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Hot Weather And Gangs Responsible For Rise In Gun Violence

500New York City police department officials are attributing a continued rise in gun violence to gang activity and hot weather, after more than a decade of consistently falling shooting rates in the city.

Though there has been a drop in overall crime in New York City, NYPD officials said on Monday that they are working to address the increase in gun activity before the hot summer months, which are correlated with an increase in crime.

Gun violence has been rising in the city for the past two years.

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A Tale of Two Extraditions: “Dudus” Coke and Luis Posada Carriles

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In the following article, Saul Landau, provides excellent background on Coke, alleged drug kingpin from Jamaica, and Luis Posada Carriles, the perpetual Cuban exile terrorist, making the point quite clearly that, when it comes to extradition, these guys were treated very differently. 

The reason the US will never extradite Posada Carriles or try him in a US court on substantive charges is because he has more damaging information  on the US government than most CIA directors.  Posada has been working for the CIA for over 45 years.  In fact, the Cuban exiles in Miami have always been the US’ “go-to” guys” for the most vile, murderous, regime-changing operations ever conducted by the CIA.  It is assumed that Posada and the US came to an understanding years ago that if the US ever tried to conduct a serious prosecution against him, he would sing like a bird. 

Posada landed on the US’ doorstep in 2004 via a circuitous route of terrorist attacks and…

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