Law & Society

An unidentified contributor to the US-based service informed, various forums on the militant website discussions, Belmokhtar to be "alive and well and leading the battles himself."

Officials in West Texas said last Monday they are investigating the "suspicious" death of a 3-year-old boy, who was adopted from Russia. A Russian official blamed the death on "inhuman abuse," He was born on January 9, 2010, and died on January 21, 2013, according to Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry's special representative for human rights. "I would like to draw your attention to another case of inhuman abuse of a Russian child by U.S. adoptive parents."

Officials say that for at least a week, Matagrano used phony credentials to get into multiple city lockups, including Rikers Island and the Manhattan Detention Center, where he mingled with inmates for hours. Investigators said the case was still unfolding, but some of the allegations were detailed in a criminal complaint describing Matagrano's entry into the Manhattan jail on Thursday.