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Migrants, more vulnerable to organized crime in southern Mexico after Trump’s return

Migrants have become more vulnerable to organized crime and violence by remaining stranded on the southern border of Mexico about a month after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, denounce civil organizations in the area.

Luis Alonso Abarca, coordinator of the Digna Ochoa Human Rights Committee, told EFE that who is winning with Trump’s restrictions is organized crime, since they have detected that it is charging thousands of dollars, especially to women and minors, with the promise of taking them to the United States.

“The closure of the borders, the fact that the state policy of the Mexican Government and the United States prevents them from doing so (migrate) on a regular basis and by a safe means, what will cause organized crime groups to benefit,” said the activist in Tapachula, the largest city on the southern border.

Migrants have been facing since January 20, when Trump returned to the White House, the policies of mass deportations, the “closing” of the border with thousands of deployed soldiers and the elimination of the ‘CBP One’ application from the Office of Customs and Border Protection that allowed to apply for asylum in the United States from Mexico.

In this scenario, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned in a report that “groups of migrants are trying to advance through Mexican territory by train or walking together in caravans, especially in the state of Chiapas (border with Central America), to demand attention and seek protection against the violence perpetrated by various armed actors.”

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“While on the northern border with the United States, Mexican state authorities are preparing for possible mass deportations by building large facilities to house potential deportees and enabling transport to take them to other parts of Mexico, uncertainty invades hundreds of thousands of migrants throughout the country,” the organization said.

The Government of Mexico has received 13,455 people deported since the new United States Government began on January 20, including 2,970 foreigners, said President Claudia Sheinbaum last Friday, who indicated that migrants can stay in the country or return to their own.

Sheinbaum has asked migrants in the country “not to be fooled” by traffickers who charge thousands of dollars with the promise of transferring them to the United States because the Trump Administration “closed all asylum applications.”

The panorama has encouraged migrants to return to their countries, such as Israel Lujando, from Ecuador.

“The truth is that I do (I want to return) because it no longer makes sense to be here, our goal was to reach the United States, since we have not achieved that, it is my turn to return,” he told EFE.

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Meanwhile, Luis Rey García Villagrán, director of the Center for Human Dignity (CDH), explained that Mexico has also tightened its policy, denouncing that the authorities have implemented railies in Tapachula to search for people without documents and deport them to the border of Honduras and Guatemala.

“The migrants have been detained for a month, those who could advance to (the states of) Veracruz and Oaxaca were returning them to Villermosa, (capital of) Tabasco, and to Tapachula, taking them to Central America,” he accused.

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Erin brings strong winds and storm surge despite weakening offshore

Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 2 storm on Tuesday but continues to pose a threat to parts of the U.S. East Coast with potentially dangerous flooding, according to meteorologists.

Although the hurricane’s eye is expected to remain offshore, experts are concerned about Erin’s size, as strong winds extend hundreds of kilometers beyond the storm’s center.

In its 18:00 GMT bulletin, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) lifted tropical storm warnings for the Bahamasand Turks and Caicos Islands, but kept them in effect for parts of North Carolina.

Erin was located several hundred kilometers southeast of North Carolina and was moving northwestward.

“This means there is a risk of potentially life-threatening flooding of 60 to 120 centimeters above ground level,” said NHC Director Michael Brennan.

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He also warned of the possibility of destructive waves, combined with storm surge, that could cause severe damage to beaches and coastal areas, making roads impassable.

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Three U.S. Warships deploy near Venezuela to combat drug trafficking

Three U.S. naval vessels are moving toward the coasts of Venezuela, according to international media reports on Tuesday, after White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed that President Donald Trump is ready to combat and curb international drug trafficking.

Reports indicate that the ships will reach Venezuelan waters within the next 36 hours as part of a recent U.S. deployment aimed at countering international narcotics operations.

The announcement coincides with Leavitt’s statement that Trump is prepared to “use the full extent of his power” to halt drug flows into the United States. The naval deployment involves approximately 4,000 military personnel.

“The President has been clear and consistent. He is ready to use every element of U.S. power to prevent drugs from flooding our country and to bring those responsible to justice. The Maduro regime is not the legitimate government of Venezuela—it is a narco-terror cartel,” the spokesperson said during a press conference.

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Cuban authorities free salvadoran convicted in 1997 hotel bombing

Salvadoran national Otto René Rodríguez Llerena was released after serving a 30-year prison sentence for his involvement in a terrorist attack at a hotel in Cuba in 1997, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.

During his trial, Rodríguez Llerena admitted to placing an explosive device at the Meliá Cohiba Hotel under the orders of anti-Castro exile leaders. He was arrested the following year when he returned to Havana with another load of explosives that failed to detonate.

“The Cuban government reiterates its commitment to combating terrorism, respecting human rights, and the need for the international community to hold accountable those who promote such acts,” the statement read.

He was released on August 15 and is the second Salvadoran to complete his sentence. In December of last year, another Salvadoran, Ernesto Cruz León, was released after planting bombs at tourist centers, one of which killed an Italian tourist identified as Fabio Di Celmo.

A third Salvadoran, Francisco Chávez Abarca, also received a 30-year sentence from Cuban courts in 2010 after being extradited from Venezuela through Interpol for actions against Cuba.

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Rodríguez Llerena had requested conditional release in 2016, arguing that his actions had not caused any direct fatalities, but no further information was released about his situation until now.