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ICE acquiring
‘shock’ gloves
(AP) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. A notice published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security says ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” for officers and agents by March.
The devices are known as the G.L.O.V. E. That stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter. They’re made by Compliant Technologies LLC of Lexington, Kentucky. They have been used in recent years by some jails and police departments.
Houthis kill
6 in attack
(AP) -- Authorities in Yemen say at least six people were killed when Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired missiles on a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait. The Transportation Ministry of Yemen’s internationally recognized government said Tuesday the dead included four crew members and two members of the government-allied National Resistance Forces.
The deadly vessel strike came amid renewed attacks on government-controlled areas in Yemen, raising concerns that the violence could reignite civil war and further threaten regional shipping routes. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed by Iran, there has been renewed focus on the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait at Yemen’s southern tip.
Crews search
quake rubble
PEREIRA, Colombia (AP) -- Crews searched through rubble in Colombia after a powerful earthquake left thousands missing. President Abelardo de la Espriella said Tuesday that at least 181 people died in the cities of Cali, Pereira, Choco and Manizales and thousands more were injured.
More than 1,000 buildings were destroyed in the 7.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday. De la Espriella has mobilized military and police resources, and soldiers, rescue teams, and volunteers are sifting through the rubble.
Choco, near the epicenter, is one of Colombia’s poorest regions and hard to access. Other Latin American countries and the U.S. are providing aid. Pereira and Cali have enforced curfews to prevent looting.
Russia releases
US veteran
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Russia has released an American military veteran, allowing his return to the U.S. after four years of what his family and U.S. officials allege was wrongful incarceration and abusive treatment that left him near death.
Robert Gilman was freed after President Donald Trump said he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump said Gilman was released on humanitarian grounds and Russia asked for no one in exchange.
The 32-year-old Massachusetts teacher and former Marine was on his way to a U.S. military hospital in Texas. That’s according to Global Reach, a group that’s been working to free him and other American detainees abroad.