Randal Archibold

Nicaragua’s President Accused of Sex Abuse by His Stepdaughter

thedailybeast.com — It's been a bad month for Latin American autocrats. Earlier this month, onetime Guatemalan Generalissimo Efraín Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and sentenced to 80 years in prison for his role in the Central American Cold War.

Trial of Ex-Dictator of Guatemala May Have to Restart

nytimes.com — MEXICO CITY - A day after Guatemala's highest court threw out the genocide verdict against a former dictator, Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt, lawyers on both sides of the case said Tuesday that his entire trial would probably have to be repeated.

Garcetti wins race for L.A. mayor; Greuel concedes

latimes.com — Wendy Greuel called Eric Garcetti early Wednesday morning to concede the mayoral election, a Greuel campaign source told the Times, ending a two-year campaign to determine Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's successor and the new political leader of Los Angeles. Garcetti will be the first elected Jewish mayor of the city.

L.A. elections may be decided by older, white voters, poll shows

latimes.com — Tuesday's elections will sweep in new leadership for Los Angeles' 3.8 million residents, but the races are likely to be decided by an older, whiter and more educated fraction of the city's population. Latinos, the city's dominant ethnic group and a key voting bloc, make up 44% of the city's population, U.S.

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

bigstory.ap.org — WASHINGTON (AP) -Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.Meteorologists contacted by The Associated Press used real time measurements to calculate the energy released during the storm's life span of almost an hour.

Migrant Deaths in Southern Arizona

nytimes.com — A majority of deaths, where cause has been determined, were from dehydration or exposure to extreme heat or cold. Nearly half of known migrant deaths in Arizona happened within the borders of the Tohono O'odham Nation Indian Reservation, a wedge of desert the size of Connecticut.

Immigrant Death Rate Rises on Illegal Crossings

nytimes.com — TUCSON - In the Pima County Medical Examiner's Office here - repository of the nation's largest collection of missing-person reports for immigrants who have vanished while crossing the United States-Mexico border - 774 sets of remains awaited identification in mid-May, stored in musty body bags coated in dust.

Guatemala’s Highest Court Overturns Genocide Conviction of Former Dictator

nytimes.com — MEXICO CITY - Guatemala 's highest court on Monday threw out the genocide conviction and prison sentence of the former dictator Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt. The decision by Guatemala's Constitutional Court was a dramatic legal victory for General Ríos Montt, 86, and a blow to human rights advocates who had called his conviction a sign that Guatemala's courts would no longer allow impunity for the country's powerful.