Tag: surveillance
Brazil judge orders round-the-clock surveillance of ‘flight risk’ Bolsonaro
Pre-trial monitoring ordered after police reported former president had drafted request for asylum in Argentina Jair Bolsonaro must be under constant police surveillance, a supreme court justice has ruled, to prevent Brazil’s former president from fleeing days before the start of the trial that could see him jailed for more than 40 years. The far-right…
FBI says suspect in New Orleans attack twice visited the city to conduct surveillance
By Robbie Griffiths The FBI has revealed that the man who allegedly carried out the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans had recently visited the city twice beforehand, and used “smart glasses” to record video of the area he later targeted. In a press conference on Sunday, Lyonel Myrthil, the FBI special agent in…
Diplomatic Crisis in Venezuela: Political Refugees at the Argentine Embassy
In March 2024, six collaborators of Venezuelan opposition candidate María Corina Machado sought asylum at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas after being accused by Nicolás Maduro’s regime of terrorism and treason. Since then, their situation has worsened, facing precarious conditions and constant harassment by Venezuelan security forces.