Latin America correspondent @FD_Nieuws | Author 'De Mexicaanse methode' @amboanthos
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RT @NatashaBertrand: Exclusive: Earlier this spring, a mysterious explosion blew up a car carrying an alleged cartel operative in broad day…
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
May 10
US intelligence-gathering flights are surging off Cuba, following a pattern similar to lead up to military operations in Iran and Venezuela.
May 10
NEW: The US has conducted at least 25 intelligence-gathering flights off the coast of Cuba since early February, per data from @FlightRadar24
Check out my analysis: cnn.com/2026/05/10/americas/…
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
Apr 2
The idea of a US president visiting Haiti is a joke to the US embassy in Haiti.
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Workers on the farm said that Ecuadorean soldiers arrived by helicopter, doused several shelters and sheds with gasoline and ignited them after interrogating and beating workers. Three of them said the soldiers later choked and subjected them to electrical shocks.
Mar 24
NEW: The US and Ecuador claimed they bombed a drug trafficking complex in early March.
A @nytimes investigation found it was actually a dairy farm.
W/ @federicorios @anniecorreal @EricSchmittNYT and José María León Cabrera:
nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world…
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
Mar 23
If you're waiting for signs that @Southcom's lethal boat strikes have affected cocaine supplies… keep waiting.
Source: bit.ly/cbp-drug-seizures
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
Mar 21
Another insightful discussion on Cuba 🇨🇺 in TheNewYorker RadioHour @NewYorker , in which Jon Lee Anderson and @Adita_Ferrer analyze the island’s structural crisis, the impact of sanctions, the mass exodus since 2021, and the struggle for food and medicine on the island in recent years. They also share their perspectives on U.S.-Cuba relations.
“The anxiety isn't just about Trump, and it isn't just about Marco Rubio.
The anxieties about the fact
that they haven't had electricity maybe in 36 hours, whatever little food they had is gone.
Hospitals are sending people home because they can't do surgeries, right?
So in some sense, the sense of hopelessness about that, about the current situation, means that more
people are willing to take a change no matter where it comes from.”
open.spotify.com/episode/3nF…
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
Mar 21
Just in: for the second time in a week, Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed on Saturday.
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Mar 20
Breaking News: The U.S. Justice Department is said to be pursuing criminal investigations of President Gustavo Petro of Colombia, a onetime President Trump foe. nyti.ms/4sVFQYP
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
Mar 19
“Although President Donald Trump says he has ‘destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military Capability’, the 0% that remains is playing havoc with the global economy.”
-The Economist
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De gevolgen van de Amerikaanse actie tegen Venezuela: landen denken opeens aan afschrikking.
Mar 19
Also, on this, an interesting interview from Lula advisor & former Foreign Minister Celso Amorim phenomenalworld.org/intervie… in which he says:
"The consequences for Brazil are profound. Sectors of society that were not previously interested in strategic or defense issues have begun to reflect on these questions. The country needs to develop a serious defense policy, not to confront major powers—we will never have the capacity to confront countries such as the United States, Russia, or China militarily—but to acquire a real deterrence capability. It is essential that external actors know that any aggression would entail significant costs and damage. This is no simple task, as events in Venezuela show. But it is a necessary one."
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
Mar 16
Entrevisté a @arthurdebruyne sobre su libro “El narco mexicano en Europa”. milenio.com/policia/narcotra…
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Serious Mexican newspaper running AI-slop illustrations next to a story about cartels killing recruits. I'm sure this will soon swing the other way, and we’ll get “made by human” labels - just like organic or local produce.
Para lo que cobra @Reforma de suscripción, uno esperaría que al menos le pagaran a un ilustrador o diseñador gráfico que hiciera mejores imágenes y no bodrios generados por IA.
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
Mar 9
Psyched to make my debut in the New Yorker with this profile of the bloody life and (grim) legacy of El Mencho
"He was ruthless taking over business” Chicago cocaine king Margarito Flores says. His corrido goes: “They say I'm very violent, It’s true, why should I lie about it?”
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
Mar 9
El periodista belga @arthurdebruyne, corresponsal de América Latina para el Het Financieele Dagblad, nos cuenta en #LargoAliento sobre la investigación que lo llevó a escribir el libro 'El narco mexicano en Europa'.
youtu.be/4IyOb6dXWMQ
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
Mar 6
#LargoAliento: El narco mexicano en Europa | @SabinaBermanTV entrevista al periodista @arthurdebruyne, sobre su investigación del funcionamiento y operación del narcotráfico en Europa.
📺14.1📱@mxplus_tv
🔴youtu.be/AMm42ep9CDM x.com/i/broadcasts/1dxYljaZL…
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
Mar 5
A Polymarket account that has correctly predicted 9 US attacks is betting on "US forces entering Iran" by March 31.
Mar 4
How can a random Polymarket account correctly predict:
- US striking Venezuela
- US kidnapping Maduro
- US forces in Venezuela
- US striking Iran
- Israel striking Iran
- US striking Iraq
- Israel striking Khamenei
- US anti cartel operations
And his next bet is public for everyone: US forces entering Iran in the near future.
Insane!
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No se lo pierdan, México!
Mar 3
Esta semana en #LargoAliento, conversamos con @arthurdebruyne:
Periodista belga, corresponsal en América Latina para el diario Het Financieele Dagblad y autor del libro ‘El narco mexicano en Europa’. Hace más 10 años investiga cómo la economía y la violencia moldean vidas, impulsan migraciones y reconfiguran territorios.
Jue. 22:00 @canalcatorcemx
Sab. 21:00 @CanalOnceTV
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El libro "El narco mexicano en Europa", del periodista belga @arthurdebruyne, surgió de una investigación que inició con cartas a prisión 📨 y terminó en revelaciones sobre una rama del narco mexicano en Europa 🇲🇽➡️🇪🇺. El autor explica cómo lo hizo.
latamjournalismreview.org/es…
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Arthur Debruyne retweeted
Feb 28
Marco Rubio finding out he has to run Anthropic now too.
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