Honduran cocaine trafficker captured amid cross border raid
Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros, an alleged international cocaine trafficker tied to a U.S. drug agent slaying, was brought to Marion federal prison in Illinois for questioning after a U.S.-Honduran operation culminated in a predawn Honduran raid. Honduran officials, criticizing the transfer as kidnapping, pursued an inquiry into the procedures as Honduras lacks an extradition treaty with the United States.
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Washington
Honduras
Ilinois
Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros
Marion
Dominican Republic
Mr. Matta
United States
Los Angeles sweep nets 210 arrests in gang crackdown
Police report 210 arrests in a 13 hour LA sweep through gang infested neighborhoods led by a 260 officer task force. In Pasadena a drive by shooting wounded three people possibly linked to gangs. Names Curly Robinson Charles Tolley and Wilford Ogletree listed among Pasadena victims.
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Pasadena
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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Curly Robinson
Charles Tolley
Wilford Ogletree
Lynn Froistad
Ortega threatens major offensive if cease fire fails
President Daniel Ortega warned that if cease-fire talks collapse the government will launch a major military offensive against the Contras. In Sapoa talks, both sides outlined seven cease-fire zones though key issues remain unresolved as negotiations drag into a fourth round. In Vietnam, Hanoi delivered 27 sets of U.S. missing service members for authentication, while warning Washington over politics and demanding funds for reconstruction.
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Army Laboratories
Honolulu
U.S
Washington
Nguyen Co Thach
Larry Pressler
R-5.d
Pentagon
Kuwait Rejects Blackmail Over Hostage Crisis
Kuwait refuses to free 17 pro Iranian extremists jailed for 1983 embassy bombings as Kuwaiti Airways Flight 422 remains hijacked to Iran. The incident ties into a broader Iran linked terror network and raises regional tensions with Lebanon hostages and Iranian revolution fears.
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Iran
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Ruhollah Khomeini
Terry Anderson
Middle East
Associated Press
Thomas Sutherland
Persian Gulf
China denies missile sales to Iran amid Gulf tensions
Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian in a Beijing news briefing rejected U S claims that China supplied missiles to Iran and defended arms exports as responsible. He noted measures to curb sales to Iran and said China does not sell weapons to Iran or Iraq, highlighting Saudi assurances on intermediate missiles.
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Iran
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Wu Xueqian
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Ethiopia urges evacuation of foreign relief workers
Ethiopia's Relief and Rehabilitation Commission told international aid agencies to pull foreign personnel from the Tigray and Eritrea regions due to escalating rebel violence and disrupted aid. It said trucks bearing the UN flag are targeted, foreigners should stay out until security returns, and urged donors to hand operations to the commission to ensure aid continuity.
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Ethiopia
Relief and Rehabilitation Commission
Tigray
Eritrea
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Unity, Integrity and Freedom of
United Nations
US troops bolster Panama amid Noriega protests
In Panama City police used tear gas and birdshot to disperse about 50 demonstrators protesting Noriega as 1,300 additional U.S. troops arrived for routine jungle training. Hundreds watched as residents tossed garbage and set refuse ablaze amid the unrest.
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Panama City
Panama
United States
Manuel Antonio Noriega
U.S
Ann Crum
U.S. Southern Command
Panamia
Manuel Solis Palma
Reagan
Marlin Fitzwater
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