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The US approved a shipment of bombs to Israel before the attack on WCK co-operants

The United States approved a new shipment of weapons to Israel, which includes more than 2,000 small and medium-diameter bombs, before the Israeli attack that on April 1 killed seven volunteers from the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK), by Spanish chef José Andrés, a senior American official confirmed to EFE.

The authorization came despite the pressure on the White House to stop these transfers in the face of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.

According to The Washington Post, which was the first to report the news, the new transfer of bombs was approved on Monday, but before the Israeli attack on the WCK convoy.

The White House receives criticism for its continued military support for Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government for its offensive in Gaza, in particular by human rights organizations, the Arab and Muslim community in the United States and some legislators and government workers.

The aforementioned US official explained that the new bombs correspond to a military package previously authorized by Congress and will not be delivered to Israel until the end of this year or next.

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In a preliminary report on the event of WCK, the Israeli Army concluded that the attack did not have the “intention of harming humanitarian workers” and was due to an “erroneous identification.”

José Andrés’ organization denounced that the three vehicles of the convoy were deliberately attacked in a range of more than a kilometer until all their members were eliminated.

Biden hardened the tone on Thursday in a call with Netanyahu in which for the first time he conditioned future US support for the offensive on Gaza to specific steps by Israel to protect civilians and humanitarian workers.

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ACLU seeks emergency court order to stop venezuelan deportations under Wartime Law

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Friday asked two federal judges to block the U.S. government under President Donald Trump from deporting any Venezuelan nationals detained in North Texas under a rarely used 18th-century wartime law, arguing that immigration officials appear to be moving forward with deportations despite Supreme Court-imposed limitations.

The ACLU has already filed lawsuits to stop the deportation of two Venezuelan men held at the Bluebonnet Detention Center, challenging the application of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The organization is now seeking a broader court order that would prevent the deportation of any immigrant in the region under that law.

In an emergency filing early Friday, the ACLU warned that immigration authorities were accusing other Venezuelan detainees of being members of the Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal gang. These accusations, the ACLU argues, are being used to justify deportations under the wartime statute.

The Alien Enemies Act has only been invoked three times in U.S. history — most notably during World War II to detain Japanese-American civilians in internment camps. The Trump administration has claimed the law allows them to swiftly remove individuals identified as gang members, regardless of their immigration status.

The ACLU, together with Democracy Forward, filed legal actions aiming to suspend all deportations carried out under the law. Although the U.S. Supreme Court recently allowed deportations to resume, it unanimously ruled that they could only proceed if detainees are given a chance to present their cases in court and are granted “a reasonable amount of time” to challenge their pending removal.

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Dominican ‘False Hero’ Arrested for Faking Role in Nightclub Collapse That Killed 231

A man identified as Rafael Rosario Mota falsely claimed to have rescued 12 people from the collapse of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo—a tragedy that left 231 people dead—but he was never at the scene.

Intelligence agents in the Dominican Republic arrested the 32-year-old man for pretending to be a hero who saved lives during the catastrophic incident, authorities announced.

Rosario Mota had been charging for media interviews in which he falsely claimed to have pulled survivors from the rubble after the nightclub’s roof collapsed in the early hours of April 8, during a concert by merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who was among those killed.

“He was never at the scene of the tragedy,” the police stated. The arrest took place just after he finished another interview on a digital platform, where he repeated his fabricated story in exchange for money as part of a “media tour” filled with manipulated information and invented testimonies.

“False hero!” read a message shared on the police force’s Instagram account alongside a short video of the suspect, in which he apologized: “I did it because I was paid. I ask forgiveness from the public and the authorities.”

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Nicaraguan Exiles to Mark 7th Anniversary of 2018 Protests with Global Commemorations

The Nicaraguan opposition in exile announced on Thursday that it will commemorate the seventh anniversary of the April 2018 protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, with events in Costa Rica, the United States, and several European countries.

The commemorative activities—which will call for justice for the victims, as well as freedom and democracy for Nicaragua—will include religious services, public forums, cultural fairs, and other public gatherings, according to official announcements.

In April 2018, thousands of Nicaraguans took to the streets to protest controversial reforms to the social security system. The government’s violent response quickly turned the demonstrations into a broader call for the resignation of President Ortega, who is now 79 and has been in power since 2007.

The protests resulted in at least 355 deaths, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), although Nicaraguan organizations claim the toll is as high as 684. Ortega has acknowledged “more than 300” deaths and maintains the unrest was an attempted coup d’état.

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