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Run-over in Munich: There are already 28 injured and authorities suspect that it is an attack

The German authorities are considering the hypothesis that the run over of a group of people participating in a union demonstration in the center of the city of Munich was “an attack”, while the number of injured amounts to at least 28 and the Bavarian capital is preparing to start this Friday a high-level security conference between the United States and several countries of the European Union.

A police representative indicated in an appearance at the scene that the arrested driver was a 24-year-old Afghan citizen, while the Bavarian Prime Minister, Markus Söder, told the media that “presumably it is an attack.”

As the police spokesman explained, the vehicle approached the demonstration in the queue, overtook the police cars that escorted it and rammed against the end of the march.

The driver was then arrested, after the agents shot at his car, a Mini Cooper model vehicle, so at this time there is no longer any danger for the population.

The suspect is a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who had a police record related to narcotics and theft, authorities said, who did not specify whether he had been injured during the arrest.

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The Bavarian Prime Minister said that first we have to investigate the details and examine the event, but the ‘modus operandi’ is similar to that of other deliberate attacks, so it is presumably an “attack”.

Söder said that it was “painful” that only last month in Aschaffenburg, also in Bavaria, there was another attack in which an Afghan citizen killed a child and an adult with a knife.

“That’s enough,” the Bavarian Prime Minister said.

The investigations have been assumed by the Central for the Fight against Extremism and Terrorism of the Munich Attorney General’s Office.

“It’s a black day for Munich,” said the mayor of the Bavarian capital, Dieter Reiter, who was affected by the fact that among the demonstrators were his colleagues from the municipal administration.

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For his part, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said that the perpetrator of the abuse must be punished with all the harshness of the law and subsequently leave the country.

The abuse is the second massive one that occurs in Germany in two months, after it cost the lives of six people in a Christmas market in Magdeburg on December 20.

The Munich Security Conference begins tomorrow in the Bavarian capital, where heads of state and government from around the world will meet and in ten days legislative elections will be held that have already been marked by the issues of migration and the rise of the far right.

On the margins of this conference, considered one of the most important in the world, Zelensky is expected to sign a draft economic agreement as part of the peace negotiations, with representatives of Washington.

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Maduro urges UN to intervene for venezuelan migrants detained in El Salvador

Nicolás Maduro, who was sworn in for a third term in January following his controversial re-election, urged United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk to intervene on behalf of Venezuelan migrants detained in El Salvador after being deported from the United States.

During a broadcast on the state-run Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), Maduro claimed these Venezuelans were “kidnapped”, forcibly disappeared, and held in “concentration camps.”

He also criticized U.S. President Donald Trump and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele for failing to release the list of migrants deported on March 16, who were allegedly accused of belonging to the transnational gang Tren de Aragua, which originated in a Venezuelan prison.

“Reports say there are 238 Venezuelans kidnapped in prisons, in concentration camps, in El Salvador. A week after they were taken and thrown into these camps, neither the U.S. government nor Nayib Bukele have published the list of those they have kidnapped in El Salvador,” Maduro stated, calling it a “forced disappearance.”

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Canada updates U.S. travel advisory amid immigration policy changes

In a coordinated action with several European allies, Canada has updated its travel advisory for citizens visiting the United States, citing changes in immigration policies and law enforcement under President Donald Trump’s administration.

Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Finland have issued similar warnings, highlighting stricter border screenings, tighter visa restrictions, and new federal guidelines that particularly affect transgender and non-binary travelers.

These advisories reflect growing diplomatic concerns over how the recent U.S. policy shifts are impacting foreign visitors, especially tourists and long-term travelers. Additionally, this marks a rare instance in which multiple NATO allies publicly warn their citizens about travel to the United States.

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to meet with Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on friday

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum next Friday.

According to statements made to Fox News, the Trump administration official will travel this week to El Salvador, Colombia, and Mexico.

On Wednesday, Noem is scheduled to meet with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, with whom she will tour the mega-prison built to detain gang members in the country.

On Thursday, she will visit Colombia, where she will hold talks with President Gustavo Petro and top law enforcement officials.

On Friday, Noem will be in Mexico, where she is expected to meet with President Claudia Sheinbaum and Foreign Affairs Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente.