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What we know about claim ICE deported Chilean grandad Luis Leon to Guatemala
Snopes
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July 21, 2025
In July 2025, following reports in The Morning Call, a news site based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a claim circulated online that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Luis Leon, an 82-year-old grandfather from Allentown, while...
FHP arrests immigrant ‘wanted for murder in Guatemala’ during traffic stop, state says
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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July 22, 2025
A man living in the U.S. illegally was arrested earlier this month after he was stopped by Florida Highway Patrol in Palm Beach County for speeding and was determined to be “wanted for murder in Guatemala,” the Florida Department of Highway Safety...
Placing future generations at the heart of Inter-American human rights law?
EJIL: Talk!
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July 21, 2025
A key aspect of the rich and long-awaited Inter-American Court of Advisory Human Rights Advisory Opinion 32/25 on Climate Emergency and Human Rights (AO-32) is the treatment of future generations (FG) with regard to Inter-American regional human...
ICJ Sets November Date to Hear Guatemala’s Bid in Sapodilla Cayes Case
Love FM
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July 22, 2025
In about four months, the International Court of Justice will conduct oral hearings to determine whether Guatemala’s application for inclusion would be accepted. The application from Guatemala is to be included as a party in the case where...
82-year-old torture survivor secretly sent from Pennsylvania to Guatemala after losing green card
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 22, 2025
Philadelphia, July 22 (RHC)-- An 82-year-old grandfather from Pennsylvania was quietly deported to Guatemala after he was apprehended during a visit to an ICE office to replace his lost green card. Luis León lived in the U.S. for nearly 40 years....
What a president’s party split means for anti-corruption fight in Guatemala
Christian Science Monitor
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July 21, 2025
On a recent July morning, a dozen or so Indigenous people gather around a bonfire by the shore of Guatemala’s largest lake, Izabal. They are holding a ceremony in the Indigenous language Q’eqchi’ before kicking off a community meeting to discuss a...
ICJ to hear Guatemala’s bid to intervene in Belize-Honduras territorial dispute
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 22, 2025
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced that it will hold oral hearings in November to determine whether Guatemala will be allowed to formally intervene in the ongoing territorial dispute between Belize and Honduras over the...
Guatemala ready to export Hass avocado to the U.S. after more than a decade of bilateral work
Fresh Plaza
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July 15, 2025
After more than a decade of cooperation between the Guatemalan Ministry of Agriculture and the USDA-APHIS, the Central American country is close to completing the process that will allow it to export Hass avocados to the U.S. market. This was...
President of Guatemala Congress visiting Taiwan
Focus Taiwan
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July 15, 2025
Taipei, July 15 (CNA) The president of Guatemala's Congress, Nery Ramos, is currently visiting Taiwan and will meet with President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and other senior officials during his six-day stay to enhance bilateral ties. Ramos is being...
UPDATE: ICE refutes reports that it deported Allentown man to Guatemala
Keystone Newsroom - Pennsylvania
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July 21, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security says the story is a hoax. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) is pushing back against claims that Luis Leon, an 82-year-old Allentown man, was arrested in Philadelphia and deported to Guatemala in June...
Weekly Commentary: Peak Dance Moves
myMotherLode - California
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Image Source: Pixabay High yield CDS (Credit default swap) prices surged 22.4 this week to 336 bps, the largest weekly move since the (“liberation day”) week of April 4th (62 to 439bps). Friday’s 13 bps jump was the biggest daily increase since...
New: That Claim About ICE Deporting an 82-Year-Old Legal Immigrant to Guatemala Just Got Much Weirder
Red State
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July 21, 2025
Did the Trump administration arrest and deport an 82-year-old Chilean legal immigrant in poor health to Guatemala? That was the stunning claim that appeared on Friday as several different press outlets repeated a report from The Morning Call, a...
Subway Hires Another Burger King Vet to Lead Company as CEO
QSR Magazine - North Carolina
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July 21, 2025
It’s been roughly eight months since Subway CEO John Chidsey announced his intentions to retire at year’s end. The previous Burger King executive was the chain’s first CEO outside the founding family. Now, Subway is getting another with ties to...
LA Mayor Says She's Not Worried About Harm to Doxxed ICE Agents. Are You Listening to Yourself, Karen?
PJ Media - Virginia
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July 21, 2025
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told CBS News on Sunday, just hours after the shooting attack on an ICE agent in New York, that she thinks no harm will come to agents if their identities are known. She wants them unmasked because she wants illegal...
ICE deports 82-year-old Pa. man to Guatemala after he lost his green card
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 21, 2025
An 82-year-old Pennsylvania man was secretly deported to Guatemala after he attempted to have his lost green card replaced. The Morning Call reported that Luis Leon, of Allentown, went with his wife on June 20 to the U.S. Citizenship and...
Senate Passes International Marrakesh Treaty Benefiting the Blind and Visually Impaired
ABILITY Magazine
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Stevie Wonder congratulates representatives from WIPO’s member states and non-governmental organizations(NGOs) on the adoption of the Marrakesh Treaty for the visually impaired. It’s a pretty rare occurrence on Capitol Hill these days for a bill...
Pennsylvania grandfather’s family was told he died in ICE custody, but he’s alive — in a Guatemalan hospital, they say
The Virginian-Pilot
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July 21, 2025
Relatives of 82-year-old Allentown, Pennsylvania, resident Luis Leon were headed to a Guatemalan hospital Saturday in hopes of reuniting with the man they say disappeared without a trace into the American immigration system a month ago — and who,...
Central American Donors Forum to take place in Guatemala City
Alliance Magazine
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July 21, 2025
Central America Donors Forum returns to Guatemala for 2025 edition. The Central America Donors Forum (CADF) is set to return to Guatemala this October, at a pivotal time marked by global uncertainty and rapid transformation. As the Central...
Guatemalan National in New Bedford Gets Prison Time for Reentering U.S.
1420 WBSM - Massachusetts
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July 15, 2025
BOSTON (WBSM) — A Guatemalan national who had been unlawfully residing in New Bedford was sentenced to five months in prison Monday for illegally reentering the United States after deportation. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Jose De Leon...
Noem Slams Nashville Mayor for Undermining Immigration Enforcement
PJ Media - Virginia
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July 21, 2025
The Trump administration’s efforts to secure our borders and rid the country of dangerous illegal aliens who commit heinous crimes are difficult enough, but states and cities with sanctuary policies make it more difficult. These localities say...