Will Ross

Is this perhaps a gift, as it were, to Mr Trump amid the threat of tariffs over fentanyl, for example? That's difficult to know, but certainly it is an effort, I think, by the Mexican government to show greater willingness and more cooperation on cross-border security issues.

Is this perhaps a gift, as it were, to Mr Trump amid the threat of tariffs over fentanyl, for example? That's difficult to know, but certainly it is an effort, I think, by the Mexican government to show greater willingness and more cooperation on cross-border security issues.

Chaos as the explosions caused thousands of people to run for their lives in panic. From buildings overlooking Bukavu's Independence Square, people filmed what was happening on their phones shortly after the leader of a rebel alliance, Kornei Nanga, had addressed the rally. When the crowd was gone, there were dead bodies on the street and rescuers carried away the injured.

Chaos as the explosions caused thousands of people to run for their lives in panic. From buildings overlooking Bukavu's Independence Square, people filmed what was happening on their phones shortly after the leader of a rebel alliance, Kornei Nanga, had addressed the rally. When the crowd was gone, there were dead bodies on the street and rescuers carried away the injured.

This was meant to be a day for the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels to tell the city's residents and the world that eastern Congo is safer with them in charge. It's not clear who carried out the explosions, but on Wednesday leaflets were distributed warning people to stay away from the M23 rally.

This was meant to be a day for the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels to tell the city's residents and the world that eastern Congo is safer with them in charge. It's not clear who carried out the explosions, but on Wednesday leaflets were distributed warning people to stay away from the M23 rally.

In recent weeks, the rebels have been rapidly capturing territory from the Congolese army and ignoring UN calls to stop the attacks. People living in mineral-rich eastern Congo have been repeatedly fleeing violence over the last three decades. There have in the past been dramatic escalations in the fighting, which at times has drawn in the armies of several other African countries.

In recent weeks, the rebels have been rapidly capturing territory from the Congolese army and ignoring UN calls to stop the attacks. People living in mineral-rich eastern Congo have been repeatedly fleeing violence over the last three decades. There have in the past been dramatic escalations in the fighting, which at times has drawn in the armies of several other African countries.

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He is a significant capture for the Mexican security forces, there's no doubt about it. This is José Ángel Canovio, commonly known as El Guerrito, meaning the blonde one. He is ostensibly the head of security for one of the sons of the jail drug lord El Chapo Guzmán. his son, Iván Achivaldo Guzmán. And just that alone tells you that he's a significant figure in the Sinaloa cartel.

He is a significant capture for the Mexican security forces, there's no doubt about it. This is José Ángel Canovio, commonly known as El Guerrito, meaning the blonde one. He is ostensibly the head of security for one of the sons of the jail drug lord El Chapo Guzmán. his son, Iván Achivaldo Guzmán. And just that alone tells you that he's a significant figure in the Sinaloa cartel.

Drug war experts in Mexico say he was also influential in the organization's recent push to make fentanyl trafficking such a large part of its criminal empire.

Drug war experts in Mexico say he was also influential in the organization's recent push to make fentanyl trafficking such a large part of its criminal empire.

It is. I think it's always important to take any single arrest in its context. Of course, all of these figures, from El Chapo Guzman himself down, are important when they are detained. But the criminal organisation is much bigger and much stronger than any single individual.

It is. I think it's always important to take any single arrest in its context. Of course, all of these figures, from El Chapo Guzman himself down, are important when they are detained. But the criminal organisation is much bigger and much stronger than any single individual.

I think what is significant is that this shows there's a sort of more concerted effort by the Mexican government to try and focus on the issue of fentanyl trafficking, something that clearly Donald Trump has been pushing for to secure, as he saw it, a greater commitment by the government of Claudia Sheinbaum, the Mexican president, towards strengthening the U.S.

I think what is significant is that this shows there's a sort of more concerted effort by the Mexican government to try and focus on the issue of fentanyl trafficking, something that clearly Donald Trump has been pushing for to secure, as he saw it, a greater commitment by the government of Claudia Sheinbaum, the Mexican president, towards strengthening the U.S.

border and having troops focus on fentanyl trafficking and undocumented immigration.

border and having troops focus on fentanyl trafficking and undocumented immigration.