The Calls on Biden to Free Peltier

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9
PROGRAM #10650 12:00 PM PT

The Calls on Biden to Free Peltier. 

Members of Congress and human rights organizations are renewing their call on President Biden to grant Leonard Peltier clemency before leaving office.  Peltier is a renowned Native American rights activist who has been in prison for nearly 50 years despite being convicted in a controversial trial.

Guest: Dr. Alfredo Cuéllar, Retired Professor of Education, Consultant, Fresno, CA.

The Fentanyl Blame Game. After a leading US newspaper ran a story from an alleged fentanyl lab in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, Mexico’s President Sheinbaum questioned the credibility of the news reporting. An intense exchange of cross-border accusations has inundated the court of public opinion, many pointing to the little-scrutinized US role in the trafficking of fentanyl, including the role of US banks in fentanyl’s money laundering scheme. A journalist that has investigated the networks of drug trafficking in the US examines the issue.

Guest: Jesus García, Reporter and Editor for Politics, Immigration and National Affairs, La Opinión/El Diario, Nueva York, NY.

Photo: Joe Catron/Flickr

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