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EEUU y Filipinas desplegaron misiles antibuque NMESIS en las islas filipinas más cercanas a Taiwán

Las fuerzas filipinas y estadounidenses exhibieron el sábado el sistema de misiles antibuque NMESIS en la provincia de Batanes, cerca de Taiwán, durante los ejercicios militares anuales, mientras las tensiones se intensifican en torno a la isla autónoma que China considera su propio territorio.
La provincia más septentrional de Filipinas, con unos 20.000 habitantes, se encuentra a unos 160 kilómetros al sur de Taiwán, a lo largo del estrecho de Luzón, un corredor estratégico en la primera línea de la competencia entre las grandes potencias, Estados Unidos y China, por el dominio en la región de Asia-Pacífico.
“Entrenar aquí en Batanes nos permite operar en un entorno diferente al que normalmente nos está permitido”, dijo el sargento mayor estadounidense Darren Gibbs.
“Esto nos brinda oportunidades únicas para utilizar el sistema y entrenar dentro de nuestras capacidades, y nos ofrece experiencias que normalmente no se nos ofrecen en nuestra formación diaria”.
Gibbs afirmó que el NMESIS está diseñado para operar de forma remota y que “el propósito de este sistema es que sea totalmente autónomo, para que no necesitemos un conductor o pasajero dentro del vehículo”.
“Le diremos adónde ir y luego programaremos lo que tiene que hacer”, dijo.
El NMESIS, un sistema de misiles antibuque costero de gran movilidad diseñado para atacar buques de superficie desde posiciones terrestres a distancias de unos 185 km (115 millas), fue transportado a Batanes en un avión de transporte estadounidense C-130 y posicionado en la capital, Basco, que cuenta con una de las dos pequeñas pistas de aterrizaje de la provincia insular.
Francisco Lorenzo, director de los ejercicios militares filipinos, declaró a Reuters que el despliegue de armamento estadounidense, como el NMESIS, en Batanes forma parte de los esfuerzos por probar su viabilidad operativa en zonas remotas. El NMESIS también se desplegó en Batanes durante las maniobras militares del año pasado.
“Es parte del entrenamiento para probar la viabilidad o ensayar su despliegue allí cuando sea necesario”, dijo Lorenzo. Uno de los objetivos del Balikatan, como se denominan los ejercicios anuales conjuntos de las fuerzas estadounidenses y filipinas, es practicar la “defensa de nuestro territorio con nuestros aliados”, añadió.
El NMESIS no se utilizaría en operaciones de ejercicios reales y fue llevado a Batanes únicamente para ensayos de despliegue y apoyo a la simulación durante los juegos de guerra.
Afirmó que el sistema sería retirado de Batanes una vez finalizados los ejercicios. Estados Unidos también desplegó su sistema de misiles Typhon en Filipinas en 2024 para su uso en ejercicios conjuntos.
Pekín critica habitualmente el despliegue de armas estadounidenses en Filipinas, alegando que aumenta la tensión regional.
El analista de seguridad Chester Cabalza, fundador y presidente del centro de estudios International Development and Security Cooperation, con sede en Manila, declaró a Reuters que “el NMESIS puede encender una mecha para Pekín y generar una disuasión asimétrica para Manila y Taipéi en el canal de Bashi, a lo largo del estrecho de Luzón”.
Según Cabalza, el sistema puede ser transportado por aire y desplegado en cualquier costa del archipiélago filipino en cuestión de horas, y es probable que Pekín vea su ubicación en Batanes como parte del “cerco liderado por Estados Unidos” a China.
Las fuerzas filipinas y estadounidenses también llevaron a cabo ejercicios de ataque marítimo en Itbayat, un municipio de Batanes situado a unos 155 km de Taiwán y en el extremo norte del país.
Más de 17.000 soldados participan en las maniobras militares de este año, incluidos unos 10.000 de Estados Unidos, a pesar de que Washington sigue muy involucrado en Oriente Medio.
Recientemente, China intensificó sus actividades en el Mar de China Meridional y el Estrecho de Taiwán, aumentando su presencia naval alrededor de Taiwán y enviando un portaaviones a través del estrecho. Además, este mes instaló una barrera en la desembocadura del arrecife de Scarborough, según imágenes satelitales revisadas por Reuters.
El presidente filipino, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., ha declarado que los filipinos que trabajan y viven en Taiwán tendrían que ser evacuados en caso de guerra por la isla autogobernada, y que eso “arrastraría a Filipinas a la fuerza al conflicto”.
El secretario de Defensa filipino, Gilberto Teodoro, declaró en una entrevista con Reuters el 28 de abril que Manila cuenta con un plan de contingencia para evacuar a los filipinos en Taiwán si estalla un conflicto, pero no ofreció más detalles.
(con información de Reuters)
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RFK Jr announces ‘largest autism fraud bust in American history’ with $46.6M Medicaid scheme indictment

Jonathan Fahey discusses DOJ’s $90 million Minnesota fraud ring bust
Jonathan Fahey, former DHS deputy assistant secretary, discusses the Department of Justice’s $90 million Medicaid fraud bust in Minnesota. Fahey explains that the widespread fraud is likely just the tip of the iceberg, with more revelations expected from cooperating defendants. He questions why Democrats previously ignored these programs for political reasons.
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the indictment of two Minnesota defendants charged in what officials called the «largest autism fraud bust in American history.»
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted 55-year-old Shamso Ahmed Hassan and 25-year-old Hanaan Mursal Yusuf, slapping them with numerous counts of fraud and related charges for their alleged $46.6 million scheme to defraud Minnesota Medicaid’s Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) Program.
The indictment was part of a wider enforcement action taken by the DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division that swept up 15 alleged fraudsters in indictments for schemes that targeted over $90 million in taxpayer funds.
«Today’s arrests represent the largest autism fraud bust in American history. This was not a paperwork error. It was not a technical violation. This was organized theft that exploited the most vulnerable children in America, deceived families, stole taxpayer dollars meant to help children with autism access legitimate care and support,» Kennedy Jr. said in a Friday news conference.
‘EPICENTER OF FRAUD’: MINNESOTA’S EMPTY STOMACHS, FAKE AUTISM THERAPY AND A SCANDAL THAT COULD TOP $2 BILLION
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks to the media about alleged Medicaid fraud, and charges that were brought up against 15 individuals at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 21, 2026. (Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Hassan was a shareholder in two autism centers, Smart Therapy Center and Star Autism Center, but she did not disclose her ownership to the Minnesota Department of Human Services as required by law, prosecutors said. Yusuf worked at the Smart Therapy Center and helped operate the center, including by submitting the businesses’ claims for Medicaid reimbursement, according to the indictment.
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The pair allegedly paid kickbacks to families to incentivize them to send their children to Smart Therapy Center and Star Autism Center so they could bill for autism-related services in their children’s names. They then billed Medicaid for services that were not rendered or were not reimbursable by Medicaid, according to the indictment.
Of the $46.6 million they filed for reimbursement, $21.6 million was paid out, per the indictment. The DOJ is seeking restitution for that money.

Assistant Attorney General for the National Fraud Enforcement Division Colin McDonald addresses the media to announce actions combating fraud in Minnesota at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota on May 21, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Department of Justice is bringing charges against 15 people for fraud that targeted seven Medicaid programs and over $90 million in taxpayer dollars. (David Berding/Getty Images)
The pair «diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars of the fraud proceeds» to «their families’ personal use and benefit, including through real property purchases and transferring funds overseas, including to Kenya,» according to the indictment.
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The defendants were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and one count of money laundering. Yusuf was charged with five counts of healthcare fraud, while Hassan was charged with two.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. addresses the media to announce actions combating fraud in Minnesota at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota on May 21, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (David Berding/Getty Images)
«Every fraudulent autism diagnosis steals time, care, and resources from the children for whom this program was designed and who desperately need this care. Families with autistic children already face enormous challenges navigating therapies, specialists, and support systems. Fraud makes those barriers even steeper,» Kennedy Jr. said in the announcement.
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China deployed over 100 vessels near Taiwan in the wake of Trump-Xi summit, Taiwan security official claims

Taiwan warns US about China’s regional ambitions as Trump weighs arms deal
Fox Business correspondent Lydia Hu reports live on Taiwan’s top diplomat, Alexander Yui, sharing a warning about China as President Donald Trump weighs a proposed $14 billion arms package for the island. Yui stresses that Taiwan acts as a front-line defense, preventing China’s wider ambitions. Taiwan’s semiconductor production, 90% of the world’s advanced chips, makes US support critical.
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China has deployed over 100 vessels in the waters surrounding Taiwan in the week following President Donald Trump’s Beijing summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the secretary general of Taiwan’s National Security Council said Saturday.
«Our ISR/intel shows that the PRC has deployed over 100 vessels around the 1st Island Chain over the past few days, so soon after the Beijing summit,» Secretary General Joseph Wu wrote on X.
«In this part of the world, China is the one & only PROBLEM wrecking the Status Quo & threatening regional peace & stability,» Wu concluded.
Wu posted a graphic appearing to show a high volume of Chinese vessel deployments in the South China Sea, the East China Sea and near Taiwan and The Philippines.
CHINA LAUNCHES LARGEST MILITARY DRILLS OFF TAIWAN IN 8 MONTHS WITH LIVE-FIRE EXERCISES CAUGHT ON CAMERA
A Taiwanese graphic showing alleged Chinese ship deployments near Taiwan and the broader Indo-Pacific region. (Taiwan National Security Council)
Wu alerted the world to the ship deployments a little more than a week after Trump left Beijing and just days after Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Hung Cao told U.S. lawmakers that the U.S. was temporarily pausing weapons shipments to Taiwan.
«Right now we’re doing a pause in order to make sure we have the munitions we need for Epic Fury,» Cao testified during a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.

Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao testifies during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing titled «The Posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for FY2027 and the Future Years Defense Program,» in the Dirksen building on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
U.S. lawmakers approved a $14 billion weapons package to be sold to Taiwan in January, though Trump has yet to sign off on it.
AS CHINA TENSIONS LOOM, US TEMPORARILY PAUSES TAIWAN WEAPONS SALES DUE TO IRAN WAR, ACTING NAVY SECRETARY SAYS
Taiwanese officials say they were not alerted to any potential pauses, according to The Associated Press.
Cao’s pause announcement followed the Trump-Xi summit during which Chinese officials made clear that the Taiwan question is China’s biggest issue in diplomatic relations with the United States.

The USS Chung-Hoon observed a Chinese navy ship sharply crossing its path in the Taiwan Strait on June 3, 2023, forcing the American destroyer to slow to avoid a collision during a freedom of navigation transit alongside Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal. (Andre T. Richard/U.S. Navy)
«President Xi stressed to President Trump that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations,» Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in a statement after the Trump-Xi bilateral meeting.
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«If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy,» Ning concluded.
Fox News Digital contacted the White House, a representative for the Taiwanese government and the Chinese Foreign Ministry for additional comment.
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