Articles Tagged with Nayib Bukele

The Hidden Agenda Behind Garcia’s Disappearance

Professor Benjamin G. Davis | University of Toledo College of Law

May 27, 2025 10:08:37 pm

President Trump said during an Oval Office meeting April 14 that it would be up to El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele to decide whether mistakenly deported man Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia would be allowed back to the United States. President Bukele responded by stating that he did not “have the power to return him” and [...]

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38 Santee Sioux hanged by US for rebellion

On December 26, 1862, 38 Santee Sioux men were hanged in a mass execution for their roles in a rebellion against US authorities in Minnesota which left hundreds dead and made refugees of some 40,000 white settlers. Government annuities promised under a treaty with the Sioux had failed to arrive on schedule and credit for purchases was not advanced in the meantime, threatening the tribe with starvation. The Santee Sioux Tribe's members were deported first to South Dakota and ultimately to Nebraska, where they remain today. Learn more about the 1862 Minnesota Sioux Rebellion.

Louis XVI put on trial during French Revolution

On December 26, 1792, Romain de Sèze, a defense attorney for deposed King Louis XVI, presented a defense of his client. The former King was on trial before a French Revolutionary court on thirty-three charges, including treason and other crimes against the state. He was convicted on January 15, 1793 executed by guillotine on the following January 21.