MEXICO CITY, (APP/AFP) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto apologized and admitted committing an error on Monday over his wife’s purchase of a $7 million mansion from a government contractor as he signed anti-corruption legislation. Pena Nieto enacted the new National Anti-Corruption System aimed at fighting what he described as the “social cancer” afflicting Mexico, […]
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Mexican president apologizes over mansion scandal
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Ex-soldier who killed Guatemalan bishop dies in prison brawl
GUATEMALA CITY, (APP/AFP) – A former soldier imprisoned for killing a Roman Catholic bishop died Monday during a prison riot in Guatemala that also killed at least one other prisoner, authorities said. Ex-army captain Byron Lima, who was convicted for his role in the 1998 murder of Guatemalan bishop Juan Gerardi, died during a “brawl” […]
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Turkey will bring coup plotters to account ‘within law’: PM
ISTANBUL, (APP/AFP) – Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim promised on Monday to bring plotters of a failed coup to account but “within the law”, following alarm from Western allies over the scale of the legal crackdown. “We will act within the law,” Yildirim said in televised comments, adding “everyone needs justice.”
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Turkey saw ‘revolting scenes of caprice, revenge’: Germany
BERLIN, (APP/AFP) – Germany on Monday criticised “revolting scenes of caprice and revenge” seen in Turkey after its failed coup and urged a proportionate response. “In the first hours after the failed coup we witnessed revolting scenes of caprice and revenge against soldiers on the streets,” said government spokesman Steffen Seibert. “That cannot be accepted.”
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Kerry: EU, US urge Turkey to respect rule of law
BRUSSELS, (APP/AFP) – The United States and European Union urge Turkey to respect the rule of law in the crackdown following the attempted coup, US Secretary of State John Kerry said during a visit to Brussels on Monday. “We firmly urge the government of Turkey to maintain calm and stability throughout the country, and we […]
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Turkey presses crackdown against coup suspects despite concern
ISTANBUL, (APP/AFP) – Turkish security forces launched fresh raids Monday in a relentless crackdown against the suspected plotters of a coup that left over 290 dead, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mooted reintroducing the death penalty to punish them. Erdogan faced down the coup bid late Friday by elements in the military disgruntled with his […]