Families in Kenya were reportedly fleeing their homes and taking what possessions they could on Tuesday after police gathered near the Embobut forest to evict thousands of indigenous Sengwer people and others said to be threatening urban water supplies.
As the police advanced towards Tota's refuge, several of his fighters, reportedly fleeing the violence, were picked off by elite police snipers, positioned in different parts of the favelas.
The sole suspect was captured in a park after reportedly fleeing the scene and being tracked by a member of the public, who alerted the police.
A reported 500 asylum seekers mostly Haïtian came through Quebec's Lacolle border crossing Tuesday, reportedly fleeing President Trump's increasingly draconian immigration policies.
The suspected driver, Henry Michael Gevorgyan, 21, turned himself in to police Friday night after reportedly fleeing the scene of the crash, which took place just after 2 a.m. on Thursday.
To put the current crisis in context, roughly 63,000 unaccompanied minors, most of whom are reportedly fleeing violence and poverty in Central America, have crossed illegally into the United States since October.
