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8 hours ago
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🚨 Starting line-ups confirmed for América de Cali and Medellín
The 'Red Devils' host the 'Powerful' at the Pascual Guerrero, already a finalist in the Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR 2025-I, in the last matchday of the Semifinal Quadrangulars. América de Cali and Independiente Medellín face off at Pascual Guerrero in their last game of the Semifinal Quadrangulars of the Liga Betplay DIMAYOR 2025-I with different realities. The home team bids farewell to its coach and closes a cycle, while the visitors are already savoring the championship final. Advertisement The 'Mechita' seeks a win against DIM to close with honor a quadrangular in which things didn't go well and was eliminated last date despite beating Junior de Barranquilla. América de Cali's starting lineup Jorge 'Polilla' Da Silva, who announced his resignation before this match, puts out his best available players. Medellín, on the other hand, comes into this match after beating Deportes Tolima 2-1 and sealing its qualification to a new FPC final. Beyond playing the definition, it also seeks to add key points for the reclassification and wants to finish the final at home. DIM's starting lineup Alejandro Restrepo has opted for this formation to close out the participation in the Semifinal Quadrangulars. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.
RNZ News
10 hours ago
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Pacific news in brief for 20 June 2025
An NGO carrying out testing on drugs at an event - including this this bag of cocaine, in Colombia, in 2021. Photo: AFP/ Juan Pablo Pino The French Directorate General of Customs says 67 kilograms of cocaine has been seized in New Caledonia between April and May this year. Local media reported the operation resulted in the discovery of more than 500 kilograms of narcotics at various ports across the region. New Caledonia and French Polynesia Customs took part in a joint operation with the Australian Border Force, New Zealand Customs, the US Homeland Security Investigations and Jamaica. At the end of March this year, 142 kilograms of cocaine was seized in French Polynesia. It was found packed in insulation panels of a refrigerated container bound for Australia. Fiji police have reported 105 cases of family violence against women and children for May 2025. More than 200 women had crimes committed against them - 11 percent of these were sexual offences and 89 percent were assault-related. Seventy-two of those crimes were from a spouse or partner. One hundred and 14 children had crimes done against them and more than two-thirds of those were sexual offences. Five police officers were charged with offences during the month - including one facing charges of unlawful supply and import of illicit drugs. Police said there was a 14 per cent reduction in overall crime which is ahead of its 10 per cent target. The Fijian Elections Office says FJ$44,000 - about US$20,000 - in temporary worker payments from the 2018 General Election remain unpaid. FBC reported this has come to light during the Public Accounts Committee submission on the election office's 2021-2022 Audit Report. The election office's financial controller said the delay was caused by incomplete employee information for some of the 12,000 temporary election workers. The office said they are closely coordinating with the Fiji National Provident Fund to verify the remaining employee data to fast-track this process. The mining company New Porgera is celebrating achieving its production targets, despite the impact of continuing lawlessness and a devastating landslide in the region. The new company, run by Barrick Gold, but with a significant PNG Government shareholding, replaced the former company after a lease dispute shut it down for more than three years. The Porgera region of Enga Province experienced the devastating Mulitaka landslide, which claimed many lives and shut the main road link out of the district. There have also been extensive law and order issues that resulted in a state of emergency being implemented, and dozens of arrests being made, many for illegal mining within the mine pit. The Papua New Guinea Correctional Service has signed an agreement with the Department of Education which will see education and training programmes rolled out in jails across the country. NBC reported that the memorandum highlights the vital role education plays in restoring dignity, instilling hope, and creating opportunities for those seeking a second chance. The rollout of structured learning and skills training within prisons is expected to transform lives behind bars. Acting corrections commissioner Bernard Nepo called the initiative a lifeline for inmates.
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10 hours ago
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🚨 Atlético Nacional line-up confirmed to face Once Caldas
The 'Albos' and the 'Verde' wrap up their participation in the Semifinal Quadrangulars at the Palogrande Stadium, already without a chance to fight for a spot in the final. Once Caldas and Atlético Nacional face off in Manizales to close out the Liga Betplay DIMAYOR 2025-I with a very attractive match, although neither has a chance to play in the championship final. Nevertheless, they are looking to earn points for qualification to next year's CONMEBOL Libertadores and Sudamericana. Advertisement The 'Blanco Blanco' comes into this match after being eliminated with their defeat in Bogotá against Independiente Santa Fe at El Campín, but will try to secure at least their first win in these Semifinal Quadrangulars, where they have recorded three draws and two losses. The starting eleven for Once Caldas Hernán Darío 'El Arriero' Herrera is fielding the best he has available to achieve a victory in front of their fans. Atlético Nacional, meanwhile, comes into this match in crisis after being eliminated following their defeat to Millonarios at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium, where they were unable to win in this phase of the tournament. Atlético Nacional's starting lineup Javier Gandolfi, heavily criticized by the fans and on the hot seat, has many absences and closes out the tournament with this lineup. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.
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15 hours ago
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Why Barcelona are ‘losing patience' with attacking transfer target
The board at La Liga giants Barcelona are growing impatient with the situation of a headline member of the club's summer transfer shortlist. That's according to Mundo Deportivo, who highlight Luis Díaz as the player in question. Advertisement Wide-man Díaz has of course seen his name pushed somewhat into the background in Catalunya's capital over recent days. This comes after widespread confirmation was forthcoming that the Colombian has been overtaken in the race to be a new Barcelona player by Athletic Club standout Nico Williams. This shift came for a number of reasons, not least of them the fact that Nico himself is actively pushing for a Camp Nou switch. A similar approach had been expected on Díaz's part for some time now, but is yet to come to fruition. And as per the aforementioned MD, as much has not gone down well with the likes of Deco and Joan Laporta: Advertisement 'In the case of Luis Díaz, Barcelona have begun to lose patience. Joan Laporta and Deco's plan was for the Colombian to put strong pressure on Liverpool. However, aside from Díaz's statements in a recent press conference, the reality is that there has not been any significant pressure on the Anfield leadership.' Conor Laird – GSFN
CBS News
21 hours ago
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DEA informant accused of trying to extort high-level cocaine traffickers, feds say
A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Jorge Hernández, 57, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday with one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud. He remains in custody after being arrested and making his initial court appearance Wednesday in federal court in Fort Lauderdale. Feds allege scheme to defraud drug traffickers Court papers allege that Hernández operated a scheme starting in 2020 in which he pretended to be a paralegal who, for the right price, could obtain lighter sentences for drug kingpins, according to 17-page FBI affidavit. The FBI alleged that Hernández demanded payments of $1 million from six suspected drug traffickers who ended up surrendering or being extradited to the U.S. In exchange for the payments — which came in the form of cash, jewelry, properties and vehicles in Colombia — Hernández guaranteed short prison sentences that would be served "in an apartment similar to being on house arrest," the court papers said. But Hernández never delivered on his promises, nor did he have authority to offer such leniency. As the traffickers who thought they were buying influence grew upset, he would deny responsibility and shift blame to the traffickers' attorneys, the FBI said. Nestor Menendez, an attorney who represented Hernández at his initial appearance, declined to comment. "Bowling ball" helped build some of the biggest cases In two decades as a confidential informant, Hernández had been one of federal law enforcement's most prolific case-makers, providing the types of tips and information that led to prosecutions of high seas drug smugglers, a former University of Miami money laundering expert and a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Better known in law enforcement circles by his Spanish nickname Boliche — bowling ball — the beefy, bald-headed Colombian was also the star witness in the 2023 bribery trial of two former DEA supervisors convicted for leaking information on ongoing drug investigations. He got his start as an informant in 2000 shortly after he was arrested in Venezuela, where he had fled to escape drug dealers seeking to kill him, according to a 2023 investigation by The Associated Press. After bribing officials to secure his release, he approached the DEA, admitting to killing three people during his days as a drug runner near his home along Colombia's Caribbean coast. He then began helping the DEA build some of its biggest cases. Agents grew so reliant on Hernández's network of criminal associates across the Western hemisphere that they set him up with a phone and desk at a federal anti-narcotics task force, the AP found. Hernandez turned the tables on DEA The DEA terminated his cooperation agreement in 2008, court records show, after authorities discovered he had threatened to expose informants as snitches unless they paid him to keep quiet. But he kept close to some of his former DEA handlers and eventually returned to Miami. In 2016, he met DEA agent John Costanzo, who was supervising agents investigating Colombian businessman Alex Saab, a suspected bag man for Venezuela's Maduro. In 2023, Hernández testified against Costanzo and another former DEA agent convicted of taking bribes from narco defense attorneys. Hernández turned the tables on the DEA around the same time he was charged alongside University of Miami professor Bruce Bagley for helping move $3 million on behalf of Saab, who prosecutors said was secretly negotiating a deal to betray Maduro. Those charges remain under seal. In the complaint unsealed Wednesday, the FBI that Hernández is serving a term of probation on a federal conviction for conspiracy to commit money laundering that is set to end in May 2027.
