When he was repatriated to Colombia, Salvatore Mancuso was named a “peace facilitator” by Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, a designation that enables him to act as a mediator in talks with armed groups.
Now the former paramilitary leader has been sentencedto 40 years in prison for crimes committed against Indigenous communities in the province of La Guajira, including homicides, forced disappearances and the displacement of people from 2002 to 2006.
U.S. meddling in Honduras strikes again: Trump pardons ex-president Hernández, backs a preferred candidate, and threatens aid—undermining democracy & enabling corrupt corporate networks. Honduran sovereignty must be respected.
DHS claims it has deported 622,000 people under Trump—but the data doesn’t add up. This analysis breaks down ICE and DHS numbers to explain why the headline figure may be misleading, incomparable, or meaningless without transparency.
Austin Kocher maps deaths in ICE detention.
This article by the American Immigration Council provides overview on the newest detention expansion. Today there are approximately 73,000 people in immigration detention, the highest in the history of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). More than 90 percent of people in ICE detention are held in privately-run immigrant detention centers.
Admist media attention being drawn to trumps "war on drugs" and his interference in Venezuela, a regime change operation in Honduras and the pardoning of its former president --a convicted criminal, drug trafficker--is overshadowed. This article gives insight on how the elections went (November 30 2025) and which parties were involved with not only influencing elections but the broader political landscape in Honduras.
While Trump's imperial endeavours in Venezuela and aspirations to extract gain from other countries within the Western Hemisphere such as Mexico, Colombia and Panama, Nicaragua seems to be broadly ignored by the White House. This article by Politico explains how the co-presidents of Nicaragua (labeled by many critics as dictators) manage to evade US interference and why the administration hasn't focused on Nicaragua yet.
Drawing on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., FOR an Religious Peace Fellowship oppose the U.S. attack on Venezuela, urging nonviolent engagement, humanitarian solidarity, and an end to imperial military interventions.
A sharp reflection on how U.S. officials have long responded to state violence by blaming the dead—-from the murder of churchwomen in El Salvador to the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE—-and a warning that such lies can only hold for so long.
A new report by Austin Kocher evaluating the latest ICE detention data gives insight on ICE's methodolgy and schemes . The Trump administration continues to represent aggressive immigration enforcement practices across the country as necessary to address threats to national security and public safety. The available data so far do not support these claims. There are periods of tremendous surges in the growth of non-criminal detainees, and, except for the beginning of last February (2025), no corresponding surge in the detention of people with criminal convictions.
