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The Venezuelans that President Donald Trump sent in a notorious Salvadorian megaprison say they were described beaten and sexually assaulted. The United States and the European Union are reaching a long-awaited trade agreement. And the witnesses of Michigan Walmart stabbing to tell the scene.
Here’s what you need to know today.
Venezuelans describe sexual abuses and assaults in El Salvador Megaprison
Three Venezuelan men told NBC News that they had undergone physical and psychological torture, in particular the allegation of a man that he had been sexually assaulted, after the Trump administration sent them to a notorious megaprison in Salvador. One of them said he had been sexually assaulted.
Andry Hernandez Romero, Jerce Reyes and Andry Blanco Bonilla were detained for four months in the Terrorism Confainment Center, or Cecot, which is known for its difficult conditions and its reported abuses. They allegedly allegedly allegedly included blows that left bruises and cuts, psychological abuses and the denial of necessities such as access to food or bathroom.
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Men were expelled as part of the Trump administration’s efforts using the Act respecting extraterrestrial enemies, but denied any link with gangs and said they were unfairly targeted for their tattoos. They were released and put forward in Venezuela on July 18 in a exchange of prisoners with the United States.
→ Hernandez, a 32 -year -old gay asylum seeker, said that during his imprisonment, he had been taken to isolation, where the prison staff “made me kneel, carry out oral sex on a person, while the others have groped and touched my private parts”.
→ Reyes said that one of his most difficult times for him was when a prison official “encouraged us to commit suicide” and told him “, that’s how your whole nightmare ends”. Thinking about his family and sharing copies of the Bible have helped to motivate him, he said.
→ Bonilla, who had gone to the United States to seek asylum, said that he would never forget the words of a prison official who said to the detainees: “Welcome to Cecot. Welcome to hell. ” The guards would beat the detainees as they considered it, and the prison doctors would submit false reports, he said.
Now that they are back home with their families, the men have said that they demanded justice from Trump and President Salvadoran Nayib Bukele.
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The United States and the EU reach a trade agreement to impose a rate of 15%
President Donald Trump has announced a trade agreement with the European Union which would set prices at 15%, ending the months of uncertainty surrounding trade with the largest trading partner in the United States.
The tariff rate is a reduction compared to the 30% that Trump threatened on July 12 and the 20% he declared imposing on April 2.
Announcing the agreement, Trump said that the EU would not impose a price on American imports. He added that this agreement was “satisfactory on both sides”.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula, von der Leyen, said alongside the president that the pact “will bring stability. This will provide predictability. This is very important for our companies on both sides of the Atlantic. ”
However, Trump said that 50% on steel prices would remain unchanged and that more prices could still be on the way to pharmaceutical products, of which Ireland is one of the main sources. The president recently threatened 200% of pharmaceutical products.
Also within the framework of the agreement, Trump said that the EU will buy “$ 750 billion in energy” and “a large amount of military equipment”, from the United States, although a final purchase has not yet been set.
Here is what we know else.
More new policies:
- Rep. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie have formed a bipartite duo To put pressure for the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files, but they are separated if Trump should forgive Ghislaine Maxwell.
- Representative Ralph Norman, RS.C., a member of Freedom Caucus, announced that it was Go for the governorSeeking to succeed the governor of GOP Henry McMaster.
- After Israel announced a “tactical break” by fighting to let help in Gaza, Senator Lindsey Graham Kristen Welker told NBC News that there was no way to negotiate with Hamas
- Democrats plan to make representative David Valadao Support for Trump’s “big and beautiful bill” – And his vote for the Medicaid cuts – a focal point of their campaign in a mid -term key breed.
- The Democratic Party rocked its presidential primary schedule in 2024, placing the South Carolina ahead. Heads of state want to keep it like that in 2028.
Witnesses describe Michigan Walmart stab
Julia Martell roamed the aisles of her local Walmart when she heard people screaming. As she turned the corner, she saw a man flowing in another alley, then she saw her knife.
“I reserved it in the aisle,” she told NBC News. Martell said that the man looked “crazy” and focused on the laser to arrive at the exit.
At this crossing city, Michigan Walmart, 11 people were injured in a stab attack. The suspect, Bradford James Gille, was quickly moderated by other buyers and arrested when a deputy arrived, said the Sheriff of the County of Grand Traverse.
Michael Miller was one of the good Samaritans who helped the suspect’s apprehension. He, his fiancée, Julia Ling, and four of their children heard what they described as cries of blood curling when they entered the Walmart.
The suspect “threw us lemon,” said Ling, then a group trying to stop him pushed him through the door.
Michigan prosecutors are Search for terrorism Against Gille in more than 11 chiefs of assault with the intention of murder.
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Choice of staff: Bitcoin is in place. The same goes for crypto kidnappings.
Festo IvaiBi, Rocelo Lopes and Muhammad Arsalan are three men of different ages, living in different parts of the world, and have never met. However, they all have a shared story. They were all affected by crypto kidnappings.
I started looking for crime after the viral history of a New York crypto kidnapping in May. I discovered that the incident was part of a much greater trend.
The men I talked about with Scary shared stories of authors threatening them And their families with physical abuses and taking them to unknown vehicles in the middle of the night, where they were extorted, attacked and stolen – all to access their digital wallets. But they are not the only ones. As interest in cryptocurrencies increases, the price of bitcoin and the number of cryptography abductions.
– Bruna Horvathtechnological trainee
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