Investigators say a 6-month-old boy who is believed to have died of bacterial meningitis was living in a “dirty” and “cluttered” and black-mold filled house in Big Lake deemed unlivable by health officials.

The boy died early Friday, said Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office Cmdr. Ben Zawacki.

When investigators responded to the 911 call they found an “extremely dirty and cluttered house” and “found black mold in numerous locations throughout the house,” according to a Monday statement.

The investigation into Gideon Peter Mwangi’s death is active and ongoing. No arrests have been made.

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En un memorándum el director interino del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE por sus siglas en inglés), Todd M. Lyons pedía que ya no se concedieran fianzas a quienes se encuentran ilegalmente en Estados Unidos, lo que les obliga a permanecer detenidos “durante todo el proceso de expulsión” del país, impidiéndoles ser puestos en libertad.

Un centro de detención del ICE en Arizona. (Flickr/ICE)

El 15 de julio, el Washington Post reveló que el gobierno de Donald Trump había puesto la regla de que los inmigrantes detenidos que entraron sin permiso al país ya no tenían derecho a una audiencia de fianza mientras luchan contra la deportación en los tribunales.

En un memorándum, el director interino del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE por sus siglas en inglés), Todd M. Lyons pedía que ya no se concedieran fianzas a quienes se encuentran en los Estados Unidos sin haber sido revisados ni comprobados por las autoridades, lo que les obliga a permanecer detenidos “durante todo el proceso de expulsión” del país, impidiéndoles ser puestos en libertad.

En el pasado, los inmigrantes que llevaban mucho tiempo en el país podían solicitar una audiencia de fianza ante un juez de inmigración y, por lo general, los inmigrantes podían solicitar la libertad bajo fianza si se determinaba que no representaban una amenaza para la seguridad pública.

La nueva drástica política de detención se fundamenta, argumenta la administración, en una parte de la legislación sobre inmigración que determina que los inmigrantes sin estatus legal “deberán ser arrestados” luego del arresto.

La parte del memorándum que Reuters tuvo acceso, animaba a los fiscales de ICE a “presentar argumentos alternativos en apoyo de la detención continuada” durante las audiencias de los tribunales de inmigración.

Los inmigrantes ya están sujetos a detención obligatoria sin fianza si han sido condenados por asesinato u otros delitos graves. Además, este año, con la Ley Laken Riley, se añadieron otros delitos relacionados con robo y otros a la lista de delitos que conllevan a la detención sin opción a libertad bajo fianza, incluso si no han sido condenados.

Así que para hablar del memo, sus implicaciones y cómo se otorgaban audiencies para salir bajo fianza, invitamos a Rosa Santana, codirectora de Envision Freedom Fund, uno de los fondos de fianzas para inmigrantes más grande del país y el único en el área de Nueva York.

Más detalles en nuestra conversación a continuación.

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Washington County officials are working on a Climate Action Plan, and they are asking county residents to weigh in.

The plan will define the county’s role in climate action, outline action steps to reduce the county’s greenhouse gas emissions, and illustrate strategies to adapt to the impacts of climate change, county officials said.

Residents are being asked to share their insights and perspectives on responding to the impacts of climate change in Washington County by taking a short online survey between now and Sep. 28. The survey, which should take 5 to 7 minutes to complete, will help county officials “better understand the priorities of Washington County community members for future climate action,” officials said. The survey is available at surveymonkey.com/r/WashCoCAP.

In addition to the survey, community members are invited to apply to join the county’s new community advisory group, which will be involved at key stages in the planning process and will help shape the Climate Action Plan’s priorities and recommendations.

The group will be composed of local government partners, community organizations and individual community members. Four community members will be selected to participate; anyone interested in applying needs to complete an online questionnaire by Aug. 6.

For more information, go to WashingtonCountyMN.gov/ClimateActionPlan.

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The head of a violent Ecuadorian gang accused of smuggling cocaine and firearms between South America and the U.S. pleaded not guilty to drug and gun charges Monday in New York.

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José Adolfo Macías Villamar, whose nickname is “Fito,” appeared in federal court in Brooklyn a day after Ecuador extradited him to the U.S. A judge ordered him detained until trial and set his next court date for Sept. 19.

U.S. prosecutors accuse Macías of leading the vicious Los Choneros gang that used hitmen, bribes and military weapons, including machine guns and grenades. The hitmen, or sicarios, murdered, tortured and kidnapped people in Ecuador as the gang committed violence against law enforcement, politicians, attorneys, prosecutors and civilians, authorities said.

Los Choneros also worked with Mexican drug cartels to ship cocaine from Colombian suppliers through Ecuador and Central America to the U.S., and shipped firearms from the U.S. to South America, prosecutors said.

FILE – This wanted poster posted on X by Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior, Jan. 9, 2024, shows Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, the leader of Los Choneros gang. (Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior via AP, File)

“Macías Villamar poses an extraordinary danger to the community,” U.S. prosecutors wrote in a request that Macías be detained without bail until trial. “The Court should enter a permanent order of detention, as no condition or combination of conditions can assure the safety of the community or assure Macías Villamar’s appearance at trial.”

Macías’ lawyer, Alexei Schacht, who entered the not guilty pleas on Macías’ behalf, said he was eager to see the government’s evidence of alleged drug and firearms trafficking.

“As far as I am aware, he did neither,” Schacht said in an email.

Macías told the judge he was not guilty and understood his legal rights. Magistrate Judge Vera Scanlon also ordered that Macías’ health problems, including high blood pressure, gastritis and bullet fragments in his body from a years-old shooting, be treated appropriately while he is detained.

Macías escaped from a prison in Ecuador in January 2024 and wasn’t caught until last month, when he was found in an underground bunker at a relative’s mansion in the port city of Manta. He was serving a 34-year sentence for drug trafficking, organized crime and murder when he escaped. He also fled from a maximum-security prison in February 2013 but was recaptured a few weeks later.

Los Choneros emerged in the 1990s and Macías has been its leader since 2020, authorities said.

Macías cultivated a cult status among fellow gang members and the public in his home country. While behind bars in 2023, he released a video addressed to “the Ecuadorian people” while flanked by armed men. He also threw parties in prison, where he had access to everything from liquor to roosters for cockfighting matches.

Escorted by soldiers and police officers, Adolfo “Fito” Macias, the leader of the Choneros gang, arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, after getting detained, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Joffre Flores)

A federal grand jury in New York City indicted him on seven charges in April and returned an updated indictment in late June. The charges include international cocaine distribution conspiracy, use of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking and straw purchasing of firearms conspiracy. If convicted, he could face 20 years to life in prison.

“The defendant and his co-conspirators flooded the United States and other countries with drugs and used extreme measures of violence in their quest for power and control,” Joseph Nocella Jr., U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a statement.