A Utah man, Joshua Holt, has filed a lawsuit in Miami against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of leading a criminal enterprise involved in the kidnapping, torture, and unjust imprisonment of American citizens, including himself, for nearly two years. The lawsuit, which details a harrowing mock execution, seeks damages under a law that allows victims of foreign terrorists to seize the assets of their victimizers, highlighting Maduro's alleged ties to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a U.S.-designated terrorist group. In parallel, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is facing scrutiny over his administration's alleged connections to drug traffickers, following a report that U.S. agents investigated possible ties between his aides and drug traffickers. López Obrador has also come under fire for disclosing the phone number of a New York Times journalist investigating these ties, a move criticized by various quarters for endangering the journalist and violating Mexico's Private Data Protection Law.
Mexican president's eldest son denounces publication of his phone number, says threats received (from @AP) https://t.co/Lr51lCa7ig
If there was solid evidence of drug money exchanged for influence with anyone in AMLO's orbit, the DEA's job is to build a case against the people they could charge even if it didn't lead to AMLO. They didn't. The people at DEA with a hardon for AMLO went to the press. https://t.co/GFth9HzOvm
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's son decried the publication of his phone number on social media as an act of “vengeance” after the Mexican president publicly released a reporter’s contact information https://t.co/T19jGJ13eI
Mexico’s president is fighting claims of corruption. He denies any wrongdoing. But the truth is that Andrés Manuel López Obrador has done too little to tackle the problem in society https://t.co/KoMjUWi2Nx 👇
Mexico's president on Friday defended his decision to disclose a reporter's telephone number, saying a law that prohibits officials from releasing personal information doesn't apply to him. https://t.co/BmAbdfXciX
Rightwing presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez (who had already said she met with @nytimes & @wsj editorial boards while in NYC two weeks ago), acknowledges a discussion on the cartel-corruption allegations vs AMLO: "They asked repeatedly if I believed he had taken drug money." https://t.co/qYt33fBQ74 https://t.co/wvifk9PXgI
NEW - the story about the investigation of AMLO's allies that never went anywhere is probably not intended to influence the 2024 Mexican presidential election, but it might have been intended to damage trust and cooperation with Mexico. https://t.co/F1QicyFBCr
En el marco del auge de los HT #NarcoPresidenteAMLO7 y del "reportaje" de @propublica, la candidata del PAN se reunió con el Consejo Editorial del @nytimes. @XochitlGalvez, me confirmó que SÍ habló con el New York Times sobre sí AMLO recibió recursos del narcotráfico👇🏽 https://t.co/t8JgYWkHtv
.@marybsheridan Mexican president lashes out after reports of drug cartel investigations. @washingtonpost https://t.co/bUWFPtZrPT
Mexico president denies report of allegations that close associates took drug money during campaign https://t.co/htDFsLnx5L
.@JPSpinetto AMLO’s Blind Eye Won’t Cure Mexico’s Narco Problem @opinion https://t.co/ctP7d1IhlW
Here's the story that got AMLO so upset. https://t.co/yiNcrCWTm9
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he doesn’t regret sharing the phone number of a New York Times reporter who submitted questions about a report of an initial US cartel probe https://t.co/e8HisRkdJB
The @nytimes published article on DEA investigations of donations from drug trafficking groups to Mex Pres @lopezobrador_. AMLO then shared writer @Nataliekitro phone # @ morning presser in country extremely dangerous 2 b a journo. He defended move complaining she defamed him. https://t.co/4gveUUIzWJ
Mexican President Denies Taking Cartel Money for 2018 Election, Demands Answers from U.S. https://t.co/8IKqshVJzr
Waiting for the bootlicker of @USAmbMex to say anything about Mexico's President leaking the cell phone of a US journalist from NYT for asking uncomfortable questions about alleged cartel ties.
.@business @JPSpinetto: The eruption of allegations linking President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to drug traffickers paradoxically conceals the lack of a coordinated government strategy to confront them. https://t.co/ctP7d1IhlW #Mexico
Instead of doxxing journalists, AMLO should go after the narcos that are killing them 🇲🇽 my latest for @opinion @jamesgibney https://t.co/l7p20cc2II
🔴@lopezobrador_ niega que haya sido un error publicar el número personal de la jefa de la corresponsalía del #NewYorkTimes en México por publicar un reportaje sobre una indagación en EU en su contra. "Si la compañera está preocupada por su seguridad, que cambie su teléfono otro… https://t.co/3l4TlvDBF7
Is the president of Mexico being bribed by the drug cartels? Please read the Message of the Day on https://t.co/rryWmyXe7C. https://t.co/Ik2lVsUscd
AMLO defends his doxxing of @Nataliekitro arguing that reading her mobile number publicly as he did yesterday is freedom of speech -- even if he's breaking the law.. "She can change her phone, get another number" https://t.co/mXcqnpKe1X
🇲🇽NEW— Today, President AMLO doubles down on his decision to broadcast in national TV the private cell phone number of the @nytimes Mexico City bureau chief. He says he doesn’t care violating Mexico’s 2010 Private Data Protection Law Whoa👇 https://t.co/MjVE51Nmjg
Sorpresiva declaración del presidente @lopezobrador_ Que no fue un error revelar el teléfono de @Nataliekitro, autora del reportaje de New York Times que vincula a aliados con presuntos nexos con el crimen organizado. Y que, si hay problema, ¡que la compañera cambie su número! https://t.co/Ebu4X2G7yR
In the twilight of his presidency, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador seems to have opted for just pretending Mexico's drug cartels aren’t a problem, says @JPSpinetto https://t.co/eYkRFvkGA7 via @opinion
🇻🇪International civil society organizations strongly condemn the expulsion of the members of OHCHR in Venezuela, as government repression has notably intensified ahead of scheduled presidential elections. https://t.co/9Ez9rdvF50
The complaint is the latest in a string of lawsuits by Americans targeting President Nicolás Maduro's government over its alleged ties to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a U.S.-designated terrorist group. https://t.co/7U9DKWD67f
Utah man sues Maduro over trauma caused by nearly two years of imprisonment in Venezuela (from @AP) By @APjoshgoodman https://t.co/lh9n3XgYPe
Holt in his lawsuit details how after being arrested in Venezuela he was driven to a construction site where he was lined up against a wall while police pointed their guns at him. “It was a mock execution: the guns were not loaded,” the complaint says. https://t.co/HD7TMOD04h
In the twilight of his presidency, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador seems to have opted for just pretending Mexico's drug cartels aren’t a problem, says @JPSpinetto https://t.co/649juH7IOE
Mexico's freedom of information body INAI said it was initiating an investigation after the country's president disclosed the phone number of a New York Times journalist looking into alleged ties between his allies and drug cartels https://t.co/RzLHvBivGx
US examined allegations of cartel ties to allies of Mexico’s president https://t.co/3w5Co90Xz6
A Utah man imprisoned for nearly two years in Venezuela has sued President Nicolás Maduro, accusing the leftist leader of heading a “criminal enterprise” that kidnaps, tortures and unjustly imprisons American citizens. https://t.co/BBCEoTSEgd
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lashed out Thursday at a report that U.S. agents had investigated possible ties between his aides and drug traffickers, in the latest jolt to anti-narcotics cooperation with the United States. https://t.co/W7hb4NeuLB
The complaint filed in Miami by Joshua Holt is the latest in a string of lawsuits by Americans targeting Maduro over alleged ties to the FARC. It seeks damages under a law that allows victims of foreign terrorists to seize the assets of their victimizers. https://t.co/HD7TMOD04h