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Prosecutors in Argentina on Friday opened a formal investigation into allegations that the Mauricio Macri government sent ammunition to Bolivia that was used by authorities to repress the followers of Evo Morales in 2019.
Prosecutor Carlos Navas Rial decided to open an investigation against Macri, based on a complaint from Argentina’s current ministers of justice, Martín Soria, and security, Sabina Frederic. The officials accuse the former president of ammunition smuggling, a crime that could see jail terms of between four and twelve years handed down.
Former security minister Patricia Bullrich and defence minister Oscar Aguad are also listed as defendants in the investigation. Several members of the Gendarmerie (Border Guard), the security forces who are alleged to have taken the delivery to Bolivia, are also under investigation.
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More Journalists Forced into Exile: “Resisting to Continue Reporting”
Journalists Julio Lopez, David Quintana and Sergio Marin tell Confidencial the reasons for their departure from Nicaragua.
15 julio, 2021
The repressive escalation of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo targets the country’s independent press, leading to the exile of at least twenty more journalists in recent weeks. The Independent Journalists and Communicators of Nicaragua (PCIN) monitors the situation.
Julio Lopez, a journalist for Onda Local; David Quintana, from the Boletin Ecologico; and Sergio Marin, from La Mesa Redonda, are three of the journalists forced to leave their country to safeguard their freedom.