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Cómo fueron las históricas jornadas del cónclave que eligió a Prevost como nuevo Papa

La muerte del papa Francisco, el pasado 21 de abril, dio inicio a un nuevo capítulo en la Iglesia Católica, que quedó frente al desafío de elegir a su próximo líder.
Tras el funeral del argentino y los diez días de duelo, los 133 cardenales con derecho a voto se reunieron en el Vaticano y este miércoles comenzó el cónclave en el que, en un clima de total hermetismo, los purpurados debían manifestar su voluntad para definir el futuro de la Iglesia.
Para ello, se acondicionó la residencia de Santa Marta, donde permanecieron alojados y en total aislamiento del mundo exterior, y se preparó la Capilla Sixtina, con la emblemática chimenea, por la que saldría poco después la fumata blanca.
Las primeras votaciones, sin embargo, no fueron exitosas.
Una multitud de fieles esperaba ansiosa en la plaza de San Pedro que saliera el clásico humo blanco que indica consenso pero, por el contrario, los primeros dos intentos fueron fallidos y se emitió la fumata negra. Incluso la primera de estas instancias se demoró durante casi tres horas.
La noticia, de todas formas, no tardaría en llegar; cuando ya muchos anticipaban que podría tratarse de un cónclave largo, sonaron las campanas y la chimenea se tiñó de blanco. Había Papa.

Al interior de la Capilla Sixtina, los cardenales vivían con emoción el momento. Entre aplausos, saludos, cantos y rezos, celebraban la elección del nuevo líder de la Iglesia: el estadounidense y ciudadano peruano Robert Francis Prevost, de 69 años.
Enseguida, el equipo de la Santa Sede comenzó con las diligencias debidas para preparar la emotiva ceremonia que esperaba al nuevo Papa y a los fieles de todo el mundo.
Se prepararon la tradicional muceta roja -que Francisco había desistido de usar en una señal de simpleza-, el traje blanco -descrito como una teología de seda por el propio Ranieri Mancinelli, sastre del Vaticano- y el anillo del pescador, y el cardenal protodiácono Dominique Mamberti tomó el micrófono para anunciar al mundo desde el balcón: «Habemus papam!“.
Entonces, se abrieron las cortinas rojas y apareció Prevost, en adelante León XIV, conmocionado por la misión que le fue encomendada.

Sus primeras palabras transmitieron esperanza y paz a todo el mundo, incluidos los no católicos porque, en línea con su voluntad de continuar con el legado de Francisco, se comprometió a dirigir una Iglesia misionera y unida, abierta a recibir a todos y a construir puentes de diálogo, especialmente en los tiempos convulsionados que se viven en todo el mundo.
De hecho, ello quedó reflejado en la elección de su nombre, un homenaje al papa León XIII, uno de los pontífices más influyentes de la historia moderna y autor de la encíclica Rerum Novarum, que defiende el derecho al trabajo digno, el derecho de los trabajadores a organizarse en sindicatos y a percibir un salario justo, todos lineamientos que establecieron las bases de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia.

“Queridas hermanas y hermanos. Este es el primer saludo de Cristo resucitado, el buen pastor que dio su vida por el rebaño de Dios. Yo también quisiera que este saludo de paz entrara en sus corazones y llegase a sus familias, a todas las personas, en todas partes, a todos los pueblos, a toda la tierra. La paz sea con ustedes. Esta es la paz de Cristo resucitado. Una paz desarmada y una paz desarmante, humilde y perseverante. Proviene de Dios. Dios, que nos ama a todos de manera incondicional”, pronunció durante su primer discurso.
A continuación, encabezó el rezo de un Ave María con los allí presentes y dio fin, así, a su primera aparición pública como Papa, en una ceremonia llena de simbolismo.

La comunidad internacional no tardó en transmitir sus felicitaciones al Santo Padre por este “momento histórico” y reafirmó su compromiso con la Iglesia y sus valores, de cuidado, amor y respeto, en este nuevo capítulo.
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Trump to host roundtable on efforts to thwart cartels, human trafficking operations

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Mexican Senator Lilly Téllez joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss growing tensions between President Trump and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. boosts its military presence in the region to target drug boats and cartels.
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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump will host a roundtable at the White House Thursday afternoon with law enforcement and administration officials to discuss the successes of the Homeland Security Task Forces, which the president established on his first day in office to snuff out threats from criminal cartels in the U.S.
«The President’s Homeland Security Task Forces are a landmark achievement that highlight what the federal government can achieve with a leader like President Trump who is willing to slash red tape, increase coordination and put the safety of the American people first,» White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital of the event.
«In a short period of time, the Trump Administration has removed lethal drugs, illegal weapons, dangerous foreign terrorists and cartel members from American communities,» she added. «The American people are safer today because of the HSTFs — and they’re just getting started.»
Trump established the creation of Homeland Security Task Forces Jan. 20 — his first day back in office — via executive order, «Protecting the American People from Invasion.» The executive order directed Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to establish such task forces in each state as part of the administration’s efforts to thwart cartels and human trafficking networks operating on U.S. soil.
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President Donald Trump is slated to hold a roundtable with administration officials to discuss updates on the Homeland Security Task Forces. ( Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The executive order specifically directed the task forces to «end the presence of criminal cartels, foreign gangs, and transnational criminal organizations throughout the United States, dismantle cross-border human smuggling and trafficking networks, end the scourge of human smuggling and trafficking, with a particular focus on such offenses involving children, and ensure the use of all available law enforcement tools to faithfully execute the immigration laws of the United States.»
On Thursday, administration officials will join Trump to provide updates on the task forces’ efforts.
The roundtable will be joined by Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller, Noem, Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, FBI Director Kash Patel and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Fox News Digital learned.
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A January executive order directed Attorney General Pam Bondi, here, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to establish such task forces in each state as part of the administration’s efforts to thwart cartels and human trafficking networks operating on U.S. soil. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital learned that the task forces nationwide became fully operational at the end of August and have yielded thousands of arrests, and the removal of dangerous drugs and illegal firearms from U.S. streets.
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More than 3,000 foreign terrorists and cartel members were arrested as part of the task forces’ operations, including members of notoriously dangerous gangs such as the Sinaloa Cartel, MS-13 and Cartel Jalisco Nuevo Genaracion, Fox News Digital learned.

President Donald Trump will host a roundtable at the White House Oct. 23, 2025, with law enforcement and administration officials, like Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. (Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press)
The task forces also have recovered two million fentanyl pills and seven tons of other deadly narcotics, seized $3 million in currency and removed more than 1,000 illegal guns from U.S. communities.
Trump campaigned, in part, on removing violent illegal immigrants and crime from U.S. communities, spotlighting the efforts in his address before Congress back in March 2025.
«The territory to the immediate south of our border is now dominated entirely by criminal cartels that murder, rape, torture and exercise total control. They have total control over a whole nation. posing a grave threat to our national security,» Trump said at the time. «The cartels are waging war in America, and it’s time for America to wage war on the cartels.»
The roundtable comes as the U.S. military carries out strikes on suspected drug cartel vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. The strikes began in September and are part of Trump’s broader effort to dismantle transnational cartels by force.
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Trump held a similar roundtable at the White House earlier in October, inviting independent journalists who have experienced Antifa’s violence firsthand to speak about their experiences as the administration targets the left-wing group’s protests outside immigration facilities and recently designating it a «domestic terrorist organization.»
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Maine Dem Senate hopeful backed by Bernie Sanders apologizes for Nazi-style tattoo, vows to stay in race

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Maine Democrat Graham Platner, a first-time Senate candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., says he has covered up a tattoo widely recognized as a Nazi symbol after critics unearthed old social media posts and demanded he quit the race.
Platner’s campaign is facing intense scrutiny after it was revealed he once had a skull-and-crossbones tattoo resembling the Totenkopf used by Hitler’s SS paramilitary forces.
Platner said he got the tattoo in 2007 during a «night of drinking» while on leave in Croatia in the Marine Corps and claimed he did not know its historical associations at the time. He has since covered the image with another tattoo.
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In a video posted to Instagram Wednesday afternoon, Platner elaborated that the design was chosen from a flash tattoo wall while «carousing» with fellow Marines in Split, Croatia.
«We thought it looked cool,» he said.
He claimed he had «lived a life dedicated to anti-fascism, anti-racism and anti-Nazism» and was «appalled» to learn it resembled a hate symbol.
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo that had previously been an image recognized as a Nazi symbol, during an interview Wednesday in Portland, Maine. (WGME via AP)
Platner said he had never been questioned about the tattoo during his service and passed Army background checks.
He told The Associated Press he chose to cover rather than remove the tattoo due to a lack of removal services near his home in rural Maine.
«Going to a tattoo removal place is going to take a while,» Platner said. «I wanted this thing off my body.»
In the video, Platner said he had the symbol inked over with a Celtic knot and imagery of dogs, a tribute to his family pets.
«This far more represents who I am now than even the skull and crossbones did,» he said, lifting his shirt to reveal the new tattoo.
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U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, D-Maine, speaks at a town hall at the Franco Center Oct. 15, in Lewiston, Maine. (Libby Kenny/Sun Journal via AP)
The controversy comes on the heels of deleted Reddit posts in which Platner appeared to mock military sexual assault victims, criticize police and make racially-charged comments about tipping.
Platner since apologized and blamed the posts on depression and PTSD after his military service in Afghanistan. He has vowed to stay in the race and has the backing of Sanders.
Jordan Wood, a Democratic rival in the primary and former chief of staff to Rep. Katie Porter, is calling on Platner to drop out.
«Graham Platner’s Reddit comments and Nazi SS Totenkopf tattoo are disqualifying and not who we are as Mainers or as Democrats,» Wood said in a statement. «With Donald Trump and his sycophants demonizing Americans, spewing hate and running roughshod over the Constitution, Democrats need to be able to condemn Trump’s actions with moral clarity. Graham Platner no longer can.»
Platner said he believes the controversy is part of his life story, not disqualifying.

U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, D-Maine, acknowledges a large crowd during a town hall Sept. 25, in Portland, Maine. (Daryn Slover/Portland Press Herald via AP)
«I don’t look at this as a liability. I look at this as a life that I have lived, a journey that has been difficult, that has been full of struggle, that has also gotten me to where I am today,» Platner told the AP. «And I’m very proud of who I am.»
He blamed «establishment» forces for amplifying the backlash to derail his campaign.
«Every second we spend talking about a tattoo I got in the Marine Corps is a second we don’t talk about Medicare for all,» Platner said in the video.
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He is running in a packed Democratic primary against Wood and two-term Gov. Janet Mills.
GOP Sen. Susan Collins, who has held the seat for three decades, has not yet commented on the controversy.
Sanders and Collins did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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