Trump maintains his accusations of 2020 electoral fraud without evidence

Trump insists on debunked claims about the 2020 elections. New investigations generate controversy.

Almost six years after the 2020 presidential election in the United States, Donald Trump continues to claim that there were irregularities. Multiple official investigations, audits and courts concluded that there was no widespread fraud or foreign interference that altered the result, won by Joe Biden.

In a recent message to the nation, Trump anticipated “really big news” about the elections. Electoral integrity experts are concerned that the president could repeat already debunked claims. Members of his administration avoid explicitly recognizing Biden’s victory and only point out that he was declared president.

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Official conclusions and new investigations

Then-Attorney General William Barr claimed to have found no evidence of significant fraud. Chris Krebs, former director of the federal election cybersecurity agency, described the elections as secure. An intelligence assessment at the end of Trump’s first term ruled out foreign tampering with the results.

However, since his return to the White House, Trump ordered new investigations. Federal agents have reviewed election records in counties in Georgia and Arizona. Kurt Olsen, a lawyer linked to fraud theories, is leading part of the investigations. Critics point out that these actions imply a high expenditure of public resources without presenting conclusive evidence until now.

Charges against 11 for migrant smuggling with 7 dead in Texas

Eleven people face charges in the US for migrant smuggling. Seven died in a container in Texas.

The United States Federal Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against 11 people for their alleged participation in a migrant smuggling network. The case is linked to the death of seven people who were traveling hidden in a railway container in Texas.

The victims, originally from Honduras and Mexico, died in May due to high temperatures while being transported to the interior of the country.

Details of the tragedy

According to authorities, the group boarded a train in the border city of Del Río bound for San Antonio. The smugglers abandoned the container after one of the migrants fell while opening the door.

The next day, a Union Pacific employee discovered the bodies of six people inside the container at a Laredo rail yard. A seventh victim had been left next to the tracks.

The investigation determined that the container remained completely sealed, with no ventilation or cooling system. This caused the migrants to suffer heat stroke. Among the deceased was a 14-year-old teenager.

The prosecution detailed that one of the victims managed to communicate with his relatives while he was dying inside the container.

Actions of the authority

The 11 defendants face charges of conspiracy to transport foreigners and facilitating their transfer resulting in death. Crimes that could lead to life in prison.

Nine of the alleged perpetrators have already been arrested in different operations carried out in Texas. Two remain at large. Authorities reported that those involved include US citizens and permanent residents.

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Spain declares national emergency due to forest fires

Spain declares national emergency due to fires. 20 thousand evacuated in the country and 60 thousand in France.

National emergency in Spain due to forest fires

This Friday, the government of Spain activated the declaration of national emergency due to the magnitude of the forest fires. The flames have forced the evacuation of approximately 20 thousand people, mainly in towns near Madrid.

The crisis also reaches the south of France. More than 60 thousand inhabitants have had to leave their homes due to the advance of the fire.

Pedro Sánchez, president of the Spanish government, described the situation as “dramatic” and expressed his solidarity with the affected families.

The declaration of emergency allows the Ministry of the Interior to coordinate response efforts in different autonomous communities. It is expected that in the next few hours air and ground resources will be reinforced to contain the fires.

The authorities recommend that the population stay informed and follow evacuation instructions. So far no deaths have been reported, although the material damage is significant.

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Ukrainian drone attacks leave nine dead in Russia

Ukraine attacks logistics centers of the largest Russian retailer, leaving at least nine dead and dozens injured.

Drone attacks against logistics centers

Drone attacks launched by Ukraine against several fulfillment centers of Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, caused large fires. At least nine people died and dozens were injured. The fires affected a significant part of the country’s commercial infrastructure.

Wildberries, founded in 2004 by entrepreneur Tatyana Kim, is Russia’s leading e-commerce platform. It has more than 200 logistics centers and concentrates more than 50% of the country’s online orders. The company also operates in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Crimea, a territory annexed by Russia in 2014, and works with hundreds of thousands of sellers.

These offensives are part of kyiv’s strategy to weaken the Russian economy and hinder the Kremlin’s war effort. The damage is still being assessed, but is expected to have repercussions on the local economy. The magnitude of the impact on Russian commercial infrastructure is significant.

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