Will Grant Mexico and Central America correspondent Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Reuters Silvia Delgado was part of the legal defence team representing JoaquÃn “El Chapo” Guzmán A former defence lawyer for the jailed drug lord JoaquÃn “El Chapo” Guzmán has been elected as a judge in Mexico’s first-ever judicial elections. Tallies published on Tuesday showed...
A local authority’s youngest town councillor has been elected as mayor at just 25. Alexander Walker, who is autistic, has been a town councillor in Rhyl, Denbighshire, since 2022 and described it as “surreal” to be elected, as it is something which he never thought he would end up doing. Mr Walker took on the...
Getty Images Rodrigo Duterte giving a speech before his arrest in March Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is detained at The Hague over his drug war that killed thousands, has been elected mayor of his family’s stronghold, according to early, partial results. Two of his most loyal aides – long-time assistant Christopher “Bong” Go...