US prosecutors won't seek death penalty for son of Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Chapo'
U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros filed a one-sentence notice Friday saying he would not seek the death penalty against Joaquin Guzman Lopez. The notice did not offer any explanation.
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Winnipeg Free Press
12 hours ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Rare summer break for city homicide cops
In the wee hours of May 23, city police officers found Ralph Moise on the ground, suffering from severe upper-body wounds, near Central Park. The 39-year-old later died in hospital, making him the 15th homicide victim in Winnipeg in 2025. He is the last person to be slain on city streets in 69 days. His death marked the beginning of an unusual break in fatal violence in Winnipeg, which averaged one homicide every 9.1 days since 2018, including this year. 'Homicides are important to people. They are pretty horrific events, they have really huge ripple effects among families, friends and communities,' said Michael Weinrath, a criminology professor at the University of Winnipeg. 'It's been a good couple of months, and sometimes we dwell on all the negatives in terms of crimes we hear about… but I think people would try to feel positive about some of the efforts of public service agencies.' If 2025 continues at the current rate, Winnipeg would end the year with 26 homicides — the lowest annual number since 2018, when 22 people were slain. Data from Winnipeg Police Service annual reports show 44 people were slain in 2019, 42 in 2020 and 43 in 2021. Fatal violence soared in 2022, when 53 people were killed. There were 44 homicides in 2023 and 41 in 2024. Weinrath, who has spent more than three decades studying crime, warned the rate of homicides is stochastic, meaning its probability is random and cannot be predicted. 'We've actually been not bad at times, and then had a significant number of homicides in the last four or five months of the year, so let's keep our fingers crossed,' Weinrath said. 'We've had some years with phenomenally high homicide rates and that's a strain because there is a finite number of people in the homicide unit… there's a lot of pressure and stress to resolve those things.' A few bad months could cause the numbers to rise, placing this year's homicide rate in line with years past. Still, the two-month break is a reprieve for police and emergency responders, who shoulder the immediate brunt of such crimes, he said. 'It's good that there seems to be a pause in homicides, but I wouldn't say it's a break, per say, because investigators continue to work diligently on the files they have,' said WPS spokesperson Const. Pat Saydak. 'But, from a resource perspective, any time there is less violence out there… it does give investigators more time.' Weinrath noted the homicide unit has a high clearance rate. Last year, city police solved 93 per cent of killings, up from 80 per cent in 2023 and 83 per cent in 2022, data in annual reports show. Police have laid charges in all but two of the homicides logged so far this year, placing the current clearance rate at 86 per cent. The outstanding cases include the March 17 slaying of Mexican migrant Diego Moscoza, 28, and the May 31 slaying of 52-year-old Clinton Simard. Police have not named a suspect in either case. Investigators identified a suspect in the slaying of Moise, but he remains at large. Paul Xavier Bonnick, 33, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for second-degree murder. Police have warned the public not to approach Bonnick, who may be armed and is considered dangerous. Anyone with information regarding the ongoing investigations should contact the homicide unit at 204-986-6508, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS), or submit a tip online at Tyler SearleReporter Tyler Searle is a multimedia producer who writes for the Free Press's city desk. A graduate of Red River College Polytechnic's creative communications program, he wrote for the Stonewall Teulon Tribune, Selkirk Record and Express Weekly News before joining the paper in 2022. Read more about Tyler. Every piece of reporting Tyler produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Toronto Star
a day ago
- Toronto Star
Guatemalan town struggles to recover after border shootout
LA MESILLA, Guatemala (AP) — Nearly two months after Mexican police crossed the border into this Guatemalan town in pursuit of alleged criminals, La Mesilla hasn't fully recovered. Like many remote border towns, it lives from commerce — legal and illegal — but locals say things still haven't returned to normal since Mexican state police drove armored vehicles into the downtown and engaged in a daytime shootout in June.
Winnipeg Free Press
a day ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Guatemalan town struggles to recover after border shootout
LA MESILLA, Guatemala (AP) — Nearly two months after Mexican police crossed the border into this Guatemalan town in pursuit of alleged criminals, La Mesilla hasn't fully recovered. Like many remote border towns, it lives from commerce — legal and illegal — but locals say things still haven't returned to normal since Mexican state police drove armored vehicles into the downtown and engaged in a daytime shootout in June. On Wednesday, more than 600 Guatemalan police and soldiers carried out nearly two dozen raids in the surrounding areas, but managed to seize only two guns without making an arrest, according to the Interior Ministry. A criminal organization tied to Mexico's powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel controls the area, making locals reluctant to talk. A man who sells clothing in La Mesilla said that when he saw the shootout, he used the border much like the criminals do. 'I ran, left everything; it didn't matter, I ran to the Mexican side,' he said. 'We were afraid. When we saw that everything was alright, we returned, we grabbed everything and left.' That's similar to what led to the shootout on La Mesilla's main drag steps from the border. Mexican police chased suspects they had engaged with in Mexico who fled into Guatemala. 'People want to forget what happened, but there's still fear,' the young man said. The incident was similar to another border escape a year earlier when hundreds of Mexican citizens fled into Guatemala to escape the violence sparked by the competition to control border crossings between the Jalisco and Sinaloa cartels. Some of those Mexicans spent months in Guatemala as refugees. The cartels want to control the crossing of drugs, migrants and guns. Another vendor said sales still hadn't returned to normal. 'That Sunday (of the shootout) was the market day, there were a lot of people,' he said. 'Today we feel safer because there are more police, but sales haven't recovered.' The organization that authorities targeted Wednesday had been led by a father-son duo, who were both killed previously in a clash with Mexican police. Guatemala's Interior Ministry said Wednesday's operation was carried out in coordination with Mexico to attempt to keep the targets from escaping across the border. It was unknown where they had gone. Lusvin López, chief of the National Civil Police antidrug unit, said Wednesday's operation was in response the shootout in June. The United States government also provided support, according to the Interior Ministry, which didn't provide details.
