Mexico finds 124migrants in trucks
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican immigration agents said they found 124 Central American migrants aboard three trucks who said they were prevented from eating or drinking for several days.
The National Immigration Institute said on Monday that the trucks were detected after they sped through a highway checkpoint in the southern state of Oaxaca.
Inside the trucks officials found 60 minors and 64 adults. Fifteen of the minors were unaccompanied.
The migrants, 117 of whom are from Guatemala, said the traffickers had prevented them from eating or drinking to avoid detection.
The institute said the migrants were being transported in unhealthy conditions.
U.S. law professorreleased by Israel
JERUSALEM -- Israel released an American law professor detained after authorities said he tried to block Israeli troops in a West Bank village set for demolition.
The 66-year-old Frank Romano was detained Friday in the embattled village of Khan al-Ahmar, along with two Palestinian activists.
Witnesses said Romano stood in front of heavy equipment being used to clear barriers that had been set up to slow demolition. Activists said he began a hunger strike while in detention.
Gaby Lasky, Romano's lawyer, said a court ordered his release Sunday. She said he was freed early Monday after police decided not to appeal the decision.
Upon his release, Romano returned to the village and said: "I can continue the struggle with you." Israel is expected to demolish the village in the coming days.
Diver sues Muskover 'pedo' tweet
A British diver who helped rescue youth soccer players trapped in a cave in Thailand is suing Elon Musk, alleging that the Tesla chief executive officer falsely accused him of being a pedophile.
Diver Vernon Unsworth, who lives north of London, contends that Musk made the false allegation on Twitter and then repeated multiple other falsehoods after the dramatic rescue of a dozen youth soccer players and their coach in July.
The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court Monday seeks damages and a court order stopping Musk from making further allegations. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Musk called Unsworth a "pedo" in a tweet to his 22.5 million followers after Unsworth criticized Musk in a July 13 television interview with CNN about the rescue.
The lawsuit alleges that Musk, apparently angered by Unsworth's remarks, began a campaign to destroy his reputation "by publishing false and heinous accusations of criminality against him."
In a series of tweets July 15, Musk, who personally delivered the submarine to the cave, wrote that he never saw Unsworth and challenged him to show a video of the final rescue. "Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it," Musk tweeted. Later on Twitter, Musk wrote "Bet ya a signed dollar it's true."
Musk deleted the tweets and apologized after being criticized by shareholders, the lawsuit alleged.
But on Aug. 28, Musk tweeted about Unsworth once again, writing: "You don't think it's strange he hasn't sued me? He was offered free legal services." The lawsuit states that with the tweet, Musk sought to tell the average reader that Unsworth's failure to sue at the time was evidence that Unsworth is a pedophile.
"Mr. Unsworth is not a pedophile. Mr. Unsworth has never engaged in an act of pedophilia. Mr. Unsworth is not a child rapist," the lawsuit stated.
-- Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports
A Section on 09/18/2018