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$10 million bail to one of the two accused of killing a girl in Texas
A judge in Texas set a bail of ten million dollars for one of the two Venezuelans who were accused of the murder of the 12-year-old girl Jocelyn Nungaray, whose body was found in a stream in the north of Houston last week.
Franklin José Peña Ramos, 26, was arrested on Thursday and this Monday he appeared for the first time in a court.
The judge imposed the high bail for the high risk of escape of the immigrant, who has been in custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since the day of his arrest.
Peña was arrested along with Johan José Martínez Rangel, 22, after the Houston Police released several images of the two migrants talking to the minor.
Authorities believe that Nungaray left his house on the night of Sunday, June 16, without his mother noticing.
According to court documents, the suspects allegedly lured the minor under a bridge, where they held her for more than two hours, took off her pants, tied her up and strangled her before throwing her body into the swamp, where she was found on the morning of the date.
ICE confirmed last week to the media that Peña Ramos and Martínez Rangel were recently arrested at the border by immigration authorities and released with electronic shackles and an order to appear before an immigration court.
The death of Nungaray has given fuel again to the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the Republicans and the campaign of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021).
After the arrest of the suspects, the governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, said that the child murderers receive the death penalty, while charging again against the President’s Administration, Joe Biden.
Martínez Rangel is expected to appear in court on Tuesday and a similar bail will be imposed on him.
International
Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer amid coup conviction
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer while serving a historic sentence for attempting a coup d’état. His medical team confirmed that the lesions have been removed and that, for now, he does not require further procedures, though he will need regular monitoring.
On Wednesday, September 17, Bolsonaro’s doctors confirmed the diagnosis. The announcement comes shortly after the former leader was convicted of orchestrating an attempted coup.
According to his physician, Claudio Birolini, Bolsonaro has “squamous cell carcinoma, which is neither the most benign nor the most aggressive form — it is intermediate.” Birolini warned, however, that this type of skin cancer “can carry more serious consequences.”
International
Milei praises Paraguay’s growth, calls Argentina’s last 20 years a ‘decline’
Argentine President Javier Milei praised Paraguay’s economic growth over the past two decades during a speech before the Paraguayan Congress on Wednesday (Sept. 17, 2025), crediting it to incentives that favored capitalism. At the same time, he contrasted that progress with what he described as Argentina’s deepening “decline” during the same period.
“If we compare the last 20 years of Paraguay with those of the Argentine Republic, we will find almost diametrically opposite results,” Milei told lawmakers during a special session of Parliament on the second and final day of his official visit to Asunción.
“While you have not stopped growing, we have deepened our decline. If we understand incentives as the engine of capitalism, Paraguay focused on preserving and strengthening them, while Argentina dedicated itself to chaining, directing, and suffocating them,” the right-wing leader stated.
International
Trump administration launches large-scale immigration operation in Chicago
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump intensified a large-scale immigration operation in the Chicago area with the arrival of additional Border Patrol agents on Tuesday and the presence of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem during a raid.
Noem posted a video on her X account showing the immigration operation, in which DHS reportedly removed “violent criminals” from the streets. The footage shows Noem observing the arrest of a man taken into custody at his home early Tuesday morning at an undisclosed location.
“I was in Chicago today to make it clear that we will not back down,” the secretary wrote. “Our work is just beginning,” she added.
The warning from Noem was echoed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chief Gregory Bovino, who posted a video on X Tuesday showing multiple Border Patrol vehicles arriving in the city with the caption: “Chicago, we are here!”
Bovino, who led the immigration crackdown in Los Angeles implemented since last June, said the team will remain in Chicago to continue the mission they started in California.
Operation “Midway Blitz” is currently focused on the Chicago metropolitan area and its suburbs. Activists and residents have reported sightings of masked agents and unmarked vehicles in predominantly Latino neighborhoods.
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