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Milhares marcham em Portugal — e em Espanha, França, Bélgica, Itália, Turquia

Pediu-se greve geral e mega acampada no Rossio. Promotores prometem continuar nas ruas, após meio mês de presença contínua no Porto e, mais tarde, em Lisboa. Organização estima 25 mil pessoas em Lisboa, PSP desvaloriza. Porto Pelas ruas do centro do Porto o cheiro a castanhas mistura-se com palavras de protesto, cartazes e a “alegria de quem luta pelo futuro de todos”. A manifestação promovida pelo movimento Acampada arrancou da Praça da Batalha e os milhares de pessoas que se juntaram em protesto percorreram o centro do Porto até à Praça D. João I. O arranque do protesto foi tímido,

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Caro Quintero: The legendary drug lord with whom the US will ultimately strike a deal

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) neither forgets nor forgives. On its official website it hosts a microsite called “Justice for Kiki” dedicated to agent Enrique Camarena, who was killed in Guadalajara in February 1985. In the welcome message for the memorial, the DEA names Rafael Caro Quintero as the principal perpetrator of the kidnapping, torture and murder of its most famous agent, describing him as “a cartel kingpin who unleashed violence, destruction, and death.” The “Narco of narcos” is back in the headlines as he negotiates a deal that could lead him to plead guilty for events that took place 41 years ago. The story of this drug trafficker — one of the founders of the powerful Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s — could end with an image far removed from the terrifying legend that surrounds Mexican kingpins of that era: a 74-year-old, battered man with a head full of gray hair, asking forgiveness for his sins before a jury in the U.S. Federal Court in Brooklyn.

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Courtroom sketch of Rafael Caro Quintero’s hearing in New York on October 14.
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