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The far-left network that helped put Alex Pretti in harm’s way, then made him a martyr
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The skirmish that led to Saturday’s fatal shooting of an agitator by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis and the response that followed were driven by a complex network of far-left organizations with a wide range of causes, a Fox News Digital investigation found.
A coordinated web of encrypted chats, street alerts and tracking of ICE «Abductors» in a sophisticated database reviewed by Fox News Digital shows that agitators were already mobilized at the scene where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was killed minutes before any shots were fired. ICE and Border Patrol agents were there to arrest an illegal immigrant criminal, and Pretti and others were there, outside a donut shop, to meet them as part of a strategic pattern of organized interference with law enforcement operations.
Over the following hours, a national network of socialist, communist and Marxist-Leninist cells in the United States leveraged the tragic fatality into a nationwide protest operation. While grief and outrage over Pretti’s death is genuine, the network’s real-time rapid response, using short sensational video clips and emojis as weapons of propaganda, offers a window into the disciplined logistics, messaging and coordination of far-left warriors fomenting insurgency-like confrontation with authorities.
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«Rapid Responders» swarmed to the site of Glam Doll Donuts before the shooting occurred and afterward, documenting alleged ICE vehicles in the area in a sophisticated tracking database. The times in this database are Central Time, one hour behind Eastern Time.
«This level of engineered chaos is unique to Minneapolis. It is the direct consequence of far left agitators, working with local authorities,» Vice President JD Vance observed in a Sunday post on X.
The encrypted Signal messages obtained by Fox News Digital in real time show that anti-ICE «rapid responders» were actively tracking, broadcasting and summoning «backup» around federal agents outside Glam Doll Donuts on Nicollet Avenue, where the shooting occurred. Local «rapid responders» made at least 26 entries into a database called «MN ICE Plates» in the critical hours before and after the killing, documenting the license plate numbers and details of alleged ICE vehicles they claimed to see around Nicollet Avenue.
The entry at row 344 read, «At the nicollet [sic] murder,» chronicling a black Jeep Wagoneer at the location with agents allegedly «involved in shooting.» Row 338 had a «Glam Doll Donuts» entry, tracking a black Ford Taurus.
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Members of an ICE Watch «Rapid Response» team tracked federal agents to the street, calling on more protesters to come to the street, where an anti-ICE demonstrator was killed minutes later.
At 9:50 a.m. ET, just before the killing, a user identified as «Willow» shared a 22-second video on an encrypted Signal chat for anti-ICE «rapid responders.»
«26and 3rd,» wrote «Willow,» quickly following up with, «Outside Glam Doll.»
The video showed two agents, one wearing a vest marked «POLICE,» studying the front door of Glam Doll before walking away, past a sign in the window that read, «ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA.»
As the camera rolled, the person filming yelled, «No!»
The camera followed the agents as they returned to a maroon Dodge Durango, passing another sign in the window that read, «ALL WELCOME HERE.»
In the video, someone shouted, «Get out of here!»
Just three minutes later, at 9:53 a.m. ET, a second Signal user, «Salacious B. Crumb,» escalated the alert, summoning additional responders and citing the same vehicle and agents.
«Backup needed at the Black Forest Inn parking lot on Nicollet Ave just south of 26th Street,» the message read.
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«Multiple vehicles with many agents appear to be staging there,» the alert continued. «One confirmed ICE vehicle seen was a maroon Dodge Durango [plate number], but it has driven away northbound on Nicollet.» Fox News Digital has redacted the Florida license plate number included in the original message.
ICE Assistant Director Marcos Charles said Sunday that the violence on the streets was «not a coincidence,» considering the «chaos and mayhem» that agitators are fomenting in Minneapolis. At the same press conference, Customs and Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino confirmed that Pretti was «on the scene several minutes» before the fatal shooting.
Video of the scene shows that as Pretti stepped into the middle of Nicolle Street to direct traffic, fellow agitators could be heard blowing whistles to alert locals that ICE officers were around. Soon after, Pretti ended up in a street confrontation with Customs and Border Patrol agents, across the street from Glam Doll Donuts outside a worn storefront marked «NEW AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER,» a nonprofit focused on immigration entry programs for Somalis.
Within minutes, at about 10:05 a.m. ET, at least one Customs and Border Patrol agent shot Pretti, killing him.
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At 10:18 a.m. ET, the Signal network erupted.
Using a red phone emoji to signal an all-points alert, a message blasted out: «☎️ easy. URGENT: observers urgently requested at glam doll donuts @ 26th & nicollet [sic],» the alert continued. «an observer has been shot by ice, unknown condition, emts [emergency medical technicians] present, please be safe. EDIT: medics requested to join perimeter in case agents start gassing. be aware there are many agents and mpd [Minneapolis Police Department] officers present.»
Within minutes, far-left activists descended on Nicollet Avenue. Soon after, a video showed corrugated boxes of supplies apparently lined up on a Minneapolis sidewalk for protesters, including boxes marked «DESINER MASKS» [sic] and «FREE WINTER HATS,» next to piles of bottled water.
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Within hours, socialist leaders turbocharged their «rapid responders» in Minneapolis and mobilized street protesters from New York City to Los Angeles.
Media outlets, including CNN and MSNOW, described «angry protesters» but failed to identify the ideological networks behind the mobilization, even as protesters flashed their signs with their logos and names, touting socialism, communism and Marxism, on camera.
The Minneapolis activation marked the beginning of an almost instantaneous weekend surge by far-left organizations, including hardened socialist and communist groups operating in an ecosystem that national security experts describe as an insurgent-style operation designed to exploit tragedy to wage a domestic political war.
The strategy mirrors past mobilizations, including the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in May 2020, and exploits well-intentioned public sympathy by rapidly framing Pretti — an intensive care unit nurse at a Veterans Administration hospital — as a symbol of resistance, much like Renee Good, the first victim of an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
Just as they responded in real-time to mobilize «comrades» to march on the streets within 12 hours of the U.S. arrest of Venezuelan strongman Nicholas Maduro in early January, socialist, communist and Marxist-Leninist groups now frame their activation as an action within the «belly of the beast» against the «hyperimperialism» of the United States.
VANCE CALLS MINNEAPOLIS UNREST ‘ENGINEERED CHAOS’ AFTER DEADLY SHOOTING
Propagandists for socialist groups, including BreakThrough News, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, sprang to action to demonize federal officials after a killing in Minneapolis. (BreakThrough News/X, Party for Socialism and Liberation/X, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, X)
Based on a digital analysis of scores of rapid-response messages following the killing on Saturday, a hub of communist and socialist nonprofit organizations emerged as key organizers of the protests, many of them funded by an American-born billionaire Neville Roy Singham, a self-declared Marxist-Leninist living in Shanghai, and offshoots of the People’s Forum Inc., a nonprofit hub Singham has funded in New York City since 2017 as an «incubator» for socialist and communist groups. The People’s Forum has declined requests for comment.
At 10:48 a.m. ET, BreakThrough News, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and propaganda arm of the People’s Forum, broke the news widely of the killing, sharing a video recorded from inside the Glam Doll Donut shot of the tussle outside, punctuated by gun shots and frantic narration, «Holy s**t. What the f***!…Did they f***ing kill that guy? F***ing kidding me, dude.»
BreakThrough News put a dramatic black-and-white caption over the video: «BREAKING: Another CPB Shooting in Minneapolis.» By Sunday afternoon, the video had 4.1 million views, alongside the outlet’s calls to support the People’s Republic of China, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and the communist revolution in Cuba.
Before the video cuts off, someone can be heard saying, «Yo, we need people on site!»
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The Party for Socialism and Liberation turned Alex Pretti into a poster boy for its protests.in quick graphics for its anti-ICE efforts. (Party for Socialism and Liberation/X)
At 11:40 a.m., BreakThrough News broadcast a 39-second video showing Minnesota National Guard soldiers charging across a street with batons, some falling as clouds of breath rose in the cold air.
Soon after, at 12:24 p.m., the Party for Socialism and Liberation – a political wing of the movement, working with shared leadership at the People’s Forum – published a quickly-made graphic, «CPB MURDERS ANOTHER IN MINNEAPOLIS,» and the message, «EXPAND THE GENERAL STRIKE!»
The call for a «general strike,» a classic communist tactic, refers to coordinated mass work stoppages aimed at paralyzing civil society to force political – and economic – outcomes.
At 12:33 p.m., the People’s Forum blasted out a bold red-and-white poster to followers, calling for an «EMERGENCY PROTEST» at 4 p.m. ET at Union Square in midtown Manhattan, with the message, «STOP ICE TERROR.»
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Democratic Socialists of America, People’s Forum and other groups that identify as Marxist-Leninist activated foot soldiers to protest the U.S. Political operative Linda Sarsour yelled at a protest, «We will bring this country to a halt!» (Democratic Socialists of America/X, People’s Forum/X, Defend 512/Instagram)
In lockstep, at 12:57 p.m., Democratic Socialists of America, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit that elected Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, posted a stark black-and-white graphic on X, calling the killing an «execution» and demanding, «ABOLISH ICE NOW.»
At the protest, Linda Sarsour, a Palestinian political operative who has led virulently anti-Israel protests with socialist organizations after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack against Israel by Hamas terrorists, rallied the crowd at the 4 p.m. protest, yelling, «We will bring this country to a halt!» The People’s Forum shared the 22-second video clip with the caption: «🚨HAPPENING NOW IN NYC.»
Other groups mobilized simultaneously, including Freedom Road Socialist Organization, a self-described Marxist-Leninist group that has waved its red flag with its acronym, «FRSO,» in the middle of the protests since Good’s killing.
Also active: the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, which has led many of the rapid-response efforts and Black Lives Matter chapters, which led the recent stampede through a local Christian church.
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By early evening, the narrative had coalesced into a chorus of voices within the far-left propaganda apparatus, adopting charged historical language to brand federal officials as Nazi-like figures. At 4:12 p.m. ET, Calla Walsh, a controversial communist activist filmed this past summer in Iran shouting, «Death to America! Death to Israel!» shared a 32-second video showing barricades built with Republic Services dumpsters.
She wrote, «People of Minneapolis build barricades, trapping ICE Gestapo at the scene of their latest murder in broad daylight. Not far from where they killed Renee Good a couple weeks ago, not far from where George Floyd was killed in 2020.»
By evening, CNN was reporting from the 4 p.m. protest in New York City but did not identify the ideological affiliations of the organizers, even as activists openly carried signs from the Party for Socialism and Liberation, with the group’s full name printed across the bottom.
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Another CNN segment from Minneapolis interviewed Chris Gray, describing him only as Pretti’s «next-door neighbor.» Gray spoke about Pretti while delivering a well-scripted appeal for a general strike to dismantle the «Trump regime» and promote «non-violent resistance.» The segment did not disclose that Gray is a member of Socialist Alternative, the U.S. affiliate of the International Socialist Alternative, a «global fighting organization of workers, young people, and all those oppressed by capitalism and imperialism,» seeking to create a «socialist world.»
Soon after, however, Socialist Alternative shared the interview proudly on Instagram, noting, «Chris Gray, Socialist Alternative member and next-door neighbor of Alex Pretti, speaks out.»
By evening’s end, at 9:44 p.m. ET, Gloria La Riva, a co-founder of the Party for Socialism and Liberation who has described herself as «a communist,» posted a message on X, using the inflammatory language now normalized: «Alex Pretti was murdered in cold blood, everyone knows that. 10 shots in his back. All of Trump’s, Noem’s, Bovino’s lies cannot cover it up. The people’s struggle will only grow!»
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«Rapid Responders» in Minneapolis track the vehicles they suspect belong to federal officials, including ICE agents, and upload details about their alleged vehicles in a database, «MN ICE PLATES AIRTABLE DATABASE,» labeling alleged ICE agents as «Abductors.» («MN ICE PLATES AIRTABLE DATABASE»)
The maroon Dodge Durango in the early Signal alerts from Saturday morning is Entry No. 2069 in the publicly shared database, «MN ICE PLATES,» publicly shared for any user with the link. It included a gallery of photos of alleged ICE vehicles.
At last count on Sunday, the database has 4,626 records of license plate numbers organized as «Highly Suspected ICE,» «Confirmed ICE,» «Suspected ICE,» «Cleared – Not ICE» and «Unknown.»
The total number of «Confirmed ICE» entries is 2,933 records. The total number of records labeled «Abductors» is 455.
A fine-print disclaimer states that the data is «for informational purposes only» and that its organizers «do not condone its use to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede or interfere with the official duties of any officer or employee of the United States, or of any agency in any branch of the United States Government, while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties.»
Alleged ICE vehicles outside the shooting were included in a database compiled by Minneapolis citizens who have joined a «Rapid Response» team to track the movements of federal officials. They had swarmed the street minutes before the shooting occurred Saturday morning.
One guide, «Best Practices Guide for Neighborhood or Area Patrol / Monitors: 612,» includes a key to emojis and the jobs they represent for rapid responders:
«🚗💨= Mobile Patrol / Commuter – In a vehicle driving around, looking for agents»
«🚗📍= Stationary Patrol/Monitor – In a vehicle positioned at key places in the area, looking for agents»
«🏃🏻♀️= Foot Patrol – On foot, looking for agents»
«☎️ = Dispatch – Live on the Monitor / Patrol group call»
«📟 = Hyper-local group messenger – Ready to pass on word to individual neighborhoods and blocks»
‘🦺 = School / event safety spotters – Assigned and connected to a specific school or event»
«🍽️ = License plate checker – Ready to check a plate against the list of known license plates’;
«⛑️ = Medic – Ready to offer medical care»
«❤️🩹 = Aftercare provider – Available to connect with responders after an event»
The maroon Dodge Durango that was allegedly outside Glam Doll Donuts on Nicollet Avenue is listed with three prior sightings: Jan. 11 at 3 p.m. at the Whipple federal detention facility, Jan. 13 at 1:15 p.m. and a final sighting at Powderhorn Park parking lot on 35th Street and 14th Avenue.
It’s listed with the tags, «Seen in a convoy, Tinted/blacked-out windows, ICE agent(s) seen in vehicle,» and a final verdict: «Confirmed ICE.»
As socialist organizations continued to dispatch their foot soldiers to Nicollet Avenue on Sunday evening, the Signal groups were as active as ever on Sunday, an alert going out at 4:37 p.m. ET, with rapid responders now chasing a black Dodge Durango around town.
«2 confirmed ICE vehicles,» the alert read, «…at least 2 agents in each vehicle.»
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Así será el día a día de Artemis II tras su despegue: la agenda completa de la histórica misión tripulada rumbo a la Luna
La historia vuelve a escribirse. Artemis II despegó este jueves a las 19:24 (hora Argentina) y lleva a la humanidad al umbral de la Luna por primera vez en más de medio siglo. La misión, que reúne a cuatro astronautas a bordo de la nave Orion, tiene previsto un itinerario de casi 10 días repleto de desafíos científicos, maniobras técnicas y rutinas pensadas para sobrevivir en el espacio profundo.
Cada jornada está pensada al detalle. Desde el chequeo de sistemas vitales hasta experimentos biomédicos, pasando por ejercicios físicos y simulacros de emergencia. La agenda busca no solo garantizar la seguridad de la tripulación, sino también acumular datos que serán claves para el futuro de la exploración lunar.
Día 1
Tras la partida con el Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial, los astronautas Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch y el canadiense Jeremy Hansen ingresaron al espacio en ocho minutos. Luego de la separación de etapas, Orion alcanza una órbita segura y posteriormente una órbita terrestre alta. Las primeras 23 horas se destinan a revisar sistemas esenciales, como el dispensador de agua, el inodoro y la eliminación de dióxido de carbono.
Durante este periodo inicial, la tripulación realiza maniobras de aproximación y giro alrededor de la etapa de propulsión criogénica intermedia, practicando operaciones de proximidad. Al concluir el primer día, los astronautas comprueban las comunicaciones de emergencia mediante la Red del Espacio Profundo y ajustan la nave para la maniobra de inyección translunar.
Día 2
La agenda se concentra en el entrenamiento físico, clave para combatir los efectos de la ingravidez. Wiseman y Glover se turnan en el dispositivo de ejercicio, mientras Koch y Hansen siguen la rutina en la segunda parte del día.
Cada movimiento sirve para probar los límites del cuerpo humano en microgravedad. Koch se encarga de la configuración para la maniobra de inyección translunar, la orden que coloca a Orion en ruta hacia la Luna. A partir de allí, la tripulación dispone de tiempo para adaptarse y establecer contacto visual con la Tierra.
Día 3
El tercer día trae consigo una corrección crucial en la trayectoria. Hansen lidera la preparación para el encendido, mientras el resto ensaya maniobras médicas: reanimación cardiopulmonar, uso de instrumental de emergencia y pruebas del sistema de comunicación en situación crítica.
La jornada concluye con un ensayo de la secuencia científica que activarán al acercarse al entorno lunar.
Día 4
Otra corrección de trayectoria refina el camino. Ahora, la atención se centra en los objetivos de observación geográfica y la captura de imágenes de cuerpos celestes. El equipo ajusta instrumentos y cámaras, perfilando las tareas científicas que se desplegarán al entrar en la órbita lunar.
Día 5
Orion cruza el umbral de la esfera lunar. La tripulación dedica la mañana a ensayar el sistema de supervivencia de la nave: prueban los trajes espaciales para emergencias, comen y beben en condiciones presurizadas. Por la tarde, ejecutan la última corrección de trayectoria antes del gran sobrevuelo.
Día 6
La nave alcanza su punto más alejado de la Tierra en el sexto día, lo que puede suponer un récord de distancia.
Al acercarse a entre 6.400 y 9.660 km (4.000 a 6.000 millas) de la superficie lunar, la tripulación toma fotos y videos de la Luna.
Durante este sobrevuelo, registran observaciones en tiempo real, incluso en lapsos de 30 a 50 minutos sin comunicación con la Tierra por hallarse detrás del satélite.
La iluminación de la superficie lunar varía según la fecha y la posición del Sol, generando oportunidades únicas para registrar cambios en el relieve y la composición del terreno. Esta variabilidad permite a la tripulación analizar cómo la luz solar resalta cráteres, montañas y valles, ofreciendo datos valiosos para futuras misiones y para el entendimiento de la geología lunar.
Día 7
El séptimo día, Orion abandona la zona de influencia lunar. Antes de alejarse, los científicos dialogan con la tripulación para recabar sus primeras impresiones tras el sobrevuelo. La nave ejecuta la maniobra inicial de regreso, y los astronautas disfrutan de una jornada mayormente libre antes de afrontar las últimas fases de la misión.
Día 8
El octavo día implica preparativos frente a posibles eventos de radiación solar. Los astronautas evalúan la construcción de refugios con los suministros de Orion y llevan a cabo experimentos para medir los niveles de radiación a bordo. Al final del día, prueban las capacidades de pilotaje manual, ensayando diferentes modos de control de la nave.
Día 9
La atención se centra ahora en el regreso en los preparativos de retorno: revisión del proceso de reingreso, comprobación de los sistemas de recolección de residuos y ensayo con prendas de compresión destinadas a prevenir la intolerancia ortostática, una alteración cardiovascular común al volver de la microgravedad.
Día 10
En el décimo día, la tripulación realiza los últimos chequeos, reordena la cápsula y utiliza los trajes espaciales para la reentrada atmosférica. Tras la separación del módulo de servicio y la exposición del escudo térmico, la nave enfrenta temperaturas de hasta 1.500 ℃ (2.732 ℉). Superada la fricción, se despliegan los paracaídas de frenado y los principales, ralentizando la cápsula hasta un descenso seguro.
El cierre de Artemis II será el amerizaje suave en el Océano Pacífico, donde equipos de recuperación aguardan para recibir a la tripulación y poner fin a una misión que redefine los alcances de la exploración lunar.
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JOHANNESBURG — A Holy Week attack in a predominantly Christian town in Nigeria that left a reported 28 dead has led to widespread fears that more of Christ’s followers could be targeted over the coming Easter weekend.
On Palm Sunday last weekend, multiple gunmen reportedly shouted a Muslim declaration as they randomly opened fire in the predominantly Christian town of Angwan Rukuba in the Jos District of Nigeria’s Plateau State.
«The terrorists stormed the area in a commando style and started shooting, sporadically chanting, ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is great in Arabic),» a field worker told the aid agency Voice of the Martyrs from the scene. «The area is (a majority) Christian community.»
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Henrietta Blyth, CEO of Open Doors UK & Ireland, told Fox News Digital this Easter there are fears of more attacks against Christians in Nigeria.
«Tragic events like this are all too common in Plateau State and large areas of northern Nigeria,» Blyth said.
«And too often they can occur on Christian holy days like this. Indeed, people in the region will remember the devastating 2023 Christmas Eve attacks in Benue state that killed over 140 people.»
Police officers gather at the site of Sunday night’s terrorist attack in Gari Ya Waye community in Jos North, Nigeria, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Samson Omale)
Nigeria is ranked the seventh-worst country in the world for Christian persecution by Open Doors. The organization claims it accounts for 72% of the total number of Christian killings worldwide in 2025.
A local human rights lawyer who asked to conceal his name due to security fears, was nearby when the latest attack happened. He told Fox News Digital, «A group of people came, around 20, some on motorcycles, and started shooting.»
He added the area is essentially a Christian one «and for anybody to go and openly shoot at people, then it must be that that person had Christians in mind.»
CHRISTIANS TARGETED IN SYSTEMATIC KIDNAPPING CAMPAIGN IN NIGERIA BY JIHADI HERDSMEN, EXPERTS SAY
Funerals for some 27 Christians who were reportedly killed by Islamist Fulani tribesmen in the village of Bindi Ta-hoss, Nigeria, July, 28, 2025 (Courtesy: Christian Solidarity International )
Another local Christian resident, who also asked to withhold his name, told Fox News Digital, «I can assure you that the majority position among Christians in Nigeria is that what we are experiencing in Nigeria is Islamic expansionism, and it must be stopped, using whatever means is necessary.»
The human rights lawyer said there are reports of videos circulating that are threatening more attacks against Christians, adding, «Here in Jos in Nigeria, we say that there is no Christian holiday or event left on the Christian calendar that has escaped an attack by radical Islamists or terrorists in Nigeria, whether it is Christmas, Easter or Good Friday, Palm Sunday or Sunday services or whatever. We are trapped.»
Christians hold signs as they march on the streets of Abuja during a prayer and penance for peace and security in Nigeria in Abuja March 1, 2020. (Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images)
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In a statement to Fox News Digital, Todd Nettleton of the Voice of the Martyrs’ group said that, in countries like Nigeria, «Easter is often a season of peril. Holy days on the Christian calendar, including Christmas and Easter, are often times when those who hate the Gospel target our brothers and sisters in violent attacks.»
Open Doors’ Blythe said, «The fear of being brutally attacked will hang over millions of Christians across Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, as they prepare for Easter, a festival that should be the most joyful moment in the Christian calendar. We will be praying that Christians around the world will be safe and free to celebrate and worship jubilantly this Eastertide.»
Fox News Digital reached out to the Nigerian government for comment but received no response.
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En una carta pública, el presidente de Irán dijo que Netanyahu manipula a Trump en la guerra y lanzó una advertencia a EE.UU.
Mientras se cruzan las versiones por un alto al fuego entre Washington y Teherán, este miércoles por la tarde el presidente iraní publicó una carta abierta en la que dijo dirigirse «al pueblo de los Estados Unidos». Masoud Pezeshkian cuestionó la «guerra de desinformación», deslizó que Donald Trump puede estar siendo manipulado por Benjamin Netanyahu y cerró con una fuerte advertencia: «A lo largo de su milenaria y orgullosa historia, Irán se sobrepuso a muchos agresores. Lo que queda de ellos sólo son nombres manchados en la historia».
Se trata de una misiva de cuatro carillas publicada en los perfiles oficiales de redes sociales de Pezeshkian, presidente de Irán, este miércoles por la noche, hora local. Llegó apenas horas después de que Donald Trump afirmara en Truth Social que «el nuevo presidente del régimen iraní acababa de pedirle un alto al fuego», lo cual sería considerado por Washington sólo después de que se liberara el estrecho de Ormuz.
En su carta, Pezeshkian no se pronuncia explícitamente sobre el posible cese al fuego, pero señala: «Hoy el mundo está en una encrucijada. Seguir por el camino de la confrontación es más caro y fútil que nunca. La elección entre confrontación y compromiso es real y consecuente; su resultado moldeará el futuro de las generaciones venideras».
Tampoco aclara si la carta fue escrita con aprobación del líder supremo, Mojtaba Khamenei, de mayor poder que el presidencial.
«Al pueblo de los Estados Unidos de América y a todos aquellos que, en medio de un caudal de distorsiones y relatos fabricados, continúan buscando la verdad y aspira a llevar una vida mejor. Irán –en su nombre, carácter e identidad– es una de las civilizaciones más antiguas en la historia. Pero además de sus ventajas históricas y geográficas a lo largo de los tiempos, Irán nunca ha elegido, en su historia moderna, el camino de la agresión, expansión, colonialismo o la dominación», comienza la carta del presidente iraní.
Y continúa: «Incluso ante la ocupación, invasión y de la presión sostenida de las potencias globales –y a pesar de tener superioridad militar sobre varios de sus vecinos–, Irán nunca inició una guerra. En cambio, resolvió y repelió valientemente a aquellos que lo atacaron (…) Por eso, retratar a Irán como una amenaza no es ni consistente con la realidad histórica ni la moderna; y esa percepción responde a la necesidad de justificar la presión, mantener superioridad militar y la industria bélica (…) En ese contexto, si no hay una amenaza, se la inventa».
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— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) April 1, 2026
También señala a Estados Unidos por concentrar «sus más numerosas fuerzas y capacidades militares alrededor de Irán». «Lo que Irán ha sostenido es una respuesta mesurada en legítima defensa, lo cual no significa la iniciación de guerra o agresión alguna», amplía Pezeshkian en su carta abierta.
Además, dice -en referencia a las negociaciones por el programa nuclear, previas al estallido de la guerra- que «Irán buscó negociar, alcanzó un acuerdo y cumplió con sus compromisos».
«La decisión de salir de ese acuerdo, escalar el conflicto y lanzar dos ataques en medio de las negociaciones fueron dos decisiones destructivas del gobierno estadounidenses. Haber atacado infraestructura crucial de Irán –instalaciones energéticas e industriales– atentó directamente contra su pueblo», sigue.
Luego desliza acusaciones sobre el rol de Benjamin Netanyahu y su influencia sobre Trump: «¿Acaso los Estados Unidos no entraron en el conflicto arrastrados como un proxy de Israel, manipulados por su régimen? ¿Acaso no es evidente que Israel busca confrontar contra Irán hasta la vida del último soldado norteamericano y del último dolar de impuestos de cada estadounidense? ¿Es realmente ‘Primero EE.UU.’ la prioridad del gobierno norteamericano?».
«A lo largo de su historia y orgullosa historia, Irán se sobrepuso a numerosos agresores. Lo único que queda de ellos son nombres manchados en la historia, mientras que Irán persiste, resiliente, digno y orgulloso«, concluyó el presidente iraní.
Más temprano este miércoles, Trump publicó en su propia red social, Truth, un mensaje para anunciar que el régimen de Teherán había pedido un alto al fuego. «El nuevo presidente del régimen iraní, mucho menos radicalizado y mucho más inteligente que sus precesores, ¡acaba de pedir un alto al fuego a los EE. UU.! Lo consideraremos cuando el estrecho de Ormuz esté abierto, libre y despejado», comenzó el mandatario norteamericano.
De lo contrario, aseguró, Estados Unidos continuará «bombardeando Irán hasta la aniquilación o, como dicen algunos, hasta que regrese a la Edad de Piedra».
No tardó en llegar la respuesta desde Teherán: el portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Esmaeil Baqaei, dijo que «la afirmación de Trump es falsa e infundada».
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