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Nicaraguan authorities expel family of former Miss Nicaragua director to Mexico

In a move criticized by opposition forces, the government of Daniel Ortega released and expelled the husband and son of former Miss Nicaragua director, Karen Celebertti, to Mexico on Sunday. They had been detained for almost two months on charges of conspiracy, according to press reports and Nicaraguan exiles.

Opposition leader Juan Sebastián Chamorro reported on social media, “At this moment, Martín and Bernardo Argüello are flying to reunite with Karen Celebertti.” Arturo McFields, Nicaragua’s former ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), now in exile in the United States, confirmed their exile to Mexico.

Nicaragua’s government has not commented on the information, also reported by Nicaraguan media outlets such as La Prensa, El Confidencia, and 100%Noticias, operating from Costa Rica.

Celebertti, former owner of the Miss Universe franchise in Nicaragua, left the country for the world beauty pageant in El Salvador, won by Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios on November 18. After the coronation, while returning to Nicaragua, authorities denied Celebertti entry, resulting in the detention of her husband and son in Managua.

Nicaraguan police accused Celebertti’s family of actively participating in “terrorist actions of the failed coup attempt” related to the 2018 protests against Ortega, which left around 300 dead according to the UN.

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Carlos Chamorro, a Nicaraguan journalist in exile, commented, “Without evidence, they accused them of ‘anti-patriotic conspiracy’.” After Palacios’s Miss Universe victory, Vice President Rosario Murillo claimed opposition manipulation, emphasizing Palacios’s involvement in the 2018 protests.

Miss Universe Organization urged Nicaragua on November 25 to ensure the safety of local pageant affiliates.

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Seven bodies found with signs of torture in Sinaloa

Mexican authorities discovered seven lifeless bodies on Wednesday, showing clear signs of torture, in the rural area of Culiacán, Sinaloa, just one day after the same number of bodies was found in several municipalities in the western state of Mexico.

Six of these seven victims were found along the side of the highway that connects Culiacán to Mazatlán, near Laguna de Canachi, according to local media reports, which also noted that messages addressed to a criminal group were found near the bodies.

This brings the total number of violent deaths in the region to seven within just 24 hours. On Tuesday, authorities reported more victims found in the municipalities of Culiacán, Elota, and Mazatlán.

Among the victims identified was a local cattle rancher named Ramón Velázquez Ontiveros, as well as a police officer from Mazatlán, who was killed by a motorcyclist outside his home in San Marcos.

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Málaga paralyzed by new storm as torrential rains hit Spain

Thousands of people were evacuated and trains were suspended as torrential rains once again struck Spain on Wednesday, following the devastating floods that killed at least 223 people two weeks ago, most of them in the Valencia region.

The national meteorological agency (Aemet) issued a maximum, red-level alert for the Andalusian province of Málaga in the south, and for Tarragona in the northeast, due to the new DANA (isolated depression at high levels), also known as a cold drop.

The city of Málaga appeared to be the hardest hit by the rains, with more than 3,000 people evacuated from 1,000 homes near rivers, flooded streets, and the suspension of urban transport and train services to Madrid.

“Today Málaga is paralyzed,” said Andalusia’s regional president, Juan Manuel Moreno, to reporters. “I know it is a problem for citizens not being able to take their children to school or go to work, but after what we saw in Valencia, we need to ‘prevent’ and minimize the impact in terms of loss of life,” he added.

The storm also led to the postponement of a match between Spain and Poland in the Billie Jean King Cup women’s tennis competition, which was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in Málaga.

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Hezbollah launches explosive drone strike on Israel’s defense headquarters

The Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah claimed on Wednesday that it launched an attack with explosive drones against the Israeli army’s headquarters in Tel Aviv.

The Iran-backed organization reported in a statement that it had carried out “an aerial attack with a squadron of explosive drones” targeting the site that houses Israel’s main defense institutions.

Hezbollah later stated that it also fired a barrage of rockets at the Glilot military intelligence base in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.

The Israeli military indicated that “sirens sounded in several areas of northern and central Israel following the launch of projectiles from Lebanon.”

It later clarified that “five projectiles were identified over the territory, and some were intercepted.”

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