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☆ Fast, cheap and deadly
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +18 min

Fast, cheap and deadly How fentanyl replaced heroin and hooked AmericaLeer en EspañolReuters obtained and analyzed ten year’s worth of data on drugs seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at ports of entry along the southern border. It shows: Fentanyl seizures by weight more than tripled in the last quarter of 2022 compared to a year earlier. Pills were mentioned in nearly half of fentanyl border seizure incidents in 2022, up from just 6% five years earlier. A fifth of fentanyl seizures take place on pedestrians, the Reuters analysis shows. Over the same period, heroin seizures fell more than 80% from over 2,000 kg, according to the Reuters analysis.

Persons: Bryce Pardo, Troy Miller, Joe Biden, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, ”, Chris Urben, Urben, Joaquin ‘ El Chapo ’ Guzman, “, CBP’s Miller, Jonathan Caulkins, James Mandryck, Oxycontin, Lopez Obrador, narcotrafficking, Lopez, Rosa Rodriguez, Cecilia Farfan, Mendez, Freed, Pardo, Romain Le Cour, Cour, Carlos Perez, Perez Organizations: Reuters, U.S . Customs, Border Protection, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, United Nations Office, Drugs, DEA, CBP, U.S, Nardello, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S . Postal Service, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mexico's, North, Forensic Laboratory, University of California, Global, Transnational, U.S . Congress ’ Commission, New Generation, Center for Research Locations: Mexican, U.S, Mexico, Sinaloa, El Paso, Arizona’s Nogales, United States, offscreen, sierra, China, Beijing, Washington, University of California San Diego ., ”, New, New Generation Jalisco, Mexico City

☆ Colombia 'dreaming big' ahead of England quarter-final
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

World number 25 Colombia are by far the lowest ranked among the quarter-finalists but captain Catalina Usme insists they can go all the way. Former finalists Brazil are usually the top South American team at the tournament but Colombia have stolen their thunder. Colombia failed to qualify for the 2019 Women's World Cup in France but have been building for the current showpiece for years by investing in youth. Saturday's quarter-final at Stadium Australia should produce another electric atmosphere, pitting the Colombian supporters against Sydney's big community of English immigrants and expats. Abadia said Colombian fans' excitement was justified.

Persons: Catalina Usme, Carolina Arias, Lorena Bedoya, Read, Usme, Nelson Abadia, Linda Caicedo, Ana Maria Guzman, Guzman, We've, Abadia, Ian Ransom, Miral Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, South, Jamaica, Brazil, Copa America, Real, Colombian, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Colombia, Jamaica, Melbourne, Australia, Lorena Bedoya Durango, MELBOURNE, England, Germany, Colombian, Brazil, France, Real Madrid

☆ Colombia is inspiring a nation back home, as it becomes neutral’s favorite team at the Women’s World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Ben Church | Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Colombia has been enjoying an impressive run at this year’s Women’s World Cup and its historic achievements are drawing plenty of attention back home. Unfancied going into the tournament, Las Cafeteras – translated into English as “The Coffee Growers” – have gone on to help knockout two-time world champion Germany in the group stage and reach the Women’s World Cup quarterfinal for the first time. This isn’t just about the women’s soccer team, this is about women in Colombia and South America,” she said. Colombia players celebrate after the team's 1-0 victory against Jamaica at the Women's World Cup. “Well done Catalina Usme and all of our incredible Colombia women’s football team.”The Colombian team is being well supported by fans in Australia and New Zealand.

Persons: Luis Díaz, Radamel Falcao, “, ”, Melissa Ortiz, Ortiz, we’ve, Quinn Rooney, Catalina Usme, Linda Caicedo, Cafeteras, Ana María Guzmán, Manuela Vanegas, Guzmán, Claudia López, Asanka Brendon Ratnayake, Reuters Guzmán, they’ve, I’m, “ I’m, Juan Pablo Sorín Organizations: CNN, Growers, Germany, South American, England, Jamaica, Nigeria, Colombian Football Federation, Fox Sports, soccer, Usme’s, Colombia women’s football, Colombian, Reuters, “, South America, ”, Australia Locations: Colombia, Bogotá, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, South America, “ Colombia, Argentina, Sydney

☆ Women's World Cup Scores and News
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Rory Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Her Colombia teammates followed in her wake, eating up the ground in the rush to close the distance, to catch her to celebrate the goal that would soon take the country past Jamaica and into the first Women’s World Cup quarterfinal in Colombia’s history. Caicedo’s emergence at this World Cup has not exactly been a surprise. She has long been earmarked as the next big thing: for Colombia, for South America, and increasingly for women’s soccer as a whole. She played in the under-17 World Cup — Colombia finished second — and the under-20 World Cup, reaching the quarterfinals, almost contiguously. This tournament is, in effect, her third World Cup in a year.

Persons: Catalina Usme, Linda Caicedo, Usme, Ana María, Caicedo, —, Hamish Blair, Megan Rapinoe, Christine Sinclair, Alex Morgan, Marta, bookmarked, Italian Giulia Dragoni, Hinata Miyazawa, Sophia Smith, Naomi Girma, Trinity Rodman, Melchie Dumornay, England’s, — Lauren James, Mary Fowler, Sam Kerr, ” Organizations: Copa Libertadores, Copa América, Colombia, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Real Madrid, world’s, —, Germany, Associated, United, South, England Locations: Colombia, Jamaica, South America, América de Cali, Barcelona, Europe, Real, Madrid, Spain, United States, Nigeria, Germany, Morocco, Australia, New Zealand, Italian, South Korea, Sydney

☆ Usme leads Colombia to first World Cup quarter-finals
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Soccer Football - FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 - Round of 16 - Colombia v Jamaica - Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia - August 8, 2023 Colombia's Catalina Usme celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Hannah MckayMELBOURNE, Aug 8 (Reuters) - A second-half goal by Catalina Usme fired Colombia to a 1-0 win over Jamaica on Tuesday and carried the South Americans to their first Women's World Cup quarter-final. "We are representing the whole continent of South America," Colombia coach Nelson Abadia told reporters. When we qualified for the World Cup the first thing I said to my team was, 'We’re not just here to spend time, we want to make history'." Having not conceded a goal all tournament, Jamaica stifled Colombia early, often leaving their players grimacing on the turf after heavy tackles. Usme showed a deft touch to slip past Jamaica defender Deneisha Blackwood and fire a low, left-foot strike inside the far post.

Persons: Catalina Usme, Hannah Mckay MELBOURNE, Nelson Abadia, Jamaica's, Lorne Donaldson, Linda Caicedo, Jorelyn, Kate Jacewicz, Chantelle Swaby, Drew Spence, Ana Maria Guzman, Deneisha Blackwood, Jody Brown, Khadija Shaw, Jamaica's Drew Spence, Tiffany Cameron, Ian Ransom, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, Jamaica, American, South Americans, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Colombia, Jamaica, Melbourne, Australia, Colombian, England, South America, France

☆ Women's World Cup roundup: Colombia into quarterfinals with 1-0 win
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Soccer Football - FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 - Round of 16 - Colombia v Jamaica - Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia - August 8, 2023 Colombia's Catalina Usme scores their first goal REUTERS/Asanka Brendon RatnayakeAugust 8 - Catalina Usme scored the only goal of the match in the 51st minute and Colombia outlasted Jamaica 1-0 on Tuesday to advance to the Women's World Cup quarterfinals in Melbourne, Australia. Usme punched a left-footed strike past Jamaica goalkeeper Rebecca Spencer, first corralling a pass from Ana Guzman from across the box. Colombia is the lowest seeded team left in the Women's World Cup and advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time. Morocco registered only one shot and zero shots on goal, and France dominated time of possession at 76 percent. Australia defeated France in a friendly before the World Cup.

Persons: Catalina Usme, Asanka Brendon Ratnayake, Usme, Rebecca Spencer, Ana Guzman, Catalina Perez, Eugenie Le Sommer, Le Sommer, Kenza Dali, Diani Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, REUTERS, England, Australia, France, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Colombia, Jamaica, Melbourne, Australia, France, Morocco, Adelaide

☆ Teenager Guzman to join Colombia's youth push at World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

With Caicedo up forward, Guzman will give Colombia a second teenage threat, the pair set to combine in a third World Cup in 12 months after playing in the under-17 and under-20 tournaments last year. "To be with Linda is something extremely special for me," Guzman, 18, told reporters at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on Monday. After failing to qualify for France in 2019, Colombia have already matched their World Cup best, a last 16 appearance at the 2015 tournament in Canada. Colombia made the quarter-finals of the under-20 World Cup in Costa Rica and were runners-up at the under-17 tournament in India, losing to Spain in the decider. "We've been stimulating their growth so that they can be who they are currently on this world stage of football."

Persons: Germany's Sara Doorsoun REUTERS, Asanka Brendon Ratnayake, Linda Caicedo, Ana Maria Guzman, Guzman, Manuela Vanegas, Linda, Nelson Abadia, Caicedo, Abadia, Colombia's, Ian Ransom, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, Jamaica, Brazil, Coffee Growers, Spain, Germany, Colombian, Morocco, South, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Germany, Morocco, Melbourne, Australia, Colombia, France, Canada, American, Costa Rica, India, South Korea, Jamaica

☆ China's aging population will have 'important implications' for global liquidity, Moody's says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailChina's aging population will have 'important implications' for global liquidity, Moody's saysChristian de Guzman, senior vice president at Moody's Investors Service, discusses the impact that Asia's aging populations might have on global credit conditions.

Persons: Moody's, Christian de Guzman Organizations: Moody's Investors Service

☆ The Biden administration is giving entrepreneurs a chance at loans up to $5 million to help launch and grow businesses
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

These efforts are meant to close capital access gaps for minority and rural small business owners. SBA loans, typically made by banks and other financial institutions, help entrepreneurs start and grow their small businesses. Fewer very small businesses have recently gotten loans, while startups have historically been viewed as risky by banks. Additionally, Black- and Hispanic-owned small businesses have a harder time securing credit than white-owned small businesses. Three nonbank lenders will be licensed to make SBA loans above $350,000, which some industry experts believe could make riskier loans.

Persons: Biden, Guzman, Han Nguyen Organizations: Business Administration, Service, Small, Administration, SBA, Entrepreneurs, Wall Street, Business Lending Company, Wall Street Journal Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Sugar Shortage Threatens Candy Production Ahead of Halloween, Holiday Seasons
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Wendy Guzman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ US slaps sanctions on Sinaloa Cartel fentanyl network
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, July 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 10 Mexican nationals and one company in the country for their alleged involvement in the Sinaloa Cartel's vast illicit fentanyl trafficking network. The sons, known as "Los Chapitos," are accused of leading a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel after their father's 2016 capture and extradition to the U.S. a year later. The U.S. Treasury also sanctioned an import-export company, REI Compania Internacional, and its majority shareholder for allegedly receiving chemical shipments from China. Lopez Obrador added that his Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez would meet this month with U.S. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has been seeking increased cooperation from Mexico and China in stemming the flow of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals.

Persons: Noel Lopez Perez, Joaquin, El, Ricardo Paez Lopez, El Chapo's, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Rosa Icela Rodriguez, Elizabeth Sherwood, Randall, Joe Biden's, Kylie Madry, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Raul Cortes, Sarah Morland, Mark Heinrich, Josie Kao Organizations: MEXICO CITY, U.S . Treasury Department, Treasury, Foreign Assets, U.S . Treasury, REI Compania Internacional, U.S . Homeland Security, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Sinaloa, U.S, United States, Mexico, China, Mexican

☆ A Walmart delivery driver said his weekly earnings dropped from $1,500 to $200 due to competition from bots — and it's a growing problem, workers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Alex Bitter | Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Chicago area gig workers who use Walmart's delivery platform Spark say bots are a growing issue. They say users who deploy bots make it harder for them to make enough money on the platform. It's unclear exactly how prevalent bots are on Walmart's Spark platform. Workers who fill orders for multiple apps, from Instacart to DoorDash, have used — and complained — about bots for years. Gig workers can set bots to claim specific orders, such as those with delivery addresses close to them.

Persons: —, Nancy Marcos, Eric Guzman, it's Organizations: Drivers, Walmart, Chicago Tribune, Service, Tribune, Workers Locations: Chicago, Illinois, Cicero , Illinois, Cicero, Bedford Park, Forest, Instacart

☆ Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Problem With Nose Gear
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Wendy Guzman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Analysis: Latin America, after record tightening, could lead way on rate cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Marion Giraldo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The small South American country of Uruguay has already cut rates, by 25 basis points in April. Chile's central bank kept its key interest rate on hold at 11.25% last week, but said if recent positive trends continue, it could begin cutting the rate in the short term. Forecasts are pointing to a rate cut next month, said Cesar Guzman, macroeconomic analyst at Santiago-based Grupo Securities. Even there, however, the central bank opted to hold rates steady in June as monthly inflation slowed for the first time in half a year. "Colombia and Mexico will be the last ones to cut rates, possibly in the fourth quarter."

Persons: Joan Domene, Reuters Graphics Goldman Sachs, Alberto Ramos, Cesar Guzman, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Kimberley Sperrfechter, Andres Pardo, Marion Giraldo, Natalia Ramos, Fabian Cambero, Nelson Bocanegra, Anthony Esposito, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: MEXICO CITY, U.S . Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of England, America, Oxford, Reuters Graphics, Grupo Securities, Reuters, Capital Economics, XP Investments, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, American, Uruguay, Santiago, COLOMBIA, America, Argentina, Colombia, Bogota

The indictments mark the first time the U.S. has sought to prosecute any of the Chinese companies responsible for manufacturing precursor chemicals used to make the painkiller. The companies at the heart of the three separate indictments are accused of selling precursor chemicals to the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, which in turn has flooded the U.S. with the drug. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced the unsealing of an indictment against the China-based chemical company Hubei Amarvel Biotech, along with its executives Qingzhou Wang, 35, Yiyi Chen, 31, and Fnu Lnu, also known as Er Yang, with fentanyl trafficking, precursor chemical importation, and money laundering offenses. "Fentanyl poses a singular threat, not only because the smallest doses can be lethal, but because fentanyl does not occur in nature. In the Eastern District of New York, prosecutors announced the unsealing of two more indictments against three other Chinese companies and individuals accused of conspiring to manufacture and distribute fentanyl in the U.S.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Qingzhou Wang, Yiyi Chen, Fnu Lnu, Er Yang, Joaquin, El, Guzman, Lisa Monaco, Blinken, Wang, Chen, Yang, Sarah N, Lynch, Luc Cohen, David Brunnstrom, Chizu Nomiyama, Angus MacSwan Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S . Justice, U.S, Hubei Amarvel Biotech, Justice Department, Embassy, Global Coalition, Administration, of, U.S . Prosecutors, Hebei Sinaloa Trading, Thomson Locations: United States, China, Washington, Sinaloa, Mexico, Manhattan, Hubei, cryptocurrency, Los Angeles, Honolulu , Hawaii, New York, of New York, Hebei Sinaloa, U.S

☆ What College Students Need Is a Taste of the Monk’s Life - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Molly Worthen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

“On college campuses, these students think they’re all being individuals, going out and being wild,” he said. Undergraduates at Belmont Abbey College outside Charlotte, N.C., share their quadrangles, sidewalks and even their chess clubs with Benedictine monks who live in an abbey in the middle of campus. Their presence compels even non-Christians on campus to think seriously about vocation and the meaning of life. “Either what the monks are doing is valuable and based on something true, or it’s completely ridiculous,” Mr. Lutz said. The point is not to take away the phone for its own sake but to take away our primary sources of distraction.

☆ The ruthless Sinaloa Cartel has flooded the US with fentanyl — and business is booming. A shocking DoJ indictment reveals how they do it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Sinaloa Cartel is the driving force behind the US's deadliest-ever drug threat — fentanyl. A recent DoJ indictment shed light on how the cartel has successfully flooded the US with the drug. This is largely due to the ruthless Sinaloa Cartel crime empire, one of the world's most powerful drug trafficking organizations. He was quickly released the same day after a violent confrontation between cartel members and security forces. As the Sinaloa Cartel's operations have expanded, it has also established secret fentanyl laboratories around Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa state.

CNN —One of the most prominent Latino advocacy groups in the United States is urging people to avoid traveling to Florida ahead of a new immigration law that’s set to go into effect in July. Ron DeSantis’ expected presidential bid announcement, he signed a law last week requiring employers with more than 25 employees to check their immigration status using a federal database known as E-Verify. Employers who don’t comply with the law face fines of $1,000 per day until they provide proof that their workers are legal citizens. People who transport undocumented people living in the United States could face steep fines and possible imprisonment. “Laws like this, that do nothing more than harass immigrants, are bad for a state’s economy.” said Lydia Guzmán, who leads LULAC’s immigration committee, on Wednesday.

☆ Google zeroed in on these 3 categories of climate companies to boost
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

This year, the 12 companies mostly fell into three broad categories: Artificial intelligence, electric vehicle infrastructure, and providing companies with better data to decarbonize their operations. When I read the headlines about the dangers of the climate crisis, I feel a personal obligation to be a part of supporting innovative climate solutions to scale," Ridenour told CNBC. Google has hosted three climate change startup accelerators for North American companies in the last three years, and all 33 of the participants are all still operating, a spokesperson for Google told CNBC. "Teams are leaning deeper into developing AI and ML models to address climate change," Ridenour told CNBC. Cleartrace is particularly focused on measurement techniques for Scope 3 emissions -- emissions associated with a company's entire supply chain or value chain, which can be fiendishly difficult to track.

☆ How El Chapo’s sons built a fentanyl empire poisoning America
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +23 min

Headed by Iván, El Chapo’s oldest son, the siblings have emerged as key figures in the Sinaloa Cartel, U.S. and Mexican anti-narcotics officials said. But he was killed in 2008 in Culiacán in a hail of bullets amid infighting between warring factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. The agency in April placed Iván on the list of its 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, joining Jesús Alfredo and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a Sinaloa Cartel legend and El Chapo’s alleged former business partner. They also kidnapped eight soldiers and surrounded military housing where wives and children of Mexican soldiers lived, Mexican officials said. Despite that blow to the Sinaloa Cartel, fentanyl keeps flowing north.

WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a son of former Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Treasury Department said. El Chapo, who was leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, is currently serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has denied the presence of fentanyl labs in the country, alleging it comes from China. Guzman Lopez's cousin, Saul Paez Lopez, was also sanctioned for his alleged role in coordinating drug shipments. Washington also sanctioned Mario Esteban Ogazon Sedano, saying he purchased precursor chemicals from Ludim Zamudio Lerma to operate drug labs.

☆ Sons of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' deny trafficking fentanyl in rare letter
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, May 4 (Reuters) - Sons of former Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman denied U.S. allegations that they were major traffickers flooding the United States with synthetic opioid fentanyl, addressing the claims against them in a rare letter. The U.S. Justice Department last month charged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel with trafficking fentanyl and other drugs, including four sons of El Chapo, the cartel's one time leader who is now imprisoned in the U.S. "We have never produced, manufactured or marketed fentanyl or any of its derivatives," the sons wrote in the letter, published by Mexican news outlet Milenio late on Wednesday. They also singled out Los Chapitos as key figures in the Sinaloa Cartel, blaming them for worsening the U.S. opioid epidemic. Mexico and the United States agreed last month to ramp up efforts to stop the trafficking of fentanyl, which has driven a surge in overdose deaths in the United States.

She was arrested at the same place in Montgomery County that suspected gunman Francisco Oropesa was arrested Tuesday night, case records show. Law enforcement also tracked Oropesa’s wife to the home, which is associated with one of the suspect’s family members, a law enforcement source told CNN. Courtesy Eva GutierrezAuthorities now have 90 days to indict Oropesa, a law enforcement source involved said. Due to his status as a Mexican national, the Mexican consulate will be formally notified of his circumstances on Wednesday, the law enforcement source said. Officials’ efforts may have been stymied by a lack of trust in law enforcement.

Cleveland, Texas CNN —The man accused of fatally shooting five neighbors, including a mother and her 9-year-old son, in a Texas home has been taken into custody after a dayslong manhunt, two law enforcement sources told CNN. The arrest was made in the town of Cut and Shoot, Texas, according to a federal law enforcement source. “One of the people who died saw when my wife fell to the ground,” Garcia told CNN. Family Photograph“Two people who died were protecting my 2 1/2-year-old daughter and my 1-month-old son,” Garcia said, sobbing. Sonia Argentina Guzman and her son, Daniel Enrique Laso-Guzman, were shot and killed by a neighbor Friday in Cleveland, Texas, officials said.

☆ Gov. Greg Abbott prompts swift rebukes after calling Texas mass shooting victims 'illegal immigrants' in a statement offering condolences to their loved ones
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Greg Abbott announced a reward for information and offered condolences to the victims. But the governor is getting criticized for identifying the victims as "illegal immigrants." Greg Abbott is getting criticized for identifying the victims of a Friday mass shooting in Cleveland, Texas, as "illegal immigrants" in the same statement in which he offered condolences to their loved ones. The governor also offered condolences to the families, but not before the statement identified the victims as "illegal immigrants." "Five human beings lost their lives and Greg Abbott insists on labeling them 'illegal immigrants,'" Julián Castro, the former Housing and Urban Development Secretary, said.

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