Government forces were unleashing sniper fire that seemed indiscriminate. Along with scores of Morsi supporters, those who were felled included two journalists and the teenage daughter of a prominent Brotherhood leader.
A top Muslim Brotherhood politician whose teenage daughter was among those killed warned that the spreading violence could quickly turn Egypt into a new Syria.
In a letter made public on Wednesday, Nicoya Mayor Marco Antonio Jiménez Muñoz responds to threats by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to attempt to "reclaim" the Costa Rican province of Guanacaste.
Veterans who fought for the United States in wars from Korea to Afghanistan have been sent to Mexico, Germany, Jamaica, Portugal, Italy, England and other nations. Most of them came to the United States as children; many have been deported to countries where they know no one and don't speak the language.
Though the overall number of arrests along the U.S. southern border has fallen near its lowest point in 40 years, there has been a surge of unlawful newcomers from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador since 2011.
Iran has an unusual outreach program that targets young adults from countries south of the U.S. border. In recent years, the program has brought hundreds of Latin Americans to Iran for intensive Spanish-language instruction in Iranian religion and culture, much of it supervised by a man who is wanted internationally on terrorism charges.
