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Noncitizen ex-Kansas mayor pleads guilty to illegally voting multiple times
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A Mexican native green card holder who recently served as mayor of a small Kansas town pleaded guilty to voter fraud after illegally voting multiple times, according to federal authorities. He also falsely claimed U.S. citizenship on voter registration documents.
The case comes as debate continues over voter fraud and election integrity, with the Trump administration pushing measures aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration and tightening election safeguards.
Jose «Joe» Ceballos, who formerly served as mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, for two terms, pleaded guilty this week to three counts of disorderly election conduct following a prosecution by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach’s office, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Ceballos also has a prior conviction for battery in 1995. He was issued a green card in 1990 and applied for U.S. citizenship in February.
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Authorities say Jose Ceballos-Armendariz, shown inset, unlawfully voted in U.S. elections despite not being a citizen, according to DHS. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File ; Department of Homeland Security)
On that citizenship application, federal authorities allege he falsely claimed that he had never previously claimed to be a U.S. citizen.
Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis credited the Trump-era SAVE program for helping bring Ceballos to justice.
The database is used to help states determine who is in the country legally versus illegally, but Democrats, including the Shapiro administration in Pennsylvania, have blamed alleged discrepancies in the system after illegal immigrant truckers were found to hold their state’s CDLs.
«The SAVE program is a critical tool for state and local governments to safeguard the integrity of elections across the country,» Bis said. «President Trump has been unequivocal: Nothing is more fundamental than the integrity and security of our elections.»
Bis said the Ceballos case is an exemplar for why Congress must pass the SAVE America Act, which she called «commonsense legislation that requires voters to present photo ID and implements other critical measures to protect federal elections from fraud.»
«Our elections belong to American citizens, not foreign citizens,» she said.
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Bis’ office shared with Fox News Digital a facsimile of a Kansas state voter registration form on which Ceballos falsely claimed to be a citizen, as well as his naturalization application on which he had attested that he had never made such a claim.
Since April 2025, more than 24,000 cases have been identified via the SAVE system as potential noncitizens who were on the voter rolls, according to DHS.
In November, Kobach announced the original charges against Ceballos, describing him as «recently reelected» in Coldwater.
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At the time, USCIS spokesman Matthew Tragesser called the situation «absolutely unacceptable and sad,» but said it was no surprise «given the years of lax voting security in the United States.»
«From day one, the Trump administration has made strengthening the SAVE program a top priority so states can verify that only U.S. citizens are on the voter rolls,» he said.
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«I’m grateful that President Trump implemented the SAVE program to help states and to prevent situations like this,» added Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab.
Fox News Digital’s Kiera McDonald contributed to this report.
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Estudiante armado enciende nuevamente las alertas por la violencia escolar en Panamá
La violencia continúa golpeando a las escuelas panameñas en un año marcado por agresiones, ataques con armas blancas y episodios con disparos protagonizados por menores de edad.
El caso más reciente ocurrió en el Instituto José Dolores Moscote, donde un estudiante de décimo grado fue retenido después de que personal de disciplina encontrara un arma de fuego entre sus pertenencias durante una requisa sorpresa.
El hallazgo, ocurrido durante el turno matutino, obligó a activar inmediatamente los protocolos de seguridad y provocó la suspensión de las clases durante el resto de la jornada, tanto en el turno de la mañana como en el vespertino.
Unidades de la Policía de Niñez y Adolescencia trasladaron al menor a la Fiscalía, donde se abrió una investigación para determinar la procedencia del arma y cómo logró introducirla al centro educativo.
El adolescente cursa décimo grado del Bachillerato en Turismo. La directora del plantel, Saby Ortíz, explicó que la inspección forma parte de las requisas sorpresa que realiza periódicamente el personal de disciplina como medida preventiva.

Una vez localizada el arma, las autoridades escolares dieron aviso inmediatamente a la Policía de Niñez y Adolescencia.
Ortíz precisó que se trató de un solo estudiante y que durante la inspección únicamente fue decomisada un arma de fuego. También desmintió versiones difundidas en redes sociales que hablaban de otros alumnos involucrados y del supuesto hallazgo de drogas.
La directora aseguró que no fueron encontradas sustancias ilícitas dentro del colegio durante el procedimiento.
Hasta el momento, no se ha informado públicamente qué tipo de arma portaba el estudiante, si estaba cargada ni cómo llegó a sus manos. Los docentes que participaron en la requisa acudieron a la Fiscalía para rendir declaración, mientras las autoridades continúan las diligencias para esclarecer las circunstancias del incidente.

Al colegio también acudieron agentes del Grupo Lince. El Instituto José Dolores Moscote, ubicado en Parque Lefevre, cuenta con una matrícula de 3.285 estudiantes distribuidos entre los turnos matutino y vespertino, por lo que las autoridades educativas buscan reforzar los controles de seguridad ante la dimensión de su población estudiantil.
La Comisión de Disciplina evaluará nuevas estrategias preventivas y la dirección reiteró al Ministerio de Educación (Meduca) la necesidad de instalar cámaras de videovigilancia dentro del plantel.
La directora regional de Panamá Centro, Mireya Pino, consideró que las requisas preventivas deberían realizarse en todos los centros educativos ante los incidentes registrados recientemente.
El hallazgo del arma ocurre después de varios episodios graves de violencia registrados durante este año en escuelas panameñas. Uno de los más recientes ocurrió en el Centro Educativo José María Barranco, en La Chorrera, donde tres estudiantes fueron expulsadas por una golpiza contra una adolescente de 15 años ocurrida el 25 de junio.
La víctima recibió golpes en el cuello, la cabeza y el pecho y permaneció aproximadamente un mes hospitalizada en el Nicolás A. Solano.

Sus familiares denunciaron el caso ante la Fiscalía y el Meduca inició gestiones para trasladarla, junto con su hermana, a otro plantel donde puedan continuar sus estudios en condiciones de seguridad.
Colón también ha registrado varios episodios. Dos adolescentes de 15 y 16 años fueron enviados a detención provisional en junio por ataques con arma blanca ocurridos con apenas tres días de diferencia.
El primero se registró el 16 de junio y el segundo el día 19. Ambos fueron imputados por tentativa de homicidio.
Posteriormente, otro estudiante resultó herido con un objeto punzocortante dentro del colegio José Guardia Vega. Meses antes, el 4 de marzo, un adolescente de 16 años presuntamente realizó múltiples disparos contra un menor de 14 años en los alrededores de un centro educativo de Puerto Escondido, quien tuvo que ser hospitalizado.

Otro episodio ocurrió el 27 de abril cerca de una escuela pública de Las Trancas, en San Miguelito, cuando un adolescente de 16 años realizó varios disparos y causó heridas a un conductor y a un estudiante. El menor también disparó contra agentes de la Policía antes de ser capturado, según las autoridades.
Los incidentes coinciden con un aumento de los procesos relacionados con adolescentes. Entre enero y mayo de 2026, las Fiscalías Superiores de Adolescentes recibieron 1.998 denuncias por delitos presuntamente cometidos por menores, un incremento del 21% respecto del mismo periodo de 2025. Los delitos contra la vida y la integridad personal aumentaron todavía más: 40,9% en ese periodo.
Ante este escenario, el Meduca ha insistido en reforzar la vigilancia, los gabinetes psicopedagógicos y la participación de los padres en la prevención de conductas violentas.
El hallazgo en el José Dolores Moscote vuelve a poner el problema en primer plano y abre ahora otra interrogante: cómo un estudiante logró ingresar armado a uno de los planteles públicos con mayor matrícula de la capital panameña.
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Counterterrorism expert warns Abdul El-Sayed Senate bid raises homeland security concerns
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A Senate counterterrorism expert testified that Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s candidacy raises homeland security concerns because of family ties to Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups and connections to a Midwest voter-engagement organization the expert said is tied to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
During a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Muslim Brotherhood threats in the U.S. that was boycotted by all Democrats assigned to the panel, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, asked Center for Security Policy counterterrorism analyst Kyle Shideler if El-Sayed’s bid raised such concerns.
«Yessir, it does,» Shideler told Cruz, explaining that El-Sayed’s father-in-law allegedly has connections to Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups.
«This includes being the president at one time of CAIR-Michigan,» Shideler said of nephrologist Jukaku Tayeb. «Also his presence on the Islamic Society of North America Founders Committee, which is only for those most exclusively devoted to ISNA and provide significant amounts of funding.»
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Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks during a primary election night event Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
«There are other known [Muslim B]rotherhood members on that committee. I would also look at El-Sayed’s ties to a group called Emgage, which purports to be a Muslim sort of get out the vote or candidate recruitment organization, but it has close ties to CAIR,» Shideler testified.
The official bio for Emgage founding member and attorney Khurrum Wahid said the group «works to empower emerging majority communities, with a focus on Muslim Americans, to participate more in public and community and public service.»
«[Emgage] was created by a former CAIR member who at one time was on a terror watchlist, and was also a consultant to convicted terrorist Sami al-Arian,» Shideler said.
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In 2012, a Times of Israel article criticized Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-Fla., for speaking at a fundraiser hosted by Wahid, whom it described as «currently listed on the federal terror watch list» and a legal defender of terrorism suspects.
In 2006, Al-Arian, a former University of South Florida professor who was born in Kuwait, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to provide services to federally designated terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
Fox News Digital reached out to Wahid’s law firm and to El-Sayed’s campaign for comment.
During the hearing, Cruz also pressed Shideler about the «Red-Green Alliance,» and the prevalence of geopolitical ties between Radical Islam and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
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«Does the Muslim Brotherhood also partner with political groups such as the Democratic Socialists of America?» Cruz asked.
«Yessir, they do,» Shideler testified.
When Cruz said the Red-Green Alliance shares hatred of Western civilization, democracy and capitalism, Shideler said he should go farther:
«It’s also united around a revolutionary objective advocating for the overthrow of the U.S. Constitution.»
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Shideler also affirmed that the Muslim Brotherhood has active chapters or cells within the U.S.
El-Sayed has been criticized for ties to radical voices like far-left streamer Hasan Piker — who said the U.S. deserved the September 11, 2001, terror attacks — and notably declined to comment on the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because of neighbors in heavily Muslim Dearborn who were in mourning.
A Fox News Digital review found that El-Sayed, who has made getting «money out of politics» a central campaign rallying cry, has accepted donations from at least 41 individuals including Tayeb who have been tied to CAIR in one form or another.
Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller and Kiera McDonald contributed to this report.
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