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26.08.26 - 14:18
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Colombia′s New President Orders Immigration Raids, Vows To Deport Illegal Immigrants (ZeroHedge)
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Colombia's New President Orders Immigration Raids, Vows To Deport Illegal Immigrants
Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times,
Colombia's new president has ordered immigration raids this week and promised deportations of immigrants without legal status.
Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella speaks during a press conference at the Palacio de San Carlos in Bogota, Colombia, on August 12, 2026. (Esteban Vega La-Rotta/AFP via Getty Images)
President Abelardo de la Espriella, sworn in three weeks ago, described the move as a crucial step in reducing crime.
The order went out during a security council session in Barranquilla, with police and the national migration agency tasked with the job. Operations are set to begin this week.
"I will not accept any illegal immigrants, wherever they come from," De la Espriella said in a video posted Sunday on his X account. "They will have to leave and be deported. It is a political decision I am taking responsibility for."
He is prioritizing tho...
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19.08.26 - 11:18
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′We now live without this violence′: the Colombian farmers giving up coca for palm oil (The Guardian)
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Subsidies and a crackdown on armed groups are helping smallholders rebuild their lives, leaving behind decades of conflict and fearSurrounded by towering oil palm trees on his farm in the small village of Caño Barbú, near San Pablo in northern Colombia, Yoger Payares uses a malayo – a pole-mounted iron tool with a hook – to hack at the fronds of one, freeing a bunch of its vibrant reddish-orange fruit so it falls to the ground.Today, Payares proudly works in the oil palm industry. But for more than a decade, just yards away, he grew coca leaves, becoming embroiled in the illicit industry in 1990 after leaving his job as a cattle farmer. Continue reading......
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