David Shortell - Crime and Justice Producer
David Shortell
Crime and Justice Producer
David Shortell covers the Justice Department and federal law enforcement issues out of CNN's Washington bureau.
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Why a Brazilian UFC star is championing a dead Austrian economist
Apr 28, 2024
In Latin America, the Austrian-American laissez-faire proponent Ludwig von Mises, who died in 1973, is having something of a moment.
In Mexico’s supersized election, a wave of assassinations has put democracy itself in the crosshairs
Apr 12, 2024
Political candidates across the country are being killed as criminal groups seek to clear the field for their preferred picks.
‘Outrage against international law’: Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador over embassy raid
Apr 7, 2024
Mexico has announced that it is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police raided its embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas.
Colombia expels Argentine diplomats after Milei calls Petro ‘terrorist murderer’ in CNN interview
Mar 29, 2024
The Colombian government has ordered the expulsion of all Argentine diplomats from the country’s embassy in Bogotá following a CNN interview in which the Argentine president called his Colombian counterpart a “terrorist murderer.”
Ecuador’s youngest mayor shot dead, police say
Mar 26, 2024
Ecuador’s youngest mayor, 27-year-old Brigitte García, was found shot dead Sunday morning, the country’s national police said.
Former Honduran president found guilty in drug trafficking trial
Mar 8, 2024
Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty Friday of drug trafficking by an American jury after a two-week trial in Manhattan federal court.
‘Our people are here to stay’: World Court hears arguments over Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed land
Feb 19, 2024
The International Court of Justice began hearing historic oral arguments Monday over the Israeli occupation of territory claimed by Palestinians, thrusting the decades-old debate before a panel of international judges as the region remains locked in an unprecedented war.
Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny dies, prison service says
Feb 17, 2024
Jailed Russian opposition figure and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who made global headlines when he was poisoned with a nerve agent in 2020, has died, the Russian prison service said.
In shock result, allies of jailed ex-leader Khan win most seats in Pakistan election
Feb 10, 2024
Independent candidates affiliated with jailed Pakistani political leader Imran Khan’s Tehreek E Insaaf (PTI) party won the most National Assembly seats in Pakistan’s general election, delivering a surprise victory in a vote marred by a slow count and rigging allegations.
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele set for landslide election victory
Feb 5, 2024
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele is headed for what appears to be a landslide victory in the presidential election, with more than 70% of the votes counted as of Monday, according to preliminary results from the country’s Supreme Electoral Court (TSE).
Votes being counted in El Salvador, where strongman president’s victory is all but assured
Feb 5, 2024
Polls are open Sunday in El Salvador, where the strongman president Nayib Bukele is expected to easily win a second term amid a dramatic turnaround in the country’s once-sky high levels of violence.
Pro-Putin regional politician found dead outside his house
Dec 29, 2023
A politician from the party of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been found dead in a courtyard outside his home, local media reported Thursday, adding to the growing list of Russian elites who have died under unclear circumstances in recent months.
What we know about the veteran Dutch diplomat tasked with getting more aid to Gaza
Dec 27, 2023
Sigrid Kaag, a Dutch politician and veteran United Nations diplomat, will take charge of the international body’s effort to bring humanitarian relief to war-ravaged Gaza, the UN Secretary General announced Tuesday, filling a position created this month in a breakthrough UN Security Council resolution.
US and Venezuela agree to release of 10 Americans – and convict ‘Fat Leonard’ – in exchange for release of Maduro ally
Dec 21, 2023
The US has reached an agreement to secure the release of six wrongfully detained Americans and four other Americans held in Venezuela, senior US officials announced Wednesday,
IDF accidentally shoots and kills three Israelis held hostage in Gaza
Dec 16, 2023
The Israel Defense Forces says that three Israeli hostages in Gaza were mistakenly identified as a threat and shot dead.
Leaders of Venezuela and Guyana agree to avoid use of force in land dispute
Dec 15, 2023
The leaders of Venezuela and Guyana said Thursday that they would not use force against each other amid a dispute over an oil-rich piece of Guyanese land and agreed to create a joint commission to address the territorial spat.
About
David Shortell covers the Justice Department and federal law enforcement issues out of CNN’s Washington bureau. He’s reported from the halls of DOJ under Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr, and from the scene of major crimes across the country, including the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh and the Sante Fe High School shooting south of Houston. Before that, he worked on the assignment desk in CNN’s New York bureau covering breaking news, which included at the time several ISIS-related attacks and arrests. He is originally from West Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from Emory University in Atlanta.
