Karol Suarez

Karol Suarez

Journalist based out of Mexico City for Latin America.

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Mexico police find 45 bags containing body parts 'matching characteristics' of missing call center staff

Forty-five bags containing human remains with characteristics matching seven missing call center staff has been discovered in a ravine in a suburb of Guadalajara, according to the state prosecutor’s office in Jalisco. The Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office investigating the deaths said it has preliminary information that the body parts “match the physical characteristics of some of the young people missing employees of the call center.” Seven call center employees were reported missing between
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How could four children survive a plane crash in the Amazon? A new report offers clues

One month after four children vanished into the Colombian Amazon, a preliminary report by the country’s Civil Aviation Authority offers clues to how they could have survived the devastating airplane crash that killed every adult onboard. The extraordinary story of the missing children has drawn intense interest across Colombia and internationally, as a massive military-led search operation continues in the forest. The ill-fated flight on May 1 carried pilot Hernando Murcia Morales, Yarupari in
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Accidente de avioneta en Colombia: recuperan y trasladan los cuerpos de 3 adultos, informa Aeronáutica Civil

(CNN) –– Los cuerpos de tres personas fueron recuperados y trasladados a San José del Guaviare, Colombia, este jueves luego del accidente de una avioneta en la Amazonía el pasado 1 de mayo, mientras la búsqueda de los cuatro menores desaparecidos aún continúa, informó la Aeronáutica Civil. "Se ha procedido a la recuperación de los tres cuerpos de las personas que lamentablemente perdieron la vida en el trágico accidente", escribió la entidad en un comunicado difundido en su cuenta oficial de Tw
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ANÁLISIS | Ecuador está en problemas y su presidente, Guillermo Lasso, podría pagar el precio

(CNN) -- Ecuador fue conocida como la Isla de Paz en la década de 1980, en comparación con sus vecinos Colombia y Perú, algunos de los mayores productores de cocaína del mundo. Pero una escalada mortal de violencia ha cambiado esa reputación en los últimos años, ya que el país andino ha registrado algunas de las tasas de homicidios más altas de la región, según grupos de derechos humanos. Solo en abril, en Ecuador hubo un motín en una prisión, explosiones en la ciudad portuaria de Guayaquil y l
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Mexico’s ‘narcocorridos’ going mainstream. What’s behind their popularity explosion?

Mexico’s ‘narcocorridos’ going mainstream. What’s behind their popularity explosion? A Mexican musical genre often accused of glorifying drug cartels is exploding in popularity, reaching global pop charts and filling arenas. It marks a new era for “corridos,” which are Mexican narrative songs, or ballads, that often recount a heroic struggle. Mexican artists Natanael Cano, Peso Pluma (Featherweight), Fuerza Regida, Eslabon Armado and others have been showing up in the Billboard, Spotify and A
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Mexico’s ‘narcocorridos’ going mainstream. What’s behind their popularity explosion?

Mexico’s ‘narcocorridos’ going mainstream. What’s behind their popularity explosion? A Mexican musical genre often accused of glorifying drug cartels is exploding in popularity, reaching global pop charts and filling arenas. It marks a new era for “corridos,” which are Mexican narrative songs, or ballads, that often recount a heroic struggle. Mexican artists Natanael Cano, Peso Pluma (Featherweight), Fuerza Regida, Eslabon Armado and others have been showing up in the Billboard, Spotify and A
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Are drug cartels 'terrorist organizations'? US, Mexican leaders have strong opinions

Are drug cartels 'terrorist organizations'? US, Mexican leaders have strong opinions MEXICO CITY ― Skyrocketing fentanyl overdoses in the United States and the latest high-impact attacks against Americans on Mexican soil have again led to demands that the U.S. designate drug cartels as terrorist organizations. Several congressional Republicans are behind the push. They say designating Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations would give U.S. authorities the tools they need to take them down.
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Are drug cartels 'terrorist organizations'? US, Mexican leaders have some strong opinions

Are drug cartels 'terrorist organizations'? US, Mexican leaders have some strong opinions MEXICO CITY ― Skyrocketing fentanyl overdoses in the U.S. and the latest high-impact attacks against Americans on Mexican soil have again led to demands that the U.S. designate drug cartels as terrorist organizations. Several congressional Republicans are behind the push. They say designating Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations would give U.S. authorities the tools they need to take them down. It
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Mexico to issue arrest warrants over deadly fire at migrant detention center

Mexico will issue arrest warrants for those allegedly responsible for the deaths of 39 people in a fire at a migrant detention center, officials said. Authorities are investigating Monday’s blaze at the center in Ciudad Juarez as a homicide. A further 27 people were injured. The Mexican government has so far identified at least eight people who could be held responsible, Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez said Wednesday. Among them are two federal agents, one state migration agent and sev
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Blaze kills at least 39 people at migrant detention center near Mexico-US border

At least 39 people died in a fire at a migration center in Ciudad Juarez, a city on Mexico’s border with the United States, officials said Tuesday. Authorities said the fire at the office of National Migration Institute (INM) broke out after they picked up a group of migrants from the streets of the city, and detained them. The cause of the fire or the victims’ nationalities have not been released by Mexico’s National Migration Institute, who have launched an investigation into the blaze, whic
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Colombia debe ayudar a Haití por el rol de mercenarios en el asesinato de Moïse, dice Petro

(CNN) -- El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, dijo el sábado que su país es responsable de ayudar a Haití porque, en parte, mercenarios colombianos estuvieron involucrados en el asesinato del presidente de Haití Jovenel Moïse en julio de 2021. “Quiero ir a Haití, es un tema donde Colombia tiene una corresponsabilidad, primero porque Haití fue el que nos ayudó a ser un país libre en el pasado, y segundo porque fueron mercenarios colombianos los que viajaron a matar al presidente, desatando
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Mexico's TV icon 'Chabelo' dies at 88

Actor, comedian and producer Xavier López Rodríguez, better known as “Chabelo,” died on Saturday, his family announced on his official Twitter account. He was 88. “This is a very sad morning, Xavier Lopez Chabelo, father, brother, and husband, has left us suddenly due to abdominal complications,” the message reads. “Chabelo,” considered the “friend of all children,” had a long career on Mexican television for more than seven decades. He starred in some 30 films and worked on countless TV shows
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AMLO rechaza los comentarios de Blinken sobre que cárteles que dirigen partes de México

(CNN) -- El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), respondió a las declaraciones del secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken, sobre que partes de México están gobernadas por cárteles. "Eso es falso; no es cierto; hace como un año, un comandante de las Fuerzas Armadas de Estados Unidos dijo lo mismo, y se le informó que no era cierto", dijo AMLO este viernes, durante su habitual conferencia de prensa matutino. AMLO continuó: "No hay lugar en el territorio nacional dond
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FBI offers $20,000 reward in case of missing American woman who was kidnapped from her home in Mexico

More than a month after a 63-year-old US citizen was kidnapped from her home in Mexico, the FBI has announced a $20,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts. Maria del Carmen Lopez was kidnapped February 9 in Pueblo Nuevo, a municipality in the southwestern Mexican state of Colima, the FBI’s Los Angeles field office said in a release Thursday. Lopez is also a Mexican citizen, according to a statement from the Colima Attorney General’s office, which said it is working with the FBI
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