Obscuro
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Group Focused on the overlooked conflicts within Latin America. https://linktr.ee/obscuro_official
The Obscuro Podcast will be returning this year, what topics would you like to be covered? Art by: @sorryhat.bsky.social
#Mexico 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 '𝐄𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐨 𝐅𝐞́𝐥𝐢𝐱' 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐜𝐚́𝐧, 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐚 Following the arrest of Juan Carlos Felix Gastelum 'El Chavo Félix,' a financial operator of the ‘La Mayiza’ faction of the Sinaloa Cartel (#CDS), and the Son-in-law of Ismael Zambada Garcia ‘El Mayo Zambada,’…🧵
#Colombia 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐞 This Tuesday, January 21st, the leading commanders of the Magdalena Medio Block reappeared in two separate videos. Both have not appeared publicly in a long time. The second in command, alias Richard,… 🧵
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Welt im Konflikt@weltimkonflikt.bsky.social · 2y agoI wrote an article to bring some light into the Guerilla groups that emerged from the FARC. Not too much detail but good as an introduction into the confusing landscape. open.substack.com/pub/weltimko...
The Adrian Dittmann Story all the evidence and methodology from A to Z by @ryan.staticnoi.se and me maia.crimew.gay/posts/adrian...
The Adrian Dittmann Story
the evidence, from A to Z, and righting the wrongs
maia.crimew.gay
https://themoloch.com/analysis/the-existent-automated-armies-an-accelerating-arms-race-for-viable-robot-soldiers/ "…These developments are indicative of an understated trend in militaries around the world: a growing acceptance of mass-casualty-causing weapons in automated hands."
The Existent Automated Armies: An Accelerating Arms Race for Viable Robot Soldiers - The Moloch
...these developments are indicative of an understated trend in militaries around the world: a growing acceptance of mass-casualty-causing weapons in automated hands. As several states that are innovators in this space find themselves engaged around the world, it may only be a matter of time before this technological rubicon is crossed in ground-based warfare, as it has in the air.
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We teamed up with Earth Genome to develop AI tools that detected 67 illegal narco airstrips in the Peruvian rainforests. These airstrips are located near Indigenous communities and in areas where more than a dozen Indigenous leaders have been killed in the past four years. What a great use of AI!
Indigenous leaders killed as narco airstrips cut into their Amazon territories
Mongabay and Earth Genome detected 67 clandestine airstrips used for transporting drugs in the Peruvian regions of Ucayali, Huánuco and Pasco. The analysis used artificial intelligence (AI) and satell...
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🧵Check out our first curation of photojournalism, 47 photos published recently in the El Faro English newsletter: an addiction rehab center in the heart of San Salvador, abandoned Ch'orti midwives, Ixil genocide survivors, and the Santa Marta Five upon their exoneration 📸 mailchi.mp/elfaro.net/c...
📸 Central America in four snapshots
Addiction, memory, and abandonment in a special photo curation.
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During the time #Pegasus was in operation, several important guerrilla leaders were killed. Some of them on Venezuelan territory. If it turns out that #Colombia was behind these attacks, this could lead to massive diplomatic consequences with the #Maduro regime.
Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · 2y agoNEW at @dropsitenews.com : The U.S. Bought Pegasus for Colombia With $11 Million in Cash. Now Colombians Are Asking Why Jose Olivares reports on the Israeli hacking platform and the U.S. role in secretly acquiring and deploying it in Colombia. www.dropsitenews.com/p/colombia-p...
#Colombia 𝐄𝐋𝐍 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 Written By: @weltimkonflikt.bsky.social This Friday morning, November 23rd, an armed group attacked an armored cash transport in the municipality of #Convención dept. Norte de #Santander ,…🧵
We would like to thank Oscar Balmen for covering our investigation done in collaboration with @natsecboogie during his Nación Criminal segment on MVS Noticias on the use of Emoji’s by members of criminal organizations in #Mexico,…🧵
#Mexico 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞 Made in collaboration with @ natsecboogie on X. Over the years, emojis have become a typical method of communication through the Internet, allowing people to express certain reactions that may not…🧵
#Venezuela 🇻🇪| Check out my newest blog post in English about the Venezuelan Colectivo groups. I will share some of my older stories in the coming days. open.substack.com/pub/weltimko...
The origin of Venezuelan government supported street gangs
How the Venezuelan regime uses pro-government gangs to suppress political dissent and combat hostile criminal groups
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#Mexico 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 Around October 9th, a message was distributed throughout the El Dorado municipality and nearby regions in #Sinaloa by the ‘La Mayiza’ faction of the #SinaloaCartel (CDS)…🧵
#Colombia 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐥 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐨, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 In the early morning hours of November 8th, a motorcycle bomb exploded in the town of El Plateado killing one Colombian soldier and critically injuring another. 🧵 (Video Courtesy Of: La FM)
#Mexico 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬 𝐁𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 An image circulated through social media around November 7th showing an alleged member of the ‘Los Chapitos’ faction of the #SinaloaCartel (CDS) burning a hat embossed with a caricature representing…🧵
#Colombia 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐨, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 On Friday, May 31st, the Colombian Army was alerted of a trucked parked in the vicinity of the Apiay Military Base in Villavicencio, Colombia where the 4th Division is stationed…🧵
