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López Obrador promises not to act against the person who threw a bottle of water at him

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, promised on Monday not to act against the person who threw him a bottle of water and whom he dodged during a demonstration against judicial reform while he visited Veracruz, state of the Gulf of Mexico, on Sunday.

“Another thing that bothers them a lot is that there is no repression, for example, the one who threw the bottle yesterday, he can be calm, nothing happens, it doesn’t happen to the elderly and I also ask that we act with great respect,” said the president in his morning conference.

The ruler of Mexico referred to the incident on Sunday, when a person threw the plastic bottle at him while he inaugurated the Benito Juárez House Museum in the Port of Veracruz in the middle of a clash between workers of the Judiciary and supporters of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).

Judicial employees, who have been unemployed since August 21 for opposing the reform of the Judiciary promulgated on September 15 to elect judges and the Supreme Court by popular vote, shouted “dictator, dictator!” To the president.

Both the demonstrators and the defenders of Morena threw plastic bottles and eggs at each other, so it is not yet clear who is responsible for throwing the object that almost hit López Obrador and the governor of Veracruz, Cuitláhuac García.

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“It doesn’t go beyond that, yesterday they threw a bottle of water at me, and I started playing baseball, it was ‘fielder’, imagine if I don’t know (dodge), if I could even have grabbed it, but it didn’t happen to adults,” the president now commented.

López Obrador asked officials to “act very prudently and not fall into any provocation” in the face of the demonstrations, which could be sharpened before the inauguration ceremony of the elected president, Claudia Sheinbaum, on October 1.

“There they are, these days more, provoking both the extremes of conservatism and the supposed radical left, but no, no, no. We have to end without massacres, without disappearing anyone, without torture, without persecuting any journalist, without censorship,” he said.

The National Association of Circuit Magistrates and District Judges (Jufed) is against the reform, which from 2025 will establish popular elections of all judges and the Supreme Court, because they argue that it would affect the judicial career and allow the intrusion of the Executive and interest groups.

“I understand that they are angry, they are upset, for this very reason they would like nothing to change, conservatism comes precisely from preserving, from maintaining the status quo, but that is no longer possible, so there they are going to pass the anger,” opined López Obrador.

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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.