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Ministerio Público de Guatemala reporta avances contra extorsión, narcoactividad y crimen organizado en su primer cuatrimestre

El Ministerio Público de Guatemala presentó el balance de los primeros cuatro meses de la gestión del fiscal general Gabriel Estuardo García Luna, con resultados en extorsión, narcoactividad y crimen organizado, además de una reorganización territorial y técnica para reducir brechas de personal, infraestructura y movilidad.
La Fiscalía contra el Delito de Extorsión realizó 44 operativos, 445 allanamientos y 662 aprehensiones, además de obtener 619 sentencias condenatorias. También logró inmovilizar 96 cuentas bancarias y evitó pagos por 6,94 millones de quetzales mediante la asesoría a víctimas.
El coordinador nacional José Raúl López Lamadrid expuso el balance junto con las fiscales regionales Selma Raquel Sáenz Barrios y Friedel Alejandro Peña Rodríguez. La institución agrupó el trabajo de sus fiscalías de sección y unidades especializadas en siete bloques temáticos, sin alterar sus competencias legales.

Operativos contra narcoactividad y estructuras criminales
La Fiscalía de Delitos de Narcoactividad reorganizó sus funciones y controles internos durante el período. Sus registros incluyen 34 operativos, 172 allanamientos solicitados, 167 aprehensiones y la erradicación de 30.540 arbustos de coca, además de incautaciones relacionadas con la producción y el traslado de estupefacientes.
La Fiscalía contra el Crimen Organizado reforzó el acceso y uso de información para vincular incidencias, expedientes, personas y territorios. El área contabilizó 104 allanamientos, 19 solicitudes de órdenes de aprehensión, 18 acusaciones y nueve sentencias condenatorias.
La Unidad Especializada Antipandillas Transnacionales implementó registros sistematizados de diligencias y efectuó 30 allanamientos en los departamentos de Guatemala, Chiquimula, Escuintla y El Progreso. Estas acciones se coordinaron con el Ministerio de Gobernación y el Ministerio de la Defensa.
La fiscalía especializada en lavado de dinero reportó 18 allanamientos, 28 órdenes de aprehensión ejecutadas, 59 sentencias y 60 personas condenadas. Además, sostuvo 71 reuniones de coordinación con la Intendencia de Verificación Especial y la Dirección de Análisis Financiero.
Nueve regiones con refuerzo de recursos y movilidad
El diagnóstico institucional identificó diferencias entre las nueve regiones del país en disponibilidad de personal, infraestructura y transporte. Como respuesta, el Ministerio Público homologó la asignación de recursos entre las fiscalías regionales.
La región cinco, Suroriente, integrada por Jutiapa, Jalapa y Santa Rosa, acumuló 487 allanamientos, 72 acusaciones, 30 sentencias y 706 órdenes de aprehensión generadas. En la región cuatro, Nororiente, que abarca Izabal, Chiquimula, Zacapa y El Progreso, se documentaron 82 allanamientos, 58 aprehensiones, 46 sentencias y 69 reuniones de coordinación interinstitucional.
La región ocho, Occidente, solicitó planes de persecución penal estratégica sustentados en mapas de calor y análisis de incidencia criminal. El trabajo en Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán, San Marcos y Huehuetenango derivó en 82 operativos.
La Dirección de Investigaciones Criminalísticas, DICRI, inició una reorganización después de detectar una falta acumulada de insumos básicos durante aproximadamente diez años sin procesos de licitación para adquirirlos. Su coordinadora, Kimberly Elizabeth Cano Jocol, indicó que se priorizaron guantes, mascarillas, bolsas para cadáveres y cinta adhesiva para el procesamiento de escenas del crimen.
El organismo también trasladó temporalmente a técnicos para reforzar el Modelo de Atención Integral de Niñez y Adolescencia, la Fiscalía de Distrito Metropolitano y la Fiscalía de Delitos contra la Vida, ante la falta de plazas suficientes. La redistribución de vehículos institucionales apuntó a mejorar la movilidad de la Fiscalía contra Secuestros, la Fiscalía de Derechos Humanos y las fiscalías municipales de Cuilco, Barillas y Jalpatagua.
La Dirección de Análisis Criminal revisó su estructura interna para optimizar la distribución de personal y unificar la calidad de sus productos analíticos. A la vez, se impulsó el fortalecimiento del Sistema Integrado de Identificación Balística, IBIS, mediante notificaciones automáticas sobre coincidencias balísticas entre investigaciones.
La institución avanza además en la creación de una Unidad Especializada en Ciberdelitos para atender hechos vinculados con entornos digitales y en la reactivación de la unidad fiscal del Registro General de la Propiedad, enfocada en la seguridad jurídica y la protección del patrimonio registral.
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Finland’s Stubb credits Trump for pushing Ukraine peace talks while dismissing Russian invasion fears

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UNITED NATIONS — As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Russia could take its war beyond Ukraine, Finnish President Alexander Stubb is striking a markedly calmer tone — saying Finland is prepared for Moscow and crediting President Donald Trump with pushing harder for a negotiated end to the war.
«I think we’re certainly in a better place than we were before President Trump started,» Stubb told Fox News Digital in an on-camera interview on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. «He’s doubled down in the past year and a half to try to find a solution for peace with negotiators such as Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and many others.»
Stubb, who has been closely involved in the diplomatic effort, said he and Norway’s prime minister have worked largely «in the back office,» relaying information among Ukraine, the United States and European governments.
KUSHNER, WITKOFF SET FOR KYIV TALKS AFTER PUTIN MEETING IN US PUSH FOR PEACE
US President Donald Trump meets with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
«I think he’s really working hard and hopefully we’ll get a solution,» Stubb said.
The interview came during an intense diplomatic week in New York focused heavily on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in New York during UNGA week as Washington continued its effort to revive negotiations with Moscow. Zelenskyy said peace remained Ukraine’s priority and thanked Trump for sending the two envoys to Kyiv after they had also held talks in Moscow.
Zelenskyy was asked by Fox News Digital after the meeting about the possibility that Russia could invade or attack another European country in the near future.
BATTLE-TESTED ZELENSKYY SOUNDS CHILLING ALARM ON WHERE PUTIN’S WAR COULD HEAD NEXT

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, left, and Alexander Stubb, Finland’s president, right, during a news conference in Helsinki, Finland, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Roni Rekomaa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«That’s why the risk of offensive by drones, missiles or land operation is very high against other countries who are bordering Russia or Belarus,» Zelenskyy said.
The Ukrainian leader argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin, unable to achieve his military objectives in Ukraine, could seek to create instability elsewhere in Europe to pressure Western governments into reducing their support for Kyiv. He pointed to drone incursions and disruptions affecting several European countries, arguing that Moscow is already attempting to intimidate European societies and test their response.
Asked by Fox News Digital what European countries should do in response to the growing threat, Zelenskyy offered a direct answer.
«Respond. Always respond. It’s not about the war. If you don’t respond, Russians, they will go further,» he said.
But Stubb struck a notably calmer tone when asked about Zelenskyy’s warnings that Russia could eventually attack other European countries, including Finland, which shares the longest border with Russia.
«As commander-in-chief in Finland, I sit on all the relevant information and I just don’t see a factual basis for it,» Stubb said.
RUSSIA’S SHADOW WAR IS PUTTING EUROPE ON EDGE AS GERMANY CONFRONTS A GROWING THREAT

Commander of the Finnish Army Lieutenant General Pasi Valimaki addresses Finnish conscript soldiers after a military exercise at Pori Brigade in Niinisalo, Finland, Dec. 9, 2025. (Anne Kauranen/Reuters)
That does not mean, he stressed, that Moscow has stopped targeting Europe.
Stubb distinguished between the «kinetic» war Russia is fighting in Ukraine and what he described as a broader «hybrid» campaign in Europe, pointing to cyberattacks, sabotage and damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea.
«We have to see this as a campaign,» he said. «Russia tries to intimidate Europe, scare us and get into our heads.»
His prescription was characteristically Finnish: «cool, calm and collected, take a sauna and a nice bath and deal with it.»
Stubb said Finland, a country with a population of 5.6 million, can afford that attitude precisely because it has spent decades preparing for a potential threat from its eastern neighbor.
«We are calm because we are prepared,» he said.

The Niirala border crossing point is seen along Finland’s eastern border with Russia in Oct. 2022 after the Finnish government announced tightening of several border crossings amid concerns over migrant crossings. (Brooke Curto/Fox News Digital) (Brooke Curto/Fox News Digital)
He pointed to Finland’s mandatory military service, reserve force, artillery, long-range capabilities and extensive network of civilian shelters. The Finnish Defence Forces puts Finland’s wartime military strength at 280,000 personnel, with additional reservists available if needed.
That deterrent received another boost just days before Stubb traveled to New York. Finland is acquiring 64 F-35A fighter jets to replace its F/A-18 Hornet fleet under a procurement decision announced by the Finnish government.
The first two F-35s intended for operations inside Finland arrived at the Lapland Air Wing in Rovaniemi on Sept. 18, according to a Finnish Defence Forces press release.
«We have obligatory military service. I did mine, my son did his. We have women who do it voluntarily. We have over 60 F-18s. We just bought 64 F-35s, the two first of which arrived. We have long-range missiles, air, land and sea. We have the capability to mobilize 280,000 troops within days in a conflictual situation. On top of that, we have land mines. And we have the biggest artillery in Europe together with Poland… On top of that, we have civilian shelters for over 4.4 million people out of 5.6.»
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Security cameras overlook the Niirala Border Crossing Station along Finland’s eastern border with Russia in Nov. 2023 after Finland closed the checkpoint amid heightened border security concerns. (Brooke Curto/Fox News Digital)
«We don’t have them because we’re worried about Sweden,» Stubb joked of Finland’s military capabilities. «We have them because we see a security threat coming from Russia.»
He said that level of preparedness, combined with Finland’s NATO membership, makes a direct Russian attack unlikely. Finland became NATO’s 31st member on April 4, 2023, after abandoning its longstanding military non-alignment following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
«We feel that we’re very prepared, and that gives us a strong enough … deterrent that we don’t believe that Russia is going to test a country like Finland,» Stubb said. «And of course the icing on the cake is that we are now security providers in the Alliance NATO.»
Stubb also used his Sept. 22 address to the U.N. General Assembly to advocate for continued support for Kyiv, calling the «Coalition of the Willing» supporting Ukraine «particularly close to my heart.» He said the coalition was working toward a «just and lasting peace in Ukraine in accordance with the U.N. Charter.»
Stubb made additional news on Ukraine during UNGA week, when he urged SpaceX owner Elon Musk to extend Starlink coverage so Ukrainian forces could use the satellite network in areas containing Russian ballistic missile launchers, including inside Russia. He argued that doing so could help Ukraine target launchers firing missiles at Ukrainian cities.
Yet Ukraine was only one piece of what Stubb described as an increasingly interconnected global security crisis.
WORLD LEADERS DESCEND ON NEW YORK FOR UNGA — BUT WHO REALLY HAS AMERICA’S EAR?

Finland’s President Alexander Stubb addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2026. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Asked about Trump’s call at the U.N. for countries to support efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, Stubb was unequivocal.
«I agree, Iran should not obtain nuclear weapons,» he told Fox News Digital, adding that Tehran should not use proxies or be able to produce missiles.
Stubb also argued that the conflicts involving Russia and Iran can no longer be viewed in isolation, alleging that Moscow is providing intelligence to Tehran that Iran has used against U.S. military bases in the Gulf, while Iranian weapons have been supplied to Russia for use against Ukraine.
«We’re going in this merry-go-round where every bit of the conflict is linked to another,» Stubb said. «The sooner we can end both, the better.»

Iran conducts joint military exercises with Russia in the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. deployed surveillance drones. (Iranian Army/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Trump used his Sept. 22 U.N. General Assembly address to call for Iran’s economic isolation and reiterate that Tehran should not obtain a nuclear weapon, while warning of further US military action if a peace agreement is not reached, according to Reuters.
For Stubb, the proliferation of conflicts — from Ukraine and Iran to Gaza, Yemen and Sudan — is testing a diplomatic system already struggling to keep pace.
«It’s not a zero-sum game,» he said. «We have to deal with a multiplicity of conflicts right now, unfortunately.»
And for Trump, he added, that means «working around the clock.»
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Massive ICE sweep fuels GOP push to lock Trump immigration crackdown into law

A massive five- day ICE operation that netted 426 arrests across Indiana is fueling Hoosier Sen. Jim Banks’ push for Congress to cement President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown into law before a future administration can reverse course.
Banks hailed «Operation Safe Community: Indiana» in a Digital interview this week after federal immigration officers fanned out across his home state from Aug. 30 through Sept. 3, arresting 426 people with records involving sex crimes, assault, domestic violence, drug trafficking and weapons offenses, according to ICE.
«This is why Donald Trump was elected in 2024: for mass deportation,» Banks told Digital. «It was one of his key agenda items during the campaign. And in this case in Indiana, you see the direct result of it.»
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRATION PUSH FUELS ICE’S BIGGEST ARREST MONTH IN AGENCY HISTORY
ICE also credited cooperation with state and local law enforcement agencies in carrying out the operation, something Republicans have flagged as a key aspect to successful enforcement.
But Banks argued the operation also underscores a limitation of Trump’s crackdown: aggressive executive enforcement today does not guarantee that the same immigration policies survive the next administration.
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«It is important that we codify Trump border security measures and tough-on-immigration policies and make them the law of the land,» he said.
The busts build on the lawmaker’s seven-bill immigration package, previously reported by Digital, which targets issues including birthright citizenship, family-based immigration, H-1B visas, noncitizens’ CDLs and congressional authority over Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to limit judicial intervention.
«If this could happen in Indiana, it could happen anywhere,» he added, arguing that the opposition has made it tougher to achieve immigration goals after displacing ICE from the 2025 immigration appropriations legislation.
«They’ve made that one of their biggest priorities in this Congress to defund our federal law enforcement, to stop ICE from doing their job, to deport violent criminals who are here illegally,» he said.
OMAR’S NEW LEGISLATION TARGETING ICE SPARKS OUTRAGE WHEN THE INTERNET SEES WHAT’S IN IT: ‘UN-AMERICAN’
«So it is important that we codify Trump border security measures and tough-on-immigration policies and make them the law of the land so that the next time, God forbid, a Joe Biden ever gets elected back to the White House or someone that comes from that radical wing of the Democrat Party…»
Banks also directed his frustration at his own party, criticizing the Republican-led Senate for failing to advance separate election legislation that he says should be another priority.
Many on the right have pressed for passage of the SAVE Act, a bill requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
«That’s one of my biggest disappointments with this Republican Senate – we haven’t passed [it],» he said.
«I hope by the end of the year that we can find a way to pass it. I’m going to keep fighting for it, but at the end of the day, the Trump administration and the Department of Justice is doing a lot crack down on illegals voting in our elections.»
In a separate Indiana case, DHS arrested an illegal immigrant on Sept. 18 who had entered the U.S. during the Obama administration and later cast a federal ballot.
ICE Enforcement Division Assistant Director Patricia Hyde said the right to vote is the «cornerstone of democracy» in announcing the capture of Guatemalan national Helda Mendez-Merida for «poisoning our elections.»
«We cannot allow that sacred right [to vote] to be perverted,» she said.
Banks said such incidents keep surfacing «because Joe Biden and Democrats flooded our country with tens of millions of illegals – they’re still here [and] mass deportation is important.»
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has repeatedly pushed back on criticism he is not working hard enough to pass the SAVE Act or advance the Trump agenda.
Thune previously told Digital that he is an original co-sponsor of a previous version of the bill and that the 50-vote threshold needed to pass provisions that qualify for the parliamentary maneuver known as reconciliation remains a sticking point.
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«I keep asking the question, am I the only one in this town that can count to 50? Because it seems like these questions recur and there are a lot of people out there who haven’t seemed to internalize the fact that there aren’t Democrats that are going to flip and vote for this,» Thune said.
Alex Miller contributed to this report.
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Bangkok declaró el estado de desastre en sus 50 distritos por las inundaciones

Las autoridades han declarado zona de desastre los 50 distritos en los que está dividido administrativamente la ciudad de Bangkok, la capital de Tailandia, debido a las fuertes lluvias recientes que han provocado importantes inundaciones.
El gobernador de Bangkok, Chadchart Sittipunt, ha firmado la declaración este sábado por la mañana tras decidir ampliar la zona desde los tres distritos declarados zona de desastre previamente.
La medida permite a la administración responder más rápidamente a la emergencia, que afecta en mayor medida a las regiones del este de la ciudad, informa el diario ‘Bangkok Post’.
El Departamento Meteorológico de Tailandia ha informado de un sistema de bajas presiones en la llanura central, Bangkok y las provincias circundantes. Está previsto que siga lloviendo hasta el domingo.
Septiembre es el mes de mayores precipitaciones en la región de Bangkok, pero este año se han registrado cifras inusualmente altas con 487 milímetros de lluvia por metro cuadrado entre el 1 y el 25 de septiembre, muy por encima de la media de 269 milímetros registrada entre 1991 y 2020.
Además de en la capital, hay inundaciones en otras 20 provincias tailandesas: Najon Ratchasima, Chanthaburi, Phetchabun, Chon Buri, Chachoengsao, Buri Ram, Surin, Sing Buri, Samut Prakan, Najon Sawan, Phichit, Rayong, Ang Thong, Chai Nat, Uthai Thani, Prachin Buri, Ayutthaya, Sa Kaeo, Phitsanulok, Suphan Buri y Najon Phanom.
Decenas de calles inundadas
Tras más de 24 horas de lluvia, algo poco usual en Bangkok, más acostumbrada a breves e intensos chaparrones durante la época de lluvias, que se extiende aproximadamente de junio a octubre, varias zonas de la capital –incluida parte del céntrico barrio de Ekkamai– están anegadas.
La zona este de la ciudad sufre las mayores afectaciones del temporal, que se prevé que se prolongue cinco días, con el agua impidiendo la circulación de vehículos pequeños, principalmente motocicletas, uno de los principales medios de transporte en Tailandia.
“En la acera calculo que hay unos 40 centímetros (de agua). Somos 300 casas y mínimo (el nivel del agua llega) hasta la rodilla”, relata el español Eneko Iruretagoyena, vecino de una zona aledaña a un canal cercano al aeropuerto internacional de Suvarnabhumi (este).
Iruretagoyena asegura que hizo acopio de provisiones ante la previsión de que las lluvias dificultarían la movilidad, igual que otras decenas de ciudadanos, según puede apreciarse este sábado en supermercados del centro de Bangkok.
Las autoridades han habilitado refugios temporales en varios distritos, principalmente del noreste y el norte de la capital, como Lat Phrao y Chatuchak, cercanos al centro, o Don Mueang, que alberga otro aeropuerto internacional.
Bangkok es especialmente susceptible de sufrir inundaciones ante fuertes precipitaciones debido a factores como su ubicación sobre el delta del río Chao Phraya, a unos 1,5 metros sobre el nivel del mar; la histórica sobreexplotación de acuíferos subterráneos, que ha contribuido al hundimiento de la metrópolis; o su extensa red de canales.
El Ejército de Tailandia evacúa a afectados
El Ejército de Tailandia evacúa este sábado a ciudadanos afectados por las inundaciones provocadas por las fuertes y persistentes lluvias que azotan la capitalina Bangkok y áreas colindantes desde hace más de 24 horas, además de repartir provisiones entre residentes de zonas anegadas.
Efectivos de las fuerzas armadas trasladaron a varias personas mayores de una residencia situada en la provincia de Nonthaburi, al norte de Bangkok y parte de su área metropolitana, hasta uno de los refugios temporales habilitados por las autoridades ante el temporal, que se espera que se prolongue cinco días.
Así lo mostró el Ejército del país asiático a través de la plataforma X, en una publicación acompañada de imágenes en las que aparecen ancianos, algunos en silla de ruedas, siendo trasladados hasta un vehículo militar por parte de efectivos equipados con chubasqueros y a quienes el agua les llega a la altura de las rodillas.
Las fuerzas tailandesas anunciaron, en la misma red social, evacuaciones de personas vulnerables también desde domicilios particulares hacia distintos tipos de centros habilitados ante los riesgos derivados de las lluvias, así como repartos de provisiones, principalmente agua potable, entre residentes de áreas bajas, adyacentes a canales.
La Administración Metropolitana de Bangkok declaró este sábado el estado de desastre en los 50 distritos bajo su jurisdicción por las inundaciones derivadas de las fuertes lluvias que registra la capital tailandesa y su área metropolitana, donde viven unos los 15 millones de personas.
La medida “permite a las agencias competentes actuar dentro de sus atribuciones de manera rápida, sistemática y adecuada a la situación”, argumentaron las autoridades en un comunicado difundido en Facebook.
En una alerta que los habitantes de Bangkok recibieron en sus teléfonos móviles sobre las 9:00 hora local (2:00 GMT), el Departamento de Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres de Tailandia instó a “los residentes de zonas aledañas a canales y áreas de baja altitud a trasladarse a lugares más elevados, proteger objetos de valor y evitar desplazamientos innecesarios”.
El Departamento de Meteorología explicó que “es probable que se registren lluvias de fuertes a muy fuertes” en toda Tailandia, debido al “sistema activo de baja presión” sobre la zona central del país, donde se ubica Bangkok, y al monzón que afecta simultáneamente a las regiones norte, sur y suroeste.
El organismo advirtió de eventuales “inundaciones repentinas, desbordamientos y deslizamientos de tierra”, así como del “fortalecimiento de los vientos”, que amenazan con causar olas de hasta tres metros en el golfo de Tailandia y el mar de Andamán.
(Con información de Europa Press y EFE)
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