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Friday, May 27, 2016
Daily Headlines: May 27, 2016
* Mexico: While questions continue in the official investigation of the 43 Ayotzinapa college students missing since September 2014, one of the survivors of the attack against his classmates has sought political asylum in the U.S.
* El Salvador: The Salvadoran legislature approved issuing $152 million in bonds in order to finance proposals to combat rampant gang violence.
* Brazil: Police are searching for at least thirty suspects behind the gang rape of a sixteen-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro that was recorded and uploaded on Twitter.
* Panama: The Panamanian Supreme Court urged the federal government to seek the extradition of ex-President Ricardo Martinelli from the U.S.
YouTube Source – AJ+ (Video uploaded in September 2015. Yesterday marked twenty months since the 43 Ayotzinapa students have disappeared and may have been murdered).
Online Sources – The Atlantic, Vice News, euronews, CBC, Reuters
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