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Fabiola Yáñez breaks the silence about the alleged mistreatment of former Argentine President Alberto Fernández
Former Argentine First Lady Fabiola Yáñez spoke for the first time about the alleged violence she underwent by former President Alberto Fernández, who, she said, constantly threatened her with suicide and whom she took care of “so many things that he has done,” as she confessed.
The 43-year-old actress and journalist made these statements in an exclusive interview in Madrid, where she lives with her 2-year-old son Francisco, granted to the Argentine portal Infobae, the first since the complaint she filed before the Justice of her country against the former president (2019-2023) for physical violence and harassment became known.
Yáñez affirmed that Fernández committed numerous infidelities during their relationship; she denounced having been mistreated “for five years”; and she acknowledged that her last months as first lady, until last December, she lived separately from the then president in the guest house of the Quinta de Olivos (presidential residence) and not in another home for avoiding “a scandal.”
Fernández’s ex-partner was consulted for the dissemination of the photographs in which she is seen with bruises on several parts of the body, which were leaked to the press this week from the judicial file.
“I destroyed myself, but I was destroyed by my son. I would never have wanted a photo like that to come out of me. What woman do you want to see in all the television programs and in the media of the world like this? I don’t understand how the chats were leaked and that the photo was saved for the last moment (…) I don’t think there is a woman in the world who wants to look like this. There are other causes of violence that are always private,” he said.
However, he acknowledged that all the material disseminated “comes out of someone else’s phone,” alluding to a secretary of Fernández, whose cell phone is being investigated for a case of alleged corruption that could also affect the former president.
Yáñez, who failed to give more details about the alleged physical abuse out of respect for the judicial case, reported having suffered “telephone harassment” and “psychological terrorism.”
“This person (Fernández) was there for two months – there are all the chats and many people know it – threatening me day by day that if I did this, if I did the other thing, that he was going to commit suicide. That’s not done, that’s a crime. How am I going to be whole for my son if I have a person telling me those things? Day by the other, for two months. But it was the last thing this person did,” he said.
The former first lady acknowledged that her love story with Fernández lasted 14 years, but that it was broken in recent times and asserted that he committed infidelities with several famous women, whom she did not identify.
“I have taken care of this man; I have taken care of so many things that he has done, of so many things, that those videos that appeared the other day are little next to the things that he has done,” Yáñez said in reference to the filming allegedly taken by the then president at the Casa Rosada of a well-known radio and television journalist, who seems to flit with him, although from this one only his alleged voice is heard in ‘off’.
Yáñez said he had not obtained help from the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity, created by Fernández in 2019, and stated that he had made the decision to denounce “for all women who feel that they can’t do anything and that they are victims of this type of violence, whether psychological and/or physical, whatever it may be.”
“I was never a feminist but violence against women is one of the most reprehensible things that can exist in this world,” she said.
After the complaint filed on August 6, federal judge Julián Ercolini prohibited Fernández from leaving Argentina and ordered him not to approach or contact Yáñez by any means.
That day, in a brief statement, the former president denied the accusations against him and said that he would present evidence of his falsehood to Justice.
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Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty to Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Luigi Mangione admitted Friday to fatally shooting Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurance group in the United States, during an appearance before a federal judge.
The case shocked the U.S. business community and dates back to December 2024, when Mangione opened fire on Thompson, 50, on a Manhattan street. Prosecutors have described the attack as being motivated by Mangione’s opposition to the U.S. health insurance system.
“On the morning of December 4, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” Mangione said as he pleaded guilty to a federal stalking charge related to his pursuit of the executive.
Mangione, 28, is scheduled to be sentenced on December 18, and prosecutors have indicated that they will seek a life sentence.
In addition to the federal charges related to stalking Thompson, Mangione also faces a murder case brought by the state of New York.
Following his guilty plea in federal court, Mangione’s defense asked a state court to dismiss the state charges, arguing that prosecuting him again for the same conduct would violate protections against double jeopardy.
“We have just filed our motion in state court to explain why the charges should be dismissed under New York’s protections against double jeopardy,” Mangione’s attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said Friday.
Both the federal and state cases could result in a life sentence. Two other federal charges that initially carried the possibility of the death penalty were dismissed by a judge earlier this year.
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ICE Plan to Equip Agents With Electric Shock Gloves Raises Abuse Concerns
Plans to equip U.S. immigration agents with gloves capable of delivering electric shocks are raising concerns over potential abuses by a law enforcement agency that critics accuse of using excessive force and providing inadequate training to its personnel.
The plan involves the potential purchase of electric-shock gloves for agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency primarily responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.
Democratic Representative Maxwell Frost criticized the proposal on X, arguing that the agency has already faced accusations of excessive force during immigration enforcement operations.
“As if assaulting and shooting people in the streets wasn’t enough,” Frost wrote. He also criticized the reported $20 million potential expenditure on the devices and called for greater restrictions on ICE.
The agency has faced growing scrutiny following a series of deadly shootings during immigration enforcement operations. Among the incidents were the deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota in January who were participating in protests against the agency.
Critics have focused on the tactics used by ICE agents when detaining immigrants, as well as allegations that training standards for newly recruited personnel have been lowered.
According to a procurement plan first reported by the Associated Press, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE, could spend between $10 million and $20 million on the devices.
The gloves are described by the agency as tools intended for “distraction and de-escalation,” rather than lethal weapons. The system, known as GLOVE, stands for “Generated Low-Output Voltage Emitter.”
The device is manufactured by Compliant Technologies, a Kentucky-based company that describes its products as advanced non-lethal tools designed to protect and assist law enforcement and other personnel.
The proposal comes amid an intensifying national debate over ICE’s enforcement methods and the use of force during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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Three U.S. Executions Set for Same Day as Trump Pushes to Expand Death Penalty
The death penalty has been abolished in 23 of the 50 U.S. states, while three others —California, Oregon and Pennsylvania— currently have moratoriums in place.
The United States is set to carry out three executions on the same day, a rare occurrence that has not happened since 2010, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.
President Donald Trump has sought to expand the use of capital punishment for what he describes as “the most heinous crimes.” In April, the Department of Justice proposed expanding execution methods to include firing squads, lethal gas and electrocution.
Tennessee is scheduled to execute Anthony Darrell Dugard Hines, 66, on Thursday. He was sentenced to death for the 1985 murder of a woman, according to local media.
In Oklahoma, Carlos Cuesta-Rodríguez, 70, is scheduled to be executed for a 2003 murder.
Meanwhile, Alabama plans to execute Jeremy Williams, 42, who was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl.
The United States carried out 47 executions in 2025, the highest number since 2009, when 52 executions were recorded.
Florida conducted the largest number of executions last year, with 19, followed by Alabama, South Carolina and Texas, with five each.
Of the executions carried out in 2025, 39 were conducted by lethal injection. Three were carried out by firing squad and five through nitrogen hypoxia, a method that involves forcing nitrogen gas into a face mask, depriving the prisoner of oxygen.
The United Nations has condemned nitrogen gas as a cruel and inhumane method of capital punishment.
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