Mexican authorities discovered and dismantled a forced labor camp in Chihuahua's Sierra Tarahumara, where 21 men were being held in caves to cultivate poppies and marijuana for cartels. One victim had been captive for nearly three years; only four had been reported missing, indicating a hidden network of cartel-run slave labor camps with minimal public documentation.

Liberals and Nationals grappling with surging support for Pauline Hanson’s party, which threatens to replace them as Australia’s main conservative party Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The new Liberal president, Tony Abbott, has backed preference deals with One Nation as he declared the party wouldn’t win the next election if it was “slaves to focus groups” and just a “little less woke than Labor”. The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, all but confirmed he was open to such deals with Pauline Hanson, declaring the party was prepared to cooperate with “whoever we can to get rid of this rotten Labor government’”. Continue reading...