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A military contractor at the centre of a major US Navy corruption scandal in Thailand and elsewhere in Asia has been arrested in Venezuela, where he had fled after escaping house arrest in California.

Bangkok Post

Editorial: Texas sheriff’s probe of DeSantis’ heartless Vineyard stunt a long shot, but could unearth answers

The legality of what occurred last week, when a group of 48 Venezuelans were flown from Texas and dumped on swanky Martha’s Vineyard — a heartless relocation effort financed by the state of Florida and crowed about by Gov. Ron DeSantis — is being investigated. Good, we need more answers,…

Tribune News Service

‘Fat Leonard’ nabbed in Venezuela after fleeing US Navy trial

Leonard Glenn Francis fled the US earlier this month ahead of sentencing for his role in a massive bribery scandal.

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‘Fat Leonard’, fugitive contractor in US navy’s worst corruption scandal, arrested in Venezuela

Malaysian defence contractor fled before sentencing in US over bribery scheme that lasted more than a decade and involved dozens of US navy officers

The Guardian - AU

Fugitive in massive Navy bribery case caught in Venezuela

A Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” who orchestrated one of the largest bribery scandals in U.S. military history has been arrested in Venezuela

The Independent UK

Tyler Cowen: When immigration hypocrisy landed on Martha’s Vineyard

When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent public money to fly about 50 Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, the ostensible point — besides trolling and publicity, of course — was to show that immigrants are a burden on red-state resources. But his stunt reveals a political…

Tribune News Service

Increase in Venezuelan migration is felt across US

Venezuelans have surpassed Guatemalans and Hondurans to become the second-largest nationality stopped at the U.S. border in August after Mexicans

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Advocates for migrants who were sent to Martha’s Vineyard sue Ron DeSantis

Suit says Venezuelans were ‘used as political pawns’ in a ‘fraudulent and discriminatory’ scheme

The Guardian - US

Venezuela's state security agencies repress oppositions through arbitrary arrests, torture -UN

Venezuela's state security agencies use arbitrary arrests and torture, which represent crimes against humanity, to repress the country's opposition in a plan directed by President Nicolas Maduro, according to a United Nations report published on Tuesday.

Reuters

Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard sue DeSantis - Roll Call

Three Venezuelans flown last week to Martha's Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have sued him, alleging fraud.

Roll Call

El Paso scrambles to move migrants off the streets and gives them free bus rides as shelters reach capacity

One Venezuelan couple slept on a sidewalk after a perilous trip through seven countries with their baby. After two days in El Paso, they boarded a city-funded charter bus to New York City.

The Texas Tribune

UN experts: Rights abuses continue in Maduro's Venezuela

Independent experts working with the U.N.‘s human rights body say Venezuelan authorities have failed to hold to account state-backed perpetrators of violations including arbitrary executions, sexual violence and torture of civilians

The Independent UK

‘Easy pickings’: In Texas town where Martha’s Vineyard ordeal began, few options for migrants

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The journey to Martha’s Vineyard began in Eagle Pass.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Commentary: Ron DeSantis’ cruel political theater falls flat on Martha’s Vineyard

I woke early Thursday at my home in West Tisbury, one of six small towns on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, to find deer munching my shrubs, an early fall chill in the air and the disturbing news that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had flown about 50 migrants, mostly from…

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The Independent UK

US court awards $73 million for Venezuelan opponent's death

A federal judge in Miami has awarded $73 million in damages to the family of a prominent opponent of Venezuela’s socialist government who died while in custody in what he described as a “murder for hire” carried out by a criminal enterprise led by President Nicolás Maduro

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Texas sheriff will investigate Florida flying Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

Authorities in Texas have opened a criminal investigation into Gov. Ron DeSantis’ operation to fly roughly 50 Venezuela migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard last week.

The Independent UK

US officials: Border crossings soar among Venezuelans

U.S. authorities say the number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August

The Guardian - US

Texas sends another busload of migrants to Kamala Harris’s home

About 50 mainly Venezuelan migrants, including a baby, deposited unannounced at Naval Observatory in Washington

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The Independent UK

Ted Cruz forced to admit trafficking migrants to Martha’s Vineyard is illegal in Sean Hannity interview

Ron DeSantis widely criticised for flying two planeloads of Venezuelans to upscale Massachusetts island

Reuters

Venezuela welcomes home seized aircraft's crew from Argentina

Venezuela on Friday welcomed home a dozen flight crew members detained in Argentina since June after their plane was held for suspected terrorism ties, according to state television.

Daily Mirror

Around 500 will attend Queen's funeral as more details of the historic event emerge

Global leaders, royalty and other dignitaries will be at Westminster Abbey for the Queen's state funeral but representatives from Russia, Myanmar, Belarus, Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan have not been invited

Reason

If Ron DeSantis Hates Communism, He Shouldn't Weaponize Victims of Communism

The governor flew dozens of Venezuelans to Martha's Vineyard at taxpayer expense, even though they fled a regime he says "is responsible for countless atrocities."

The Independent UK

Despite setbacks, Venezuelan opposition leader touts record

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has offered a broad accounting of millions of dollars under his control and took credit for social programs benefiting people across the troubled South American country

Al Jazeera

Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard moving to US military base

White House condemns transfer of 50 Venezuelan migrants to wealthy US island as ‘cruel stunt’ by Republicans.

Miami Herald

Migrants leave Martha’s Vineyard for military base on Cape Cod

EDGARTOWN, Mass. — After two full days of sheltering in a Martha’s Vineyard Episcopalian parish, a group of traveling migrants from Venezuela was bused and ferried off the Massachusetts island on Friday morning.

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