U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, who drew both criticism and adoration for frequently striking down California’s gun laws, ...

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In The Gambia, he was among the most powerful soldiers of Yahya Jammeh. For ten years, he was in charge of the country's internal security, overseeing the police, immigration, prisons and the fire ...

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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has signed into law constitutional reforms to permit life prison sentences for people as young as 12 ...

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He was the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. But as he begins a retirement that was not entirely voluntary, the Border Patrol leader says he did not go far enough. He was the ...

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A Venezuelan man who was deported from the U.S. and detained in the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador last year has become the first known ex-prisoner to sue the U.S. for damages, filing a lawsuit ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A newly-released search warrant reveals an alleged organized crime ring operating from inside a Texas prison, involving hacked tablets, contraband smuggling, and even ...