(CNN)A former Mexican defense secretary arrested in the US last month on charges of being a drug cartel boss is going to be returned to Mexico with a promise by Mexican authorities to investigate him, US and Mexican top prosecutors announced Tuesday.Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, Secretary of National Defense in Mexico from 2012 to 2018, is accused of taking bribes in exchange for permitting a cartel to operate in Mexico, federal prosecutors said when he was arrested in October. He was charged in Brooklyn, New York City, with money laundering and narcotics conspiracy.US Attorney General...…(CNN)A former Mexican defense secretary arrested in the US last month on charges of being a drug cartel boss is going to be returned to Mexico with a promise by Mexican authorities to investigate him, US and Mexican top prosecutors announced Tuesday.Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, Secretary of National Defense in Mexico from 2012 to 2018, is accused of taking bribes in exchange for permitting a cartel to operate in Mexico, federal prosecutors said when he was arrested in October. He was charged in Brooklyn, New York City, with money laundering and narcotics conspiracy.US Attorney General...WW…

(CNN)A former Mexican defense secretary arrested in the US last month on charges of being a drug cartel boss is going to be returned to Mexico with a promise by Mexican authorities to investigate him, US and Mexican top prosecutors announced Tuesday.Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, Secretary of National Defense in Mexico from 2012 to 2018, is accused of taking bribes in exchange for permitting a cartel to operate in Mexico, federal prosecutors said when he was arrested in October. He was charged in Brooklyn, New York City, with money laundering and narcotics conspiracy.US Attorney General...…(CNN)A former Mexican defense secretary arrested in the US last month on charges of being a drug cartel boss is going to be returned to Mexico with a promise by Mexican authorities to investigate him, US and Mexican top prosecutors announced Tuesday.Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, Secretary of National Defense in Mexico from 2012 to 2018, is accused of taking bribes in exchange for permitting a cartel to operate in Mexico, federal prosecutors said when he was arrested in October. He was charged in Brooklyn, New York City, with money laundering and narcotics conspiracy.US Attorney General...WW…

Mexico City (CNN)Mexico has identified two women who may have been subjected to non-consensual surgeries while detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The finding is part of a larger Mexican investigation into allegations of improper medical care for detained migrant women at ICE's privately-run Irwin Country Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia. In a statement released during the weekend, one Mexican national received "a surgical intervention" that she did not authorize. The ministry specified that the operation was not a hysterectomy, and said she did not receive...…Mexico City (CNN)Mexico has identified two women who may have been subjected to non-consensual surgeries while detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The finding is part of a larger Mexican investigation into allegations of improper medical care for detained migrant women at ICE's privately-run Irwin Country Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia. In a statement released during the weekend, one Mexican national received "a surgical intervention" that she did not authorize. The ministry specified that the operation was not a hysterectomy, and said she did not receive...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Women are being murdered in Mexico at an alarming rate, but the nation’s president has downplayed a surge in calls to emergency hotlines, declaring most of them are false.Since stay-at-home measures were ordered March 23 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, there has been an increase in homicides where women are the victims, according to government data released last week. April was the deadliest month in the last five years with a record 267 murders of women.Yet President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed the scale of the problem,...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Women are being murdered in Mexico at an alarming rate, but the nation’s president has downplayed a surge in calls to emergency hotlines, declaring most of them are false.Since stay-at-home measures were ordered March 23 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, there has been an increase in homicides where women are the victims, according to government data released last week. April was the deadliest month in the last five years with a record 267 murders of women.Yet President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed the scale of the problem,...WW…

By andLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández says he has tested positive for .“Over the weekend I started to feel bad, and today they have diagnosed me with being infected with ,” Hernández said in a televised presidential address on Tuesday night.The President added that he had mild symptoms and was receiving treatment. He said he would continue to carry out his presidential duties while in isolation and under observation.He is the first president in Latin America to have tested positive for the virus.Hernández’s wife, first lady Ana García de...…By andLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández says he has tested positive for .“Over the weekend I started to feel bad, and today they have diagnosed me with being infected with ,” Hernández said in a televised presidential address on Tuesday night.The President added that he had mild symptoms and was receiving treatment. He said he would continue to carry out his presidential duties while in isolation and under observation.He is the first president in Latin America to have tested positive for the virus.Hernández’s wife, first lady Ana García de...WW…

(CNN)Women are being murdered in Mexico at an alarming rate, but the nation's president has downplayed a surge in calls to emergency hotlines, declaring most of them are false. Since stay-at-home measures were ordered March 23 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, there has been an increase in homicides where women are the victims, according to government data released last week. April was the deadliest month in the last five years with a record 267 murders of women. Yet President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed the scale of the problem, blaming the "neoliberal" governing model...…(CNN)Women are being murdered in Mexico at an alarming rate, but the nation's president has downplayed a surge in calls to emergency hotlines, declaring most of them are false. Since stay-at-home measures were ordered March 23 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, there has been an increase in homicides where women are the victims, according to government data released last week. April was the deadliest month in the last five years with a record 267 murders of women. Yet President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed the scale of the problem, blaming the "neoliberal" governing model...WW…

Mexico City (CNN)Over the past month, world leaders have been to the forefront, rallying their nations to battle the spread of coronavirus. But there's been one notable exception -- President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, who has not been seen in public for over 40 days. The last time the 74-year-old leader was seen in person was during a televised military event on February 21. He was seen virtually on March 12, when with heads of state from Central America's System of Integration (SICA) to discuss the pandemic. Meanwhile, Nicaragua has come under fire for its casual approach to the crisis....…Mexico City (CNN)Over the past month, world leaders have been to the forefront, rallying their nations to battle the spread of coronavirus. But there's been one notable exception -- President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, who has not been seen in public for over 40 days. The last time the 74-year-old leader was seen in person was during a televised military event on February 21. He was seen virtually on March 12, when with heads of state from Central America's System of Integration (SICA) to discuss the pandemic. Meanwhile, Nicaragua has come under fire for its casual approach to the crisis....WW…