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Ayotzinapa activists launch explosives at the Ministry of the Interior in Mexico City

Dozens of demonstrators who call for justice for the disappearance of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa, which occurred in September 2014 and who in a few days will be 10 years old, threw explosives at the Ministry of the Interior (Segob) in Mexico City.

The young people, who wore their faces covered, launched these projectiles after a rally of the relatives of the missing students on September 26, 2014 in Iguala, Guerrero, a southern state of the country, where they are still waiting for justice for these events.

With this begins the week of protests in Mexico City, within which a mega-march is also expected on Thursday in protest against the Government’s lack of response, after a decade without the appearance of young people and without any important character being indicted for the acts.

In the protest, the nonconformists also broke glass and made pints in the Segob building, where the parents held posters with the faces of the young people to denounce that, after 10 years, the case is still unresolved.

Demonstrators are expected to raise their protests these days in the face of the tenth anniversary of the disappearance, on September 26, which coincides with the last days of the Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whom they accuse of not resolving the case for covering up the Army.

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The controversy is sharpened because López Obrador contradicted the Truth Commission created by his own Government, which concluded in 2022 that the disappearance of the 43 was a “state crime” with the participation of authorities at all levels, including the Armed Forces.

Parents and social organizations have announced protests that would extend until the eve of October 1, when the elected president, Claudia Sheinbaum, from the same party as López Obrador, takes over, and who has promised to continue the investigations.

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Marco Rubio warns Venezuela against military action against Guyana

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Venezuela on Thursday that a military attack on Guyana would be “a big mistake” and “a very bad day for them,” expressing his support for Georgetown in its territorial dispute with Caracas.

“It would be a very bad day for the Venezuelan regime if they attacked Guyana or ExxonMobil. It would be a very bad day, a very bad week for them, and it would not end well,” Rubio emphasized during a press conference in Georgetown alongside Guyanese President Irfaan Ali.

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Ecuador oil spill worsens as containment dam collapses

The collapse of a containment dam holding back part of the 25,000+ barrels of oil spilled from a pipeline rupture nearly two weeks ago has worsened the environmental crisis in northwestern Ecuador, contaminating rivers and Pacific beaches.

The Ecuadorian government attributed the March 13 pipeline rupture—which led to the spill of 25,116 barrels of crude—to an act of sabotage. The spill affected three rivers and disrupted water supplies for several communities, according to authorities.

On Tuesday, due to heavy rains that have been falling since January, a containment dam on the Caple River collapsed. The Caple connects to other waterways in Esmeraldas Province, a coastal region bordering Colombia, state-owned Petroecuador said in a statement on Wednesday.

Seven containment barriers were installed in the Viche River, where crews worked to remove oil-contaminated debris. Additional absorbent materials were deployed in Caple, Viche, and Esmeraldas Rivers, which flow into the Pacific Ocean.

Authorities are also working to protect a wildlife refuge home to more than 250 species, including otters, howler monkeys, armadillos, frigatebirds, and pelicans.

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“This has been a total disaster,” said Ronald Ruiz, a leader in the Cube community, where the dam was located. He explained that the harsh winter rains caused river levels to rise, bringing debris that broke the containment barriersthat were holding the accumulated oil for extraction.

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Federal court blocks Trump’s use of Enemy Alien Act for deportations

A federal appeals court upheld the block on former President Donald Trump’s use of the Enemy Alien Act on Wednesday, preventing him from using the law to expedite deportations of alleged members of the transnational criminal group Tren de Aragua.

With a 2-1 ruling, a panel from the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed previous decisions by two lower court judges, maintaining the legal standoff between the White House and the judiciary.

On March 14, Trump invoked the 1798 Enemy Alien Act, a law traditionally used during wartime, to deport hundreds of Venezuelans whom he accused of belonging to Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that originated in Venezuelan prisons.

The centuries-old law grants the president the power to detain, restrict, and expel foreign nationals from a country engaged in a “declared war” or an “invasion or predatory incursion” against the United States, following a public proclamation.