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U.S. Authorities are Obligated to Arrest Colombian President Petro Urrego

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The title of this article is neither emotional nor an attempt to persuade the now undoubtedly effective authorities of the United States—especially its judicial bodies—to show solidarity with Colombia. Much less is it an irresponsible suggestion for them to engage in conduct that could be considered interventionist. Not at all.

This opinion column’s title is a forceful and unavoidable call for the northern power’s authorities to fulfill their constitutional duties and obligations by arresting a highly dangerous criminal against humanity who has already been criminally denounced before them for the still unpunished kidnappings of three U.S. citizens and the also unpunished murder of one of them.

It is now undeniable that this individual, Petro Urrego, has positioned himself as one of the most prominent and visible leaders of the continental criminal left-wing projects known as 21st Century Socialism and the Puebla Group. It is neither accidental nor coincidental that Petro Urrego—besides being the main ally, partner, and defender of the Cuban overlord ruling his Venezuelan colony, the also illegitimate Nicolás Maduro—was recently appointed interim president of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

Let’s review his background. In 1985, Mr. Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego was sentenced by a criminal court judge to 18 months in prison for being a member of an antisocial armed group linked to drug trafficking and responsible for terrorist acts across Colombia.

At the time of his capture, this dangerous individual was in possession of a military-grade weapons cache. After serving 15 of the 18 months of his sentence, he was released on account of reduced sentencing for education and labor. In other words, Mr. Petro Urrego has a criminal record for terrorism.

In 1989, another submissive Colombian government signed a “peace agreement” with the defeated narco-paramilitary leftist gang M-19, a terrorist group in which Petro Urrego was an active member and leader. Through Law 77 of December 22, 1989, and Decree 206 of January 22, 1990, a procedure was established—blatantly in violation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL)—to grant legal pardons individually and by written request to the defeated narco-paramilitaries of M-19.

In March 2018, I discovered that Petro Urrego was never pardoned because he never requested the legal benefit, and therefore the legal consequences of his undeniable and irremediable criminal record for terrorism should never have been suspended.

According to Articles 122, 179, and 197 of Colombia’s still-valid Constitution, because this despicable individual has a criminal record for terrorism, he has been—and will be for the rest of his life—disqualified from holding public office, entering into contracts with the state, or running for elected office. I also discovered that, fraudulently and illegally, in March 1990, three arrest warrants issued against this man for his involvement in heinous crimes were canceled.

With Petro Urrego’s legal status fully certified by the Ministry of Justice and Law of Colombia as a non-pardoned demobilized member of M-19 (see attached certification image), in 2018 I exhausted legal avenues in Colombia before two high courts (Council of State and Supreme Court) to demand that the law and justice be applied to this man and to prevent him from even running for the presidency of Colombia, as he was permanently disqualified.

In addition to denouncing his permanent disqualification from running for elected office, I consistently emphasized his compromised criminal status as a still unpunished war criminal, a still unpunished genocidaire, a still unpunished criminal against humanity, and a still unpunished perpetrator of serious violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL).

From May through October 2018, I filed five (5) ELECTORAL NULLITY ACTIONS with the Council of State, one of Colombia’s four high courts. All of these well-founded and legally sound filings were denied in record time and through rulings lacking legal substance.

Even though the political bias of these high courts was obvious and I had already begun investigating ways to appeal to international justice under the principle of UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION, I nonetheless pursued the next available legal remedy in Colombia’s justice system against this criminal: filing an INVESTITURE LOSS CLAIM before Colombia’s Supreme Court of Justice.

Unsurprisingly, and again in record time, the Supreme Court rejected this motion in a ruling that seemed to have been written by Petro Urrego’s defense team.

Having reached the conclusion that no well-founded legal remedy would ever succeed against this individual or his criminal comrades in Colombia, I dedicated the following years—until January 2022—to studying, researching, reading, and drafting an INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT (ICC) against Petro Urrego, due to his status as a still unpunished war criminal, genocidaire, criminal against humanity, and perpetrator of serious violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL).

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To draft and file the said INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT (ICC) in the United States of America, I invoked UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION—a concept established by international criminal law to bring justice to victims whose countries’ judicial systems are either nonfunctional or complicit.

To ensure this mechanism worked and that the justice officials in this country could not refuse such a novel and complex legal action, I decided to include U.S. citizens who had been victims of Petro Urrego and his left-wing Colombian narco-terrorist gang, M-19.

After four years of work, the result was an 800-page book submitted to judicial authorities in several countries, denouncing just forty of the still unpunished atrocities committed by Petro Urrego and his comrades in the defeated left-wing Colombian narco-paramilitary gang M-19. I say “just forty (40)” because the National Center for Historical Memory of Colombia has recorded more than 5,900 (FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED) atrocities committed by Petro Urrego—none of them punished to this day.

How does one reach such a degree of indifference and contempt for Human Rights (HR)? Under the supposed banner of peace, and with the pathological intent of legitimizing and granting impunity to their criminal comrades, leftist Colombian political operatives and bureaucrats have created and spread four myths that contradict International Humanitarian Law (IHL).

Due to space constraints, I won’t cite excerpts, only name the myths and list the IHL tools that disprove them so readers can verify on their own.

First Myth: Nothing in international law grants any person the right to violate the Human Rights of others, let alone under the guise of a “social struggle,” “revolution,” “civil disobedience,” “insurrection,” “rebellion,” or “social uprising.” Some IHL instruments that affirm this include:

  • Article 30 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  • Article 5 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
  • Article 3 of Protocol II Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 on the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (1977)

Second Myth: It is absolutely false that any of the atrocities committed by these infamous criminals can be classified as political crimes or offenses and thus be eligible for amnesty, pardon, or forgiveness. IHL clearly defines which criminal behaviors can never be amnestied, pardoned, or forgiven.

These acts are classified as War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). These offenses are explicitly listed and described in the following instruments:

  • Section (b) of the Statute of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg (1945) – War Crimes
  • Section (c) of the Statute of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg (1945) – Crimes Against Humanity
  • Article 50 of the Geneva Convention I for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (1949) – Serious Violations

Third Myth: There are no privileges, immunities, blessings, safe-conducts, or any document whatsoever that can prevent the investigation, arrest, extradition, trial, sentencing, and punishment of war criminals, genocidaires, criminals against humanity, or perpetrators of serious violations of IHL. This is established in Article IV of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).

Fourth Myth: Individual responsibility for any and all crimes committed within a criminal organization applies to each person simply by virtue of their membership in that criminal organization. That is, it is unnecessary to prove that a person held or fired a weapon—he or she is liable for everything committed by any member of that criminal gang.

This was established in the STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL OF NUREMBERG (1945) and in Article II of the CONVENTION ON THE NON-APPLICABILITY OF STATUTORY LIMITATIONS TO WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY (1968).

With the definitions of these atrocities clearly established, and reminding the reader that under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) the possibility of prosecuting, trying, and punishing those responsible for these crimes has no statute of limitations, I will now share what I have done before the justice system of the United States of America, more specifically by filing my INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT (ICC) with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division – Criminal Section.

On Tuesday, February 22, 2022, invoking UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION and acting as complainant, although I was in Washington, D.C., due to the COVID-19 protocols then in place at federal buildings, I had to use UPS’s certified urban delivery services to file with the US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION – CRIMINAL SECTION, my INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT (ICC) in Spanish against Mr. Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego. I have confirmation that the document was delivered.

Subsequently, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, once again in Washington and again unable to file it in person due to COVID-19 protocols, I sent the same INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT (ICC) against Petro Urrego to the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division – Criminal Section, by certified urban mail using FedEx services. This time I sent the translated English version. I have confirmation that this document was also delivered.

The names and details of the still unpunished Crimes Against Humanity of kidnapping and murder committed against three American victims that I included in the aforementioned INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT (ICC) are as follows:

On August 4, 1975, American citizen Donald Cooper, who served as General Manager of Sears Roebuck in Colombia, was kidnapped. Mr. Cooper, a defenseless, innocent, and unarmed member of the foreign civilian population who took no part in hostilities, was held hostage for extortion purposes by the accused Petro Urrego and his comrades from the defeated narco-paramilitary Colombian leftist gang M-19 for eighty-seven days. The accused Petro Urrego and his M-19 comrades collected a ransom of more than $1 million to release Mr. Cooper alive. That money was used by these M-19 narcoterrorists to fund the political party ANAPO (National Popular Alliance), as well as to purchase weapons and strengthen their criminal infrastructure.

While he was held hostage, Mr. Cooper was subjected to all kinds of indignities, atrocities, abuse, humiliation, and mistreatment. Along with this torture, Mr. Cooper was deliberately kept in the deplorable hygienic and sanitary conditions that the accused Petro Urrego and his narco-paramilitary M-19 comrades intentionally imposed on their victims in the macabre «people’s prisons» they designed specifically to hold their hostages.

At dawn on January 19, 1981, Mr. Chester Allen Bitterman, an American Christian missionary linguist, was kidnapped and ultimately murdered after being held hostage for 48 agonizing days.

After violently storming the Summer Institute of Linguistics headquarters in Bogotá, D.C., a group of seven M-19 narco-paramilitaries, intending to kidnap the local director Álvaro Wheeler, ultimately kidnapped trainee translator Chester Allen Bitterman, a defenseless, innocent, and unarmed member of the foreign civilian population who took no part in hostilities and who, unfortunately, happened to be present at the time.

As Petro Urrego and his M-19 comrades publicly stated, the criminal, deranged, and extortionate purpose of attacking the Summer Institute of Linguistics was to take a defenseless, innocent, and unarmed member of the foreign civilian population hostage to send a message to the world and to the newly sworn-in President of the United States, Mr. Ronald Reagan: The Summer Institute of Linguistics, a pastoral NGO that taught languages and evangelized indigenous communities in various nations around the world, had to leave Colombia within thirty days, or else the American citizen would be killed.

Since neither the U.S. government nor the Colombian government acceded to the demands of the accused Petro Urrego and his defeated M-19 comrades, after forty-eight days of captivity in extremely degrading and precarious conditions, Mr. Bitterman was murdered. His lifeless body was found wrapped in an M-19 flag on a public transport bus.

Diego Ascencio, the accredited Ambassador of the United States of America to Colombia, was kidnapped along with fifty-six (56) other people (25 of whom were foreign diplomatic personnel). His captivity lasted sixty-one (61) days, beginning on Wednesday, February 27, 1980, at 12: 15 p.m. and ending on April 25, 1980.

The mass and extortionate kidnapping for media purposes of this internationally protected person, as well as the takeover of an internationally protected building—namely, the Dominican Republic Embassy in Bogotá, D.C., capital of Colombia—lasted 60 days. The accused Petro Urrego and his defeated M-19 comrades demanded, in exchange for releasing all their hostages alive (including minors), not only $50 million but also the release of 300 of their narco-terrorist comrades imprisoned in Colombian jails.

It is important to note that U.S. authorities, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 1201, are obligated to investigate the kidnapping of three of their citizens and the murder of one of them, as these are federal crimes. Section 1201 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code clearly states that «whoever unlawfully seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, kidnaps, abducts, or carries away and holds for ransom or reward (…) any person shall be guilty of kidnapping and shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of years or for life and, if the death of any person results, shall be punished by death or life imprisonment.»

Additionally, and as established by the U.S. Department of Justice, hostage-taking (kidnapping) becomes a crime under federal jurisdiction when, among other conditions, the hostage is a U.S. agent or citizen abroad or an internationally protected person (diplomat).

So then, can we agree that a sovereign, respected, powerful nation with strong institutions like the United States of America cannot accept that a kidnapper and murderer—who represents the worst kind of unpunished criminals in recent human history—continues to walk free? Or do we not agree on this basic principle of legality and humanity?

For the past three decades, the Cuban-origin globalist plague known as “21st-century socialism” has implemented a macabrely effective playbook across several nations, resulting in the economic, social, political, and moral collapse of many countries in the Americas—and now its target is Colombia. These infamous and insatiable communists have also written the script to be followed by the supposed “opposition leaders” in the affected nations—unscrupulous politicians who have been and continue to be accomplices in the success of this induced calamity.

Fortunately for the citizens and investors of Colombia, South America, and possibly the world, what these infamous criminals did not anticipate when implementing their sinister playbook in Colombia was that their prized pawn—Petro Urrego, the fratricidal figure—had a deeply compromised legal record that someone might uncover and prosecute at the international level.

Now that I have denounced him, it is precisely the impunity that Petro Urrego has enjoyed until now that condemns him to political and, ultimately, judicial death. Once he is no longer in power because he is convicted of the criminal charges against him, everything he did as president will become null and void, because “in law, everything is undone the same way it was done.”

Although Petro Urrego has proven to be a grave and dangerous regional threat to Washington and to all civilized nations on Earth, the good news is that it is now in the hands of the United States Justice System to put an end to this murderous, destructive, and still unpunished criminal career.

In the case of this delusional criminal, there is no possible justification—political, ideological, geostrategic, or otherwise “politically correct”—to interfere or prevent the rule of law, the application of justice, the prevalence of truth, and the weight of accountability from taking their course. And he knows this—which is why he is so eager to bring Colombia down to the level of those broken, foul-smelling transnational criminal leftist cesspools like Cuba, like Venezuela (now a Cuban colony), and like Nicaragua.

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Episcopal Church Ends Refugee Partnership with U.S. Government — Cites Moral Opposition to Resettling Persecuted White Afrikaners from South Africa

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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the leader of the Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) (Screenshot: The View/Youtube)

The far-left leadership of the Episcopal Church announced Monday that it is severing its nearly 40-year partnership with the U.S. government to resettle refugees — all because the Trump administration dared to classify white South African Afrikaners as refugees in need of protection.

The same Episcopal Church that prided itself on aiding persecuted people from war-torn regions is now walking away from its commitments simply because the next wave of refugees are white Christian farmers — victims of violent racial targeting in post-apartheid South Africa.

The church claims resettling these families would violate their ‘moral line,’ according to Religion News.

Afrikaner families have been facing widespread violence, including land seizures, farm attacks, and race-based targeting in South Africa — crimes so severe that human rights organizations around the world have raised the alarm for years.

The Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Sean W. Rowe, made it clear in a sanctimonious letter that the church would rather burn the bridge with the U.S. government than help what he sees as the ‘wrong’ kind of refugee.

According to the letter:

“Since January, the previously bipartisan U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in which we participate has essentially shut down. Virtually no new refugees have arrived, hundreds of staff in resettlement agencies around the country have been laid off, and funding for resettling refugees who have already arrived has been uncertain.

Then, just over two weeks ago, the federal government informed Episcopal Migration Ministries that under the terms of our federal grant, we are expected to resettle white Afrikaners from South Africa whom the U.S. government has classified as refugees.

In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step. Accordingly, we have determined that, by the end of the federal fiscal year, we will conclude our refugee resettlement grant agreements with the U.S. federal government.

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It has been painful to watch one group of refugees, selected in a highly unusual manner, receive preferential treatment over many others who have been waiting in refugee camps or dangerous conditions for years. I am saddened and ashamed that many of the refugees who are being denied entrance to the United States are brave people who worked alongside our military in Iraq and Afghanistan and now face danger at home because of their service to our country. I also grieve that victims of religious persecution, including Christians, have not been granted refuge in recent months.

As Christians, we must be guided not by political vagaries, but by the sure and certain knowledge that the kingdom of God is revealed to us in the struggles of those on the margins. Jesus tells us to care for the poor and vulnerable as we would care for him, and we must follow that command. Right now, what that means is ending our participation in the federal government’s refugee resettlement program and investing our resources in serving migrants in other ways.”

It can be recalled that Bishop Mariann Budde, who famously criticized Trump during an inaugural prayer service, has been found to have pocketed a staggering $53 million in taxpayer funds through her organization, Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM).

Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) is the refugee resettlement and immigrant advocacy program of the Episcopal Church.

In 2023 alone, EMM raked in $53 million to resettle 3,600 individuals, according to the New York Post.

The news outlet added that in 2024, EMM “sponsored” 6,400 individuals from 48 countries, including Afghans under a special humanitarian program and refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

These new arrivals are immediately eligible for all forms of welfare, such as Medicaid and cash assistance, on the same basis as U.S. citizens. Further, they can sponsor friends and relatives under a recent Biden expansion of the refugee resettlement program.

According to the New York Post, “EMM brings in LGBTQ refugees and asylees in a special federal refugee program started during the Obama administration called ‘Preferred Communities.”

In the twisted moral calculus of today’s Episcopal Church, the white Afrikaner families don’t deserve compassion. They’re the wrong color.

Instead of acknowledging the growing persecution these farmers face, Rowe lectured congregants about the church’s commitment to “racial justice and reconciliation.”

Translation: Justice only applies if you check the right identity boxes.

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“Shut Down This Facility!” – Far-Left ‘Faith Leaders’ Block Gates at Newark ICE Detention Center, Say They Won’t Move Until They Are Arrested (VIDEO)

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Far-left faith leaders block Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark / screen image Fox News

On Monday, far-left ‘faith leaders’ blocked the gates at the same Newark detention facility where New Jersey Democrats got into a violent confrontation with ICE agents.

ICE bodycam footage released over the weekend showed Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver verbally abusing and physically assaulting federal agents at a detention facility in Newark.

Rep. Monica McIver was seen laying hands on agents during the altercation and chaos.

“I touch whoever I want motherf*cker!” McIver shouted.

WATCH:

On Monday, open borders activists and MS-13 gang supporters locked arms in front of the gates at Delaney Hall and called for ICE to be abolished.

The faith leaders said they are ready to be arrested for their cause. They are proudly fighting to release some of the world’s most dangerous criminal aliens.

WATCH:

Faith leaders created a human chain outside the facility.

In February, ICE announced it was expanding detention capacity with the Delaney Hall facility.

“This detention center is the first to open under the new administration,” said acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello in February. “The location near an international airport streamlines logistics, and helps facilitate the timely processing of individuals in our custody as we pursue President Trump’s mandate to arrest, detain and remove illegal aliens from our communities.”

DHS said the Delaney Hall Detention Center “houses drug traffickers, pedophiles, gang members, and the WORST OF THE WORST.”

DEVELOPING…

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RFK Jr. Calls Out Big Pharma’s STRANGLEHOLD on the D.C. Swamp: ‘At Least One Lobbyist for EVERY Congressman, Senator, and Supreme Court Justice’

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday to celebrate a game-changing executive order that could finally break the pharmaceutical cartel’s stranglehold on American drug prices.

President Trump signed the “Most Favored Nation” executive order, a bold move that would peg U.S. prescription drug prices to the lower prices paid by countries in Europe and beyond—potentially slashing costs for American patients by up to 80 percent.

The move represents a direct assault on the globalist pharmaceutical lobby and the corrupt lawmakers they bankroll in Washington.

Joining Trump was RFK Jr., who blasted the pharmaceutical cartel and the corrupt political class that enables it.

Robert Kennedy Jr.:
“Thank you, Mr. President. This is an extraordinary day. This is an issue that I grew up with in the Democratic Party, and every major Democratic leader for 20 years has been making this promise to the American people. This was the fulcrum of Bernie Sanders’ runs for the presidency—that he was going to eliminate or correct this discrepancy between Europe and the United States.

But as it turns out, none of them were doing it. It’s one of those promises that politicians make to their constituents, knowing that they’ll never have to fulfill it. The reason they’ll never have to do it is because they know that Congress is controlled, in so many ways, by the pharmaceutical industry.

There’s at least one pharmaceutical lobbyist for every Congressman, every Senator on Capitol Hill, and every member of the Supreme Court—by some estimates, even more. The pharmaceutical industry itself spends three times what the next largest lobbying sector spends on lobbying. So this was an issue that people talked about, but nobody wanted to do anything, because it was radioactive. They knew you couldn’t get it past Congress.

We now have a President who is a man of his word—who has the courage. President Trump was taking money from the pharmaceutical industry too. I think they gave you $100 million. But he can’t be bought, unlike most of the politicians in this country. And he is standing here for the American people.

I don’t know why there are writers like Elizabeth Warren or Robert Reich who are saying that President Trump is on the side of the oligarchs. There has never been a President more willing to stand up to the oligarchs than President Donald Trump.

I’m very, very proud of you, Mr. President, for your courage. I’ll say—because I don’t want to be crude—your intestinal fortitude, your stiff spine, and your willingness to stand up for the American people.

We have 4.2% of the world’s population. Our country represents 75% of the revenues for pharmaceutical companies. We spend in our country $1,126 per capita on drugs. In Britain, they spend about $240. They spend one-fifth of what we do. And this is true across Europe.

And the drug companies—even the European ones—if you ask them, it made no sense what they were saying: that America has to pay for this innovation.

It’s not going to happen. What President Trump is saying to our European partners is: you’ve got to raise the amount you’re paying for those drugs and pay your share of the innovation. The United States is no longer subsidizing that.

If the Europeans raise the price of their drugs by just 20%, that is $10 trillion that can be spent on innovation. The health of all people across the globe is going to improve because we’re going to have better products.

I’m just so grateful to be here today. I never thought this would happen in my lifetime. I have a couple of kids who are Democrats—big Bernie Sanders fans. When I told them this was going to happen, they had tears in their eyes because they thought, “This is never going to happen in our lifetime.”

We finally have a President who’s willing to stand up for the American people.”

WATCH:

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Macron Responds to Viral Cocaine Baggy Claims in Effort to Snuff Out Sniffing Rumors

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French President Emmanuel Macron suffered an embarrassing moment during a train ride into Ukraine on Sunday.

Reporters filmed Macron during a train ride from Poland to Ukraine with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

The three leaders were on their way to Kiev to discuss the ongoing war with Russia and potential peace talks when the cocaine rumors began to catch fire on social media.

Rumors quickly began to spread that Macron possessed cocaine after he quickly grabbed a crumpled-up tissue. Others speculated that Merz tried to cover a straw or a spoon.

WATCH:

Following this news story, Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was quick to respond to the news.

Apparently, Zakharova was not buying the “tissue and coffee cup” response.

On Sunday, French media pushed back on the rumors and said Macron grabbed a handkerchief off the table.

“There is nothing suspicious in the video,” French outlet Libération said, calling speculation that it was a bag of cocaine “conspiracy theories.”

Later Sunday, Macron’s Elysee office lashed out at ‘France’s enemies’ in a statement.

“When European unity is a problem, disinformation goes so far as to make a simple handkerchief look like a drug,” Macron’s office said.

“This false information is being spread by France’s enemies, both abroad and at home. Be vigilant against manipulation,” they said.

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Thicko Rep. Jasmine Crockett Bemoans Democrats Who Want to Pick ‘Safest White Boy’ in 2028 (VIDEO)

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has said that many Democrats want to choose the “safest white boy” ahead of the 2028 presidential election.

During an appearance on the Urban View radio broadcast with hosts Clay Cane and Reecie Colbert, Crockett complained that Democrats plan on picking a white male rather than another black woman to improve their chacnes of victory.

She explained:

And I think that that’s a natural fear because we just want to win. So there’s a lot of people that are like, you know what? Like, let’s go find the safest white boy we can find. I mean, I’m just saying.

No, for real. And to be clear, when we talk about them, I can tell you that there is one specific candidate.

I had a donor on the phone with me telling me that all the donors are lining up behind that candidate. So I can tell, and I tell you, it’s not a black person nor a woman, okay?

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People fail to recognize how unique Trump is. They continue to say, ‘Well, we lost.’ Well, they both lost to Trump.

Trump who is a misogynist, Trump who is going to ramp up the misogynists in the first place because that’s what he does.

He is disrespectful. Like, right now, he still doesn’t know how to deal with me. Because if you punch me, I’m punching back, okay?

Watch the clip below:

Since Trump won his landslide victory last November, Crockett has become a rising star in the Democratic Party because of her vulgarity, calls to violence and racially charged rhetoric.

Last week, Crockett tried to claim that Republicans were “inherently violent” and the party of domestic terrorism.

“Like all of them— ya got the Proud Boys, you got the Neo-Nazis, you have people that literally should be classified as domestic terrorists because a lot of times that is what they are doing,” she explaiend.

”They are engaging in domestic terrorism, and guess what? They all align with your side, including the KKK,” she continued.

‘This is who aligns with that— so like, inherently, and like who you are, y’all are violent, and most of your violence has to do with people that’s got a little bit of melanin.”

WATCH: Race Baiting Democrat Jasmine Crockett Attacks Republicans as “Inherently Violent” and “Domestic Terrorists” – Says KKK Aligns with Republicans

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Putin Pushes for Direct Peace Talks in Istanbul as Ukraine & Euroglobalists Demand Preconditioned Truce

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for the resumption of direct peace talks with Ukraine, proposing a meeting in Istanbul on May 15 without any preconditions.

The offer has been welcomed by Turkey’s strongman President Erdoğan and cautiously echoed by US President Donald Trump, but rejected by Kyiv and Europe’s globalist leaders, who are insisting that Russia first agree to an “unconditional” 30-day ceasefire.

Speaking from the Kremlin in a late-night address, Putin stated: “We propose the Kyiv authorities resume the negotiations they interrupted at the end of 2022… without any preconditions… to begin without delay next Thursday, 15 May in Istanbul.” He emphasized that the talks should aim for a “long-term, lasting peace” and not just a pause in hostilities.

The Istanbul talks in March 2022, according to former U.S. officials speaking to Foreign Affairs, had produced the framework for a tentative peace deal. Russian officials, including Putin, later confirmed that a settlement was close. However, the process abruptly collapsed following intensified Western intervention. A report by Ukrainska Pravda revealed that then–UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Kyiv in April 2022 and urged Zelensky not to sign any agreement with Russia.

Those Istanbul negotiations had reportedly included provisions that would have seen Ukraine adopt neutrality in exchange for international security guarantees—a framework that has since been all but ignored by Western allies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, has responded with conditions of his own. “I will be waiting for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday. Personally,” Zelensky wrote on X. “But only if Moscow agrees to a full and lasting ceasefire, starting from tomorrow.” He further warned that Kyiv was tired of what he called Moscow’s “excuses.”

This conditional stance has raised eyebrows in some quarters, as it appears Kyiv continues to set hurdles for talks it previously abandoned in 2022, leaving many with the impression that it’s not serious about reaching a peace agreement.

President Erdoğan, maintaining his country’s unusual position as a NATO member with balanced ties to both Russia and Ukraine, reiterated Ankara’s willingness to host negotiations.

According to a readout from his office, Erdoğan told Putin that “a comprehensive ceasefire would create the necessary environment for peace talks,” but welcomed Russia’s willingness to return to the table.

Turkey’s role stands in stark contrast to that of the European bloc. At a summit in Kyiv, attended by Zelensky along with exceedingly unpopular globalist premiers like French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, leaders issued a joint ultimatum to Moscow: agree to an immediate 30-day ceasefire or face severe new sanctions.

“All of us here, together with the US, are calling Putin out,” Starmer declared. “If he turns his back on peace, we will respond. We will ramp up sanctions and increase our military aid for Ukraine’s defence.”

Critics, particularly in Central Europe, note the irony of Western powers demanding “unconditional” ceasefires while simultaneously rejecting Russia’s offer for unconditional talks. Hungary, though not directly represented at the Kyiv summit, has frequently criticized what it calls the West’s double standards and endless escalation.

Moscow has dismissed Kyiv’s ceasefire demands as tactical stalling, suggesting Ukraine would exploit the lull to rearm. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that Russia was reviewing the terms of the Western-backed truce, but remained skeptical of its sincerity given Ukraine’s previous violations of three Russian-initiated ceasefires — including the recent 72-hour Victory Day pause.

President Trump, commenting via Truth Social, said, “There’s a big week upcoming,” and reiterated his desire to end the “never-ending bloodbath.” He added that “the USA wants to focus, instead, on rebuilding and trade,” signaling a shift away from Washington’s current posture of open-ended support for Kyiv.

In private discussions with European leaders during the Kyiv summit, Trump reportedly urged Zelensky to accept Moscow’s offer “immediately,” according to aides. Trump’s team has argued that “Moscow doesn’t want a mere ceasefire—it wants to negotiate a possible end to the bloodbath.”

This latest episode reveals the increasingly fractured approach to the war. While Ukraine, backed by its Western patrons, insists on dictating terms before negotiations, Russia, despite its continued wins on the battlefield, has shown a willingness to talk. Turkey, meanwhile, has emerged as one of the few actors capable of brokering a serious diplomatic track, if only both sides are prepared to engage.

Whether Kyiv’s conditions amount to a diplomatic deadlock or a negotiating strategy remains to be seen. What is clear, however, is that peace will remain elusive as long as ceasefire demands are used as political leverage rather than starting points for dialogue.

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CENSORSHIP KINGDOM: Retired Constable to Sue UK Police After Arrest Over a Social Media Post Denouncing Anti-Semitism

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Julian Foulkes will sue UK police for his wrongful imprisonment.

The United Kingdom continues its decent into authoritarianism and censorship of social media content.

Now, a retired constable is getting ready to sue Kent Police after being arrested back in 2023 for posting a social media reply warning about rising anti-Semitism.

The Telegraph reported:

“Julian Foulkes, from Gillingham in Kent, was handcuffed at his home by six officers from the force he had served for a decade after replying to a pro-Palestinian activist on X.

The 71-year-old was detained for eight hours, interrogated and ultimately issued with a caution after officers visited his home on November 2 2023.”

Last week, Kent Police sent out a statement saying that the caution was a mistake and has been deleted from Foulkes’s record.

The local law enforcement agency admitted that it was ‘not appropriate in the circumstances and should not have been issued’.

“On Sunday, Mr. Foulkes accepted an offer from the Free Speech Union (FSU) to fund a legal challenge against the force for wrongful arrest and detention.

‘The FSU and Lord [Toby] Young have generously agreed to fully fund a lawsuit against Kent Police’, he said. ‘I’m extremely grateful for such excellent support and would urge anyone concerned about the sustained attack on free speech to please join the FSU. They’re fighting hard every day for all of us’.”

UK’s censorship push is worsening.

The Chief Constable phoned Foulkes yesterday (12) to offer a ‘personal apology’ for the ordeal’ and to tell him the incident would be ‘thoroughly’ investigated.

“Though he had committed no offence, he accepted the caution in a state of shock, fearing that any further escalation could affect his ability to visit his surviving daughter in Australia. ‘I didn’t agree, but I felt I had no choice’, he said. ‘In hindsight, it would never have gone to court. The CPS wouldn’t touch it with no evidence. But I wasn’t thinking logically at the time’.”

Foulkes was left with ‘post-traumatic stress-type’ symptoms.

“’It’s like PTSD. You push it to the back of your mind, but it comes back and you relive it’, he said.”

Read more:

French “Great Replacement” Philosopher Renaud Camus Banned From Entering UK

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Head of UK Royal Navy Suspended, Investigation Underway

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The Royal Navy suspended its leader after he faced accusations of having an affair with a subordinate officer.

Admiral Sir Ben Key, first sea lord of the Royal Navy, was ordered to step back from his role while the investigation was underway, the U.K.’s The Times reported Friday.

Key, a 59-year-old husband and a father of three, was appointed to the top position in 2021, but he has served in the fleet for 40 years.

The first sea lord is the professional head of the Royal Navy and a member of the Defence Council, according to Gov.UK.

In the five centuries of the navy’s history, a first sea lord has never undergone a misconduct inquiry.

“It is shocking, really shocking because of who he is,” a top navy source said, according to the U.K.’s The Sun. “Not just because he is First Sea Lord, but his reputation is a man of principles and morals.

“He is a popular First Sea Lord,” the source said.

Key declined to comment during the ongoing investigation, according to The Times.

Vice-Admiral Sir Martin Connell — the second sea lord — will take Key’s place temporarily, until General Sir Gwyn Jenkins is expected to permanently take his place.

This marks another historic moment because Jenkins is a Royal Marine, making him the first amphibious troop member to become first sea lord, rather than a sailor, according to The Times.

The woman involved in the alleged affair was reportedly a senior military officer, according to The Sun.

“I wouldn’t have called him a swordsman or a sniffer. He wasn’t known as a player, and nothing stays secret in the Navy,” a navy source said about Key.

Key likely won’t be court-martialed because the alleged affair isn’t a crime, but he would have broken the “service test,” which forbids sexual interactions between superiors and their subordinates, according to The Times.

“In theory Ben could still be court martialed for bringing the Navy into disrepute, but that seems very unlikely at this point,” an unnamed source told The Sun. “He has served his commendably for over 40 years. The investigation is still ongoing. There is no whiff of anything criminal.”

The controversy forced the Royal Navy to cancel its annual Sea Power Conference this upcoming Monday. Military guests from across the globe were supposed to attend.

“I am completely surprised,” a friend of Key’s said. “In terms of integrity, operational record and the genuine affection and respect he has from the navy, he is the best first sea lord in years. If he has made a mistake then it’s tragic but he deserves to be remembered for his ­operational record and not for this.”

Key joined the Royal Navy in 1984, according to Gov.UK.

Since that time, he has commanded four ships: the mine hunter HMS Sandown, the frigates HMS Iron Duke and HMS Lancaster, and the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious.

 

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Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa in Europe 2025: Alliances with the United Kingdom, Fight Against Drug Trafficking, and Investment Attraction for Ecuador.

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Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has intensified his international agenda with a tour across Europe in April and May 2025, focused on strengthening security cooperation and attracting investments to boost his country’s economy.

His itinerary, which includes visits to Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom, reflects his commitment to diplomacy in addressing the security and economic challenges Ecuador is currently facing.

Noboa’s tour began in late April 2025, when he arrived in Spain after attending the Pope’s funeral at the Vatican—an event that marked the beginning of his journey through Europe and the Middle East.

In Madrid, Noboa had scheduled a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to discuss bilateral cooperation and propose the creation of a joint investment fund for infrastructure projects in Ecuador, particularly in renewable energy—a sector he considers key to diversifying the country’s economy.

However, the meeting was canceled due to a massive blackout in Ecuador, which forced Noboa to prioritize managing the energy crisis remotely. Despite the cancellation, Noboa met with business leaders from the energy and technology sectors in Madrid, where he promoted incentives to invest in solar and wind energy projects in Ecuador.

The meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 29, between Pedro Sánchez and Ecuador’s President-elect Daniel Noboa was canceled. The reason? The Spanish leader decided to focus on managing the consequences of the power outage that affected Spain and Portugal.

The final leg of his tour brought him to the United Kingdom, where he arrived in early May 2025 and was received with military honors—a gesture that underscored the significance of his visit.

In London, Noboa met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to seek support for his anti-crime strategy, proposing a training program for Ecuadorian police with British experts in intelligence and anti-drug operations. He also negotiated with representatives from the UK financial sector to encourage investments in Ecuador’s oil and mining industries, offering tax incentives to promote local job creation.

A central theme of Noboa’s tour was his call for international cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking, a problem that has escalated in Ecuador in recent years.

Noboa expressed his desire for countries like the United States, Brazil, and European powers to join his efforts against criminal gangs, emphasizing that 70% of the world’s cocaine passes through Ecuadorian ports.

As part of his international tour, President Daniel Noboa met with Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament.

In the United Kingdom, he reiterated this request, proposing a multinational force to patrol maritime routes in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans—an idea aimed at bolstering regional security.

President Daniel Noboa also held a meeting with Ecuadorian youth living in the United Kingdom and presented an award to footballer Moisés Caicedo, highlighting his career as a symbol of perseverance and talent for the nation’s youth.

This event, held in London, sought to inspire the Ecuadorian diaspora and strengthen cultural ties, while Noboa emphasized the importance of supporting the younger generation to build a better future for Ecuador.

Due to its geographic location, Ecuador has become a strategic point for drug trafficking, serving as a transit route between Colombia, Peru, and markets such as the United States and Europe.

Beyond security, Noboa has worked to position Ecuador as an attractive destination for foreign investment.

In Europe, Noboa held talks with Spanish and British companies to explore joint ventures, especially in technology and energy, with the goal of diversifying Ecuador’s economy and reducing its dependence on raw material exports.

Throughout his tour, Noboa has demonstrated a pragmatic approach, seeking concrete solutions to Ecuador’s structural problems.

His ability to negotiate with European leaders and propose initiatives such as the multinational anti-drug force and investment funds reflects a strategic vision that integrates security and economic development.

The impact of these proposals will depend on effective implementation, but his effort to position Ecuador on the global stage marks a step forward.

If these initiatives translate into concrete actions, Noboa could be laying the groundwork for a more prosperous future—one where security and economic progress become a reality for all Ecuadorians.

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