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The Hit Men Hit Home

How the government brings foreign regimes to heel, and domestic citizens into line.

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JD Breen
Sep 04, 2024
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Atlanta, GA

September 4, 2024

The plane disappeared, but wasn’t reported missing for almost a day. When the crash was discovered, the president’s body was surreptitiously retrieved.

His death wasn’t accidental. Omar Torrijos, who’d ruled Panama for more than a decade, was bumped off by forces connected to U.S. intelligence agencies.

A few months earlier, Ja…

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