthquake was centered at 14.664°N, 91.144°W which under Lake Atitlan. The hypocentral depth of the earthquake was set at 64.7 miles beneath the surface.
Source: USGS
The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard captured a semi-submersible off the coast of Guatemala September 13th.
The self-propelled semi-submersible (SPSS) was carrying seven tons of cocaine!
Way to go Navy and Coast Guard.
The FBI now believes that Cesar Armando Laurean may have fled to Mexico.
NCIS says that Laurean was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, so he probably has plenty of contacts there. Guadalajara is a huge city with plenty of places to hole up in.
Laurean has a tattoo of a skull on one of his upper arms, [...]
A preliminary magnitude 6.8 earthquake has occurred under the ocean in waters near Guatemala. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake was centered at 13.628°N, 90.732°W and had a hypocentral depth of 40.3 miles.
On Friday, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the same coordinates, being centered at 13.798°N, 90.838°W. The hypocentral depth of that earthquake was [...]
Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast has ordered troops under her command to stay out of Mexico:
KVOA—The Army’s top officer in southern Arizona on Friday ordered soldiers at Fort Huachuca not to travel into Mexico because of recent drug-related violence across the border.
Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, commander of the Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca, issued the order [...]
Maya priests believe President Bush has unclean spirits following him around. So they will cleanse Iximche after the president’s visit Monday:
USA Today—Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate “bad spirits” after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday. …
Van Lam has an interesting [...]
The federal case against Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean is getting a Whitehouse review:
WND—Amid growing criticism from congressmen and activists of its handling of the prosecution of two Border Patrol agents, the White House is opening up a line of communication with lawmakers and promises it will review a transcript of [...]
Monica Ramos—wife of imprisoned Border Patrol officer Ignacio Ramos—reacted to the President’s State of the Union speech by saying he’s a liar and is selling out America to Mexico:
WND—At the conclusion of the speech, Ramos, emotional and in tears, told WND in an exclusive interview, that she considered President Bush’s speech compete hypocrisy.
“How could President [...]
Mexico’s government ordered the plane of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian out of its airspace this week after a request from the Chinese Government in Beijing:
Reuters—Mexico ordered a plane carrying Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian to leave its air space this week at the request of China, which regards Taiwan as a breakaway province, a Mexican newspaper [...]
