Tag: drone

2…………> Guatemalan Massacre’s Main Man Caught: US

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Jose Mardoqueo Ortiz Morales had been living in the U.S. since 1988, until an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations revealed his former membership in a Guatemalan army unit that carried out the 1982 Dos Erres massacre of more than 200 unarmed villagers, including women and children. Ortiz Morales, the fifth participant in the Dos Erres massacre living in the U.S. to be targeted by ICE for enforcement action, pleaded guilty to lying on his naturalization application, was removed by ICE and turned over to Guatemalan authorities in May 2021.

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https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-removes-guatemalan-citizen-alleged-human-rights-violations-connection-1982-dos

3…………> Defrauding IRS: Caught In The Net?

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Six Individuals in Hawaii were charged with conspiring to defraud the IRS and other offenses, as three individuals were arrested this week in the District of Hawaii on attempt to defraud the government, and made their initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Wes Reber Porter of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. A federal grand jury in Honolulu, Hawaii, returned a 45-count superseding indictment on Sept. 9 charging them with aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return, making false statements under oath in a bankruptcy proceeding,  and with money laundering.

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/six-individuals-hawaii-charged-conspiring-defraud-irs-and-other-fraud-offenses

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4…………> Drone Victims: US Payment

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The US government has offered financial compensation to the relatives of 10 people mistakenly killed by the American military in a drone strike on the Afghan capital, Kabul, in August, where an aid worker and nine members of his family, including seven children, died in the strike. The Pentagon said it was also working to help surviving members of the family relocate to the US.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58935260

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5…………..> Sweet Memories Of A Former Spy

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A former associate at the Central Investigation Agency (CIA) reveals some interesting details during her eight years at the agency, including the use of Starbucks coffee shops to meet their handlers, all in ex-CIA agent Amaryllis Fox book “Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA”:
“He [instructor] gives one [gift card] to each of his assets and tells them, ‘If you need to see me, just buy a coffee.’ Then he checks the card numbers on a cybercafé computer each day, and if the balance on one is depleted, he knows he’s got a meeting…[It] saves him having to drive past a whole slew of different physical signal sites each day… and the card numbers aren’t tied to identities, so the whole thing is pretty secure,” the former CIA agent writes.

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https://sputniknews.com/20211016/more-than-just-a-coffee-shop-ex-cia-agent-says-spies-use-starbucks-to-meet-handlers-1089968652.html

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