While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Laredo, texas statute enforcement officers (acting under-color-of-law) arrest Priscilla Villarreal, an independent journalist, for asking too many sensitive questions of SEOs regarding a high-profile suicide.
[added 1/2/2026] Thanks to John Whitehead for this entry.
Subsequent Events:
References:
Citizen journalist arrested for publishing information before local police – U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/citizen-journalist-arrested-after-publishing-information-local-police/
Journalist jailed for asking police a question seeks Supreme Court review | The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
www.thefire.org/news/journalist-jailed-asking-police-question-seeks-supreme-court-review