Updates
The Latest on Human Rights Across Latin America
Stay informed with the latest updates on WOLA’s advocacy efforts, including breaking news, key developments, and impactful initiatives across Latin America.
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Billions more for ICE and CBP, detention, border wall construction, impacts in the Americas
With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past updates here. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. THIS WEEK IN BRIEF: THE FULL UPDATE:
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WOLA Expresses Support for the Extradition Request of Former Venezuelan Colonel Ephraín Enrique Verdú Torrelles Before Spanish Authorities
June 1, 2026 In the absence of an independent judiciary in Venezuela and the State’s lack of willingness to investigate and sanction such conduct, the legal team at InterJust filed a criminal complaint in June 2023 before a federal court in Argentina against 14 officers of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) for alleged crimes against humanity. This was done pursuant…
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Billions more for DHS, deportations into Mexico, Big Bend border wall, April migration
With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past updates here. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. THIS WEEK IN BRIEF: THE FULL UPDATE:
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: big court cases, ICE-Border Patrol budget bill, third-country deportations
With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past updates here. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. Due to upcoming staff travel, WOLA’s May 15 Border Update will be reduced to a curated list of links to stories. The next full…
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Border data, reconciliation bill, DHS transition, ICE detention, wall, migration route
With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past updates here. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. THIS WEEK IN BRIEF: THE FULL UPDATE:
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Migration data, DHS shutdown and new management, abuses in ICE custody, border walls
With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past updates here. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. THIS WEEK IN BRIEF: THE FULL UPDATE:
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