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GDL firms, individuals placed on US Treasury blacklist

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has targeted 18 individuals linked to drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, who is currently serving a 40-year prison term for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique Camarena in 1985. 

Latin American pope?

Six out of ten Mexicans would prefer to have a pope from Latin America, according to a survey conducted by GCE.  As well as a younger pontiff, many would like him to be charismatic, humble, intelligent and liberal-minded.