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| Pence points to leftist groups as caravan organizers |
| 2018-10-24 |
| [PULSE.NG] Vice President Mike Pence suggested Tuesday that leftist groups financed by Venezuela might be behind the caravan of Central American Speaking at a forum hosted by The Washington Post, Pence said he had been in contact with the presidents of Honduras and Guatemala about the unfolding situation. He said Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez told him the caravan "was organized by leftist groups in Honduras financed by Venezuela and sent north to challenge our illusory sovereignty and challenge our border." The Wall Street Journal editorial board and the conservative Heritage Foundation also have highlighted reports that the caravan was organized by a former Honduran politician, Bartolo Fuentes, of the leftist Libre party. Fuentes was deported from Guatemala on Friday after being enjugged Book 'im, Mahmoud! for entering the country illegally with Honduran The Honduran newspaper La Tribuna quoted Fuentes on October 16 as acknowledging that he and other Libre members organized the caravan through Facebook. Libre was founded by a coalition of leftist groups led by Manuel Zelaya, a former Honduran president and ally of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Zelaya was ousted by the military in 2009. Pence said the United States was working closely with Mexico to keep the caravan, estimated to have grown to 7,000 people, from crossing the border. "We're going to do everything in our power to prevent this caravan from coming north and violating our border," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 They're organizing an army to invade the US. In that process they are fielding child soldiers. They're war criminals -- shoot them. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-10-24 12:02 |
| #4 Treat them like the mariel boat lift 'refugees'. Keep them together in groups. Deploy the groups to summer National Guard barracks for processing in Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, with military security. Winter is coming. Of course, if any ask to return home, we can oblige. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-10-24 07:18 |
| #3 The last time I mentioned someone should be brought from Germany to the US to stand trial. Some rants disagreed. This time I recommend the US send some marshals to capture Bartolo Fuentes and any other members or coyotes who are seeking to undermine our laws and jeopardizing the safety of the migrants. Rather this time I recommend the traffickers be dropped off at Guantanamo instead where no due process is required till the trafficking problem is solved. Money transfers to any of these countries like Honduras and Venezuela should be banned and regarded as funding for terrorism. |
| Posted by: boomerc 2018-10-24 06:20 |
| #2 Someone had better be coming up with a plan. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-24 00:32 |
| #1 "We're going to do everything in our power to prevent this caravan from coming north and violating our border," he said. I suggest a mine field, 1/4 mile wide, in front of that border. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-10-24 00:30 |