Overview
- Mexico: A federal judge linked César “El Bótox” Sepúlveda Arellano to process and authorities began transferring him to the Altiplano maximum-security prison on organized crime, drug and weapons charges, with prosecutors tying him to a 2025 homicide.
- Minneapolis: The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent faces competing accounts as the government cites self‑defense and video analysis suggests an agent had seized Pretti’s gun before firing, and President Trump said Tom Homan will manage ICE operations on the ground after criticism that reached some Republicans.
- United States: A powerful winter storm led to more than 17,000 flight cancellations, widespread outages and multiple cold‑related deaths, and the White House declared emergencies in ten states, with dangerous conditions expected to persist.
- Argentina: President Javier Milei took his “tour de la gratitud” to Mar del Plata as his government pushes a labor overhaul and seeks to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 14 in extraordinary sessions, while RENAPER chief Pablo Luis Santos resigned and a successor was named by decree 79/2026.
- Michoacán: In the Morelia family homicide of three sign‑language interpreters, authorities detained a suspect who is related to a victim, said he did not act alone and set the next court date for January 30 as investigators pursue additional arrests.