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Guatemala: El diputado José Chic exige investigación imparcial sobre acusaciones a Consuelo Porras
A pocos días que se realice el relevo en la Fiscalía General de Guatemala, el diputado Jose Chic, representante de la bancada VOS en el Congreso de la República de Guatemala, requirió en conferencia de prensa que se decrete arraigo para la fiscal general María Consuelo Porras Aldana.
Además instó a que las investigaciones sobre supuestas detenciones ilegales y casos de adopciones irregulares vinculados a Porras sean transferidas a instancias independientes, debido a la presunta existencia de una red estructurada que implicaría a funcionarios judiciales y administrativos.
Chic aseguró que el caso tiene repercusión internacional y resaltó que los hechos denunciados —a su juicio, de gravedad tal que no deben prescribir— precisan de la intervención de la Fiscalía de Derechos Humanos o la Fiscalía de Delitos Transnacionales, además de la permanencia de la fiscal general en el país para responder ante el proceso.
En la parte final de su intervención, Jose Chic reveló que el costo de una adopción nacional en Guatemala puede llegar a cinco mil dólares, y que en países de Norteamérica o Europa esa cifra aumenta a sesenta mil dólares.
El diputado indicó que hay registros de procesos con irregularidades serias, en los que participaron jueces, abogados y notarios, conformando una estructura orientada a la venta y traslado de niños fuera del país.
Este señalamiento, que involucra cifras inéditas y una dimensión transnacional, diferencia la denuncia de Chic de otros casos previos de presunta corrupción en el sistema de adopciones.
De acuerdo con los datos presentados, Jose Chic planteó que existen al menos tres denuncias formales agrupadas y remitidas a una sola fiscalía, una acción que considera inadecuada por parte de Consuelo Porras Aldana.
El diputado sostiene que la concentración de casos debió recaer en fiscalías especializadas en derechos humanos o delitos transnacionales. A su entender, esto refleja falta de transparencia y un intento de encubrimiento en torno a la fiscal general.
Chic subrayó que la fiscal Leonor Morales, al frente de la Fiscalía contra Delitos cometidos contra Operadores de Justicia y Sindicalistas, se limitó a argumentar que todos los procedimientos se realizaron conforme a derecho, pero no detalló “qué acciones ha emprendido para esclarecer la verdad de esas denuncias”.
La falta de información concreta, indicó, impide comprobar la eficacia de las investigaciones sobre Consuelo Porras y otros posibles involucrados.
El diputado rechazó que las respuestas oficiales fueran únicamente generales, y remarcó: “Solo quieren decir que el Ministerio Público está haciendo su trabajo, pero no concretiza en qué acciones han llevado a cabo y cuáles van a ser las líneas de investigación o al menos los parámetros que va a utilizar el Ministerio Público relacionado con estas denuncias”.
Recalcó la obligación del Ministerio Público de aportar pruebas y precisó que, hasta ahora, la fiscalía a cargo no ha presentado fundamentos claros ni evidencias que demuestren avances efectivos.
Chic calificó los hechos como “venta de niños” en Guatemala, afirmando que diversos actores judiciales y administrativos estuvieron involucrados.
Sostuvo que investigar esta estructura, en la que participaron jueces, abogados y notarios, exige la intervención de fiscalías especializadas y un cambio en la estrategia institucional vigente.
Recordó que la negativa anterior de la Corte Suprema de Justicia a retirar la inmunidad a Porras no libera de responsabilidades administrativas ni penales, y anunció que el Congreso insistirá en renovar el pedido de investigación para “garantizar que la señora Consuelo Porras debe permanecer en el país mientras dure la investigación de este caso”.
El diputado Jose Chic subrayó que se ha identificado una posible red transnacional de adopciones irregulares, con el precio de una adopción en Guatemala alrededor de cinco mil dólares, cifra que asciende a sesenta mil cuando se concreta en el extranjero. Esta situación afecta la credibilidad de la justicia, implica a varios funcionarios y refuerza la necesidad de fiscalías con competencia internacional.
Recalcó que el antejuicio es un recurso de protección para funcionarios, pero advirtió: “No traten de hacer creer a la gente que la fiscal Consuelo Porras fue exculpada en estos procesos”.
Afirmó que continuará presentando nuevas denuncias y fiscalizando a las autoridades para que se esclarezcan todos los hechos y la sociedad guatemalteca cuente con la información necesaria sobre la fiscal general y otros funcionarios.
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China launches rare submarine ballistic missile as Pacific allies strengthen defense ties before NATO summit
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Brent Sadler, a former Navy captain and Pentagon official, highlights NATO’s strategic shift to address evolving threats. He details the potential for American troop redistribution in Europe and emphasizes a «NATO 3.0» approach that balances threats from China and Russia. Sadler stresses the need for NATO allies to significantly increase defense spending and enhance capabilities, including missile defense, to deter aggression.
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China publicly announced it launched a ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine into the Pacific Ocean Monday — a rare acknowledgment of its sea-based nuclear capabilities that came as U.S. allies deepen security ties in the Indo-Pacific and NATO leaders prepare to meet amid growing concerns over Beijing’s military ambitions.
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy said the missile, carrying a dummy warhead, was fired from a Type 094 Jin-class ballistic missile submarine during what Beijing described as a routine annual training exercise.
The launch highlights one of the Pentagon’s biggest long-term concerns: China’s ability to field a more survivable nuclear force capable of threatening the U.S. and its allies from the sea. Unlike land-based missile launches, a ballistic missile fired from a submerged nuclear submarine demonstrates one of the most survivable elements of a country’s nuclear arsenal because the vessels are significantly harder to detect and destroy before they can launch a retaliatory strike.
The growing capability also means China could eventually threaten the U.S. homeland from a wider range of patrol areas, reducing the need for its submarines to venture into more vulnerable waters.
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A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is seen during a military display in the South China Sea April 12, 2018. (Reuters/Stringer)
Chinese officials said the launch landed in a designated area of the Pacific Ocean and was conducted in accordance with international law.
«It is a routine arrangement in China’s annual military training program. It is consistent with international law and customary international practice and is not directed at any specific country or target,» Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a news conference Monday.
«The whole process was safe, standard and professional. We hope relevant countries will not read too much into it.»
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The launch came on the eve of NATO’s summit in Ankara, Turkey, where alliance leaders are expected to focus primarily on the war in Ukraine, defense spending and collective security, while also addressing the growing strategic challenge posed by China. In recent years, NATO has expanded its engagement with Indo-Pacific partners including Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, reflecting concerns that security in Europe and the Pacific is increasingly interconnected.
It was the first such test since 2024, according to Chinese state media, occurring at noon local time Monday.
New Zealand, which had just signed a defense pact with Fiji, claimed the missile landed in the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, where testing atomic weapons is prohibited.
China said the missile carried a dummy rather than a nuclear warhead, and New Zealand did not accuse Beijing of violating the Treaty of Rarotonga, which establishes the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone and prohibits nuclear explosive devices within the region. Instead, officials criticized the launch as inconsistent with the spirit of maintaining the Pacific as a nuclear-free region.
China may be conducting low-yield nuclear tests, a State Department official says. (Tingshu Wang/File Photo/Reuters)
Australia’s foreign minister, Penny Wong, said China had informed Australia ahead of the test but added, «Australia has been clear with China that we regard this as destabilizing to the region.»
China’s rapid military buildup added to the concern, according to Wong, who described it as «lacking in the transparency and reassurance as to intent that the region expect.»
In a joint cabinet statement, Japan raised «serious concern over the intensification of China’s military activities and strongly urged China to reconsider its actions.»
The Pentagon has repeatedly warned that China is rapidly modernizing and expanding its nuclear forces, projecting that Beijing will continue increasing the size, sophistication and survivability of its arsenal through the next decade. China’s military has also expanded naval patrols beyond the first island chain while increasing military pressure on Taiwan and asserting territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets with representatives of military personnel stationed in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in Urumqi, the regional capital, Sept. 23, 2025. (Photo by Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images)
The Pentagon projects China will field more than 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, up from an estimated stockpile in the low 600s through 2024.
Officials say Beijing is expanding all three legs of its nuclear triad — land-based missiles, strategic bombers and nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines — while improving its ability to survive a first strike and retaliate.
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At the same time, the People’s Liberation Army Navy is the world’s largest by number of battle force ships, while it has fielded advanced hypersonic weapons, expanded long-range missile forces and invested heavily in artificial intelligence, cyber capabilities and space-based systems that U.S. officials say are designed to challenge American military advantages in the Indo-Pacific.
U.S. defense officials have also warned that China continues to refine the capabilities needed for a potential conflict over Taiwan, including joint operations involving naval, air, missile and amphibious forces.
Annual military exercises around Taiwan have grown larger and more complex, reflecting Beijing’s efforts to increase military pressure while rehearsing operations that could support a blockade or invasion.
The U.S. has maintained a sea-based nuclear deterrent for decades through its fleet of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, which routinely conduct operational deterrent patrols and periodic test launches of Trident II D5 ballistic missiles. The Navy is now replacing those submarines with the next-generation Columbia class, which is expected to begin entering service later this decade.
Unlike China, however, the U.S. regularly publicizes scheduled Trident missile tests and has long operated a mature fleet of ballistic missile submarines that defense officials consider the most survivable leg of America’s nuclear triad.
The Pentagon and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Blue city gang bangers slapped with multiple charges after massive sex trafficking crackdown
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ICE arrested Giovana Mercedes Moreno Ochompy, a former Illinois high school teacher and illegal immigrant, in connection with a triple murder involving the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. Chicago police initially released her due to sanctuary city policies, without notifying ICE. Tom Homan, former acting ICE director, criticizes these policies, arguing they hinder federal law enforcement and endanger public safety.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it had carried out 20 federal warrants and 10 arrests last Wednesday in connection with sex trafficking operations in Los Angeles by the Hoover Criminals Gang (HCG), a group known for its human exploitation.
Officials identified 51 victims in connection with the arrests, some of whom were as young as 14.
«[Homeland Security Investigations] remains steadfast in our mission to protect victims and pursue justice against human traffickers,» Special Agent Eddy Wang said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
DOJ SAYS 11 MIGRANTS INDICTED IN MULTI-STATE SEX TRAFFICKING, DRUG, FIREARMS CASE
The 10 suspects arrested as a part of Operation Broken Blade on July 1 (Department of Homeland Security)
The arrests are a part of Operation Broken Blade, an effort to target trafficking in Los Angeles’ Figueroa Corridor, a strip of neighborhoods south of the city, according to the agency. They also highlight the continued threats law enforcement face, even as illegal border crossings have plummeted during the second Trump administration.
Since the end of 2024, border crossings have fallen precipitously, going from over 144,000 encounters in December 2024 to just 13,500 in May — a 90% reduction.
Even so, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agencies remain engaged in intercepting more organized smuggling operations that threaten to bring drugs, weapons and people illegally into the country.
In April, for example, CBP announced it had prevented a car carrying a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, 16 AK rifles, 24 rifle magazines, 16 rifle stocks, 20 pistol grips, and other weapon parts from crossing the border.
As a part of those continued efforts, Acting Assistant DHS Secretary of Public Affairs Lauren Bis said that DHS has made disrupting sex trafficking rings a priority.
«Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, DHS is dismantling human and sex trafficking rings,» Bis told Fox News Digital.
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Caleed Mouton, a suspect, arrives to the Federal Building after his arrest. (Department of Homeland Security)
Bis noted that the suspects arrested last week will also face charges that go well beyond their human exploitation.
«This operation in Los Angeles resulted in the arrest of ten gang members, who now face federal racketeering charges including sex trafficking, money laundering, firearms offenses and narcotics offenses,» Bis said.
The agency described many of the suspects as «career criminals» with histories that include robbery, kidnapping and burglary.
Wednesday’s operation is the second round of arrests made under Broken Blade, an initiative originally launched in August 2025 by Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles in cooperation with CBP, the Los Angeles Police Department and the California Highway Patrol.
FEDS DISMANTLE ALLEGED GUN TRAFFICKING RING THAT FUNNELED DOZENS OF FIREARMS FROM GEORGIA TO CHICAGO GANGS
Nakahli Miller, a suspect, being prepared for transport after his arrest by a Homeland Security Investigation agent. (Department of Homeland Security)
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The 10 suspects are expected to stand trial in March 2027, according to DHS.
«The actions taken today by HSI are another decisive blow against those who have exploited the vulnerable people of our community, and they will now face the consequences of those actions,» Wang said.
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