Posts by Boris van der Spek
A place called Chiapas ❤️
On Monday, a mass trial of more than 492 alleged members of MS-13 began in El Salvador. The images are from video rooms in two prisons, CECOT and Zacatecoluca, from which defendants will watch the trial.
Moge de ommekeer beginnen in Hongarije. Weg met extreemrechts en fascisme!
Afgelopen week in Monterrey bezocht ik de selectie van Irak, die een historische WK-kwalificatie in zicht hebben. Over een urenlange busreis door oorlogsgebied, onzekerheid in het thuisland én een verrassend Nederlands tintje:
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Wedstrijden van Suriname verslaan zijn de leukste klussen maar god wat had ik deze groep een kwalificatie gegund... nos.nl/l/2607986
Vamos Suriname 🇸🇷💚
At the children's book fair in Mexico City...
Please kill me
The war & AIPAC are nightmares, but so is Joe Kent, one of the most openly fascist figures in Trump’s regime, a comrade of Proud Boys and Fuentes, a man who says Black Lives Matter was a child trafficking ring, a guy who complains that Hitler is misunderstood. Don’t take the bait.
this means it is not open for transit
Vanavond op het journaal, morgen in de krant, mijn repo uit Guadalajara, WK-speelstad. Twee weken terug werden hier auto's en winkels in brand gestoken door leden van het Jaliscokartel, uit wraak voor de dood van 'El Mencho'. Kan je hier veilig een WK organiseren?
www.youtube.com/shorts/gadzq...
There are still many forced recruitment camps run by the CJNG in the mountains of Jalisco and Michoacán. An example is the municipality of Encarnación de Díaz, where several hundred of people, some lured into coming to Mexico from abroad, are held. A living hell.
elpais.com/mexico/2026-...
Israel has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian women and girls in its genocidal war on Gaza.
On International Women's Day, we look at the number of women and girls Israel killed in Gaza in 2025.
#Infograph
The brutality and business of El Mencho, arguably the world's most powerful criminal, put him atop the cartel world, until he was killed by the Mexican government. It has opened a new chapter for the country. Here's how it happened.
Over 100 dagen begint het WK. Hier in Jalisco is men er, na de dood van El Mencho, niet erg mee bezig.
Returned to X for the first time in 1.5 years today.
Amazing how much misinformation is doing the rounds.
Verified idiots inventing the wildest news updates on Mexico. A big pile of trash. Dangerous and fascinating at the same time.
If you're still in the X-bubble in 2026, you're lost.
Here's a sad thought: Mexican local media were the ones providing the public with crucial information on Mencho's death and the resulting violence, while artificial intelligence generated uncertainty and panic via false images and information.
But the money is going to AI, not local journalism.