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The Argentine Army arrives in Rosario for logistical support in the fight against drug trafficking
Troops of the Argentine Army and Navy arrived this Thursday in the city of Rosario to provide logistical support to the federal forces deployed since the beginning of the week in the operation designed by the national and provincial Executive to combat “narcoterrorism”.
Twenty-two vehicles with troops from both bodies of the Armed Forces entered that town in the province of Santa Fe (center-east) that has experienced in recent weeks a resurgence of violence associated with drug trafficking, with the death of four citizens randomly attacked by hitmen.
According to the press by the Undersecretary of Federal Intervention of the Ministry of National Security, Federico Angelini, it is “a very important logistical support for greater coverage and presence, so that the neighbors see and feel safer and that when the criminals leave their homes they see that we are there.”
Military vehicles arrived around 12:30 local time (15:30 GMT) at the Güemes detachment of the National Gendarmerie in Rosario and, according to the authorities present, this presence will soon be complemented by helicopters, trucks and drones.
These troops are the first of the Armed Forces who join the 100 gendarmes who arrived the day before and the 450 who arrived between Monday and Tuesday, all members of the federal forces deployed by the Argentine Ministry of Security for the fight against drug trafficking.
For his part, the mayor (mayor) of Rosario, Pablo Javkin, stressed that the authorities are in a “battle to win normality,” because the bands sought to “infuse terror” with their latest actions.
Javkin commented that, in addition to the murder of two taxi drivers, a bus driver and a gas station worker, there have been “threats by phone and attempts to alter school activity.”
Despite the security device, one of the citizen complaints in recent days was the low police presence in the streets, after the announcement made on Monday by the minister, Patricia Bullrich, accompanied by the head of Defense, Luis Petri, and the governor of Santa Fe, Maxi Pullaro.
Angelini justified this Thursday that “they are not going to see (in the streets) a gendarme, a prefect, a federal policeman with a helmet just for them to see it,” since he argued: “We came to Rosario to pacify her, so that the people of Rosario can be better.”
The mayor of Rosario highlighted the work of the unified crisis committee, which includes the three levels of Administration (national, provincial, local) and recalled that, in the current situation, Governor Pullaro “is installed in the city.”
However, he did not want to take stock of the situation because, he said, “this is day by day and there are many things at the same time.”
Rosario, the third most populous city in Argentina, has been living for several years punished by the violence associated with drug trafficking. In recent weeks, in retaliation for the protocol of action in prisons that imitate the ‘Bukele style’, the town has recorded several murders of citizens with no links to organized crime.
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Convicted gang member challenges Guatemala’s anti-gang law, citing Human Rights Violations
A member of a criminal gang currently facing sentencing for the crime of extortion has filed a constitutional appeal before Guatemala’s Constitutional Court against the recently approved and enacted Anti-Gang Law.
The appeal, submitted by Dylan Smaily Archila García, argues that the new legislation violates his fundamental human rights and claims there were procedural irregularities during its approval process, according to local Guatemalan media.
Archila García filed the motion just hours after the law took effect. The new legislation, passed by Guatemala’s Congress, increases penalties for crimes linked to gang activity and authorizes the construction of a mega-prison, modeled after El Salvador’s Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT).
Local outlets reported that in his petition, Archila García contends that the approval of the law did not comply with constitutional requirements and requests that the Court issue a ruling to annul the legislation, effectively halting its enforcement.
The appeal further claims that the Anti-Gang Law infringes on due process rights, as it allegedly fails to guarantee a fair criminal trial in which defendants can prove their innocence, undermining legal certainty and judicial security.
Through this legal action, the petitioner seeks to have the law suspended and ultimately struck down by the Constitutional Court, preventing it from being debated again in Congress.
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Trump warns Hamas that they will be “eradicated” if they break the ceasefire with Israel in Gaza
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, urged Hamas again this Monday to stop the violence and take the terms of the peace plan it promotes with Israel in Gaza, warning that otherwise they could be “eradicated,” although in turn he ruled out the possible presence of soldiers from his country in the Strip.
“We have peace in the Middle East for the first time in history; we reached an agreement with Hamas for which they will be very good, they will behave well and they will be kind. And if not, we will go and we will eradicate them,” the president told the press during a meeting at the White House with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Trump clarified, however, that if that happened “there would be no American soldiers on the ground at all” because it would only be enough to ask several of the countries that supported the peace proposal to take charge of the Palestinian militant group: “Israel would intervene in two minutes,” he added.
“I could tell them to intervene (to the countries) and take care of it. But for now, we haven’t said it. We are going to give (Hamas) a small chance and, hopefully, there will be a little less violence,” said the president, whose plan received the support of Arab and European nations during a peace summit in Egypt.
The American insisted that the militant group “has been very violent, but no longer has the support of Iran. He no longer has the support of anyone. They have to behave well, and if they don’t, they will be eradicated,” he repeated.
Israel bombed several points in Gaza on Sunday and killed dozens of people, in response to what it interpreted as a “violation” of the agreement by Hamas, a week after the entry into force of the ceasefire promoted by the Trump Administration.
The bombings took place after clashes in the Rafah area, located in southern Gaza and controlled by the Israeli Army, which left two Israeli soldiers dead.
After these clashes, Israel claimed to have “resumed the application of the ceasefire”. Shortly after, Trump assured for his part that the truce “is still in force.”
The Republican president had already threatened last week to “kill” Hamas members if they did not comply with the ceasefire agreement with Israel and “continue to kill in Gaza.”
The militant group has mobilized in Gaza to regain control after the start of the ceasefire in the Strip, which has meant the withdrawal of Israeli troops from half of the territory. In the midst of this tense situation, there have also been clashes between Hamas and other local militias.
Several videos show summary executions of people whom Palestinian militants accuse of collaborating with Israel, which according to local sources, have occurred in Gaza City.
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Trump files $15 billion defamation suit against The New York Times
U.S. President Donald Trump has filed a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times, which denounced the legal move on Tuesday as an attempt to silence the press.
In this new stage of his presidency, the 79-year-old Republican leader has escalated his long-standing hostility toward traditional media, repeatedly attacking critical journalists, limiting their access, or taking them to court.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in Florida, seeks $15 billion in damages, along with additional punitive compensation “in an amount to be determined at trial.”
The New York Times had reported last week that Trump threatened legal action over articles concerning a birthday letter allegedly sent by him to financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The letter featured a typed message inside the outline of a nude woman. Trump denies that the accompanying signature is his.
“For too long, The New York Times has been allowed to lie, defame, and slander me freely — and that ends NOW!” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.
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