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Florida seeks military deport migrants and road police officers to carry out raids

The governor of Florida, the Republican Ron DeSantis, presented this Monday an immigration plan to the Government of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to use elements of the Florida National Guard as judges to deport immigrants and for the state Highway Patrol to make its own migratory raids.

The governor’s proposal asks for authorization from the federal government to use the Corps of Attorneys General, a branch of military justice, of the Florida National Guard as immigration judges to “help speed up the legal prosecution of immigration.”

In addition, DeSantis said that 100 Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) agents have already assumed as deputy marshals of the Marshals Service through agreement 287(g), with which they will be able to execute federal court orders and “remove dangerous criminal foreigners.”

“What we have now with the FHP is that they can carry out immigration operations completely independently of the federal government, and there is no one else in the country where they are doing that,” he said at a press conference in Tampa.

As an example, he cited ‘Operation Black Tide’, the largest immigration operation made in a single state of the United States, with a record of 1,120 immigrants arrested from April 21 to 26 in Florida, where seven local agencies collaborated with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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“The ‘Black Tide’ was a special model body where these agents were working together now in the FHP, they can do operations, they can arrest illegals, and they can do everything an immigration agent would do to the point where they are prosecuted for their deportation,” the president described.

The governor reported the plan he delivered to the Trump Administration to contribute to new migrant detention centers and expand apprehensions.

With this, he said that “Florida will be the leader in the fight to apply the immigration law.”

One in five residents is an immigrant in Florida, where there are about 5 million people born abroad, according to the American Immigration Council organization.

But this state has been a leader in the implementation of Trump’s immigration policy, since DeSantis has passed state laws that prohibit sanctuary cities and impose fines of up to $5,000 and suspend or dismiss officials who fail to comply with these provisions.

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As a result, more than 100 government agencies and all counties in Florida have signed 287(g) agreements, in addition to several dozen cities, such as Coral Gables, Hialeah, Miami Springs, West Miami, Key West, Orlando and Doral.

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Hiroshima survivor who embraced Obama dies at 88

The emotional embrace between Barack Obama and Hiroshima survivor Mori—who was eight years old when the United States dropped the atomic bomb in 1945—resonated around the world.

According to Asahi Shimbun and other local media, Mori died on Saturday at a hospital in Hiroshima.

Mori, known for his research on the fate of American prisoners of war in Hiroshima, was thrown into a river by the force of the explosion on August 6, 1945, during the atomic bombing of the city.

In a past interview with AFP, ahead of his meeting with Obama at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in 2016, Mori recalled the chaos and desperation that followed the blast.

He described how, after emerging from the water, he encountered injured civilians seeking help amid the devastation, an experience that stayed with him throughout his life.

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In 2016, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, where he paid tribute to the victims of the first atomic bomb used in warfare. During the visit, Mori was visibly moved as he met the president, sharing a brief but powerful moment that symbolized remembrance and reconciliation.

The bombing of Hiroshima resulted in the deaths of approximately 140,000 people, including those who succumbed to radiation exposure in the aftermath.

Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 74,000 people and contributing to the end of World War II.

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Colombia seeks ‘total suffocation’ of armed groups with regional support

Colombia is advancing a strategy aimed at the “total suffocation” of illegal armed groups, seeking to corner them in border regions with the support of Ecuador and Venezuela, Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez said in an interview with AFP.

According to the minister, coordinated pressure from neighboring countries—backed by United States—aims to dismantle criminal networks that use cross-border routes to traffic Colombian cocaine toward North America and Europe.

For decades, armed groups involved in Colombia’s internal conflict have relied on border territories as strategic rear bases to evade military operations and maintain logistical support.

However, Sánchez said that dynamic is beginning to change.

“We expect a total suffocation between both nations so they have no spaces where they can live or feel safe […] to close off any room they might have,” he stated during the interview in Bogotá, less than five months before the end of President Gustavo Petro’s term.

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Regional developments have reinforced this strategy. Following the capture of Nicolás Maduro in a U.S. military operation, Washington has increased its influence in Caracas, where interim leader Delcy Rodríguez has implemented a renewed anti-narcotics policy.

Meanwhile, in Ecuador, President Daniel Noboa—a key U.S. ally in the region—has launched a two-week security plan under strict curfews to combat criminal gangs, with U.S. support.

Sánchez argued that these combined efforts leave illegal organizations with fewer escape routes and operational spaces, effectively placing them in a “dead end.”

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Two killed in shooting at restaurant near Frankfurt Airport

Two people were shot dead early Tuesday at a restaurant in Raunheim, near Frankfurt Airport, according to local police.

Preliminary findings indicate that an armed individual entered the establishment at around 03:45 local time (02:45 GMT) and opened fire on the victims, who died at the scene from their injuries.

The suspect fled and remains at large, while the motive behind the shooting is still unclear, German media reported. Authorities have launched a large-scale search operation.