The law signed this Monday, December 18, 2023 by Texas Governor Greg Abbott allows him to arrest these migrants, headline on the front page of New York Times. It was adopted by the House last month, despite, note Le daily“ strong objections from Democrats, migrant rights groups and Hispanic organizations who stressed that it violates the US Constitution and encourages racial profiling “.
In fact, these are three laws that Governor Greg Abbott signed this Monday, details the Texas Tribune ; one provides a billion and a half dollars to continue the construction of a barrier along the 745 kilometers of border; another increases the minimum sentence for aiding the illegal entry of migrants into Texas from 2 to 10 years; and therefore the third criminalizes illegal entry into the state from Mexico, to stop what Gregg Abott described, when signing the text, as “ tidal wave of illegal entry into Texas » – this can be read in USA Today.
This new law should lead to a legal confrontation with the federal government since, recalls The Hill, it is the federal government which is responsible for migration policy. But ” Abbott, other state officials say Biden administration isn’t doing enough to address border situation “, And ” deliberately “: Texas must therefore ” to defend oneself “. The New York Times recalls that the governor had already taken other measures to attract attention, such as installing barbed wire along the Rio Grande or sending by bus tens of thousands of migrants from Texas border towns to controlled towns by Democrats – like New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Chicago.
As for the law signed this Monday, “ The American Civil Liberties Union has indicated that it will take the case to court, and Democrats in Congress are urging the Justice Department to act so that the law does not come into effect in March [2024] », reports the Houston Chronicle. A law signed while, writes the daily, “ A new surge in border crossings has led federal officials to close two train lines between Mexico and Texas “. And as senators try to negotiate new restrictive border laws in exchange for military aid to Ukraine.
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In Peru, an indigenous leader opposed to deforestation murdered
Benjamin Flores Rios, 70, was murdered in his home in the community of Mariscal Caceres, in Ucayali, eastern Peru, writes El Commerce. In one, The Republic writing : ” without any protection from the state, yesterday, Benjamin Flores Rios fell. His death adds to the tragic list of environmental defenders who have lost their lives at the hands of loggers or illegal miners “. Above, in huge letters, the daily printed a number: 33, “ 33 Amazonian leaders assassinated » in the region in 10 years, according to the regional organization ORAU, which brings together fifteen Amazonian indigenous peoples.
ORAU attributes responsibility for this new crime against an environmental defender to the State, which failed to protect him, reports El Buho. ORAU calls for immediate investigation, continues El Commerceand protection for his family.
According to The Republic, Benjamin Flores Rios had been threatened by coca farmers linked to drug trafficking. According to the press agency Andinathe prosecutor indicated that there were no signs of violence or injuries from firearms, ” which would exclude the hypothesis of a murder » — he mentions a possible snake bite, while awaiting the result of the autopsy. “ It’s as if they are trying to absolve the State of its responsibility and cover up these mafias », was indignant an indigenous chief, questioned by The Republic.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross leaves Nicaragua
“ Ortega expels International Committee of the Red Cross from Nicaragua “, title La Prensa. The daily recalls that from 2021, the Nicaraguan Red Cross no longer had access to political prisoners locked in El Chipote prison, considered the symbol of the repression of the Daniel Ortega regime and its attacks on human rights.
In 2022, written Confidential, it was the head of mission of the Red Cross in the country who had been expelled. And this year, the regime canceled the law creating the Nicaraguan Red Cross, “ in retaliation “, writing La Prensa“ to his refusal to participate in the repression against the 2018 demonstrations “.
Today, writes the daily, “ there is no longer an international organization that documents the conditions in which the Orteguist regime maintains political prisoners “.
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In Paraguay, the state regains control of the Tacambu prison
In Peru, a major operation took place this Monday to recover the Tacambu prison, neutralize the gang that controlled it and take its leader to another prison. “ Pena government expels untouchable king of Tacumbu », headline on the front page The Nation, above the photo of the head of the Rotela clan, Armando Javier Rotela, between two police officers in assault gear – a photo taken up by all the daily newspapers. “ Rotela and his inner circle will go to high security prisons “, precise Ultima Hora.
The operation left 12 dead, a police officer and eleven detainees, according to the police. 700 prisoners were transferred to other establishments, one of the stages of the plan intended to regain control of the prison, writes The Nation who welcomes an operation “ risky and very necessary » in which more than 2,000 police and military personnel took part. The newspapers reproduce numerous photos of detainees, shirtless, sitting or lying down, like the one we saw during the mass arrests in El Salvador.
Ultima Hora notes that even in the Paraguayan opposition, this operation Veneratio was approved, “ that we have been waiting for for years “, underlined a liberal senator. A criminologist interviewed by the daily nevertheless considers “ difficult to say that the operation really affects the Clan Rotela “, Who ” does not concentrate all its leadership in the person of Armando Javier Rotela “. He also emphasizes that “ the 7 000 people linked to this group are scattered throughout the penitentiaries “.
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