International
Biden says that Trump was the victim of an “attemnation of assassination” and they will be extremely safe
US President Joe Biden defined the shooting attack against his Republican rival Donald Trump on Sunday as an “attemnation at assassination” and promised “high” security for the candidate and the Republican convention that begins this Monday.
In statements from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Biden asked Americans not to speculate about the motivations of the alleged attacker, who was shot down on a roof near the campaign act in which Trump suffered a slight injury from one of the bullets that tore his right ear.
“The investigation is in the initial stages. We don’t have any information about the shooter’s motives. We know who it is. I urge everyone, please, not to speculate about the reasons and affiliations,” said the president, who promised all the necessary resources for the investigation.
“The first thing I want to do is that Trump, as former president and nominee of the Republican Party, already receives a high level of security,” Biden said.
Trump is not yet officially the candidate for the presidency of the Republican Party, which usually causes the Secret Service to increase security, although Trump as former president already had the right to protection from that executive protection body.
Biden announced that he has asked the director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, to review “all the security measures for the Republican National Convention,” which begins tomorrow in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) and will last until Thursday.
As a third measure, the president has requested an independent review of the events that occurred on Saturday at the rally in Butler (Pennsylvania).
Biden said that he will speak to the nation in more detail tonight from the Oval Office. The already tumultuous electoral campaign has just reached an unprecedented level of tension with this assassination attempt.
Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20 years old and from a neighboring town, fired several shots at Trump with an AR-15 rifle from a nearby roof outside the perimeter of Saturday’s event, which was attended by thousands of people.
In addition to insuring Trump, evacuated by a group of Secret Service agents, the attacker killed an assistant, who today Biden recalled that he died protecting his family, and seriously injured two others.
The attacker was killed by Secret Service snipers, but television analysts criticize that that vulnerable point in a nearby building was not considered to prevent anyone from accessing a point with a clean shot towards the stage
International
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.”
Central America
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.
International
Arsenal stun Real Madrid at the Bernabéu to reach Champions League semifinals
Arsenal enjoyed a “historic night” on Wednesday after defeating Real Madrid 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu, knocking them out of the Champions League quarterfinals, midfielder Declan Rice said.
“It’s such a special night for this club, a historic night for this club,” said Rice, who scored twice in the first leg in London, speaking to TNT Sports.
The English international was named Man of the Match in both legs — the 3-0 win in London and the second leg in Madrid.
“It’s amazing. I knew we were on an upward trajectory and we’ve done incredibly well in this competition. We deserve it and we have full confidence in our coach. Reaching the semifinals is unbelievable,” Rice added.
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