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Simon Romero

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Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Before the FBI arrested Larry Hopkins, the leader of the right-wing militia that detained migrant families in the New Mexico desert, he’d had so many run-ins with the law that his police record stretched across much of the United States.
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Before the FBI arrested Larry Hopkins, the leader of the right-wing militia that detained migrant families in the New Mexico desert, he’d had so many run-ins with the law that his police record stretched across much of the United States.
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The imprisoned leader of a right-wing militia that detained migrant families in New Mexico first came under the scrutiny of federal authorities in 2017, after the FBI received reports that his group was “training” to assassinate Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and George Soros, according to documents unsealed Monday in federal court.
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The imprisoned leader of a right-wing militia that detained migrant families in New Mexico first came under the scrutiny of federal authorities in 2017, after the FBI received reports that his group was “training” to assassinate Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and George Soros, according to documents unsealed Monday in federal court.
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A right-wing militia group operating in southern New Mexico has begun stopping groups of migrant families and detaining them at gunpoint before handing them over to Border Patrol agents, raising tension over the tactics of armed vigilantes along the border between the United States and Mexico.
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A right-wing militia group operating in southern New Mexico has begun stopping groups of migrant families and detaining them at gunpoint before handing them over to Border Patrol agents, raising tension over the tactics of armed vigilantes along the border between the United States and Mexico.
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
Federal immigration officials appear to have cleared out an enclosure under a bridge in El Paso, Texas, where they were detaining hundreds of families of asylum-seekers, following an outcry over conditions at the site.
Migrant Camp Under El Paso Bridge Has Been Cleared Out
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
The surge in Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States is straining facilities across the southwest border, with Border Patrol processing facilities this week handling thousands of people in excess of the system’s capacity. President Donald Trump threatened to close the border next week if Mexico did not halt “all illegal immigration” into the United States.
Migrants are Detained Under a Bridge in El Paso. What Happened?
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Border Patrol is taking the unusual step of shutting down its interior checkpoints across New Mexico and a swath of West Texas as officials scramble to respond to a surge in families requesting asylum along the Southwest border.
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Border Patrol is taking the unusual step of shutting down its checkpoints across New Mexico and a swath of West Texas as officials scramble to respond to a surge in families requesting asylum along the Southwest border.
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Border Patrol is taking the unusual step of shutting down its checkpoints across New Mexico and a swath of West Texas as officials scramble to respond to a surge in families requesting asylum along the Southwest border.
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
LAREDO, Texas — Priscilla Villarreal roams the streets of Laredo in an old Dodge pickup, scrambling to drug busts and murder scenes to bring her tales from the dark side of the southwest border to her many viewers.
Kenya The New York Times world
11 Jun 2021
CHANDLER, Ariz. — The assailant slipped out of a park around noon one day in October, zeroing in on his target, which was idling at a nearby intersection — a self-driving van operated by Waymo, the driverless-car company spun out of Google.
Kenya The New York Times world
11 Jun 2021
CHANDLER, Ariz. — The assailant slipped out of a park around noon one day in October, zeroing in on his target, which was idling at a nearby intersection — a self-driving van operated by Waymo, the driverless-car company spun out of Google.
Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars
Kenya The New York Times world
11 Jun 2021
CHANDLER, Ariz. — The assailant slipped out of a park around noon one day in October, zeroing in on his target, which was idling at a nearby intersection — a self-driving van operated by Waymo, the driverless-car company spun out of Google.
Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars
Kenya The New York Times world
12 May 2021
BELEN, N.M. — The E. Garcia Grocery Store? Closed. Sugar Bowl Lanes? Shuttered. Around the rail yard, empty buildings in varying stages of decay serve as testament to the ebbing fortunes of this town in central New Mexico.
Outré Feminist Art? Not in My 'Sleepy Little Town'