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...pieces of paper may have recently jeopardized the lives of 2.75 million refugees. Earlier this month, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, citing crimes against humanity and war crimes. As pundits and scholars alike have warned, al-Bashir’s retaliation was brutal. He immediately shut down 13 relief agencies, giving no explanation other than allegations that the ICC and these NGOs were conspiring against...
...risking Darfuri lives for a poorly structured indictment process has proven tantamount to manslaughter—or at least gross negligence. Policymakers expected this reaction from al-Bashir. Shortly before Ocampo issued the indictment in July, a reporter asked him whether he thought the potentially terrible consequences of the arrest warrant would be his fault. Ocampo cavalierly replied, “Today they are being killed. Today they are being destroyed and have no hopes...
...Gallardo, who once headed Mexico's most powerful drug cartel. Guzman founded his own cartel in 1980, quickly establishing posts in 17 Mexican states. Sinaloa, his organization, takes its name from a Mexican state along the Pacific coast long known as a hotbed for drug trafficking. After Gallardo's arrest in 1989, Guzman inherited some of his territory...
...Escaped from the Puente Grande prison in Jalisco, Mexico in 2001, by bribing guards to smuggle him outside via a laundry truck; a federal investigation later led to the arrest of 71 prison officials. Puente Grande (Big Bridge) has since been mockingly rechristened the Puerta Grande" (Big Door) prison. Guzman once bragged that he spends $5 million a month on bribes to law enforcement officers...
...OZAWA: I was, I was surprised, I was very surprised. My secretary was arrested by the prosecutors and the reason for the arrest was entry errors in the political fundraising records. Similar things have happened many times over not only with politicians, but also with ministers as well as former prime ministers. When this has happened before, the only thing that was often required was to make corrections (to entry errors). But in this case, all of a sudden my secretary was arrested. So I was very surprised by the whole thing and I was also very puzzled about...