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Mexican president likens top judges to disgraced ex-official after military setback

Mexico's president on Wednesday lashed out at the country's Supreme Court, likening justices who frustrated his plan to hand control of the civilian-led National Guard to the Army to a former minister convicted of taking bribes from a drug cartel.

Reuters

Mexican president still vows to give National Guard to Army

Mexico's president has vowed to try again to give control of the National Guard to the Army, despite a Supreme Court ruling against such a move

The Independent UK

Mexico court: National Guard shift to army unconstitutional

Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that last year’s transfer of the newly created National Guard from civilian to military control was unconstitutional

The Independent UK

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Mexico Supreme Court strikes down law to put National Guard under Army control

Mexico's Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional on Tuesday the transfer of control over the civilian-led National Guard to the Army, a step which had drawn criticism from activists concerned about the increasing militarization of public security.

Reuters

Mexican National Guard suspected of killing pregnant teenager -state official

Members of Mexico's National Guard are suspected of killing two civilians this weekend in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, including a pregnant teenager, a state official and local media said on Monday.

Reuters

Pentagon culls classified document distribution list after intelligence leak

The Pentagon has started culling distribution lists for sensitive national security information after a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman with a junior job was charged in the biggest U.S. intelligence leak in a decade, spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Monday.

Tribune News Service

Doyle McManus: Ukraine's spring offensive already faces high stakes. The Discord leaks make them higher

The bizarre torrent of intelligence documents posted on a gamers' chat server, allegedly by a 21-year-old National Guard technician, produced headlines last week about a host of revelations including secret Russian military plans and U.S. espionage against allies like Israel and South Korea.

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He's been Mexico's voice abroad. Now he wants the presidency

He’s been the face of Mexico internationally for nearly five years and often the country’s leading voice in meetings with top world leaders — including volatile ones, like former U.S. President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Pentagon papers leak suspect calls out to his father in court as he is charged and jailed without bond

Jack Teixeira charged with unauthorized detention and transmission of national defence information

The Independent UK

National Guard member arrested over Pentagon documents leak sent last message to friends saying fate lies with God

‘I prayed to God that this would never happen. And I prayed and prayed and prayed. Only God can decide what happens from now on,’ Jack Teixeira told group members

The Independent UK

Massachusetts Air National Guards member arrested in leak of classified military documents

Jack Teixeira, 21, talked about God, guns are war secrets in chat rooms, friends say. The files show U.S. spying on allies, foes, shaking capitals from Kyiv to Seoul to Washington.

Chicago Sun-Times

The guy who leaked Ukraine War plans on Discord got busted because of his Steam profile

Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested by the FBI today.

PC Gamer

Texas House backs death benefits for state troops in Operation Lone Star

The bill was amended to make the benefits retroactive, supporting the family of a soldier whose name is on the legislation.

The Texas Tribune

660-mile rescue flight highlights Alaska's unique challenges

The Alaska Air National Guard this week traveled nearly 660 miles to rescue a pregnant woman on a small island 2 miles from Russia

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Family of dead National Guardsman urges Legislature to make death benefits bill named for him retroactive

While the state guarantees law enforcement officers, like Department of Public Safety troopers, a $500,000 death benefit for their families if they die on duty, National Guard troops who stand shoulder to shoulder with those DPS officers on Operation Lone Star don’t have the same benefit.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis’ State Guard vision: planes, boats, police powers

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Gov. Ron DeSantis first proposed reviving the long-dormant Florida State Guard, he wanted 200 volunteers and a modest $5 million budget.

The Independent UK

Texas Republicans propose creation of vigilante group to hunt migrants at the border that will have immunity from prosecution

Democratic opponents said they will work to kill the legislation, but that may be exactly what Republicans want

Reuters

Russian National Guard general accused of taking large bribes

Russian military investigators launched a criminal case on Monday against Major General Vadim Dragomiretsky, deputy commander of the central district of Russia's National Guard, after he was accused of receiving large sums in bribes, a senior lawmaker said.

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“We just want parity”: Military groups call on lawmakers to give Operation Lone Star troops death benefits

Law enforcement officers who serve on Operation Lone Star get a $500,000 death benefit for their survivors if they die on duty. But National Guard troops on the same mission don’t get a dime from the state for their families if they die.

Texas Observer

Border Militia Bill Reveals Texas GOP’s Scheme to Expand State Enforcement Powers

Opponents call it a dangerous vigilante move that will get innocent people killed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

14 Dead Off Tunisia in Migrant Boat Sinking

At least 14 Africans died and 54 were rescued when a boat in which they were trying to reach Europe sank off the coast of Tunisia, the Tunisian National Guard said Thursday. The 14 bodies were recovered overnight in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia's central Sfax region, National Guard spokesperson…

Daily Mirror

Remote lair where two Americans found dead and two others rescued in Mexico

The two surviving American citizens were held in a tiny wooden hut for days alongside the body of one of their murdered friends near the city of Matamoros, Mexico

Los Angeles Times

Cut off for 10 days, running low on food, stranded residents of California's San Bernardino Mountains are angry, afraid

LOS ANGELES — For days, Michael Bowen could see the snow piling up outside his home.

Los Angeles Times

California National Guard will help stranded, snowed-in residents in San Bernardino Mountains

LOS ANGELES — Members of the California National Guard are set to arrive in the San Bernardino Mountains on Thursday afternoon to help people who have been trapped in their homes for several days by heavy snow, officials said.

Texas Observer

‘Border Security’ Is a Financial Black Hole that Will Consume Us All

State spending on cops and tech at the Texas border has increased ninefold in a decade, now set to reach $4.6 billion over the next two years.

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