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Democrats have come out against federal law enforcement’s use of lethal force following shootings involving federal immigration officials in Minneapolis and Portland last week, with some going so far as to accuse them of murder. 

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However, their attitudes about lethal force after a U.S. Capitol police officer killed Ashli Babbitt paint a very different picture of these Democrats’ views on police using lethal force. 

As recently as this year, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who have rebuked Trump administration arguments that shootings involving federal immigration officials last week were justified, also rebuked a multimillion-dollar settlement awarded to the family of Ashli Babbitt earlier this year, calling it a «slap in the face» and a «sickening message to police.» Babbitt was shot and killed by a U.S. Capitol Police officer during the Jan. 6 riot as she was pushing and beating against a door that led into the Speaker’s Lobby just outside the House chamber along with a mob of others. 

Several other Democrats who supported law enforcement’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021, have gone off on federal border patrol officials following the Portland and Minneapolis shootings last week, with some going so far as calling them murderers.

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Representative Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In Minneapolis, a woman accused of interfering with federal deportation efforts was fatally shot by ICE in Minneapolis, while an illegal immigrant couple who DHS said were deeply involved in criminal activity were shot by CBP agents in Portland after the driver of the car tried to ram his vehicle into agents.

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Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., referred to the actions of ICE in Minneapolis as «murder» in a post on X. However, just days before, on the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot, Goldman reintroduced legislation to «honor those who defended the capitol» when a mob took it over in 2021.

Rep. Primal Jayapal, D-Wash., who has claimed to have been very close to Babbitt when the Speaker’s Lobby was trying to be breached, has chastised Republicans who she believes have failed to adequately honor U.S. Capitol Police for their work on Jan. 6, 2021. «They were begging for protection from Capitol Police. Yet they refused to honor Capitol Police there[after], refused to accept that it was real,» Jayapal told Teen Vogue in 2022. 

Meanwhile, after the shootings last week, Jayapal too accused federal border patrol officials of committing murder, telling local news the incident «looked like outright murder» to her eyes. 

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal talks at a press conference on Capitol Hill. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Jason Crow, D-Colo., were also among those Democrats praising Capitol Police for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021 last week, while condemning the federal officer involved in the shooting that occurred as well. Crow complained that a plaque honoring U.S. Capitol Police officers who protected people on Jan. 6 was not hung up because of GOP obstruction, but was unafraid to condemn federal officials for «kill[ing]» someone. Raskin, who has also condemned the multimillion-dollar settlement to the Babbitt family, said he was «sickened» at ICE agents for «killing» a woman in Minneapolis. 

Raskin’s colleague from Oregon, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., demanded on X last week that federal immigration officers be held accountable for their involvement in the Portland shooting. She referred to the illegal immigrant gang members shot as «victims,» even though they tried to ram their car into officers. However, after the Capitol riot in 2021, Bonamici regularly praised the «heroism» of the U.S. Capitol Police and suggested they should be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. 

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Rick Wilson, co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, sought to explain the discrepancy between Democrats’ reaction to Babbitt’s shooting versus the ICE shootings in a post on X, arguing «Babbitt was a domestic terrorist,» and the victim killed in Minneapolis, Renee Good, «was a mom, murdered by ICE.»

When reached for comment, Raskin echoed Wilson’s sentiment, arguing two different investigations found the Babbitt shooting was «entirely reasonable and appropriate.» He added that anyone taking the position that Good was treated properly would also have to agree that hundreds of protesters on Jan. 6, 2021 «could have been legitimately shot in the face three times.»

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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks to reporters outside the House Speaker’s office inside the U.S. Capitol building. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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«Without the benefit of any investigation, Trump and his Administration have labeled Ms. Good, a U.S. citizen and 37-year-old mother of three, a ‘domestic terrorist’ and immediately excused her killing after she was shot three times at point-blank range, not while charging at the police but while trying to get away from them,» Raskin said. «In both cases, the Trump Administration is telling the American people to ignore the law and the evidence of their own eyes.»

Raskin also demanded in his comments to Fox News Digital that, following the Minnesota ICE shooting, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem «must appear to answer questions» before lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

During the subsequent days following last week’s shooting, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks slammed rhetoric from left-wing politicians for emboldening folks to do things like ram their cars into federal immigration officials.

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«The rhetoric they are putting out. The constant lies they are putting out to their constituents – saying things like kidnapping, disappearing, it’s encouraging these people to continue violating the law. They are actually putting their constituents in danger.»

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Le robó la identidad a su amiga para sacar un préstamo millonario, la asesinó y simuló un crimen sexual: el caso de «Angie» Molina

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El cuerpo de una mujer fue encontrado en febrero de 2008 en un departamento alquilado en el barrio de Gracia, en Barcelona. La víctima estaba desnuda, recostada sobre un sillón, con una bolsa de plástico colocada en la cabeza y cinta adhesiva ajustada alrededor del cuello.

El lugar estaba ordenado y no presentaba signos de pelea ni de ingreso forzado, una escena que desde el inicio llamó la atención de los investigadores por su aparente prolijidad y por los indicios de una muerte planificada.

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Con el avance de la investigación, la Justicia estableció que la víctima era Ana María Páez Capitán, una diseñadora de moda de 36 años, y que detrás del crimen no había un hecho casual ni un ataque impulsivo.

Poco después se descubrió que María Ángeles Molina, una de las mejores amigas de la mujer asesinada, planificó el homicidio durante días mientras llevaba a cabo una rutina común y sin levantar sospechas.

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El 19 de febrero de 2008, una empleada de limpieza ingresó a un departamento que había ido alquilado por pocos días. En el living encontró el cuerpo de una mujer recostada sobre un sillón. En el piso había una peluca negra y un par de botas de caña alta.

El lugar estaba ordenado, no había signos de pelea ni de ingreso forzado. Tampoco se encontraron documentos, billetera ni un celular que permitieran identificar rápidamente a la víctima. La Policía constató que la mujer llevaba varios días muerta.

Horas después, los investigadores constataron que se trataba de Ana Páez Capitán, a quien su familia estaba buscando desde hace días tras perder contacto con ella. Ana había dicho que la noche que desapareció iba a cenar con una amiga, María Ángeles Molina.

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Angie junto a su marido. (Foto: La Tercera)

Molina declaró ante la Policía que el encuentro nunca se había concretado y aseguró que había viajado a Zaragoza para retirar las cenizas de su madre y que no sabía nada del paradero de Ana. Incluso asistió al funeral y acompañar a la familia, sin despertar sospechas en ese momento.

Sin embargo, los investigadores comenzaron a detectar inconsistencias. Por un lado, los familiares de Páez indicaron que ella no tenía en su entorno a nadie a quien pudiera considerar su “enemigo”.

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A su vez, se descubrió que el alquiler del departamento había sido abonado con una tarjeta vinculada a la víctima, pero había movimientos bancarios posteriores a la fecha en la que Ana ya estaba desaparecida.

La autopsia determinó que la causa de muerte había sido asfixia. No hubo signos de abuso sexual ni de defensa, ni tampoco lesiones compatibles con una pelea. Para los forenses, la víctima habría sido atacada cuando se encontraba confiada o incapacitada para resistirse.

En un primer momento, se evaluó la posibilidad de una muerte accidental en un contexto sexual, pero esa hipótesis fue descartada rápidamente. De algo estaban seguros: el cuerpo había sido manipulado y la escena parecía preparada para desviar la investigación.

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Una prueba clave y un asesinato planificado

El punto de quiebre de la causa llegó cuando los investigadores analizaron las cámaras de seguridad de una sucursal bancaria. El mismo día de la desaparición de Ana, una mujer había retirado dinero de su cuenta.

En las imágenes se veía claramente a una mujer con pelo negro realizando la operación. En cuanto el video fue mostrado a la pareja de Páez, la respuesta fue inmediata: no era Ana, era María Ángeles Molina usando una peluca.

A partir de ese momento, la investigación se concentró en ella y la Justicia ordenó un allanamiento en su casa. Allí, los efectivos encontraron documentación personal de la víctima, tarjetas bancarias, fotocopias relacionadas a sus finanzas y varias pelucas. De esta manera, se estableció la hipótesis de que María Ángeles, apodada como “Angie”, había suplantado la identidad de su amiga durante meses.

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Angie Molina se convirtió en la principal sospechosa tras una prueba clave. (Foto: La Sexta)

Angie Molina se convirtió en la principal sospechosa tras una prueba clave. (Foto: La Sexta)

Con esos datos, había solicitado créditos, realizado movimientos financieros y contratado seguros de vida a nombre de Páez por un monto cercano al millón de euros. Parte de ese dinero ya había sido cobrado antes del homicidio.

Para los investigadores, el móvil era económico ya que Molina necesitaba dinero y había construido una doble vida usando la identidad de su amiga.

Según la reconstrucción de los hechos, Angie citó a su amiga en el departamento con una excusa y la habría sedado con una sustancia que no pudo ser identificada. Luego, la asfixió con una bolsa de plástico y después construyó una escena del crimen.

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Para reforzar la teoría de una “práctica sexual que salió mal”, Molina había contratado previamente a trabajadores sexuales, a quienes pagó para obtener muestras de semen que conservó en frascos. Luego las utilizó para contaminar el cuerpo de la víctima. La idea era que se creyera que Ana había participado de un trío sexual y que murió en ese contexto.

El juicio y la condena

María Ángeles Molina fue detenida en marzo de 2008, pocas semanas después del crimen, luego de que los investigadores reunieran pruebas que la ubicaban en el centro de la maniobra.

Al ser detenida, declaró por primera vez ante la Justicia y sostuvo que no tenía relación con la muerte de Ana María Páez. En su lugar, aseguró que ese día se encontraba en Zaragoza, donde había viajado para retirar las cenizas de su madre, según su versión.

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Desde el inicio, afirmó que era víctima de una investigación injusta y negó de manera reiterada cualquier participación en el homicidio.

María Ángeles Molina fue acusada de fingir la muerte de su amiga para quedarse con su fortuna. (Foto: El Mundo)

María Ángeles Molina fue acusada de fingir la muerte de su amiga para quedarse con su fortuna. (Foto: El Mundo)

El juicio comenzó en marzo de 2012 y se llevó a cabo en la Audiencia de Barcelona, tras pasar casi cuatro años de prisión preventiva. Durante las audiencias, la fiscalía expuso un entramado de pruebas que incluyó registros bancarios, imágenes de cámaras de seguridad, documentos falsificados y testimonios clave que demostraron la suplantación de identidad de la víctima y la planificación del crimen.

Angie Molina declaró en su defensa, volvió a proclamarse inocente y afirmó que no tenía motivos económicos para matar a su amiga, aunque la acusación sostuvo que el objetivo era cobrar seguros de vida y créditos contratados a nombre de Ana.

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Finalmente, en 2012, la Audiencia de Barcelona la condenó a 22 años de prisión por el homicidio de Ana María Páez y por los delitos vinculados a la falsificación de documentos.

Sin embargo, el Tribunal Supremo revisó el fallo y redujo la pena a 18 años al considerar que no había quedado probado de forma absoluta que la víctima se encontrara completamente indefensa al momento del ataque, lo que llevó a recalificar el delito.

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Molina fue trasladada a la cárcel de Mas d’Enric, ubicada en la provincia de Tarragona, donde continúa cumpliendo su condena, que está prevista que finalice en 2027.

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Conservative justice swipes at DOJ in trans sports case: ‘I don’t think you’re a PhD in this stuff’

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Justice Neil Gorsuch pressed the Department of Justice on Tuesday about the potential nationwide consequences of a Supreme Court ruling allowing states to ban transgender athletes who identify as women from competing in women’s and girls’ sports.

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Gorsuch grilled Principal Deputy Solicitor General Hashim Mooppan, who appeared on behalf of the government, during oral arguments about a case examining West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act. Gorsuch asked Mooppan how a decision in favor of West Virginia’s law, which blocked biological boys from participating in girls’ sports, would jibe with Title IX and the Constitution’s equal protection clause.

Gorsuch used a hypothetical involving other academic programs to test how far sex-based distinctions could extend under Title IX, which bans sex-based discrimination in education.

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Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch stands during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021.  (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

«What about the hypothetical I posed earlier that, when it comes to high school performance, girls sure are a lot better than boys, and so we’re only going to have remedial classes for boys, and girls aren’t free to attend. … Let’s say I’ve got really good science,» Gorsuch said. «I mean, it’s all about the science, right? I got the science.»

Mooppan said that while men and women are typically equal under laws and the Constitution, «real, enduring obvious differences» mattered in sports. Mooppan sought to dismiss any «pseudoscience» Gorsuch was suggesting.

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«With all respect, I don’t think there’s any science anywhere that is suggesting that these sort of intellectual differences are traceable to biological differences,» he said.

Gorsuch shot back: «With respect, I don’t think you’re a PhD in this stuff, and neither – I know I’m not, but I’m asking to deal with a hypothetical.»

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Gorsuch continued to question how potentially allowing West Virginia to discriminate on the basis of sex was possible in sports but not in other areas of education. 

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«The statute says no discrimination on the basis of sex, and you’re saying, ‘yeah, it’s okay when they’re not similarly situated.’ And when you’re worried about locker rooms, great. I appreciate that, but I’m worried about that math remedial class or the chess club or whatever,» Gorsuch said.

Gorsuch was more confrontational with the states and the DOJ than the other Republican-appointed justices. At one point, however, he observed an increase in recent decades in women and girls participating in sports and grappled with the idea that transgender athletes competing with them could potentially «undermine» that progress.

Appointed by President Donald Trump in 2017, Gorsuch famously wrote the majority opinion in another case about gender identity, Bostock v. Clayton County. Gorsuch sided in that case with the liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts, resulting in a 6-3 decision that employees cannot be discriminated against based on sex, and that sex included sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Gorsuch repeatedly raised that decision Tuesday, asking Mooppan at one point: «Bostock does not control here because – fill in the blank.»

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A protester drapes themselves in a transgender pride flag outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

West Virginia attorneys argued in court papers that Bostock was irrelevant to their case because Bostock dealt with Title VII, which governs discrimination in the workplace, whereas Title IX deals with education, where «biological differences are critical to athletic fairness.» Sex was less relevant in the workplace than in education, they argued.

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West Virginia v. B.P.J. centers on a 15-year-old transgender athlete who identifies as a girl and who argued the state’s ban violated both the Constitution and Title IX.

The case was one of two the Supreme Court heard on Tuesday about state laws that ban transgender athletes who identify as female from participating in sports exclusive to women or girls. The conservative justices largely appeared sympathetic to those laws, but it was not immediately clear where each of them would land on the issue.

A decision by the court, expected by early summer, could have far-reaching impacts.

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A ruling in favor of the states could not only uphold their bans and those in some two dozen other states but could also influence other transgender policy disputes, such as bathroom policies and sex designation on documents, including passports and driver’s licenses.

A ruling in favor of the transgender plaintiffs could serve to limit states’ ability to adopt similar bans and broaden interpretations of federal anti-discrimination laws.

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South Korean prosecutor seeks death penalty for ex-President Yoon over martial law declaration: ‘Self-coup’

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A South Korean court heard arguments Tuesday seeking the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, as prosecutors accused the ousted leader of orchestrating a rebellion through his controversial martial law declaration in December 2024.

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Independent counsel Cho Eun-suk asked the Seoul Central District Court to impose the sentence, arguing that Yoon’s actions amounted to «anti-state activities» and describing the decree as a «self-coup.»

Yoon, a conservative who was removed from office last spring, remains in custody while facing multiple criminal proceedings tied to the martial law episode and other controversies from his presidency. Prosecutors say the rebellion charge carries the most severe potential punishment.

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Then South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing charges of orchestrating a rebellion when he declared martial law on Dec. 3, arrives to attend his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 12, 2025.  (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Cho’s team argued in court that Yoon sought to prolong his hold on power by undermining South Korea’s constitutional system of governance.

Yoon has rejected the accusations, telling the court that the investigations into his conduct have been «frenzied» and marked by «manipulation» and «distortion.»

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He has maintained that the declaration of martial law was intended to alert the public to what he viewed as the growing threat posed by the opposition Democratic Party, which used its legislative majority to block his political agenda. 

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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces eight trials over various criminal charges in connection with his controversial martial law decree and other scandals. (AP)

Yoon argued that the exercise of presidential emergency powers cannot be treated as rebellion under the law.

The court is expected to deliver a verdict next month. Legal experts have said a life sentence is more likely than execution, noting that South Korea has not carried out a death penalty since 1997.

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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol criticized investigations on his rebellion charges, saying they have been «frenzied» and that they have involved «manipulation» and «distortion.» (AP)

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Yoon is the first South Korean president who has faced a potential death penalty after leaving office since Chun Doo-hwan was sentenced to death in 1996 for various crimes. Chun’s death sentence was later commuted to life in prison, and he was subsequently pardoned and freed.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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