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Besigye was reported missing on November 16, 2024, while in Nairobi for the launch of a book by former Kenyan Justice Minister Martha Karua. Amnesty International said he resurfaced on November 20, when he was brought before the General Court Martial in Kampala, where he was charged alongside his colleague Haji Obeid Lutale
Barragan was a leader of Cartel de Los Reyes, a faction of the larger Carteles Unidos organisation, which the United States has classified as a foreign terrorist group.
A total of 23 security officials lost their lives while 78 others were injured in terror-related incidents during the year, according to the ninth edition of the Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies’ Terror Attacks and Arrests Observatory.
The arrests came as the country continued counting votes from last Thursday’s presidential election, with opposition leader Brian Mundubile trailing incumbent Hakainde Hichilema in the preliminary results.
The 93-year-old leader, who has not appeared in public since leaving Cameroon on June 7 for what his office described as a "brief private stay", signed a series of decrees on Monday from Geneva, Switzerland, appointing officials to key military positions and promoting five colonels to the rank of brigadier general.
Authorities have not said who they believe was the target, but many Muscovites will suspect a link to the war in Ukraine.
Kigame said he would not rule out taking the matter beyond Kenya if the local justice system failed to address the case.
Omenya argued that the state has a constitutional and legal duty to clearly explain what happens during security failures, rather than deflecting blame or offering vague explanations.