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Month: July 2024

A warlord involved in hundreds of murders is released from a Colombian prison

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian warlord Salvatore Mancuso has been released from prison in the South American country after repeatedly asking the courts to approve his freedom. Before his release Wednesday, he promised to collaborate in the government’s rapprochement with illegal armed groups. Mancuso was a leader of a paramilitary group founded by cattle ranchers.

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Mexico will build passenger train lines to US border in an expansion of its debt-laden rail projects

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says his successor is planning to build passenger train lines running from the capital to cities on the U.S. border. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador fleshed out Wednesday a proposal made by his successor, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum. The projects could grow to be nearly double the size of López

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Queda en libertad condicional en Colombia el exlíder paramilitar Salvatore Mancuso; ahora puede cumplir como “gestor de paz”

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El exlíder paramilitar colombiano Salvatore Mancuso salió en libertad condicional este miércoles, luego de que el Tribunal de Justicia y Paz de Bogotá ordenara que se dejaran sin efectos las más de 50 órdenes de captura que pesaban en su contra, dijo a CNN el Ministerio de Justicia de Colombia.

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Seeking carbon-free power, Virginia utility considers small nuclear reactors

Associated Press Virginia’s largest utility says it will explore the possibility of using small nuclear reactors to meet growing electricity demands. The move would also help Dominion Energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Dominion said Wednesday that it has asked producers of small nuclear reactors to evaluate their feasibility for Virginia. They would be based

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