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00:00:378% and 12% of
00:01:12Lajas Valley will be affected,
00:01:41waiting for is that with
00:02:09to pit them against
00:03:22office, crimes against life, that is why
00:03:35responsibility to ensure compliance with
00:04:06The persistence of multiple homicides continues to reflect the
00:04:09impact of criminal violence in the country, according to the
00:04:13accumulated records so far in 2026, official
00:04:17figures count 23 episodes of collective
00:04:20deaths, a scourge that left a tragic toll of
00:04:2393 fatalities. Among the
00:04:26alarming data, the surge in gender violence stands out. Within
00:04:30these massacres, 12 of the victims are women, which
00:04:34revives the concern of human rights organizations
00:04:37about the vulnerability of women. The
00:04:41occurrence of these 23 multiple homicides is
00:04:44focused on strategic areas of the national territory,
00:04:47mainly concentrating on the northern, Atlantic,
00:04:51and central strip of the country. Cortés is recurrently the
00:04:55department with the most annual cases, historically
00:04:58averaging between 20 and 27. 5% of the total
00:05:01massacres in the country, with greater impact in the municipalities of San
00:05:05Pedro Sula, Choloma, San Manuel, and Homoa.
00:05:09Francisco Morazán constantly disputes the top spots
00:05:12for incidents alongside Cortés, registering close to
00:05:1515% of multiple violent acts nationwide,
00:05:18concentrated almost entirely in the central
00:05:22district. Yoro is consistently in third
00:05:25place in the country, contributing around
00:05:2810% of global cases. Olancho and Colón
00:05:31fluctuate between 7 and 10%
00:05:35of annual incidents, usually linked to agrarian
00:05:39land conflicts involving criminal gangs. Atlántida,
00:05:43Comayagua, and Copán report moderate incidents,
00:05:46totaling between
00:05:50multiple crime scenes each year. Within the
00:05:54breakdown of the 23 bloody events that occurred nationwide,
00:05:57high-impact events stand out, the most recent in Holanchito
00:06:01Yoro, where six people died. This municipality
00:06:05remains one of the most critical points in the Department of
00:06:09Yoro.
00:06:16Since the war between Los Chapitos and La Malliza began in September
00:06:192024, 10 content creators have been allegedly
00:06:23murdered by these factions of the Sinaloa
00:06:26cartel. The first of them was Juan Carlos "El Chilango",
00:06:29shot to death while working selling sweets in Culiacán in
00:06:33October 2024.
00:06:36A month later, on November 23, Miguel Vivanco "El Jasper" was
00:06:39found with signs of torture in the community of Amadito in
00:06:43Sinaloa that same 2024, but on December
00:06:469, Leobardo Aispuro, known as "El Gordo Perusi",
00:06:50was killed in front of his house in the capital of Sinaloa. Then in
00:06:53January 2025, two more influencers were murdered:
00:06:57Agustín Paul "El Pinqui" and Adalberto
00:07:01Peña "El Tata", found on the Costeñita highway and in a
00:07:04gym in a shopping center in Culiacán respectively. In
00:07:08March 2025, Víctor Manuel "El Brasil" was also executed.
00:07:12He was first kidnapped, found days later with bullet
00:07:16wounds. That same month, Gali Castro was killed
00:07:19leaving a seafood restaurant in Ensenada, Baja California.
00:07:23By August 2025, Camilo
00:07:26Ochoa appeared dead in a subdivision in Temixco,
00:07:29Morelos. Then the crimes returned to Culiacán with the
00:07:33murder of Gerardo "El Jerry", who was shot
00:07:36repeatedly. This Tuesday, August 4,
00:07:39while broadcasting a live video, he was hit.
00:07:50According to the security cabinet,
00:07:53the content published by the influencer, alluding to La
00:07:57Malliza, led by Ismael Zambada and Cairos,
00:08:01alias El Flaco.
00:08:02However,
00:08:07investigations continue to determine the causes
00:08:10and identify those responsible.
00:08:14Prosecutor Rosmeri Barrientos refers to one of the inmates who escaped this
00:08:18Wednesday from Palmasola prison. In reality, the escape
00:08:21will have to be reported by the governor, no.
00:08:24However, since it is an inmate that the public
00:08:27ministry arrested, brought before the precautionary judge
00:08:31for one of the cases of the prosecutor's
00:08:34the public ministry is present here at Palmasola prison, in order to learn
00:08:38the details of what happened, Alex Eleno
00:08:41da Silva. a person who participated in the murder
00:08:45of Edgardo Castañeda, which is why
00:08:47he was held in pre-trial detention in Palmasola prison, he indicated
00:08:51that now his legal situation changes, that is, a report to
00:08:55know the circumstances and activate the corresponding procedural mechanisms
00:08:59before the precautionary judge, what information is available from what they have already
00:09:02been investigating so far, eh, regarding my case, he was in pre-trial
00:09:06detention for having sufficient evidence of having participated in that
00:09:09murder, no, now from now on, what corresponds is to gather the
00:09:13information and request his declaration of rebellion. This
00:09:17Wednesday, visitors were not allowed to enter Palmasola
00:09:20prison.
00:09:23The police have published on their official page the photograph of the two inmates
00:09:26who escaped this morning. These are
00:09:29Fernando Junior da Silva and Alex Eleno da Silva,
00:09:33both Brazilians considered highly
00:09:36dangerous, one of them a member of the First Capital
00:09:39Command, with debts to justice in his country
00:09:43of origin. Fernando Junior da Silva, Brazilian, was
00:09:46imprisoned for arms trafficking. Inside the
00:09:49prison, he was considered highly dangerous due to his
00:09:53connections with criminal organizations related to organized
00:09:57crime. His name was one of the first published by
00:10:00the police. Eleno da Silva Alex is the other inmate
00:10:04who escaped this morning. According to his
00:10:07record, he is a member of the First Capital
00:10:10Command, also considered highly dangerous. His
00:10:13photograph circulates at checkpoints, terminals,
00:10:16and airports. Heleno was apprehended in the Urubó area, since
00:10:20then the Bolivian police has exchanged information with their Brazilian
00:10:24counterparts. There his criminal record
00:10:27became known. After this escape, several questions
00:10:31arise regarding the security of one of the prisons
00:10:34that holds the most inmates, Palmasola.
00:10:38libertad como es Palmasola.
00:11:29Our story was built by people, neighbors helping
00:11:33neighbors, standing side by side with those who trust
00:11:36us, to protect what matters most and help build our
00:11:40communities, being there when needed
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00:13:22Closed doors and
00:13:25empty spaces. This is the image the UL leaves us with after
00:13:29detecting elevated levels of radon gas. Radon gas is a noble
00:13:32gas that arises from the decomposition of
00:13:34uranium in the rock and in certain
00:13:38territories. For this reason, it was decided to preventively close
00:13:41those 65 spaces spread across the
00:13:45different campuses. We have done works and what is produced
00:13:49with this work carried out is to inject air from the
00:13:51outside, because at that moment, by injecting air, the
00:13:55radon concentration level is reduced. In addition to the ventilation
00:13:59system, a device like this is installed
00:14:03in each classroom. This is a continuous radon sensor that allows us to
00:14:06monitor 24 hours a day the amount of radon
00:14:10we have in the classroom. The University insists that these are preventive
00:14:14measures and that these spaces will be reopened with all
00:14:17guarantees.
00:14:21That 8.3% is what the transport sector has had to increase its
00:14:25tariffs to adapt to this rise. Transport workers,
00:14:296,000 taxi drivers, 14,000 trucks, and about 6,000 buses are
00:14:32drowning because fuel is half of their costs. They warn that
00:14:36since the first week of July, the increase has been even
00:14:39greater, the classic example
00:14:43of the rocket and the feather. The price of fuel rises like a rocket, but then to
00:14:46fall it's like a feather that takes a long time to fall, and that also
00:14:50creates an artificial inflation in the domestic
00:14:54economy. Fuel prices are greatly affecting families,
00:14:57it's the oil, the rubber,
00:15:01this is a blatant robbery, the oscillation is abysmal,
00:15:04to go up is great, but to go down no. In fact, the Ministry of
00:15:08Economy of the Canary Islands Government has ordered an inspection to analyze 78
00:15:12gas stations in the archipelago and see how prices are behaving,
00:15:15data that, as I say, will have to be evaluated
00:15:19internally to even determine if any of the competition defense bodies
00:15:23should act. The first data from this study will be
00:15:26available in September.
00:15:30The Spanish enclave of Ceuta, in northern Africa, is under pressure
00:15:34from the massive arrival of migrants with its temporary
00:15:37reception center saturated and stranded people camping in the surrounding
00:15:41forests and beaches, built to house only
00:15:45a few hundred people for short stays, the reception center
00:15:49has been overwhelmed since the migratory crisis in Ceuta broke
00:15:52out. In its vicinity, migrants take refuge in nearby
00:15:56forests with very limited basic supplies. Haisatou,
00:15:59a migrant from Guinea, said that newcomers have made the forest their
00:16:03refuge, and people have divided by gender and nationality,
00:16:07becoming an informal community of stranded people. Not having
00:16:11relatives in her country of origin, Isatou risked leaving for
00:16:15Spain in search of a new
00:16:17life.
00:16:20My plan was Spain because I have no family. My mother
00:16:23passed away and my father too. I have
00:16:27no family.
00:16:30On a stretch of beach, another group of migrants has gathered,
00:16:33hoping to be admitted to the reception center and to submit an application
00:16:37for international protection. Currently, the Spanish National
00:16:41Police maintain a constant presence in the area, while
00:16:45Civil Guard vehicles patrol the
00:16:47site.
00:16:49The Spanish enclave of Ceuta, in North Africa, is facing
00:16:53a severe shortage of basic supplies after a massive influx
00:16:56of migrants from neighboring Morocco. Residents
00:16:59describe the situation as the country's worst border crisis in
00:17:03years. This is madness what is happening here. Look, they have always come with open
00:17:06arms. Because emigration, well, pardon me,
00:17:10migration has always existed both in one country and in the other country.
00:17:13When I emigrated to Spain, I emigrated with papers, to Germany and
00:17:17other countries. Because of hunger and war and everything, people come
00:17:20looking for a future, but this has not been emigration, this has been an
00:17:24invasion, an invasion of Moroccan
00:17:27territory, our neighbors towards us, the
00:17:30citizens of Ceuta, to whom we have done nothing, whom we have always received with open
00:17:34arms. We have a wonderful, incredible coexistence. We
00:17:38would like it to return to what they have wanted to do with this is to
00:17:41infuriate both lands,
00:17:44Morocco and Ceuta,
00:17:46each other, they will not
00:17:48succeed.
00:17:51Spanish authorities reported on Tuesday that around 70,000 of the
00:17:5572,000 people who crossed into Ceuta from Morocco
00:17:58have already returned to their country and that at least 75 people have
00:18:02died trying to cross into
00:18:04Ceuta.
00:18:07The only reason I left Morocco was because I had nothing
00:18:10left, there was nothing, no work, no
00:18:14hospitals, no job opportunities, nothing,
00:18:18there was nothing to do, nor was there a way out, what else can
00:18:22a person do? People keep trying and
00:18:25trying until they die. When I arrived, I saw
00:18:28four people who had already died and there are more in the
00:18:31sea.
00:18:35A grocery store owner indicated that many
00:18:38people have chosen not to leave their homes and that the goods in the
00:18:41establishments were not enough. The
00:18:44situation here in Ceuta has been a little critical because
00:18:48there are people who have been scared, they haven't been able to leave their
00:18:51homes, because it's true that many, many, many
00:18:54people have entered, eh, the establishments
00:18:58have not been enough because the merchandise that was there was only for the people of
00:19:02Ceuta, we have tried to make sure that everyone
00:19:05has supplies
00:19:08so they can eat, drink and be well in their homes,
00:19:12but it is true that the situation has been very, very critical because many
00:19:16people have entered and we have been in, well, we have been and
00:19:19continue to be in a situation where there is
00:19:23no, no merchandise, no necessary things for life such as
00:19:27water, bread, and we are trying
00:19:30to move forward and continue
00:19:31forward.
00:21:37The mountains of the community of Coambo, northwest of
00:21:40Ibarra, today look like this: a black
00:21:43blanket extends over 1443
00:21:46hectares. It is the trace left by the flames that remained
00:21:50active for 5 days.
00:21:53The landscape is desolate, charred
00:21:56trunks, dead agave plants and plants uprooted
00:21:59cover the slopes. It is considered as
00:22:02one of the largest fires in our sector during the last 10 years
00:22:06because of its magnitude and because,
00:22:09logically, its location has also made it very difficult
00:22:12to control. The residents of Coambo, San Guillermo and
00:22:16Coajara lived through hours of anguish. They assure that they had never
00:22:20seen a forest fire spread so
00:22:23fast and feared that the fire would reach their homes, crops
00:22:27and animals. What we are
00:22:31the winter, all that loose soil there
00:22:34will come down through the ravines and cause
00:22:38a lot of damage to the
00:22:40crops. Strong winds of up to
00:22:4475 km per hour and steep slopes
00:22:48were the favorable conditions for the fire to
00:22:51break out. However, this Wednesday firefighters
00:22:54managed to extinguish the last three active hotspots,
00:22:58located more than 3, m high, and
00:23:01while the war against the flames ended in the
00:23:04northwest of Ibarra, firefighters now report another
00:23:08large-scale fire, this time in the northeast, in the
00:23:11Pimán sector, border between Ibarra and Pimampiro, which is
00:23:15spreading rapidly. The number of affected
00:23:18hectares is not yet confirmed.
00:23:22We arrived in Cabo Rojo to learn about the possible positive
00:23:26or negative effects of the Esencia project.
00:23:30Esencia is the mega-project for tourism and residential development
00:23:33they propose to develop in the Los Pozos sector in Cabo Rojo, between Boquerón
00:23:37and Combate. The plan contemplates more than 2000
00:23:40acres of land where they promise to build residences whose
00:23:44cost would start at 3 million dollars, in addition to
00:23:48hotels, golf courses and amenities,
00:23:50but since the project was announced, it has generated intense controversy
00:23:54in one sector, they claim, it means progress, economy, demonstrations,
00:23:58marches and opposition from residents, farmers and environmental
00:24:01organizations have marked the process,
00:24:05none of us here are against developments and projects,
00:24:08as long as they are viable, as long as they
00:24:12are sensible, there are
00:24:15regulations, there are offices, there are
00:24:19government officials who are,
00:24:22you see, they have that
00:24:25the law, well, comply with what the law says.
00:24:29During the public hearings on the environmental impact statement known
00:24:32as DIA, the developers of Cabo Rojo Land Acquisition, Ruben Brothers
00:24:36Corporation and Tri Rules Capital, acknowledged that the
00:24:40construction will cause environmental impacts which they assured
00:24:43they would mitigate. In their presentation, they admitted the existence of endemic
00:24:47fauna and flora, wetlands which they explained they would conserve...
00:24:50oyster beds, more than 100 archaeological sites,
00:24:54they explained 73% will be in golf courses, with
00:24:58minimal impact, 24% would be lost
00:25:01and 3% would be preserved in a shopping center. In
00:25:04September 2025, natural resources reported that
00:25:08Esencia would cause serious deficiencies and irreversible
00:25:11impacts, as well as the fragmentation of the habitat
00:25:15of endemic species. Despite this position, on December 23,
00:25:192025, the Permits Management Office, known as
00:25:22OP, approved the DIA, making it public on December
00:25:2624. It is an illegal project, that
00:25:30is a project that has bypassed all the
00:25:33regulations in force in this country. Last
00:25:37Thursday, OCP approved the location consultation officially
00:25:40published on Friday afternoon, which allows the project
00:25:43to continue its permitting process. 40%
00:25:47of the land is classified as rustic or non-developable
00:25:50land, associated with agricultural uses,
00:25:54conservation of natural resources, open spaces, but
00:25:57in addition to the environmental impact, there is another resource,
00:26:01water. Originally, the project planned to supply itself from the
00:26:05Betances filtration plant in Cabo Rojo, which receives its water from the Lajas
00:26:09Valley irrigation canal, administered by the AEE, the main source of
00:26:13water for the agricultural area. The Aqueduct and Sewer Authority
00:26:16concluded that the plant does not have the capacity to supply the demand
00:26:20of the project without making substantial improvements. The projected
00:26:23water consumption for Esencia with the golf courses is
00:26:271.25 million gallons of water daily, a figure that has
00:26:31kept the farmers of Cabo Rojo and Lajas awake at night, and
00:26:35although little is said about food security, the Lajas Valley
00:26:38area plays a very important role in food
00:26:42in Puerto Rico, because it is one of the few that remains
00:26:45active distributing those
00:26:48fresh foods that reach your table. In the Lajas Valley,
00:26:51about 200 farmers operate, who
00:26:55maintain their crops in an island that imports a large part of the
00:26:59food it consumes. Any threat to the water
00:27:02supply for agriculture generates concern. Farmers
00:27:05fear that a project of such magnitude could jeopardize
00:27:09that resource. All agricultural companies in the
00:27:14but not only that, all the filtration
00:27:18plants that are served by the
00:27:22Electric Power Authority, which sells water to the Triple
00:27:25A, because that is the water they use in the filtration
00:27:28plants and we end up at the
00:27:31Electric Power plant, reiterated in a letter that
00:27:35if a connection to the irrigation system were considered in the future,
00:27:39not even under emergency circumstances, there is capacity to
00:27:42increase the flow without affecting the service that
00:27:45farmers receive. The concern increases, but the
00:27:49project proposal changed. In an explanatory memorandum
00:27:52presented by OPEB last July, Esencia
00:27:56assured that it would no longer connect to the Triple A. Natural Resources
00:28:00would have authorized the drilling of deep wells
00:28:03and test boreholes to assess the availability of underground
00:28:06water, it is then that the strategy
00:28:10changes and the battery of
00:28:14advisors of Esencia tells the
00:28:18department, we need you to authorize these permits
00:28:22because the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority will
00:28:25provide us with the water we need,
00:28:28it is then that they elbow the
00:28:32agency, right, to the Department of Natural Resources, and the Department
00:28:36of Natural Resources then has to give them the
00:28:39permits for the well drillers, but if there is
00:28:42an opportunity to extract water from there, why until
00:28:46now has the Triple A not used
00:28:49that option to resolve water shortages
00:28:53when tourists come on weekends there,
00:28:57you know, it's obvious, in that same
00:29:01explanatory memorandum, it was assured that the tests carried out in the
00:29:04wells produced more than 10 million gallons daily, assuring
00:29:08that they will only use around 15%,
00:29:11meaning 1.25 million gallons daily, but
00:29:15that alternative is also not free of questions. Natural
00:29:19Resources warned that the extraction of groundwater so
00:29:23close to the coast could cause saline
00:29:26intrusion in the aquifer. If it occurs, saltwater would penetrate
00:29:30the aquifer, affecting the quality of the resource and limiting its use.
00:29:33One of the most affected aquifers could be the
00:29:36Rincon. Saline intrusion means that saltwater enters
00:29:39and damages the aquifer. If it is damaged, it is
00:29:43lost. The water from the subsoil in this
00:29:47region is brackish, which means it has a lot of salt
00:29:50and other minerals that normally
00:29:53filtered water does not
00:29:57have, it is not a very palatable
00:29:59water, if those wells extract water. What
00:30:02they extract is brackish water.