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The United States accuses a man linked to the Iranian government of plotting a plan to kill Trump

The United States Department of Justice accused on Friday a man linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard of plotting a plan to assassinate the then Republican candidate Donald Trump before the elections.
In a statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland explained that the Iranian regime commissioned the accused to “direct a network of criminal partners to promote Iran’s assassination plots against its targets, including President-elect Donald Trump.”
The accused of the plan against Trump
The main defendant is Farhad Shakeri, 51, described in the lawsuit as an Afghan resident in Tehran who spent a decade in prison in New York, where he met his partners, before being deported – he is now supposed to be in Iran – and who is an “active” member of the Revolutionary Guard.
The Department of Justice assures that Shakeri voluntarily participated in a telephone conversation with the FBI, to whom he assured that on October 7 he was commissioned to prepare a plan to kill Donald Trump the following week, but that he never thought of preparing that plan “within the time frame proposed by the Revolutionary Guard,” without that contradiction being very clear.
Iranian link
If Shakeri did not have that plan ready at the time, as he assured that was his case, the Iranian militia would pause its mission until after the elections because they believed that Trump would lose them and that “later it would be easier” to kill him, he adds.
The accusation comes after the Trump campaign said in September that US intelligence officials had warned the then candidate “about real and specific threats from Iran with the aim of assassinating him.”
FBI director Christopher Wray said in the note that the lawsuit “exposes Iran’s flagrant attempts against US citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump, other government leaders and dissidents who criticize the Iranian regime.”
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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.
“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.
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