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Noticias Telemundo Presents ‘Muriendo Por Cruzar’ This Sunday August 3 at 6PM – TVbytheNumbers
Noticias Telemundo Presents ‘Muriendo Por Cruzar’ This Sunday August 3 at 6PM – TVbytheNumbers

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NOTICIAS  TELEMUNDO  PRESENTS:

“MURIENDO POR CRUZAR,” AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT DEATHS ALONG THE BORDER, THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 AT 6 P.M./5 C

Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval present the Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production

Miami – July 31, 2014 – Telemundo presents “Muriendo por Cruzar”, a documentary that investigates why increasing numbers of immigrants are dying while trying to cross the US-Mexican border near the city of Falfurrias, Texas, this Sunday, August 3 at 6PM/5 C.  The Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production, presented by Noticias Telemundo journalists Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval, reveals the obstacles immigrants face once they cross into US territory, including extreme weather conditions, as they try to evade the border patrol.  “Muriendo por Cruzar” is part of Noticias Telemundo’s special coverage of the crisis on the border and immigration reform.

 

“‘Muriendo por Cruzar’” dares to ask questions that reveal the actual conditions undocumented immigrants face as they try to start a new life in the United States,” said Alina Falcón, Telemundo’s Executive Vice President for News and Alternative Programming.  “Our collaboration with The Weather Channel was very productive. They have a unique expertise in covering the impact of weather on people’s lives, as we do in covering immigration reform and the border crisis. The result is a compelling documentary that exposes a harrowing reality.”

“Muriendo por Cruzar” is the first co-production by Telemundo and The Weather Channel.  Both networks are part of NBCUniversal.

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Manchin delivers potential fatal blow to Biden’s $1.75 trillion spending bill – Reuters
Manchin delivers potential fatal blow to Biden’s $1.75 trillion spending bill – Reuters

WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is key to President Joe Biden’s hopes of passing a $1.75 trillion domestic investment bill, said on Sunday he would not support the package, drawing a sharp rebuke from the White House.

Manchin appeared to deal a fatal blow to Biden’s signature domestic policy bill, known as Build Back Better, which aims to expand the social safety net and tackle climate change.

“I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation,” Manchin said in an interview with the “Fox News Sunday” program, citing concerns about inflation. “I just can’t. I have tried everything humanly possible.”

He then released a statement accusing his party of pushing for an increase in the debt load that would “drastically hinder” the ability of the country to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and geopolitical threats.

“My Democratic colleagues in Washington are determined to dramatically reshape our society in a way that leaves our country even more vulnerable to the threats we face,” Manchin said.

The White House responded angrily, accusing him of breaking his promise to find common ground and get the bill passed.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Manchin’s comments “represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position.” Biden’s administration would find a way to move forward with the legislation in 2022, she said.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said late on Sunday that lawmakers should “stay at the table to pass the Build Back Better Act.” She acknowledged that “we may not have a law by the end of the year.”

“While it is disappointing that we may not have a law by the end of the year, we are hopeful that we will soon reach agreement so that this vital legislation can pass as soon as possible next year,” Pelosi said.

Many Democrats feel the bill is essential to the party’s chances of maintaining control of Congress in next year’s elections.

The White House had hoped to keep negotiations cordial and private to avoid alienating Manchin, who represents West Virginia, a state that Biden lost to former President Donald Trump by almost 40 percentage points in the 2020 election.

But many top Biden allies believe Manchin is damaging the Democratic president’s political future, and Psaki’s public rebuke of the senator suggested a new phase in Biden’s push for legislation he regards as essential to his legacy.

Manchin’s comments also drew outrage from liberal Democrats.

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

“Let’s be clear: Manchin’s excuse is bullshit,” U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, said on Twitter.

Senator Bernie Sanders, who helped shape the bill, called for a vote to be held on the package of measures anyway.

The bill would raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations to pay for a host of programs to thwart climate change, boost healthcare subsidies and provide free childcare.

Biden has argued that lowering such costs is critical at a time of rising inflation and as the economy recovers from the fallout of the coronavirus. Republicans say the proposed legislation would increase the federal deficit, fuel inflation and hurt the economy.

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Manchin’s support is crucial in a chamber where the Democrats have the slimmest margin of control and Republicans are united in their opposition to the bill.

Even if Manchin were somehow convinced to back the bill, the White House would still have to win over Senator Kyrsten Sinema, another moderate Democrat who has not committed to supporting it.

Though talks with Manchin had been going poorly, Biden’s aides had expressed confidence in recent days that they would eventually secure a deal.

Sanders, a democratic socialist who is aligned with Democrats in the Senate, told CNN he thought there should still be a vote on the legislation, despite Manchin’s opposition.

“If he doesn’t have the courage to do the right thing for the working families of West Virginia and America, let him vote no in front of the whole world,” Sanders said.

Biden last month signed into law a $1 trillion infrastructure bill designed to create jobs by dispersing money to state and local governments to fix crumbling bridges and roads and by expanding broadband internet access.

Liberal Democrats in Congress had pushed for the coupling of the Build Back Better legislation with the infrastructure bill in the hope of ensuring the passage of the former.

Pelosi, a Democrat, led an effort in September to decouple the two bills.

“This is exactly what we warned would happen if we separated Build Back Better from infrastructure,” Omar said on Twitter.

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Largest teachers union says critical race theory is ‘reasonable and appropriate’ for kids – Fox News
Largest teachers union says critical race theory is ‘reasonable and appropriate’ for kids – Fox News
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The country’s largest teachers union has moved to undermine the left-wing talking point that critical race theory is not taught to children — by voting promote it and arguing it is “reasonable and appropriate” to use CRT in social studies classes.

The National Education Association has approved a plan to “publicize” critical race theory and dedicate a “team of staffers” to assist union members looking to “fight back against anti-CRT rhetoric.”

New Business Item 39 also declares that the union opposes bans on critical race theory and the New York Times’ controversial 1619 Project – which roughly half the U.S. states have already implemented.

Parents protest critical race theory at a recent school board meeting in Loudoun County, Virginia.

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Additionally, the resolution calls for the union to “join with Black Lives Matter at School and the Zinn Education Project to call for a rally this year on Oct. 14 — George Floyd’s birthday — as a national day of action to teach lessons about structural racism and oppression.”

The third paragraph pledges to accomplish the following:

“Publicly (through existing media) convey its support for the accurate and honest teaching of social studies topics, including truthful and age-appropriate accountings of unpleasant aspects of American history, such as slavery, and the oppression and discrimination of Indigenous, Black, Brown, and other peoples of color, as well as the continued impact this history has on our current society. The Association will further convey that in teaching these topics, it is reasonable and appropriate for curriculum to be informed by academic frameworks for understanding and interpreting the impact of the past on current society, including critical race theory.”

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However despite the approval, a note on the union’s website reads, “This item cannot be accomplished with current staff and resources under the proposed Modified 2021-2022 Strategic Plan and Budget. It would cost an additional $127,600.”

The move comes as districts around the country and liberal pundits have attempted to fend off anti-CRT parents by telling them the curriculum is too complex for K-12 students and is only taught to students graduate-level courses.

That claim is made despite evidence that critical race theory seminars are being offered to teachers and administrators and examples of CRT-themed topics being introduced in some classrooms.

Conservative lawmakers have already secured bans on CRT in roughly two-dozen states, with Iowa going as far as to declare it “discriminatory indoctrination.” And the topic on its own has prompted impassioned public comments at school board meetings around the country.

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Critics say it’s a racist philosophy in and of itself that encourages stereotyping and labeling while highlighting divisiveness and anti-American rhetoric rather than unity and the virtues of the founding documents.

The NEA represents more than 2 million members – well over half of the 3.2 million public school teachers the U.S. Department of Education estimated were working in the country last year.

The union did not immediately respond to a Fox News request for comment.

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Fox News Hosts Sent Texts to Meadows Urging Trump to Act as Jan. 6 Attack Unfolded – The New York Times
Fox News Hosts Sent Texts to Meadows Urging Trump to Act as Jan. 6 Attack Unfolded – The New York Times

Mr. Kilmeade echoed that concern, texting Mr. Meadows: “Please, get him on TV. Destroying everything you have accomplished.”

Sean Hannity texted: “Can he make a statement? Ask people to leave the Capitol.”

Ms. Ingraham’s text came in contrast with what she said on her Fox News program in the hours after the attack, when she promoted the false theory that members of antifa were involved.

“From a chaotic Washington tonight, earlier today the Capitol was under siege by people who can only be described as antithetical to the MAGA movement,” Ms. Ingraham said on the Jan. 6 episode. “Now, they were likely not all Trump supporters, and there are some reports that antifa sympathizers may have been sprinkled throughout the crowd.”

Ms. Ingraham went on to cite “legitimate concerns about how these elections were conducted,” while adding that any dissatisfaction with the vote should not have resulted in violence.

Mr. Hannity, a onetime informal adviser to Mr. Trump, condemned the attack, saying at the top of his Jan. 6 show, “Today’s perpetrators must be arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.” He also said that the nation must do more to protect law enforcement and political representatives.

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/business/media/fox-news-trump-jan-6-meadows.html

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Chinese Rocket Falling Tracker As Out of Control Long March 5B Crashes Back to Earth – Newsweek
Chinese Rocket Falling Tracker As Out of Control Long March 5B Crashes Back to Earth – Newsweek

A large Chinese rocket thought to be out of control is expected to crash back to Earth at some point on Saturday, but nobody knows where exactly.

The Long March 5B was launched from China’s Hainan island on 29 April and was the first of 11 missions needed to complete a permanent Chinese space station. The rocket carried with it the Tianhe module, which contained what will become the living quarters for three astronauts occupying the station once it’s completed.

China’s space agency did not confirm whether the rocket was out of control or whether its descent will be controlled.

However, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday that the upper stage of the rocket was expected to burn up once it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere. The Global Times, a Chinese tabloid published by the country’s Communist Party’s flagship People’s Daily newspaper, dismissed reports of an out-of-control descent as “western hype”, adding the situation was not concerning.

In a statement released earlier this week, Defense Department spokesman Mike Howard said the U.S. Space Command was tracking the trajectory of the rocket, which is approximately 100 feet tall and weighs 22 tons.

Howard added that while the rocket was expected to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere “around May 8”, the “exact entry point into the Earth’s atmosphere” will not be known until just hours before the rocket re-enters the atmosphere.

The Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, meanwhile, added that Beijing will release information about the rocket’s re-entry in a “timely manner”.

The rocket’s blistering speed—it is estimated to be traveling at around 18,000 miles per hour—makes predicting the area it will plunge back to Earth an incredibly difficult exercise. In preparation for the rocket’s re-entry, the European Space Agency has designated a “risk zone” which spans “any portion of the Earth’s surface between about 41.5 N and 41.5 S latitude.”

To put the statement into context, the area includes most of North America south of New York, South America, the entirety of Africa and Australia, a portion of Europe including Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece and parts of Asia just south of Japan.

“The thing is traveling at like 18,000 miles an hour. And so if you’re an hour out at guessing when it comes down, you’re 18,000 miles out in saying where,” Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Astrophysics Center at Harvard University was quoted as saying by CNN earlier this week.

“If you want to bet on where on Earth something’s going to land, you bet on the Pacific, because Pacific is most of the Earth. It’s that simple.”

During a media briefing this week, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin admitted the suggestion of shooting the rocket out of the sky to prevent it from crashing back to Earth uncontrolled was not practical.

“We have the capability to do a lot of things, but we don’t have a plan to shoot it down as we speak,” Austin told reporters on Thursday.

“We’re hopeful that it will land in a place where it won’t harm anyone. Hopefully in the ocean, or someplace like that.”

Aerospace Corp, a federally funded, non-profit organization which supports national security space programs, said it expects the debris to hit the Pacific near the Equator after passing over the U.S.

Aerospace Corp is providing updates about the core status of the rocket via its Twitter feed and on its website, while the U.S. Space Command is publishing daily updates on the rocket expected landing point on its space-track.org.

The good news is that the risk of falling debris causing damage is rather remote, McDowell added.

“The risk that there will be some damage or that it would hit someone is pretty small—not negligible, it could happen—but the risk that it will hit you is incredibly tiny,” he said.

A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket with a Chinese character slogan that reads “Heroic Wuhan, Great China” lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China’s northwest Gansu province carrying two communications satellites on May 12, 2020. – The satellites, one of them named after the city of Wuhan, the city hit by the COVID-19 coronavirus, are the first in a network of 80 satellites for China’s new space-based Internet-of-Things project, dubbed Xingyun.
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Support for impeachment inquiry reaches new high: poll | TheHill – The Hill
Support for impeachment inquiry reaches new high: poll | TheHill – The Hill

Support for the impeachment inquiry into President TrumpDonald John TrumpGraham to introduce resolution condemning House impeachment inquiry Support for impeachment inches up in poll Fox News’s Bret Baier calls Trump’s attacks on media ‘a problem’ MORE has reached a new high, a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found.

Pollsters discovered that 55 percent of respondents approved of the inquiry, while 43 percent opposed it. Last week, 51 percent supported it while 45 percent did not.  

Democrats, at 93 percent, overwhelmingly support the inquiry in the new poll, as do a majority of independents — 58 percent. Almost 9 in 10 Republicans — 88 percent — disapproved. Support jumped 8 points among independents, pollsters noted, adding that more Democrats and Republicans also said in the new survey that they back the inquiry. 

Almost half of all respondents — 48 percent — backed impeachment and removal of Trump, up 2 percentage points from last week. Forty-six percent said they are now against impeaching and removing him.

Support for removing the president was highest among Democrat respondents at 86 percent, compared to 49 percent of independents. Ninety-one percent of Republicans said they are against removing the president from office.

The president’s approval rating also dipped under 40 percent for the first time since the inquiry began, with 38 percent approving of his performance and 58 percent disapproving. Trump’s approval stands the lowest net rating since July 2018, Quinnipiac noted. 

Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiGraham to introduce resolution condemning House impeachment inquiry Democrats say they have game changer on impeachment Hillicon Valley: Zuckerberg would support delaying Libra | More attorneys general join Facebook probe | Defense chief recuses from ‘war cloud’ contract | Senate GOP blocks two election security bills | FTC brings case against ‘stalking’ app developer MORE (D-Calif.) initiated the president’s impeachment inquiry last month after a whistleblower report surfaced detailing a call Trump had with the Ukrainian president, in which he pressured the foreign leader to look into former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenSupport for impeachment inches up in poll Overnight Defense: Trump’s Syria envoy wasn’t consulted on withdrawal | McConnell offers resolution urging Trump to rethink Syria | Diplomat says Ukraine aid was tied to political investigations Democrats say they have game changer on impeachment MORE and his son. No evidence of wrongdoing by the Bidens has surfaced.

The new Quinnipiac University poll surveyed 1,587 people between Oct. 17 and 21 and had a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.

Source Article from https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/467050-support-for-impeachment-inquiry-reaches-new-high-poll

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Estados Unidos ordena la salida de Venezuela de los familiares de su personal en la embajada de Caracas a tres días … – BBC Mundo
Estados Unidos ordena la salida de Venezuela de los familiares de su personal en la embajada de Caracas a tres días … – BBC Mundo

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Ya hay cinco personas muertas durante el paro de 48 horas convocado por la Mesa de la Unidad Nacional.

El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos ordenó este jueves la salida de Venezuela de los familiares de su personal en la embajada de Caracas, tres días antes de que se lleven a cabo las elecciones para elegir a los integrantes de la Constituyente convocada por el presidente Nicolás Maduro.

El gobierno estadounidense también informó que autorizó la salida voluntaria de su personal en la capital de la nación latinoamericana, sacudida por una grave crisis política y social desde inicios de abril.

En una advertencia de viaje, el Departamento de Estado justificó esta decisión por los “disturbios sociales”, los “crímenes violentos” y la falta “generalizada de alimentos y medicinas” en ese país.

“La situación política y de seguridad en Venezuela es impredecible y puede cambiar rápidamente”, justifica el comunicado.

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El Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. ordenó a los familiares de su personal que abandonen la embajada estadounidense en Caracas.

Y agrega que “el crimen violento indiscriminado es endémico en todo el país y puede ocurrir en cualquier lugar y en cualquier momento”.

Esta noticia se conoce un día después de que la Casa Blanca anunciara una nueva ronda de sanciones contra altos funcionarios de Venezuela, en esta ocasión 13 relacionados con la elección a la Asamblea Constituyente, la represión de las protestas de los últimos meses y el manejo de áreas clave de la economía.

El anuncio del Departamento de Estado se produce en medio de los dos días de huelga general convocados por la oposición, en los que han muerto al menos seis personas, y a tres de la realización el próximo domingo de la elección los miembros de la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, que deben redactar una nueva Carta Magna.

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“Le digo al emperador Donald Trump: en Venezuela manda el pueblo de Venezuela”, dijo Maduro en el cierre del acto de campaña en Caracas.

Este jueves el gobierno de Venezuela decretó la prohibición de manifestaciones y protestas de cara a las elecciones del domingo.

El ministro del Interior venezolano, Néstor Reverol, dijo en un mensaje emitido por televisión que que quienes organicen, instiguen y participen en marchas o eventos similares para protestar contra la votación recibirán penas que pueden ir de 5 a 10 años de prisión.

Tras conocerse esta noticia, la oposición, que preparaba para este viernes una protesta en Caracas contra la Constituyente, decidió ahora extenderla a todo el país.

“La dictadura dice que no podemos manifestar a partir de mañana. ¿Entonces? Mañana ya no es la toma de Caracas, ¡sino de toda Venezuela!”, escribió en su cuenta de Twitter el diputado opositor Freddy Guevara.

En la tarde de este jueves el parlamentario opositor Jorge Millán precisó que la llamada “Toma de Venezuela” se iniciará a las 12:30 PM del viernes y se prolongará durante tres días.

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Henrique Capriles Radonski, gobernador del estado Miranda y excandidato presidencial, confirmó el llamado a protestar contra la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente en toda Venezuela.

En tanto, el presidente Nicolás Maduro cerró en Caracas el acto de fin de campaña del chavismo de cara a la Constituyente.

“¿Qué hacemos? ¿A quién obedecemos? ¿Quién manda en Venezuela? Le digo al emperador Donald Trump: en Venezuela manda el pueblo de Venezuela“, aseguró el mandatario en el evento, en el que también hizo un llamado a la oposición a “abandonar el camino de la insurrección” y a sentarse a dialogar en una “mesa de paz”.

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La actual oleada de protestas en Venezuela -en la que han muerto más de 100 personas -se inició el pasado abril cuando el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) emitió dos polémicas sentencias en las que asumía temporalmente todas las competencias correspondientes a la Asamblea Nacional (AN), que está en manos de la oposición y a la que el gobierno considera en desacato.

Aunque días después el TSJ suprimió varias partes de los fallos, las manifestaciones continuaron en todo el territorio nacional.

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Desde que comenzaron las protestas en abril, más de 100 personas perdieron la vida.

La oposición ha llamado a los venezolanos a desconocer la autoridad del presidente, al que considera un dictador.

El gobierno, por su parte, atribuye la grave crisis que vive el país -donde escasean bienes básicos y se registra una inflación de tres cifras- a una “guerra económica” fomentada por la oposición y Estados Unidos.

Además, cataloga a los miembros de la oposición de “terroristas” que tratan de dar un golpe de Estado y fomentar una intervención internacional.

En este contexto, a principios de mayo el presidente Maduro anunció la convocatoria de una Asamblea Constituyente para redactar una nueva Carta Magna que sustituya la de 1999, lo que ha sido calificado por la oposición de “golpe de Estado”.

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The rise of ‘abortion abolitionists’ targeting women, doctors and Donald Trump – NBC News
The rise of ‘abortion abolitionists’ targeting women, doctors and Donald Trump – NBC News
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Police search for missing ‘van-life girl’ Gabby Petito in Wyoming and boyfriend in Florida – Daily Mail
Police search for missing ‘van-life girl’ Gabby Petito in Wyoming and boyfriend in Florida – Daily Mail

North Port Police and the FBI confirmed they are searching for Laundrie (pictured with Petito), who was reportedly last seen by his family Tuesday and was wearing a hiking bag

Rangers and the FBI are actively searching an area on the east side of Grand Teton National Park for missing van-life girl Gabby Petito, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. 

As a result of the search, Spread Creek campground is closed as National Park Rangers and the Teton County Sheriff search the area, and the area will remain closed to the public for the next few days. 

The Spread Creek site is one of the dispersed camp grounds Petito listed as visiting on her page at thedyrt.com, where she reviewed her journey.

In Florida, more than 50 law enforcement officers using bloodhounds, drones and 4×4 vehicles are searching for her boyfriend Brian Laundrie in a vast and swampy Florida woodland reserve, said North Port Police information chief Josh Taylor.

Laundrie often visits the Myakkahatchee Creek Environment Park, which is tied to the 25,000 acre Carlton Reserve, he said.

And that is where he told his parents he was going when he left their house, added Taylor

Officers do not know if Laundrie is armed. 

Park rangers at the Grand Teton National Park, are also actively searching for Petito in the in Wyoming park. 

Speaking at the entrance where Laundrie entered the park, Taylor said: ‘We have five, six different agencies who are out there, 50 plus folks.

‘We have had drones in the air, we have got bloodhounds, K9s, four by four vehicles. It’s very wet, it’s muddy. There are a few unpaved dirt roads. It’s a place that people hike. There are mountain bike trails out here. The Myakkahatchee Creek runs down into the city.’

Asked if he believed there were concerns for Laundrie’s safety, Taylor said: ‘Sure, I think that’s fair to say. There is an enormous amount of pressure I’m sure on him to provide answers on what’s going on here.’

He could not confirm if Gabby’s boyfriend – who has refused to talk to cops about her disappearance – owns a gun.

North Port Police, FBI agents and other agencies are on the hunt for Brian Laundrie at the Myakkahatchee Creek Environment Park, in Flordia’s Carlton Reserve

About 50 law enforcement officials have joined the search for the missing Laundrie

Four vehicles are at the scene to traverse the wooded and swampy area

A search party of about 50 officers have gathered to search the Carlton Reserves for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of the missing ‘van-life girl’ Gabby Petito

A map shows the last known movements of Petito and Laundrie along their cross-country road trip which began July 2

North Port PIO Josh Taylor said officers are focusing on a 200 acre area of the park

Pointing behind him, he added: ‘They started the search in the park area, which is about 200 acres. There is a bridge which crosses over into the Carlton Reserve which is about 25,000 acres. It is believed he entered from here.

‘The initial focus was on the 200 acres here, and then spreading out. The park is closed to the public.’

Asked how long it would take to search the entire 25,000 acres, he replied: ‘You can imagine… a long time.’

Before it become a criminal investigation involving Laundrie ‘we would need official confirmation of a crime,’ he added. 

Officers combed the forest as the search began on Saturday, September 18

The Florida wildlife area covers a heavy forested area and swamplands 

Petito’s stepfather, Jim Schmidt, was out in Wyoming on Wednesday as Grand Teton Park Rangers prepared to look for the missing woman

A Grand Teton Park Ranger told DailyMail.com, ‘there is a group of park rangers that is searching for Gabby Petito in the backcountry of the park.

‘This is the park’s elite search and rescue unit.

‘I believe there may also be a search going on in a remote area of Yellowstone National Park.’ 

Petito, the 22-year-old ‘van-life’ girl, has been missing since the end of August 24.

Authorities believe that Petito’s last known location was in or around the Grand Teton National Park.

The park itself spans more than 310,000 acres and 485 square miles the backcountry consists of several hundred square miles on the west side of the park, it’s a hike- in area only.

Petito’s stepfather, Jim Schmidt, told DailyMail.com, that they are confidant she made it to the area but aren’t sure where she may have ended up camping at.

‘Members of search unit at the park can be air lifted to various remote areas for a search,’ added the ranger. ‘They don’t tell us specifics they sort of do what they do.’

DailyMail.com located an account on thedyrt.com for Gabby and Brian V. that was last updated on July 14, 2021. 

On the list are several dispersed campsites in the Grand Teton/Jackson area which are often free for stays up to 14 days in some place.

DailyMail.com went to several of these campsites which were in remotes areas near the park- off the grid. 

Police began the search at the Grand Teton National Park on Friday

The park covers more than 310,000 acres of land in the Wyoming wilderness

Cellular phone service was spotty and the sheer remoteness of the area, one could easily disappear in without a trace.

In one dispersed campsite Dailymail.com just arrived at minutes after a grizzly was observed at the side of the road digging up an animal it had previously buried.

Grizzly bears aren’t the only predators Petito would face out in the wilderness, there are red foxes, coyotes, bobcats and cougars that roam the park.

Northport Officers and FBI agents are searching throughout the Carlton Reserves

This comes as police and FBI begin searching a Florida wildlife reserve for vanished Brian Laundrie, Petito’s fiancé who is a key witness to her disappearance. 

North Port Police department said ‘The North Point Police Department, FBI and agency partners are currently conducting a search of the vast Carlton Reserves for Brian Laundrie. 

North Port police tweeted a photo of the search parties massing in the park, with at least 30 people present. 

Laundrie’s family says he entered the area earlier this week. 

The T. Mabry Carlton Reserve covers nearly 25,000 acres and is 15 miles from the Laundrie home in North Port. It has 80 miles of equestrian, hiking and biking trails. 

North Port Police communications chief Josh Taylor told Dailymail.com, ‘That reserve covers a massive, swampland. 

Police, FBI and the green-clad local Sarasota Sheriff’s Department deputies were moving around in ATV vehicles as the search for Laundrie intensified today.

One particular area of interest with searchers is the 160-acre Myakkahatchee (correct) Creek Environment Park, which connects to the massive Carlton Reserve, and is filled with hiking trails amid the expanse of swamp and dense woodland.

One Sheriff’s deputy was seen moving along a pathway into thick undergrowth carrying a machete. Officers remained tight lipped about the search when asked.

Other law enforcement were moving around the location on the perimeter of the environment park in the back of pick-up trucks

Laundrie’s family did not tell authorities he was missing for three days.   

Police said the Laundrie family called the FBI Friday night to talk about their son’s disappearance, describing their frustration that this was the first time they had been willing to speak with investigators in detail amid the search for Petito. 

Gabby Petito’s mom Nicole Schmidt (pictured this week at a press conference) has slammed her boyfriend Brian Laundrie saying ‘he’s not missing, he’s hiding’ after the person of interest in her daughter’s disappearance vanished

On Thursday, new bodycam footage emerged showing police being called to an incident involving the young couple in Moab, Utah, on August 12 – 13 days before Petito was last heard from

Petito’s mother has slammed her boyfriend Brian Laundrie saying ‘he’s not missing, he’s hiding’ after his attorney said the man now named a person of interest in her daughter’s disappearance hasn’t been seen since Tuesday.

Petito’s mom Nichole Schmidt reacted angrily to the news that Laundrie had vanished and suggested he is on the run, following a fraught week where she has issued several public pleas asking him and his family to cooperate with investigators. 

‘He’s not missing, he’s hiding!’ she told DailyMail.com. ‘Gaby is missing!’ 

North Port Police and the FBI confirmed they are searching for Laundrie, whose family say they last saw him Tuesday wearing a hiking bag.  

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Police are seen with evidence bags at the home of Brian Laundrie Friday – the boyfriend of missing ‘van-life’ woman Gabby Petito 

Cops arrive Friday and enter the home after Laundrie’s parents informed investigators their son had vanished 

Two cops were seen searching a car which has been parked on the driveway of the home 

‘We understand the community’s frustration, we are frustrated too,’ police said Friday. 

‘For six days, the North Port Police Department and the FBI have been pleading with the family to contact investigators regarding Brian’s Fiancé Gabby Petito. 

‘Friday is the first time they have spoken with investigators in detail.’

North Port Police said the department and the FBI are currently working a multiple missing person investigation.

They issued a description of Laundrie as a’ white male, 5’8 160lbs, brown eyes, short brown hair, trimmed facial hair, last seen wearing a hiking bag with a waist strap.’ 

Laundrie’s attorney told ABC 7 News Friday afternoon the 23-year-old had gone missing and that investigators were trying to locate both him and Petito – who was last seen on August 24 during the couple’s cross-country trip in a campervan.  

Police were seen at Laundrie family home in North Port, Florida, on Friday with evidence bags.

His attorney said they were removing items from the house in order to assist with the search for Laundrie. 

‘Be advised, the whereabouts of Brian Laundrie are currently unknown,’ he told ABC7.  

‘The FBI is currently at the Laundrie residence removing property to assist in locating Brian. As of now, the FBI is looking for both Gabby and Brian.’ 

Police reiterated Friday that although Laundrie is a person of interest in Petito’s disappearance, he is not wanted for any crime.  

Video surfaced of four police officers entering home on Friday afternoon after being let in by an unidentified family member.

After more than two and a half hours at the home, all four officers left in their black Dodge Caravan with none of the Laundrie family members in tow.   

Police arrive with evidence bags at the North Port, Florida home of Brian Laundrie on Friday

One cop is seen searching the trunk of the vehicle as part of their probe into Petito’s disappearance 

At one point one of the officers exited the home and retrieved what appeared to be an evidence bag from his police cruiser before returning inside

As they arrived protestors outside the home were heard yelling: ‘Bring Gabby home!’ 

A man on a megaphone shouted ‘Where’s Gabby, Brian?’ repeatedly, joined by others who crowded the Laundrie’s front yard recording the police entering the home. 

‘We’re out here, Laundrie family, we’re out here, we’ll be out here everyday!’ the man on the megaphone yelled towards the home. 

At one point one of the officers exited the home and retrieved what appeared to be an evidence bag from his police cruiser before returning inside 

North Port police tweeted they were called to the home ‘at the request’ of the family, but that they are ‘not speaking’ to Brian.   

About an hour after first entering the home, two officers came out and opened up a silver convertible Ford Mustang in the driveway which is understood to belong to the family. It has been there most of this week.   

They opened the trunk and also delved inside the vehicle after opening the driver side door for a very quick search before the officers went back in the house. 

In an attempt to calm the rowdy group in front of the home, North Port police deputy chief Chris Morales stepped on to the lawn and addressed the crowd, saying: ‘This is not helping. Please keep it down. I ask you to have courtesy for the neighbors.’ 

About an hour after first entering the home, two officers came out and opened up a silver convertible Ford Mustang in the driveway which is understood to belong to the family

Protestors gathered outside the Laundrie home with banners Friday demanding justice for Petito

Some were heard yelling: ‘Bring Gabby home!’ with one man on a megaphone shouting ‘Where’s Gabby, Brian?’

People crowded the Laundrie’s front yard calling on Laundrie to ‘prove your innocence’

He added: ‘Please respect the peace. You guys can be here but respect the peace,’ he added, but was drowned down at one point by chants of ‘where’s the respect of Gabby?’

Police officially named Laundrie a ‘person of interest’ in their inquiry into Petito’s mystery disappearance this week as he refuses to cooperate with investigators and has lawyered up.  

On Friday, Utah authorities said they determined there is no connection between Gabby’s missing person cases and the double murder of a newlywed couple found dead just outside Moab, Fox News reported. 

Petito passed through Moab with Laudrie before he drove back to Florida without her.

‘It has been determined that the Gabby Petito missing person case is not related to the double-homicide case involving Crystal Turner and Kylen Schulte,’ Grand County Sheriff Steven White said in a statement Friday afternoon. 

Petito was last seen on August 24 leaving a hotel with Laundrie in Salt Lake City, Utah, during the couple’s cross-country campervan trip which they started early July.  

The following day she made her final call to her mom, telling her she and Laundrie had traveled to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. She was reported missing by her family on September 11 after they hadn’t heard from her in 13 days.    

Meanwhile, Laundrie returned to the couple’s home in North Port, Florida, on September 1 with the van but without Petito, police said. 

He repeatedly ignored Petito’s family’s requests for help and refused to speak to cops. 

Laundrie’s attorney Steven P. Bertolino addressed his decision to stay silent in a statement earlier this week, saying his client isn’t speaking to police or the public ‘on the advice of counsel’ because ‘intimate partners are often the first person law enforcement focus their attention on in cases like this.’ 

Meanwhile, Petito’s family issued several public pleas for the Laundries to work with authorities in their efforts to bring their daughter home.

On Thursday, new bodycam footage emerged showing police being called to an incident involving the young couple in Moab, Utah, on August 12 – 13 days before Petito was last heard from.  

Laundrie is seen with scratches on his face which he tells an officer were caused when Petito ‘was trying to get the keys from me’ and ‘hit me with her phone’

In the video, an emotional Petito is seen with tears streaming down her face telling officers the couple ‘have been fighting all morning’ and admitting that she slapped him.  

Petito says she suffers from OCD and anxiety, with both her and Laundrie saying she was stressed because of the YouTube blog they were working on to document the doomed cross-country trip. 

Laundrie is seen with scratches on his face and arm which he tells an officer were caused when Petito ‘was trying to get the keys from me’ and ‘hit me with her phone’.

When an officer asks Petito if her boyfriend hit her, she replies ‘I guess’ and makes a grabbing motion on her chin. Laundrie admits he ‘pushed her’ during the altercation. 

The cops determine Petito was ‘the primary aggressor’ and say they are separating the couple for the night.  

The incident report says officers were called near the Moonflower Community Co-op in Moab on August 12 around 4:30pm for a ‘possible domestic violence’ incident involving the couple.

The report, released by the Moab Police Department on Wednesday, documented that the couple admitted they had been going through ‘issues’ over the last couple days.    

22-year-old Gabby Petito, who has not been heard from since August 30 while she was on a cross-country trip with her 23-year-old fiancé (couple pictured kissing)

According to Petito’s best friend, while Laundrie presents himself as a sweet and caring guy, he is actually jealous and controlling.  

 In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Rose Davis said Laundrie allegedly went so far as to hide Gabby’s ID once so that she couldn’t meet up with her at a bar, trigging a violent episode similar to the one police investigated weeks before her disappearance.

‘Brian took her ID just so she wouldn’t be able to come out with me,’ she told DailyMail.com on Friday.

‘He’s got these jealousy issues and he struggles from what Gabby called these ‘episodes,’ where he would hear things and hear voices and wouldn’t sleep.

‘Gabby had to stay at my house a bunch of times because she just needed a breather and didn’t want to go home to him.’

TikTok user claims she picked up missing ‘van-life girl’ Gabby Petito’s boyfriend Brian Laundrie as he hiked ALONE five days after she was last seen in public and one day before sending her final text

A TikToker from Wisconsin has claimed she picked up Brian Laundrie, the person of interest in Gabby Petito’s disappearance, as he was hitchhiking alone five days after his girlfriend went missing and one day before she last texted her mother.

In the video posted to the social media site Miranda Baker said she and her boyfriend were at Grand Teton National Park in Colter Bay, Wyoming, on August 29 when Laundrie approached the couple and asked them for a ride at 5.30pm.

‘He approached us asking for a ride because he needed to go to Jackson and we were going to Jackson that night. So I said, ya know, ‘hop in’ and he hopped in the back of my Jeep,’ Baker explained.

She noted Laundrie, 23, was wearing ‘a backpack, a long sleeve, pants and hiking boots’ and said that before he got in the car he  offered to pay the couple $200 to give him a 10-mile ride. 

‘So that was kind of weird,’ she said. Baker spoke hours before 

‘He approached us asking for a ride because he needed to go to Jackson and we were going to Jackson that night. So I said, ya know, ‘hop in’ and he hopped in the back of my Jeep,’ Baker explained. She called the entire interaction with Brian Laundrie ‘a weird situation’

Baker supposedly picked up Laundrie (left), the person of interest in Gabby Petito’s (right) disappearance, as he was hitchhiking alone five days after his girlfriend went missing and one day before she last texted her mother

 Bake noted Laundrie, 23, was wearing ‘a backpack, a long sleeve, pants and hiking boots’ and said that before he got in the car he offered to pay the couple $200 to give him a 10-mile ride

Baker explained that her, her boyfriend and Laundrie ‘then proceeded to make small talk’ and found out he had been camping for multiple days without his fiancée.

‘He did say he had a fiancée and that she was working on their social media page back at their van,’ Baker said.

In a later video she added that Laundrie supposedly told her he and Petito, 22, were not camping on a regulated campsite through the national park. ‘They were camping basically out in the middle of nowhere along Snake River,’ she said.

Baker recounted the alleged story Laundrie told her and her boyfriend: ‘This is key information. He said that he had hiked for days along Snake River but looking at his backpack, it wasn’t full.

‘And he said all he had was a tarp to sleep on. And, if you’d think you’re going camping for days on end you’d want food and a tent and he had none of that.’

She added: ‘He had scruff but he didn’t look dirty for someone who was camping for multiple days. He didn’t look dirty, he didn’t smell dirty, so that part was kind of weird.’

Then, when Baker told Laundrie they were driving to Jackson Hole he supposedly ‘freaked out’ and asked them to pull over and said: ‘Nope, I need to get out right now.’ 

Petito set out on a cross-country trip July 2 with her boyfriend in the couple’s 2012 Ford Transit van. Brian posted this photo of the couple on Instagram on July 16

Baker said they pulled over at the Jackson Dam in Grand Teton National Park, which she noted was not very far from where they originally picked Laundrie up.

He allegedly hurried out of the car and told the couple he would find someone else to hitchhike with. 

‘We dropped him off at 6.09pm on August 29,’ Baker said, adding that she hopes her videos would find someone who could also help solve the case and find Petito.

She called the entire interaction with Laundrie ‘a weird situation’. 

In her latest video she addressed skeptics and said that the story she detailed in the previous videos posted to TikTok she also told detectives and the FBI. ‘I am actively in contact with these people,’ she said.

Her allegations come five days after Petito was last seen in public – on August 24 – when she and Laundrie checked out of a Fairfield Inn hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah.

On August 29 Baker only saw Laundrie. One day later Petito’s mother Nicole Schmidt received a curious text from her daughter that read: ‘No service in Yosemite.’

The mother refused to disclose the contents of her daughter’s texts but told DailyMail.com: ‘That text was NOT from Gabby I know it!’

She believes Laundrie may have sent the message from her phone possibly to mislead her family and investigators as to her whereabouts.

Laundrie was named a person of interest and is refusing to cooperate with cop. The couple with their campervan

Attorney Richard Stafford on Thursday read out an emotional letter from Petito’s family begging the Laundries to cooperate, saying ‘we believe you know the location of where Brian left Gabby’

Laundrie returned home to Florida from the couple’s road trip alone on September 1 – two days after hitchhiking with Baker and 10 days before Petito’s family reported her missing.

If the couple were in fact together in Yosemite on August 30, that would mean Brian drove over 3,000 miles within two days to arrive in Florida on September 1.

Now police have officially named Brian Laundrie a ‘person of interest’ in their inquiry into her mystery disappearance as he refuses to cooperate, although they say there is no evidence any crime has been committed. 

Cops in North Port, Florida, said: ‘Brian Laundrie is a person of interest in this case. As of now, Brian has not made himself available to be interviewed by investigators or has provided any helpful details.’  

Brian’s family refused to let authorities speak to their son when the 2012 Ford van was seized from their property late on September 11. 

Most recently, Brian Laundrie’s sister broke the Laundrie family silence about the disappearance of her brother’s girlfriend and said her and her family ‘obviously want Gabby to be found safe’.

 ‘All I want is for her to come home safe and sound and this to be just a big misunderstanding,’ she said in an interview with ABC News.

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Florida Can’t Enforce Its Ban On Mask Mandates During An Appeal, A Judge Says – NPR
Florida Can’t Enforce Its Ban On Mask Mandates During An Appeal, A Judge Says – NPR

Winston Wallace, 9, raises his hand in class at iPrep Academy on the first day of school in Miami. A judge has ruled that Florida school districts may impose mask mandates.

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Winston Wallace, 9, raises his hand in class at iPrep Academy on the first day of school in Miami. A judge has ruled that Florida school districts may impose mask mandates.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida judge ruled Wednesday that the state cannot enforce a ban on public schools mandating the use of masks to guard against the coronavirus, while an appeals court sorts out whether the ban is ultimately legal.

Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper lifted an automatic stay of his decision last week that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and state education officials exceeded their authority by imposing the blanket ban through executive order and tagging defiant pro-mask local school boards with financial penalties.

Cooper said the overwhelming evidence before him in a lawsuit by parents challenging the DeSantis ban is that wearing masks does provide some protection for children in crowded school settings, particularly those under 12 for whom no vaccine yet exists. The issue came to a head amid a recent surge in cases caused by the more contagious and deadly delta variant of the virus, which health statistics show has begun to wane.

“We’re not in normal times. We are in a pandemic,” Cooper said during a hearing held remotely. “We have a (coronavirus) variant that is more infectious and dangerous to children than the one we had last year.”

The state has an appeal against the judge’s order

Since DeSantis signed the mandatory mask ban order on July 30, 13 school boards representing more than half of Florida’s 2.8 million students have adopted mask requirements with an opt-out only for medical reasons. State education officials have begun going after rebellious school board members’ salaries as a form of punishment.

Jacob Oliva, public schools chancellor at the state Department of Education, said in a notice last week to local superintendents that “enforcement must cease if the stay is lifted.” That includes the effort to dock salaries of school board members or impose other financial penalties.

The case next goes before the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee. DeSantis said at an appearance Wednesday in Palm Harbor that he is confident the state will prevail. The matter could ultimately be decided by the Florida Supreme Court.

The core of the governor’s argument is that the recently passed Parents Bill of Rights gives decision-making authority to parents on whether their children should wear a mask to school.

“What we’ve found is in the trial courts in Tallahassee, state and federal, we typically lose if there’s a political component to it, but then in the appeals court we almost always win,” the governor said.

Cooper seemed to go out of his way to point out that he has frequently ruled in favor of Florida governors in the past, including cases involving GOP Govs. Jeb Bush and Rick Scott. Cooper has been a Leon County circuit judge since he was first elected in 2002.

“If you look at my record, it’s not somebody who runs all over the place, ruling against the governor,” Cooper said. “This case has generated a lot of heat and a lot of light.”

This is not the only pending legal action over DeSantis’ policies toward mask mandates in public schools

On the Parents Bill of Rights, Cooper said his previous order follows the law as passed earlier this year by the Legislature. The law, he said, reserves health and education decisions regarding children to parents unless a government entity such as a school board can show their broader action is reasonable and narrowly tailored to the issue at hand.

The DeSantis order impermissibly enforces only the first portion of that law, Cooper said.

“You have to show you have authority to do what you’re doing,” the judge said. “You cannot enforce part of that law but not all of it.”

In a separate case, parents of special needs children have filed a federal lawsuit claiming the DeSantis mandatory school mask ban violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by placing their medically sensitive children in jeopardy.

A federal judge in Miami did not immediately rule after a hearing Wednesday in that case.

Additionally, school officials in Broward, Alachua and Orange counties filed a petition to schedule a hearing before an administrative law judge. According to the filing, the local school officials want the judge to invalidate a state health department emergency rule against school mask requirements based on the governor’s executive order.

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Trump’s irritation with top aides grows over Iran strategy – CNN
Trump’s irritation with top aides grows over Iran strategy – CNN

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has become irritated at an emerging impression his hawkish national security advisers are marching him closer to war with Iran despite his isolationist tendencies, according to people familiar with the matter.

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    Venezuelan intel agents arrest top opposition aide after allegedly planting firearms, grenade in night raid – Fox News
    Venezuelan intel agents arrest top opposition aide after allegedly planting firearms, grenade in night raid – Fox News
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    President Nicolas Maduro blames US, Juan Guaido for Venezuela power outage

    Day seven of major power outages across Venezuela that, coupled with a water shortage and medical supply emergency, has citizens taking desperate measures; Gillian Turner reports.

    Venezuelan intelligence agents have “kidnapped” a top aide to interim leader Juan Guaidó following a middle-of-the-night raid at gunpoint, where agents allegedly planted firearms and a grenade to justify the arrest.

    The detention of Guaido’s chief of staff, Roberto Marrero, came shortly after the Venezuelan authorities entered and searched the homes of Marrero and opposition lawmaker Sergio Vergara on Thursday. Vergara said he was woken up by heavy banging at his door and agents pointing weapons at him.

    Both officials accompanied the interim leader on a recent Latin American tour to galvanize opposition to the socialist Nicolas Maduro regime and shore up support for Guaido as the legitimate leader of the country.

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    Guaido accused the regime of kidnapping and urged it to release his aide, whose location remains unknown, the BBC reported.

    The opposition leader said Venezuelan intelligence agents planted “two rifles and a grenade” at his aide’s home during the raid. “We don’t know where he is. He should be freed immediately,” Guaido tweeted.

    The Trump administration, meanwhile, condemned the raids and threatened Maduro’s regime with consequences.

    “The United States condemns raids by Maduro’s security services and detention of Roberto Marrero, Chief of Staff to Interim President @jguaido,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote in a tweet. “We call for his immediate release. We will hold accountable those involved.”

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    Vergara was reportedly also briefly detained following the raids. According to the BBC, he said over 40 heavily armed officers from the intelligence agency raided the properties.

    Most Western governments, including the U.S., are backing Guaidó and recognize his legitimacy. Venezuelan prosecutors say Guaidó is being investigated for alleged links to violence as well as for any connection to the nation’s worst power outages that plunged the country into darkness for extensive time periods.

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    Venezuelan government officials directly blamed the U.S. — including Florida Senator Marco Rubio — for the outages. More reliable sources peg the blackouts as being caused due to crumbling infrastructure.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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    Las cinco noticias más calientes por el mundo en este martes – Diez.hn
    Las cinco noticias más calientes por el mundo en este martes – Diez.hn

    Secuestran avión en Chipre
    El secuestro en Chipre de un avión de EgyptAir hizo hoy revivir la angustia vivida la semana pasada en el aeropuerto belga de Zaventem, aunque afortunadamente en esta ocasión todo se resolvió sin derramamiento de sangre y sin indicios de que fuera un acto terrorista sino la obra de un perturbado.
    Tan solo veinte minutos después de despegar de Alejandría rumbo a El Cairo, Seif Aldin Mustafá, un egipcio separado de una chipriota, obligó al comandante, Omar Yamal, a desviar el Airbus A320 con 55 pasajeros a bordo y 7 tripulantes, hacia el aeropuerto de Lárnaca en Chipre.

    Cierran de nuevo el Capitolio por amenaza de bomba
    Dos paquetes encontrados hoy en el Capitolio en Washington, sede del Legislativo de EUA, obligaron a la Policía a desalojar a un grupo de turistas y a cortar el tráfico, informó a Efe un portavoz de las fuerzas de seguridad del Congreso.
    El incidente se produjo después de que este lunes un hombre armado entrara en el Centro de Visitantes del Congreso, sacara una pistola y sembrara el caos al apuntar a uno de los agentes que se encontraban dirigiendo a los visitantes mientras estos pasaban por los escáneres y los detectores de metales.

    Arrestan al jefe de campaña de Trump por agredir a periodista
    El director de campaña del aspirante presidencial republicano Donald Trump, Corey Lewandowski, fue formalmente inculpado este martes por lesiones contra una periodista el pasado 8 de marzo, confirmó la policía de la ciudad de Jupiter (Florida, sureste).
    Lewandowsky “fue arrestado en la mañana (de este martes) y liberado con una orden de presentarse” ante el tribunal, dijo a la AFP Adam Brown, portavoz de la Policía de Jupiter. Poco antes, una vocero de la campaña de Trump, Hope Hicks, había afirmado que Lewandowsky “no fue arrestado”, y aseguró que es “absolutamente inocente”.

    Charlie Hebdo se burla de los atentados en Bruselas
    La revista satírica francesa “Charlie Hebdo”, atacada por yihadistas en enero de 2015 por sus irreverentes caricaturas de Mahoma, ha preparado esta semana una controvertida y polémica portada en la que se mofa de los atentados de la semana pasada en Bruselas, en los que murieron 35 personas.
    “¿Papá, dónde estás?”, dice en un bocadillo el conocido músico belga Stromae sobre un fondo con la bandera belga, rodeado de piernas y brazos mutilados que contestan: “Aquí”, “También aquí”, “Y aquí”.

    Trasladan 299 líderes de pandillas salvadoreñas a penal de máxima seguridad
    Un total de 299 líderes de pandillas fueron trasladados este martes desde varios penales del país a un centro de máxima seguridad en Quezaltepeque, 20 km al noroeste de San Salvador, a fin de cortarles comunicación con sus agrupaciones en el exterior, informó una fuente oficial.
    “El traslado de 299 privados de libertad al penal de Quezaltepeque es una de las primeras medidas adoptadas y con ello logramos el desmontaje de estructuras delictivas que ordenaban ilícitos desde los penales”, aseguró el ministro de Justicia y Seguridad, Mauricio Ramírez.

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    More Capitol Riot defendants have ties to Oath Keepers, data leak suggests – NPR
    More Capitol Riot defendants have ties to Oath Keepers, data leak suggests – NPR

    Rioters take to the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. An NPR analysis found more Capitol riot defendants may have ties to the Oath Keepers, a far-right group, than was previously known.

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    Rioters take to the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. An NPR analysis found more Capitol riot defendants may have ties to the Oath Keepers, a far-right group, than was previously known.

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    Prosecutors have brought some of the most serious charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol against alleged members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right group that targets law enforcement and military veterans for recruitment. More than 20 suspected members of the Oath Keepers have been arrested, and some are facing charges of conspiracy. Now, an examination of hacked records – purportedly taken from Oath Keeper web servers – shows more defendants may have ties to the group than has been previously known.

    The Oath Keeper records were obtained from the nonprofit organization Distributed Denial of Secrets. The organization describes itself as a “transparency collective” and has publicized a variety of leaked material. Included in the Oath Keepers leak were chat logs, emails and a list of nearly 40,000 names and contact information for members. Many of the people whose information appears in the Oath Keepers leak have confirmed to NPR and other news organizations that they did, in fact, sign up with the group.

    Some defendants that appear in the leaked data have already been described as Oath Keepers by federal prosecutors. For example, Mark Grods signed up for an annual membership with the group in October 2016, according to the data. Grods has since pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding related to the storming of the Capitol, and has agreed to cooperate with the government.

    At least five defendants charged in the Jan. 6 attack, however, have identifying information that appears in the leaked records, but have not been tied to the Oath Keepers as part of their Jan. 6 criminal cases. The news organization ProPublica first reported on three of those defendants. By comparing the Oath Keepers membership data to NPR’s ongoing database of all Capitol riot criminal cases, NPR was able to identify another two.

    NPR contacted all five defendants as well as their attorneys by phone and email. Only one responded: Kevin Loftus of Chippewa Falls, Wisc.

    Loftus entered the Capitol building on Jan. 6 and posted photos of himself inside the building on Facebook with the message, “That is right folks some of us are in it to win it,” according to court documents. He pleaded guilty to Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building, a misdemeanor, and is set to be sentenced at the end of January 2022. He has not been accused of committing any violence or property damage. None of the court documents in his case allege a connection to the Oath Keepers.

    The Oath Keeper records, meanwhile, indicate that Loftus signed up for an annual membership with the group in November 2016. Loftus confirmed those details. He told NPR by phone that he first heard about the Oath Keepers from podcasts and web shows like Infowars, the conspiratorial media organization led by Alex Jones. Infowars has regularly featured the Oath Keepers on podcasts, videos, and articles going back about a decade.

    Loftus said he served in the U.S. Army in the 1990s, and he was attracted to the group’s pro-Trump stance and their motto – taken from the military’s oath of enlistment – that they “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” So Loftus paid for an annual membership with the group, which cost $40 at the time. (The membership fee is now $50 per year.)

    Loftus said he ultimately only participated in one event with the Oath Keepers. In October 2019, the group called on volunteers to provide “security escorts for rally attendees” at a Trump event in Minneapolis, Minn. Oath Keepers have frequently been seen at similar events openly carrying rifles, but Loftus said he went to Minneapolis unarmed, and just helped escort rally-goers back to their cars. He said he also briefly met the eyepatch-wearing founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes.

    Loftus said he decided to stop paying dues to the group just a few months later. He said he was concerned with how the Oath Keepers spent the money received from members’ dues. “I don’t know where the money goes,” said Loftus. “There was no transparency.”

    Around that time, Loftus said, he also started turning away from some of the media that introduced him to the Oath Keepers in the first place. “Back in those days, I’d listen to Alex Jones,” Loftus said. “I don’t listen to that nutbag anymore.”

    By the time of the Capitol riot, Loftus said he had lost track of the group, and wasn’t aware that members of the group were in Washington, DC that day. When he heard the Oath Keepers were under federal investigation for their alleged involvement in the attack, Loftus said he thought to himself, “I’m glad I stopped paying dues.” He condemned the rioters who committed violence on Jan. 6, and said he accepted responsibility for his own actions. “I understand I did something wrong,” Loftus said, “and I’m going to pay the piper.”

    It’s unclear to what extent any of the remaining four defendants may have been involved in the Oath Keepers. The leaked records that appear to match these defendants state that they all signed up for memberships with the group long before the Capitol riot, and as far back as 2012. Here’s what court papers and these records state:

    Dawn Frankowski of Naperville, Ill., allegedly breached the Capitol and can be seen on video inside the building. She has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Court records reference the last four digits of Frankowski’s phone number. The leaked Oath Keeper records include a membership entry for Dawn Frankowski and a phone number with the same last four digits. The records state that Frankowski signed up for an annual membership with the group in February 2012.

    Andrew Alan Hernandez of Riverside, Calif. also allegedly breached the Capitol on Jan. 6. In court papers, federal investigators said that Hernandez appeared to promote a variety of conspiracy theories, including “Q-Anon, health and science related conspiracies, financial conspiracies, and various conspiracies associated to US political figures.” He has pleaded not guilty. The Oath Keeper records match Andrew Alan Hernandez’s full name, physical address, and include an email address that exactly matches an online account cited in court documents. The records state Hernandez signed up for an annual membership with the Oath Keepers in February 2012.

    John Nassif of Chuluota, Fla. allegedly posted on Facebook about breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6, while wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat. He has pleaded not guilty. The Oath Keepers records state that a John Nassif signed up for an annual membership, but do not specify a date. The phone number included in the leaked records is associated with a social media account that matches an account cited by prosecutors in the case against Nassif. Some of the Oath Keeper data state what activities new Oath Keepers might be able to assist with. Next to Nassif’s entry, it states, “Writing articles. Organizing local chapter. Strategy and planning.”

    Sean David Watson of Alpine, Tex. allegedly sent texts and photos sent shortly after the riot, one of which read “I was one of the people that helped storm the capitol building and smash out the windows . We made history today. Proudest day of my life!” He has pleaded not guilty. Photos allegedly depicting Watson inside the Capitol are included in court records, and show Watson wearing a T-shirt with the logo of the anti-government Three Percenter movement. The Oath Keepers and Three Percenters share much of the same ideology. According to a photo obtained by Marfa Public Radio, the side of Watson’s house features the spray painted phrase “DEMOCRATS STOLE THE ELECTION” on the side. A “Veterans for Trump” sign could also be seen hanging outside. NPR was not able to confirm Watson’s military history. The Oath Keepers have focused on current and former military servicemembers and law enforcement officers for recruitment. The group’s records indicate a Sean David Watson with the same address signed up with the group in December 2012.

    There is no publicly available evidence that any of these defendants joined the criminal conspiracies that federal prosecutors have alleged against Oath Keepers in court related to the Capitol riot. And some people included in the Oath Keepers data leak have since told reporters that they just supported the group’s political stances or wanted an Oath Keepers T-shirt and had no further involvement.

    Whatever the case, the records suggest that the Oath Keepers’ extremist ideology may have been more widely adopted than was initially understood.

    Rhodes’ message in speeches and interviews often focuses on attacking “Marxists” who have supposedly taken over both the Republican and Democratic parties and are “killing our country from the inside”; making baseless claims of widespread “voter fraud”; and calling for individual Americans to arm themselves with “modern infantry weapons” to protect against a wide range of “domestic enemies.” Rhodes has been a vocal supporter of Trump since the former president sought the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

    After Trump lost the 2020 election, Rhodes joined the pro-Trump “Stop The Steal” movement that tried to overturn Joe Biden’s victory. He also indicated that he was supporting that movement with an armed militia.

    Ahead of a Nov. 2020 pro-Trump rally in Washington, D.C. – known as the “Million MAGA March” – Rhodes told Infowars that, “we’ll be inside DC, we’ll also be on the outside of D.C. armed, prepared to go in, if the President calls us up.”

    Again, ahead of Jan. 6, 2021, which Trump had promised would be the day of a “wild” protest, Rhodes posted on the Oath Keepers website that the group would “have well armed and equipped QRF [Quick Reaction Force] teams on standby, outside DC, in the event of a worst case scenario, where the President calls us up as part of the militia to to assist him inside DC.” That statement has since been cited in indictments of alleged Oath Keepers for allegedly conspiring to attack the Capitol. Prosecutors have alleged that members of the group planned for weeks and months to gather weapons and armor, set up encrypted communication channels, and use military-style tactics to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6.

    Rhodes has denied any involvement in the Capitol riot. He was in Washington, D.C., that day, and allegedly met with Oath Keepers who breached the Capitol outside the building, but has not been accused of entering the Capitol himself.

    Some commentators on the far-right have suggested that Rhodes may actually be a federal informant himself, because he has not been federally prosecuted. Rhodes has vehemently denied that he has any association with the FBI, and said in an interview in July that the accusation is “a defamation campaign.”

    He said he also stands by any Oath Keepers who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.

    “I don’t think they did anything wrong. I don’t think they committed any crimes,” said Rhodes. “Do I think it was stupid? Yeah. Because it left our enemies a chance to demonize and persecute them. But I do not disavow them.”

    Huo Jingnan contributed to this report.

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    Shackled killers of Ahmaud Arbery are led out of court as New Black Panthers stand guard – Daily Mail
    Shackled killers of Ahmaud Arbery are led out of court as New Black Panthers stand guard – Daily Mail

    The killers of Ahmaud Arbery were led to their cells in handcuffs on Friday to begin their life sentences, as rifle-toting members of the New Black Panther Party protested outside the Georgia courtroom. 

    Travis and Gregory McMichael were both sentenced to life without parole for the February 2020 murder, while their neighbor William Roddie Bryan, 52, – who filmed the murder – will be eligible for parole. 

    The trio were later seen being led away from the courtroom in handcuffs – the McMichaels never to be seen in public again. 

    Travis McMichael was shackled by the ankles as well as being handcuffs; the other two men were just handcuffed. 

    During the sentencing hearing, heavily-armed members of the New Black Panther Party gathered outside, raising their fists in a show of support for the Arbery family.

    Members of the black nationalist group, which is also anti-white and anti-Semitic, also congregated outside the courthouse during closing arguments, leading the defense lawyers to call for a mistrial and accuse them of intimidation.

    Along with banners showing Ahmaud Arbery’s face, the group also carried black and white coffins with mannequins inside them that feature the names of black men killed by police, such as George Floyd and Trayvon Martin.  

    The NBPP was founded in 1989 and is designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

    The group is not affiliated with the original Black Panthers from the 1960s, and members of the original Panthers have accused the NBPP of the misappropriation of their name, both in public statements and in legal action. 

    Travis McMichael, 36, (left) and his father Gregory, 66, were handcuffed as they were led from court on Friday to begin their sentences

    William Bryan, the 52-year-old neighbor of the McMichaels, is seen being led away. He too was sentenced to life, but unlike the McMichaels he has the possibility of parole

    A member of the New Black Panther Party is seen outside the Glenn County courthouse on Friday

    The heavily-armed NBPP members marched outside the courthouse on Friday as the trio were sentenced for Arbery’s killing

    Arbery’s parents asked a judge to sentence his killers to life without parole on Friday at a courthouse in Georgia, saying they ‘lynched him in broad daylight’ and targeted him when he felt most ‘free and alive’. Pictured are members of the NBPP

    The NBPP flag is hoisted aloft as the party members march in front of the Georgia courthouse

    Members of the NBPP raise their fists to show support for the Arbery family during Friday’s sentencing

    Judge Timothy R. Walmsley did not specify how long he would have to spend in prison – prosecutors asked that he spend at least 15 years behind bars. Typically, the minimum in Georgia is 30 years. 

    In handing down his sentence, Judge Walmsley called the murder ‘chilling’ and ‘disturbing’. He talked about the ‘terror’ Arbery must have felt for the five minutes the men chased him in their pick-up trucks with a shotgun and revolver. 

    ‘As we all now know based on the verdict that was handed down in this courtroom, Ahmaud Arbery was murdered. It’s a tragedy. It’s a tragedy on many, many levels.

    ‘On February 23, 2020…a young man with dreams was gunned down in this community. As we understand it, he went for a run and he ended up running for his life.’ 

    To emphasize how long the five-minute chase must have felt for Arbery, the judge sat silently for a minute in the courtroom. 

    ‘That one minute represents a fraction of the time that Ahmaud Arbery was running in Satilla Shores. The chase that occurred, occurred over a five minute period. 

    ‘When I thought about this, I kept coming back to the terror that must have been in the mind of the young man running through Satilla Shores,’ he said. 

    ‘He was hunted down and shot and he was killed because individuals took the law into their own hands.’ 

    Travis McMichael, left, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for shooting dead Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 

    Gregory McMichael, Travis’s 66-year-old father, will also die in prison under the life without parole sentence

    William Roddie Bryan, the 52-year-old neighbor who filmed the murder, was sentenced to life but he has been given the possibility of parole. Prosecutors asked that he have to serve at least 15 years behind bars 

    Judge Timothy Walmsley on Friday called the killing ‘chilling’ and ‘disturbing.’ He talked about the ‘terror’ Arbery must have felt as the men chased him in their pick-up trucks for five minutes 

    He then recited some of the comments made by the McMichaels after the shooting to prove that it was a ‘callous’ execution, and said they never showed any remorse. 

    ‘Remorse is something that’s felt and demonstrated. In this case, getting back to the video, after Ahmaud Arbery fell, the McMichael’s turned their backs. They walked away. This was a killing. It was callous and it occurred because confrontation was being sought. 

    ‘The most violent crime in Satilla Shores was the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. 

    ‘The record speaks for itself. Greg McMichael tried to establish a narrative. He said he was ‘trapped like a rat.’

    Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. on February 23, 2020,one year on

    ‘He said, ‘stop or I’ll blow your f*****g head off.’ 

    ‘He told Travis ‘you have no choice’. He also said, ‘If I could have gotten a shot at the guy, I would have shot him.” 

    Unlike the father and son, Bryan appeared to show some remorse in the days and weeks after the killing, he said. 

    However all three acted as vigilantes, chasing down Arbery and then murdering him because they were ‘seeking confrontation.’  

    ‘Taking the law into your own hands is a dangerous endeavor. Ultimately with regard to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery it holds us all accountable. At a minimum his death should force us to consider expanding our definition of what a neighbor may be and how we treat them. 

    ‘I believe that assuming the worst in others, we show our worst character. Assuming the best in others is always the best course of action. Maybe those are the grand lessons of this case,’ the judge said.

    There were celebrations outside the court as the sentences were read aloud.  

    Earlier, Arbery’s parents asked a judge to sentence his killers to life without parole on Friday at a courthouse in Georgia, saying they ‘lynched him in broad daylight’ and targeted him when he felt most ‘free and alive’.  

    On February 23, 2020, they chased Arbery, a 26-year-old black man, through a street in Satilla Shores. They said they thought he was a burglar. Travis pulled the trigger, with his father nearby. Bryan filmed the entire incident on his phone. 

    In November, they were all convicted of murder – which carries a mandatory life sentence. Prosecutors chose not to seek the death penalty.  

    Gregory and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William Brian Jr were found a guilty of murder in state court on November 23 by a panel of 11 white jurors and one black juror. In compiling that jury pool, 1,000 people in the mostly-white Glynn County were called. Pictured: The moment Arbery was shot by Travis McMichael

    Ahmaud Arbery’s mother Wanda Cooper Jones celebrates as she leaves court with her family on Friday after her son’s killers were sentenced to life behind bars without parole

    Ahmaud Arbery’s mother Wanda Cooper-Jones, center, speaks with supporters after Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley sentenced Greg McMichael, his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William ‘Roddie’ Bryan, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick 

    (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 23, 2021 a woman holds portraits of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd during an event in remembrance of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Ahmaud Arbery’s mother Wanda Cooper Jones (left) and father Marcus (right) asked a judge to impose the maximum sentence possible for his killers – life without parole

    Arbery’s father Marcus spoke first, telling the court: ‘The man who killed my son has sat in this courtroom every day next to his father. I’ll never get the chance of sitting next to my son ever again. Not at a dinner table, not at a holiday, not at a wedding. I pray that no one in this courtroom has to do what we had – bury their child.’ 

    Arbery’s mother Wanda Cooper Jones, pleaded: ‘They were fully committed to their crimes – let them be fully committed for the consequences.’ 

    ‘MY SON’S KILLERS HAVE NO REMORSE’ – AHMAUD ARBERY’S MOTHER’S VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT 

    I want to speak directly to my son. This verdict doesn’t bring you back, but it does help bring closure to this very difficult chapter of my life.

    I made a promise to you the day I laid you to rest. I told you I loved you and someday, somehow I would get you justice.

    Son, I love you as much today as the day you were born. Raising you was the honor of my life and I am very proud of you.

    Your honor, these men have chosen to lie and attack my son and his surviving family. They have no remorse and do not deserve leniency. 

    This wasn’t a case of mistaken identity or mistaken fact. They chose to target my son because they didn’t want him in their community they chose to treat him differently when they couldn’t sufficiently scare him or intimidate him, they killed him.

    My young son, he was born on mothers’ day of 1994. He had a smile so bright it lit up the room. He was a greedy baby and it seemed like he was always searching for something to stick in his mouth. 

    He was always a loving baby who seemed to never tire of cuddling, hugs and kisses He loved. He never hesitated to tell me, his sister Jasmine or brother Marcus, and we loved him back, He was messy. He sometimes refused to wear socks.

    I wish he would have cut and cleaned his toenails before he went out for his jog that day. I guess he would have if he knew he would be murdered.

    My family is going to miss Ahmaud, his jokes, impersonations, his warm smile. These men deserve the maximum sentence for their crimes. Ahamud never said a word to them. He never threatened them, he just wanted to be left alone.

    They were fully committed to their crimes – let them be fully committed for the consequences.

    I’m standing here before you asking you to please give all three defendants who are responsible for the death of my son, the maximum punishment in this court which I do believe is life without bars without the possible chance for parole. 

    She also referred to her son’s toenails on the day of the murder – something that was brought up during the trial in by a defense attorney who stoked outrage by referring to his ‘long, dirty toenails’. 

    Wanda, on Friday, said: ‘I wish he would have cut and cleaned his toenails before he went out for his jog that day. I guess he would have if he knew he would be murdered.’  

    She then pleaded with the judge: ‘Your honor, I am standing here before you today as the mother of Ahmaud Arbery asking you to please give all three defendants who are responsible for the death of my son, the maximum punishment which I do believe is life without bars without the possible chance for parole.’ 

    The men’s lawyers are asking that they be granted parole after 30 years. Prosecutors have asked the judge not to grant any of the men parole. 

    Cooper Jones spoke about Ahmaud as a ‘loving’ baby who ‘never seemed to tire of cuddles, hugs and kisses.’

    His father Marcus told how he loved to run more than anything because it made him feel ‘free’. 

    ‘Not only did they lynch my son in broad daylight but they killed him when he was doing what he loved more than anything – running. 

    ‘That’s when he felt most alive. Most free. And they took all of that from him.

    ‘When I close my eyes, I see his execution over and over. I’ll see that for the rest of my life.  

    ‘When I became a father my life became bigger than me, it became bigger than me about my family, protecting him, protecting my boy. I know in my head that there is nothing I could have done that day to have saved my son. 

    ‘To save him from this evil and hate. My heart is broken and always will be.

    ‘If I could trade places with Ahmaud, I would in a heartbeat but I can’t’. I’m standing here to do what he can’t – that is to fight for him. His memory, his legacy and to tell you who he was. 

    ‘That’s the one thing you didn’t hear in this courtroom. More than anything else, you should know who my boy was.

    ‘We love our son and we will never have him with us to celebrate anything. Thanksgiving, Christmas…his birthday his killers should spend the rest of their lives thinking about what they took from us. 

    ‘It should be behind my bars.

    ‘Me and my family have got to live with this for the rest of our lives. They should stay behind those bars the rest of their lives. They didn’t give him a chance.’  

    Ahmaud’s mother spoke directly to him, saying: ‘This verdict doesn’t bring you back. But it does help bring closure to this very difficult chapter of my life. 

    ‘I made a promise to you the day I laid you to rest. 

    ‘I told you I loved you and someday, somehow I would get you justice. 

    ‘Son, I love you as much today as the day you were born.

    ‘Raising you was the honor of my life and I am very proud of you.’ 

    She said none of the killers showed remorse for their actions, and deserved to die in prison.  

    ‘They have no remorse and do not deserve leniency. This wasn’t a case of mistaken identity or mistaken fact. 

    ‘They chose to target my son because they didn’t want him in their community. 

    ‘They chose to treat him differently. 

    ‘And when they couldn’t sufficiently scare him or intimidate him, they killed him.’   

    Arbery, a 25-year-old avid jogger, was running through the mostly white residential neighborhood of Satilla Shores on the afternoon of Feb. 23 when the McMichaels decided to grab their guns, jump in a pickup truck and give chase. 

    The younger McMichael would later testify to the jury they had a hunch Arbery might be fleeing a crime.

    Bryan joined the chase in his own pickup truck after it passed his driveway, and pulled out his cellphone to record Travis McMichael firing a shotgun at Arbery at close range. 

    Arbery had nothing on him besides his running clothes and sneakers.

    The video caused outrage when it emerged months later and it became clear that none of the men involved had yet been arrested after a local prosecutor concluded the killing was justified. 

    Ahmaud Arbery’s mother Wanda Cooper-Jones wipes a tear from her eyes while listening to her daughter’s impact statement to Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley

    Ahmaud Arbery’s sister Jasmine Arbery wipes a tear from her eyes while listening to her mother’s impact statement to Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley during the sentencing of Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William ‘Roddie’ Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse, on January 7, 2022 in Brunswick, Georgia

    Ahmaud Arbery’s father Marcus Arbery, center, sits in the courtroom with other family members during the sentencing of Greg McMichael, his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William ‘Roddie’ Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse

    William Roddie Bryan, 52, arrives at court in Brunswick, Georgia, on Friday to be sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery 

    Travis McMichael, 35, arrives in court in shackles on Friday morning to be sentenced for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. He will be at least 65 before he gets out of prison

    Gregory McMichael, 66, is shown arriving at court for the 10am sentencing hearing

    Gregory McMichael makes his way into court on Friday to be sentenced to life in prison

    ‘The day has finally come that we will get justice. 

    ‘The day my family an I have prayed for… it has finally come.’ 

    Defense attorneys then pleaded with the judge not to sentence the men to the harshest possible term. 

    Gregory McMichael’s attorney, Laura Hogue, called him a ‘man of goodness’ and referred to the killing as a ‘five minute chase that ended in tragedy.’

    ‘Greg McMichael is a good man. He is not a perfect person but none of us are. 

    ‘The choices he made as a young man, all the way through to the rest of his life, to serve, not to acquire wealth, but to quietly go through the business of choosing career options to help other people. 

    ‘I say without hesitation he remains a man of goodness,’ she said. 

    Three white men guilty of Ahmaud Arbery faced 27 charges between them – this is what each of them mean

    COUNT 1 – MALICE MURDER

    This is defined as causing a person’s death with deliberate intention without provocation and ‘where all the circumstances in the killing show an abandoned and malignant heart’. 

    Travis McMichael – Guilty

    Gregory McMichael – Not guilty

    William ‘Roddie’ Bryan – Not guilty  

    COUNTS 2, 3, 4 AND 5 – FELONY MURDER 

    This applies when a death is caused in the course of committing another felony whether or not the killing was intentional or unprovoked. 

    Travis McMichael – Guilty on all counts

    Gregory McMichael – Guilty on all counts

    William ‘Roddie’ Bryan – Guilty on three counts, not guilty on one counts

    COUNT 6 and 7 – AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 

    Under Georgia law this is an assault using a deadly weapon. Count six refers to the shotgun used, count 7 refers to the two pickup trucks, driven by Gregory McMichael and William ‘Roddie’ Bryan, used to box Arbery in.

    Travis McMichael – Guilty 

    Gregory McMichael –  Not guilty on count 6; Guilty on count 7

    William ‘Roddie’ Bryan – Not guilty on count 6; Guilty on count 7 

    COUNT 8 –  FALSE IMPRISONMENT  

    This is when a person ‘arrests, confines, or detains’ another person without legal authority. 

    Travis McMichael – Guilty 

    Gregory McMichael –  Guilty

    William ‘Roddie’ Bryan – Guilty

    COUNT 9 – CRIMINAL INTENT TO COMMIT A FELONY

    This refers to performing ‘any act which constitutes a substantial step’ toward the intentional commission of a crime  

    Travis McMichael – Guilty 

    Gregory McMichael –  Guilty 

    William ‘Roddie’ Bryan – Guilty 

    Ahmaud Arbery’s father Marcus Arbery arrives at court on Friday for the sentencing. He spoke briefly before the hearing, telling reporters he is a ‘different man now’

    Ahmaud Arbery’s family and friends arrive at the courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, on Friday morning 

    Source Article from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10380573/Shackled-killers-Ahmaud-Arbery-led-court-New-Black-Panthers-stand-guard.html

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