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Diasabra 20 augustus 2022

Suit alleging off-camera jail beatings revived

(AP) — A federal appeals
court cleared the way Fri-
day for a lawsuit to proceed
against guards and officials
at a privately run north Loui-
Dios ta nos refugio, siana jail where an inmate
E ta nos fortalesa, died with a fractured skull in
El a resulta un yudador den mester. 2015.
Salmo 46:1
The lawsuit by family members
A fayece: of Erie Moore includes allega-
tions that guards at Monroe's
Richwood Correctional Center
sometimes beat and pepper-
sprayed handcuffed prisoners,
including Moore, in an area
where there were no security
cameras.
The record shows that Moore
A federal judge had thrown out "Even an Assistant Warden at had been arrested at a Monroe
much of the lawsuit, which seeks the prison admitted that both he doughnut shop on a disturb-
damages, but a three-judge panel and guards used the Four-Way to ing the peace charge when he
Hamlet Araque of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of 'interrogate' prisoners. And two was brought to the jail. He was
*07-06-1971 - †04-08-2022 Appeals in New Orleans revived prison guards have testified un- described as "agitated and non-
much of the case in a ruling last der oath that they used the Four- compliant" when a nurse tried to
Na nomber di su: month. On Friday the appeals Way to interrogate and abuse examine him. Although he could
Mama: court issued an order denying a multiple handcuffed detainees," have been placed in a cell alone,
Ana Lucia Contreras rehearing by the full court, send- Willett wrote in the July opinion Willett wrote, he was placed in
ing the case back to U.S. District that was cemented by Friday's a cell with another "combative"
Yiunan: Judge Terry Doughty. action. inmate, Vernon White. And the
Jeremy Araque two were never separated, de-
Jason Araque "The record in this case is be- Among the opinion's holdings spite fighting, until White was
yond troubling," 5th Circuit were that Moore's family was found having a seizure and with
Ex casa: Judge Don Willett wrote in the entitled to pursue claims that blood around his mouth. White
Minguelina Amadon July opinion, saying a jury trial is excessive force caused Moore's died later at a hospital.
needed to sort out the facts. death, that the private businesses
Ruman: contracted to run the lockup — Moore died hours later after
Laertes Araque Among the troubling aspects Richwood Correctional Center being forcibly removed from
Willett's July opinion cited was LLC and LaSalle Management the cell. The court record says
Tanta: testimony that guards routinely LLC — are not immune from there is video showing that he
Margot Araque y famia took inmates to an area of the the lawsuit, and that the fam- was struck on the head once by a
lockup called the "Four-Way" ily can pursue punitive damages guard and that he was slammed
Demas famia, amigo y amiga nan, sobrino y where they could not be caught against the corporations and the to the floor once and dropped
sobrina nan, primo y prima nan, bisiña nan y on video as they pepper-sprayed guards. once as guards were carrying
conocirnan. and beat inmates. him.

Ta invita pa acto di entiero cual lo tuma
lugar na Aurora Funeral Home diasabra 20 US Treasury official to visit India amid Ukraine tensions
di augustus 2022 di 2’or pa 4’or di atardi.
Despues lo sali pa Santana Central Sabana (AP) — A top Treasury De- 12 million barrels in all of 2021,
Basora. partment official is set next according to commodity data
week to make his first official firm Kpler.
trip to India since the start of
Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. and Europe, however,
are moving away from Russian
Amid tensions over India's neu- energy — with Treasury officials
tral stance on the invasion that promoting a price cap on Rus-
began in late February, the U.S. sian oil.
wants the meetings to focus on
how to deepen ties with the A Treasury statement says Ad-
South Asian nation. eyemo will meet with financial
services and energy sectors exec-
Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally utives in Mumbai and will speak
Adeyemo will travel to Mumbai ting illicit financial flows." about strengthening economic
and New Delhi for meetings ties between the U.S. and India.
that include Prime Minister Na- India hasn't shunned Russia de- He will also underscore "our
rendra Modi's office, the finance spite its membership in the re- two countries' deep economic,
ministry, the Reserve Bank of gional Quad alliance with the security, and cultural ties" and
India, and the Ministry of Petro- U.S., Australia and Japan, In- discuss ways to build "more re-
leum and Natural Gas. stead, it has maintained its busi- silient supply chains" through
ness ties with Russia, depending the Indo-Pacific Economic
And as India is set to lead the on the Kremlin for energy and Framework that India joined as a
Group of 20 intergovernmental other exports. founding member in May.
forum in 2023, Treasury says Ad-
eyemo will "discuss key shared The nation has boosted its pur- India is the world's second-most
priorities such as bolstering en- chase of Russian oil, buying populous country and largest
ergy security, addressing food roughly 60 million barrels in democracy based on a popula-
insecurity globally, and combat- 2022 so far, compared with only tion of 1.4 billion.