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The US arrests almost 1,200 immigrants in one day, a new high
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service. (ICE) announced that last Monday it arrested 1,179 immigrants, a new daily high, following the Trump Administration’s promise to accelerate the raids and arrests.
According to data consulted by NBC News, at least on Sunday, only 52% of those arrested were considered “criminal arrests”, immigrants with criminal records or pending cases in their countries of origin.
The rest would be immigrants with no violent or criminal record and who would only have illegally crossed the border.
ICE is sharing daily data of arrests in raids of immigration authorities, while Trump’s migration policy manager, the so-called ‘border tsar’, Tom Homan, has promised to accelerate arrests in raids.
The number of daily arrests ranged between 400 and 593 people during the week, dropped to 286 on Saturday and reached a peak of more than 950 on Sunday, according to ICE data.
Since January 20, the day of Trump’s inauguration, authorities have detained more than 4,000 immigrants.
Some of the detainees are being classified as “the worst criminals arrested”, who are allegedly members of organized criminal gangs and gangs.
For her part, the Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, shared a video this Tuesday of raids in New York last night and assured that they were “trash” foreigners accused of “kidnapping, assault and robbery.”
ICE will focus the efforts of its rounds on three cities each week, with a goal of at least 1,200 immigrants arrested each day, according to NBC News.
Immigration agents are accelerating the pace of the raids since Donald Trump took power on Monday last week with the promise of mass deportations.
According to NBC News on Tuesday, ICE’s goal is to focus on three large cities each week for its operations.
This week started with the roundups in Chicago on Sunday and continued on Tuesday morning in New York, in an operation led on the ground by the new Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem.
According to sources cited by that American network, the third city of the week will be Aurora, a suburb of Denver (Colorado) with a Hispanic majority.
International
Armed forces target illegal mines in Northern Ecuador with bombing raids
Ecuador’s Armed Forces carried out an operation on Monday — including airstrikes — against illegal mining in the town of Buenos Aires, in the country’s north, Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo reported.
The mountainous, gold-rich area has been a hotspot for illegal mining since 2017, located in the Andean province of Imbabura.
In 2019, former president Lenín Moreno deployed around 2,400 soldiers to the region in an attempt to curb the illegal activity. “The operation began with mortar fire, followed by gunfire and bombing runs by Supertucano aircraft,” Loffredo said in a video released by the Defense Ministry.
He added that the operation would continue on Tuesday with patrols across the area to locate possible members of “irregular armed groups that may have crossed from the Colombian border.”
The Armed Forces stated on X that the intervention focused on the “complete elimination of multiple illegal mining tunnels” in the areas known as Mina Nueva and Mina Vieja.
The operation coincided with the deployment of a military and police convoy into Imbabura, which has been the epicenter of protests against President Daniel Noboa since September 22, following his decision to scrap the diesel subsidy.
International
Caracas shuts embassy in Oslo without explanation following Machado’s Nobel win
Venezuela has announced the closure of its embassy in Norway, just days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Venezuelan diplomatic mission provided no explanation for its decision on Monday.
“It is regrettable,” a ministry spokesperson said. “Despite our differences on several issues, Norway wishes to keep the dialogue with Venezuela open and will continue to work in that direction.” The ministry also emphasized that the Nobel Committee operates entirely independently from the Norwegian government.
In its announcement, the Nobel Committee stated that Machado met the criteria established by Alfred Nobel, “embodying the hope for a different future, where the fundamental rights of Venezuelans are heard.”
International
Sheinbaum: Urgent to restore access to towns cut off by heavy rains
Thousands of military personnel and civilians in Mexico worked tirelessly on Tuesday to clear roads blocked by the torrential rains of recent days, which have left more than 300 communities cut off across central and eastern regions of the country. Authorities also launched mass fumigation efforts in several affected areas to prevent the spread of dengue fever.
The official death toll remains at 64, though dozens of people are still missing. President Claudia Sheinbaumacknowledged that the government does not yet know the full situation in many of the isolated villages, which range in population from 500 to 1,000 inhabitants.
“The reopening of roads is one of the greatest urgencies,” Sheinbaum said. “It’s essential to guarantee air bridges, food supplies, clean water, and a proper census of the isolated communities so we can determine the condition of every person living there.”
Private construction companies are also assisting the effort with heavy machinery and technical support to help reopen highways and reconnect rural areas.
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