US officers detain 5-year-old boy as Minnesota immigration raids continue
School superintendent says the child was ‘essentially’ used ‘as bait’ to apprehend his father, who is seeking asylum.

School superintendent says the child was ‘essentially’ used ‘as bait’ to apprehend his father, who is seeking asylum.





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Ecuador’s prisons are among the deadliest in Latin America due to overcrowding, corruption and weak control.
US tariffs have dealt a deadly blow to the Indian shrimp industry that relies predominantly on exports.
US leader says suspected drug traffickers to be sent to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia.
The bridge explosions occur just hours after a car bomb went off outside a shopping mall in Guayaquil.

A car exploded outside a shopping mall in Ecuador’s largest city Guayaquil, killing at least one person.
The country’s largest Indigenous group, CONAIE, has organised protests against Noboa’s decision to cut a fuel subsidy.
A minister claimed the attack was an assassination attempt, but protesters said they were targeted with violence, too.
This is the second deadly prison riot in Ecuador this week.
Ecuador’s prisons see another violent riot, with explosions and shootings in Machala.

Protests over rising fuel prices in Ecuador turned violent on Tuesday as demonstrations spread across the country.