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Four border crossings are due to reopen this Thursday, January 4 in Texas, California and Arizona after being closed in the face of the influx of migrants. The Mexican newspaper Process underlines the concomitance between the visit of American Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Mexico a few days ago and the adoption of more drastic measures on the Mexican side. The dissolution of the caravan of migrants from Tapachula, an agreement made with Nicolas Maduro to send Venezuelans home; “ as is customary in bilateral relations, and despite complaints from human rights organizations, the agreement was made tacitly and above all not in writing. », Underlines the newspaper.
At the border, a crackdown by the Mexican authorities against traffickers is also making the front page of the Mexican press. “ The 31 migrants sequestered for four days in the state [frontalier] from Tamaulipas were found safe and sound “, title The Razon. There are even 32 of them, the Mexican daily tells us, since a baby was among the survivors and who had not been declared missing. Among them, 26 Venezuelans and six Hondurans kidnapped on the road between Monterrey and Matamoros.
The operation which led to their release “ involved the coordinated efforts of state and federal authorities “, precise Razon. The online newspaper Report Indigo returns to the mode of action of the perpetrators of these kidnappings: “ Armed men with their vans waiting for company buses to pass [privée] Senda. » The phenomenon is not new and revives old fears in Tamaulipas, the newspaper continues: “13 years ago, the “Zetas” criminal organization kidnapped and ultimately massacred 72 migrants “. Were those in Tamaulipas kidnapped to extort money from their families or to be recruited into drug trafficking? The investigation will tell. But the Mexican president, during his morning press review, recognized the extent of the problem in the border states. A problem that no authority over the years has been able to stem, recalls Process.
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“The political game”
In Argentina, the press returns to this first setback for Milei’s government. His labor reform was blocked by the courts yesterday. The text is blocked to protect workers from possible arbitrary measures, notably the right to food, specifies Page 12. The left-wing newspaper seems to be satisfied with the news: “ This is the government’s first setback in the standoff between it and workers’ organizations », Estimates the daily. Because in the maneuver is in fact the CGT which celebrated this judicial decision, underlines Pagina Doce.
For its part, the executive is taking the blame. “ It’s a shock, but it’s the political game », recognizes an official in the newspaper The Nation. The two decision-making judges were appointed by the previous government. “ The political content of their judgment is obvious », Estimates this official. The government is in any case contesting this decision in court by pleading the lack of jurisdiction of the federal court, specifies the daily Clarin.
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Epstein affair: names already known
Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, among the list of names cited in documents linked to the Jeffrey Epstein affair, revealed yesterday by the courts. Revelation, the word is a bit strong for American newspapers. It must be said that they had already sorted them out during their investigations. “ These names have already been mentioned in the press in recent years », recalls the Wall Street Journal. Personalities, including former American presidents or businessmen like the boss of Hyatt hotels, Thomas Pritzker, were cited by a former employee of Jeffrey Epstein. They are not indicted by the courts for the acts of sexual exploitation of minors of which the businessman found hanged in his cell in 2019 was accused.
It’s everyday The Miami Herald, in particular, who requested their publication from 2018. “ One hundred and fifty names of those who were only Mr. or Mrs. » in the procedure will be made public in total, specifies the Florida newspaper. If the main suspect is dead, and his wife awaits an appeal trial, ” the hope of child protection associations is that the publication of these names can advance justice, in particular New York, where the facts are not prescribed », reports The Miami Herald.