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  • Smuggling Leader and Top Coordinator Will Spend Remainder of Their Lives in Prison Following Their Sentencing on Third Anniversary of Deadly Tractor-Trailer Smuggling Conspiracy

    06/30/2025 12:09:36 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 14 replies
    JUSTICE.GOV ^ | June 27, 2025 | DOJ Office of Public Affairs
    Two convicted human smugglers were sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio today for their prominent roles in the 2022 mass casualty human smuggling conspiracy that resulted in the deaths of 47 adults and six children.U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia for the Western District of Texas sentenced Orduna-Torres to life in prison and a $250,000 fine, and Gonzales-Ortega to 83 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Both defendants were found guilty by a federal jury in March for three counts related to the transportation of aliens within the United States resulting in death, causing serious bodily injury, and...
  • Pakistani man arrested in Canada on charges of attempting to plan Oct 7 terrorist attack 'to kill as many Jews as possible' in New York

    09/07/2024 10:31:53 AM PDT · by CFW · 13 replies
    the Post Millennial ^ | 9/7/24 | Hayden Cunningham
    A Pakistani national was arrested in Canada this week for allegedly plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in New York City on the anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas militants against Israeli civilians. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the terrorist organization ISIS, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). “The defendant is alleged to have planned a terrorist attack in New York City around October 7th of this year with the stated goal of slaughtering, in the name of ISIS,...
  • 25 sheriff's recruits hurt, 5 critically, on training run in Whittier: 'Devastation everywhere'

    11/17/2022 12:31:22 AM PST · by blueplum · 27 replies
    LA Times/Yahoo News ^ | 16 Nov 2022 | Winton, Petri, Mejia,Solis,San Román, Campa,Goldberg
    Five Los Angeles County sheriff's recruits were critically injured Wednesday morning when a man driving a Honda CRV plowed into a large group during a training run in South Whittier, authorities said. ....California Highway Patrol Assistant Chief Charlie Sampson said there were approximately 75 recruits running in formation when the SUV veered into their group.... ...."It does seem like this car did not slow down," Supervisor Janice Hahn told KABC-TV. .....]
  • 34 people feared dead after boat catches fire off California's Santa Cruz Island: officials

    09/02/2019 8:51:41 AM PDT · by Zhang Fei · 111 replies
    Fox News ^ | September 2, 2019 | Robert Gearty
    At least 34 people were feared dead after a boat caught fire off Santa Cruz Island, California, early Monday morning, officials have confirmed. Fox affiliate KTTV earlier confirmed there were nearly three dozen fatalities, but Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr Matthew Kroll told Fox News the 34 people were unaccounted for from a commercial diving ship. The captain of the boat was helping with the rescue. Four other people were rescued. Lt. Cmdr Kroll later confirmed the ship sunk near the north shore of Santa Cruz Island after taking on water. At least 34 people were feared dead after a boat...
  • Report: Unscreened blood posed danger (Battlefield Blood in Iraq/Afghan tainted)

    04/13/2009 7:35:02 PM PDT · by xzins · 20 replies · 1,505+ views
    Stars & Stripes ^ | Apr 11 | Travis J. Tritten
    For years, the use of unscreened blood transfusions exposed severely wounded servicemembers and other trauma patients in Iraq and Afghanistan to the inherent risk of diseases such as HIV, hepatitis and malaria, according to medical experts who advise the secretary of defense. Battlefield attacks that resulted in mass casualties or severe injuries often overtaxed the military’s blood supply system until 2007, meaning medics collected fresh blood from those on site for emergency treatment of the wounded, the Defense Health Board wrote in a June 2008 report. The unscreened blood transfusions, however, did not meet federal safety standards required of all...