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Written testimony of the U.S. Secret ServiceU.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan addresses the facts of the misconduct that occurred in Cartagena, Colombia, the immediate actions taken, the results of their internal investigation and the corrective actions that have been implemented.
Posted on 23 May 2012 | 7:55 pm
Secret Service director denies culture ofSecret Service Director Mark Sullivan told a Senate committee Wednesday that agents involved in last month's prostitution scandal in Colombia were "reckless" and did "dumb things," but he rejected accusations that a culture condoning such misconduct exists in the agency. In his first appearance before Congress since the incident that embarrassed the nearly 150-year-old agency and raised security ...
Posted on 23 May 2012 | 4:37 pm
Can El Salvador’s gang truce hold?SAN SALVADOR — One of six siblings whose single mother struggled to make ends meet, Carlos was recruited to the Mara Salvatrucha — one of two Central American gangs whose violent tentacles reach from Los Angeles to Lima — when he was just 12. Yet Carlos’ most dangerous challenge may have been his decision to leave gang life behind him, eventually joining Quetzalcoatl, a small nonprofit (named ...
Posted on 22 May 2012 | 11:05 am
JUDO: Burnt Hills native wins her firstBurnt Hills native Hannah Martin won her first World Cup over the weekend when she placed first in the -63-kilogram division in the El Salvador World Cup in San Salvador, El Salvador. She defeated Kathrin Unterwurzacher, of Austria, and Catherine Pinard, of Canada to make it to the finals where she slammed Stephanie Tremblay, of Canada, with a hip throw called a harai to earn an ippon (full ...
Posted on 20 May 2012 | 3:04 am
El Salvador refuses to extradite soldiersSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's government says it will not grant Spain's request to extradite 13 former military officers indicted in the 1989 slayings of six Jesuit priests and two other people.
Posted on 9 May 2012 | 7:54 pm

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1000 Good Mornings: Guatemala: Day 5After lunch at Pollo Campero (a very popular restaurant in Central America-imagine a combination of KFC and McDonalds) we made our way to the University of El Salvador. The university team played very hard but were very ... After killing about forty minutes at a local mall (we were surprised to see a Boston Ice Cream shop) we headed to San Marcos to play one of the top club teams in San Salvador. The environment was great. We played outside at a park in front ...
Posted on 26 May 2012 | 6:30 am
Purdy Gets Called Up | Timbers InsiderOn Friday, June 8, El Salvador begins the third round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup against the Costa Rica National Team in San José, Costa Rica. El Salvador will then play host to Mexico on ...
Posted on 25 May 2012 | 7:36 pm
Secret Service Interviews 28 in SanSpecifically, allegations were made that Secret Service personnel had been involved in misconduct in San Salvador, El Salvador in March 2011. Although, no case of similar misconduct had been reported to our RES, ...
Posted on 24 May 2012 | 4:11 am
Can El Salvador's gang truceSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Carlos shows no emotion as he talks about the victims he shot and stabbed as he worked his way up the ladder of one of the world's most vicious street gangs. “It's how you gain status,” he ...
Posted on 22 May 2012 | 11:50 pm
UK development assistance in ElEstablishing a new British Embassy in El Salvador. ... Next week we will mark the reopening of the British Embassy in San Salvador by inviting organisations to bid to carry out more local projects on our behalf. Projects to ...
Posted on 21 May 2012 | 11:33 pm
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