NEW: The Colorado apartment complex that was taken over by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is set to close in about a month under an emergency court order
The city of Aurora had filed a lawsuit to declare the complex a criminal nuisance
[ShabelleMedia] In an ambush assault on Kenyan security forces, a landmine explosion targeted a military convoy near the Kiyonga area in Kenya’s volatile northern region, killing at least five soldiers and wounding numerous others, local sources reported Saturday.
The attack, described as an ambush, struck one of the vehicles in the convoy, which was navigating through territory known for al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... activity.
The Somalia-based bully boy group al-Shabaab swiftly grabbed credit for the attack, underscoring their recent escalation of violence along the Kenyan-Somali border. This incident adds to a growing list of confrontations that have heightened security concerns in the region.
Despite the severe impact, the convoy managed to continue its journey, an indication of the military’s determination to maintain operational continuity in the face of such threats.
As of now, Kenyan security officials have not released an official statement confirming the details of the attack, including the exact casualty numbers. Local reports suggest that the number of injured personnel exceeds those killed, although specific figures remain unconfirmed pending a formal assessment by military authorities.
This attack comes at a time when al-Shabaab has been increasing its operations inside Kenya, particularly targeting security forces to undermine regional stability. The group has been known to use landmines and ambushes as part of their strategy to inflict maximum damage with minimal engagement.
The Kenyan government has long been engaged in counter-terrorism efforts against al-Shabaab, but the mostly non-existent border and the rugged terrain of the northern regions continue to pose significant challenges. Security experts have called for enhanced intelligence gathering and community engagement to curb the influence of such bully boy groups.
[ALJAZEERA] At least 40 farmers have been killed in an attack by gangs in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, according to government officials.
Fighters from the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... group and ISIS (ISIS) affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP) were suspected of carrying out the attack, Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum and State Information Commissioner Usman Tar said on Monday.
Tar said the groups rounded up dozens of farmers in Dumba on the shores of Lake Chad and shot them dead late on Sunday.
''Initial report indicates about 40 farmers have been killed while the whereabouts of many who escaped the attack are being traced for reunion with their families,'' Tar said.
The state government has ordered soldiers battling rebel fighters in the region ''to track and obliterate the holy warrior elements'' operating around Dumba and their enclaves in the wider Lake Chad area, Tar added.
The farmers ''strayed off'' the safe limit set by the armed forces for farming and fishing in the area that is a sanctuary for fighters from ISWAP and Boko Haram and is dotted with landmines and ''prone to nocturnal attacks'', the commissioner said.
Governor Zulum warned civilians to stay within designated safe zones that have been cleared by the army of both fighters and munitions.
He also called for an investigation into the attack by the armed forces.
Lake Chad, which straddles Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... and Chad, serves as a hideout for Boko Haram and ISWAP, which use it as a base to launch attacks.
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[IsraelTimes] Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim an overnight missile attack on Israel, saying they had launched a “hypersonic ballistic missile” into “occupied Jaffa,” a reference to the Israeli commercial hub of Tel Aviv.
The IDF said it had attempted an interception of the missile that set off sirens in a large swath of central Israel.
The launch came on the heels of a Monday night attack in which a projectile fired from Yemen was intercepted “prior to crossing into Israeli territory,” according to the military.
The Houthi rebels also claim they had launched four drones at Israel.
Israel reports all attempts failed completely. See here.
[Newsweek] U.S. Border Patrol apprehended a former mercenary on Saturday after he unlawfully crossed the Rio Grande near Roma in Texas.
According to Border Report, Timur Praliev, who previously served with Russia's notorious , crossed the Rio Grande on foot, carrying two passports, $4,000 and a drone.
Newsweek has contacted the for further comment via email outside of normal office hours.
Border security was a core component of President-elect Donald Trump's election campaign.
Trump has pledged to carry out the largest mass deportation program in U.S. history.
Praliev was a member of the Wagner Group, which has been a critical component in Russia's war against Ukraine, providing weapons and soldiers to the front, many of whom are former convicts pardoned in exchange for fighting in Ukraine.
The U.S. Treasury Department classifies the Wagner Group, which was founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, as a criminal organization.
WHAT TO KNOW
When questioned by agents, Praliev claimed to be "a citizen and national of Kazakhstan," according to the criminal complaint filed against him.
Praliev was discovered with a Russian passport, a Kazakh passport, $4,000, and 60,000 pesos.
Border Patrol agents discovered a drone inside his backpack.
It remains unclear at this stage what Praliev specifically did for the Wagner Group or why he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border carrying a drone.
The Congressional Research Service reported that Wagner "has played a key role in Russia's war in Ukraine and operates in multiple countries, particularly across Africa."
Border Patrol charged Praliev with illegally entering the U.S., a federal misdemeanor, to which he pleaded guilty.
Praliev appeared before a judge at the federal courthouse in McAllen, Texas, on Tuesday.
Federal prosecutor McColgan requested a 15-day sentence, expressing concern for community safety upon the defendant's release because of his ties to a group linked to political violence.
U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Scott Hacker questioned whether Praliev's connection to the Wagner Group warranted the length of his sentence for illegally crossing the border. He also stated that, instead of being released, Praliev would remain in federal custody following the completion of his sentence.
[GEO.TV] Security forces have eliminated as many as 27 Lions of Islam during an intelligence-based operation in remote district of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , the military's media wing said on Monday.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that on January 12 security forces conducted the IBO in Kacchi district of Balochistan, on reported presence of Lions of Islam in the area.
During the conduct of operation, troops "stealthily surrounded & effectively engaged the terrosits' location, and after an intense fire exchange, twenty seven Lions of Islam were sent to hell".
Multiple hideouts, including caches of arms, ammunition and explosives, were also destroyed during the operation, the ISPR added.
The Lions of Islam were involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces as well as innocent civilians and were highly wanted by the law enforcement agencies, as per the ISPR.
"Security forces of Pakistain, in step with the nation, remain determined to thwart attempts at sabotaging peace, stability and progress of Balochistan."
The nation has been reeling under rising violent mostly peaceful attacks since the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... rulers returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, particularly in the bordering provinces of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
The year 2024 turned out to be the deadliest for Pakistain's civil and military security forces in a decade with at least 685 fatalities and 444 terror attacks, according to ''CRSS Annual Security Report 2024'' issued by Centre for Security and Strategic Studies.
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[IsraelTimes] No injuries or damage reported after either launch; IDF says it succeeded in intercepting first missile and believes it thwarted second one too, but doesn’t say so with certainty
Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... rebels launched ballistic missiles within hours of each other on Monday evening and early morning Tuesday, triggering sirens that forced hundreds of thousands of Israelis to rush into shelters
The IDF said it successfully intercepted the first missile around 6:30 p.m., which triggered sirens in numerous communities in the West Bank, Jordan Valley, Afula area and near Beit Shean due to fears of falling shrapnel.
The second missile was launched shortly after 3 a.m. on Tuesday, triggering sirens throughout the entirety of central Israel.
The IDF said it made several attempts to intercept the second missile and believes that it was successful, but it didn’t go as to say so with certainty.
There were no reports of injuries or damage from either launch.
The Magen David Adom emergency service said it did not receive reports of anyone directly injured by the night’s second Houthi missile launch or by falling fragments from Israeli interceptors. However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... 11 people were maimed while running to shelters and four more were treated for panic attacks, MDA said.
Shortly after the first launch, the Iran-backed terror group issued a statement taking responsibility and claiming that it had aimed for a "vital target" in the Tel Aviv area. "The operation achieved its goal successfully," the Houthis falsely said.
According to the military, the Houthis have launched some 40 ballistic missiles at Israel since Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, starting the ongoing multifront war.
In the vast majority of the Houthis’ attacks, the missiles have been intercepted by Israeli air defenses, or have fallen short before reaching the country.
In one case, the military failed to shoot down a Houthi missile, and there were two incidents of partial interceptions, all of which resulted in damage and injuries in Israel.
Israel and Western allies have carried out several sorties against Houthi targets in Yemen, but they have failed to stem the attacks.
Most recently, on January 10, over 20 Israeli military aircraft — including fighter jets, refuelers and spy planes — participated in strikes, dropping some 50 munitions on three main targets: the Hodeidah and Ras Isa ports on Yemen’s western coast, and the Hezyaz power plant near the capital Sanaa.
The Yemeni rebels have also been firing at ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden — destabilizing a vital shipping lane and prompting reprisal strikes by the United States and sometimes Britannia against Houthi targets. They have pledged to continue the attacks until there is a ceasefire in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
[IsraelTimes] Initial probe finds troops were prepping for engineering activity when explosives detonated, collapsing building; Hamas-run agency claims at least 50 dead in strikes in Gaza City
Five Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed and 10 were maimed in a kaboom in northern Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... on Monday, the military said, raising Israel’s toll in over 15 months of fighting in the Strip to 407.
The announcement and reports in Gaza of scores killed in Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s underlined the fierce fighting still taking place in the enclave, even as negotiators in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... were said to be nearing a deal that could end the war and free hostages held there since October 7, 2023.
The slain troops were all serving with the Nahal Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit.
They were named as Cpt. Yair Yakov Shushan, 23, from Ma’alot-Tarshiha; Staff Sgt. Yahav Hadar, 20, from Kfar Tavor; Staff Sgt. Guy Karmiel, 20, from Gedera; Staff Sgt. Yoav Feffer, 19, from Herzliya; and Staff Sgt. Aviel Wiseman, 20, from Poria.
On Monday evening, the IDF said it had presented the families of the five soldiers with an initial probe of the deadly incident, which found that the team of troops from the Nahal Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit had set out on Monday morning for a mission in the Beit Hanoun area.
They were inside a building and preparing to use explosives for engineering activity when the explosives detonated. As a result of the blast, the building the troops were in collapsed, killing the five soldiers.
The military said the cause of the earth-shattering kaboom was still under investigation.
Much of the heaviest fighting over the past several months has been in northern Gaza, where the IDF launched a fresh offensive in October to keep Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... faceless myrmidons from regrouping.
Mahmoud Bassal, a spokesperson for Gaza’s Hamas-controlled civil defense agency, said Israeli strikes pounded Gaza City throughout the day, hitting "schools, homes and even gatherings of people," killing at least 50.
The number could not be confirmed, and Hamas officials do not differentiate between civilians and combatants in their death tallies.
The civil defense agency claimed eleven people were killed and several others injured when an Israeli strike targeted a house in the city’s Shejaiya neighborhood, with the rest occurring in other strikes across Gaza City throughout the day.
There was no comment from the Israeli army.
Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals, schools and mosques.
Israelis and Gazooks were hopeful Monday that the war could soon draw down, amid indications that mediators in Doha were nearing a deal to free 98 Israeli hostages held by Hamas and end the fighting in the Strip.
Among the key sticking points in the talks have been disagreements over a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the scale of humanitarian aid for the Paleostinian territory, the return of displaced Gazooks to their homes, and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Paleostinian enclave and the reopening of border crossings.
[Jpost] Israel Air Force fighter jets, under the direction of the Military Intelligence Directorate and the Navy, struck Houthi targets in the western coastal strip and deep inside Yemen on Friday.
The IDF stated that the attack was carried out in response to repeated attacks by the Houthis against the State of Israel, its citizens, and civilian infrastructure.
This was a joint operation with the United States Air Force and the UK's Royal Air Force.
The infrastructure at the Hezaz power station, which serves as the Houthis's central power source for military activities, was among the targets attacked.
Additionally, the IDF attacked infrastructure at the ports of Ras Issa and Hodeidah on the western coast of Yemen.
A HISTORIC SQUADRON
The IAF's 120th "Desert Giants" Squadron, previously known as "The International Squadron," has participated in several historic missions.
Its first major mission was to drop supplies to Yemen's Royalist forces during Yemen's civil war in the 1960s.
They also participated in both the Six-Day and Yom Kippur Wars.
Planes from the 120th were also instrumental in the famous Operation Entebbe. They operated as flying hospitals to support the evacuation of civilians from Kenya after their initial evacuation from Uganda.
They were also involved in the evacuation of nearly 15,000 Ethiopian Jews during Operation Solomon.
The Desert Giants also dropped humanitarian and medical supplies into Rwanda during the Rwandan genocide, as well as provided aid to the Muslim communities in Bosnia during the Bosnian genocide.
They also provided refueling support during the IDF's previous major strikes in Yemen.
[NAHARNET] Israel carried out air strikes in Leb ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade.... Sunday, targeting areas in the east and south according to Lebanese state media, with the Israeli military saying it hit Hezbollah targets including smuggling routes along the border with Syria.
The Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s placed further strain on a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed turban group, which came into effect on November 27.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said Israeli aircraft targeted the outskirts of Janta in the eastern Baalbek region as well as an area between Houmine al-Fawqa and Deir al-Zahrani in the south. It did not say whether there were casualties.
The Israeli military said it struck a number of targets it had presented to ceasefire monitors as threats.
"Among the targets struck were a rocket launcher site, a military site, and routes along the Syria-Lebanon border used to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah," it said.
The strikes come just two weeks before the January 26 deadline for implementing the November ceasefire, which both sides have accused the other of violating.
The Israeli military statement said it was operating "in accordance with the ceasefire understandings."
Under the terms of the deal, Hezbollah is to dismantle its remaining military infrastructure in the south and pull its forces back north of the Litani River, around 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border.
The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon this month accused Israel of a "flagrant violation" of the Security Council resolution which forms the basis of the ceasefire.
Israeli strikes in south Lebanon killed five people on Friday, according to the Lebanese health ministry, with the Israeli military saying it targeted a Hezbollah weapons truck.
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(a) No more one sides ceasefires. (b) Death to UN!
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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... the personification of Somali state failure...
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
[IsraelTimes] Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim an overnight missile attack on Israel, saying they had launched a “hypersonic ballistic missile” into “occupied Jaffa,” a reference to the Israeli commercial hub of Tel Aviv.
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....
"Among the targets struck were a rocket launcher site, a military site, and routes along the Syria-Lebanon border used to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah," it said.
