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1,500 migrants set off from southern Mexico seeking work and refuge in the U.S.

About 1,500 migrants began the year by walking in a group from southern Mexico with the intention of heading north before Donald Trump assumes the presidency of the United States. This comes despite the fact that recent caravans were disbanded without leaving the state of Chiapas, the border region with Guatemala.

The migrants, mostly Venezuelans but also from countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, and Ecuador, departed early Thursday from Tapachula, considered the capital of Mexico’s southern border.

For many, getting closer to the U.S. border remains the goal. Others, in light of Trump’s threats of mass deportations and border closures, hope to reach areas where they can find work, given the scarce employment opportunities in Tapachula, where violence tied to organized crime has surged.

Venezuelan migrant Giscarlis Colmenares had spent nearly three months trying to get an appointment on the CBPOne platform to enter the U.S. legally and apply for asylum. After failing, she decided to join the caravan, with the primary goal of finding employment.

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Six killed, including baby, in armed attack near tourist beach in Ecuador

Six people, including a baby girl about two years old, were killed on Sunday in an armed attack near a tourist beach in southwestern Ecuador, police said. The shooting, carried out with rifles, also left three people wounded.

The incident took place in the coastal town of Puerto López, in the province of Manabí, a popular tourist destination known for whale watching. The attack occurred amid a surge of violence over the weekend that left at least nine people dead nationwide, according to local media reports.

“There are six fatalities and three injured,” Colonel William Acurio, the local police commander, told reporters on Sunday. He confirmed that one of the victims was a baby “approximately two years old.”

Authorities have not released further details about the motive behind the attack or whether arrests have been made.

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Man accused of killing nine in Paramaribo dies by suicide in police custody

The man who killed nine people, including five children, on Saturday night in Paramaribo died by suicide while in custody, Suriname police confirmed in a statement on Monday.

The suspect, identified by the initials D.A., 43, “hanged himself inside a holding cell at the Keizerstraat police station” in the capital, Paramaribo, according to the official report.

Police said the man sustained leg injuries during his arrest and was taken to a hospital before being transferred to the detention facility on Sunday night. Authorities did not provide further details on the circumstances surrounding his death.

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Winter storm disrupts holiday travel, forcing 1,500 flight cancellations in the U.S.

Airlines canceled around 1,500 flights across the United States during the peak Christmas travel season after warnings of a severe winter storm and forecasts of heavy snowfall in the Midwest and Northeast. An additional 5,900 flights were delayed due to adverse weather conditions.

More than 40 million Americans were under snowstorm warnings or weather advisories one day after Christmas. Meanwhile, another 30 million people faced flood or storm alerts in California, where an atmospheric river triggered intense rainfall.

New York City was bracing for up to 25 centimeters (10 inches) of snow overnight, which would mark its heaviest snowfall in four years. Cold weather was expected to persist through the weekend in the nation’s largest city. According to flight-tracking website FlightAware, airports in the New York area recorded about 850 flight cancellations.

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