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The illicit funds were used to send Jenny Ambuila to the University of Miami, where she studied from 2013 to 2017 and earned a bachelor’s degree in finance. “In exchange for their illicit act, these two people (Ambuila and the other official of the National Directorate of Texas and Customs) and other alleged accomplices would have received millionaire dividends that were hidden through front companies or were turned over to their relatives to acquire goods and services that would exceed their economic capacity,” prosecutors said, according to El Tiempo. “For example, the two officials did not have salaries over 6 million pesos, however, they recorded income and purchases for much higher amounts with no clarity of their origin,” they added. …

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Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and a death penalty. “As we work to end mandatory minimums for nonviolent offenses, as we work to put an end to prolonged solitary confinement, which is a form of torture,” he said, “here too we must be intentional about fixing disparities that have strong and deeply unfair racial consequences.” Watch Buttigieg’s speech at NAN Convention 2019 below. He starts speaking around the 28:45 mark. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Russian airline S7 Group said co-owner Natalia Fileva was aboard the single-engine, six-seat Epic LT aircraft that crashed and burned in a field as it approached the small airport at Egelsbach near Frankfurt. The business publication Forbes.ru has estimated Fileva’s fortune at $600 million. German police have said there were two Russian citizens on board but haven’t provided any positive identification of the occupants yet. The cause of the crash is still unclear. Trending in World Original Article : HERE ; This post was curated & posted using : RealSpecific

President Trump said “chain migration” Earlier on Friday, California governor Gavin Newsom (D) announced that a coalition of 20 states was suing to challenge Trump’s national emergency declaration to fund a wall on the southern border. The day before, leaders of the House of Representatives also voted to authorize a lawsuit declared a national emergencystates sued SAUL LOEB via Getty Images Trump speaks as Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen (R) looks on during a roundtable on immigration and border security at the US Border Patrol Calexico Station in Calexico, California — April 5, 2019.  At the border patrol station, Trump decried the “colossal surge” of migrants entering the country, saying it was “overwhelming our immigration system.” He was apparently …

In a letter sent to lawmakers Thursday, Cohen’s legal team said he is still sorting through documents in his personal files that might be of interest to House Democrats investigating President Donald Trump, including emails, voice recordings, images and other documents on a hard drive. They said if Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, has been going through the documents alone, without any help, and if he reports to prison May 6 as scheduled, he won’t be able to finish reviewing the material. If any lawmakers were to write such a letter, it could be useful if Cohen petitioned the court to delay his prison report date. Cohen, who pleaded guilty last year to tax evasion, fraud, lying to Congress …

Saturday Night Live” hilariously skewered the sanitized takes from President William Barr in a clever three-character cold-open about what is known so far about special counsel Trump is “clean as a whistle,” De Niro: “I am submitting these 380 pages.” Baldwin: “I am reading zero pages. But “Trump” promised that “pardons are already in the mail.” He declared that all words in “Mueller’s” report will be blacked out except for the words “no” and “collusion.” That’s when Rudy Giuliani popped up. “I guess I was a legal genius the whole time,” McKinnon coos. Download Original Article : HERE ; This post was curated & posted using : RealSpecific

Drawing inspiration from Trump, Netanyahu has dismissed a corruption case against him as a “witch hunt” and his Likud party has launched a weekly webcast to counter what it claims is “fake news” broadcast by mainstream media. For Netanyahu, the close ties with Trump are a welcome change after eight frosty years with the Obama administration, which repeatedly clashed with the prime minister over his policies toward the Palestinians and his opposition to the nuclear agreement with Iran. Upon taking office two years ago, Trump quickly reversed course and established a tight relationship with Netanyahu. This has yielded benefits for Netanyahu on the campaign trail. In the run-up to Tuesday’s vote, Netanyahu has hosted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, visited …

Robert Cornegy Jr., a 6-foot-10 (208 centimeter) councilman from Brooklyn, was certified by Guinness World Records in January and honored for the distinction this week at a City Hall ceremony. But North Dakota’s insurance commissioner, Jon Godfread, quickly stepped forward to say he will contest the title. Godfread, who played basketball at the University of Northern Iowa and played professionally in Germany, says he’s 6-11¾ (212 centimeters). Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming could top them all. Yao is a delegate in the advisory body to China’s National People’s Congress. He is listed at 7-feet-6 (228.6-centimeters). Download Original Article : HERE ; This post was curated & posted using : RealSpecific

BRISBANE, Australia – Two Japanese teenagers have been found dead in Australia’s Lake McKenzie after being reported missing from a school tour. The boys’ bodies were discovered by police divers on Saturday morning. Inspector Tony Clowes of the Queensland Police said authorities will be interviewing witnesses to determine what happened at the popular tourist destination, described by the mayor as “a calm lake in the middle of an island.”