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Judge orders US government to return Colombian woman deported to DR Congo

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By Karina Tsui, CNN

(CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to return to the US a Colombian woman who was deported to the Democratic Republic of Congo, even after the African country refused to accept her.

Judge Richard J. Leon of the US District Court for DC ordered the return of Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata, 55, as soon as possible and ordered the Trump administration to provide a status update by 5 p.m. Friday on steps taken to facilitate her return.

The case is a rare instance of a federal judge ordering the return of a migrant deported under President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown and comes as the administration faces backlash over its “third country” deportation policy, which deports immigrants to countries they have no ties to.

Quiroz Zapata was first placed into Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention after entering the US in August 2024, according to a court document shared by her lawyer, Lauren O’Neal. Quiroz Zapata had told The New York Times in an interview from the DRC that she fled Colombia to escape her former partner, a man tied to the Colombian national police.

A US immigration judge later granted her request not to be deported back to Colombia, finding it “more likely than not she will face torture by, or with the acquiescence of the Colombian government or their officials acting under the color of law,” the court document said.

As the Trump administration sought a third country to deport Quiroz Zapata, the DRC in April formally refused to accept her due to required medical assistance the country could not adequately guarantee, the document says.

Quiroz Zapata has diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypothyroidism, O’Neal told the Times. CNN has reached out to O’Neal for further information on the medical needs.

Two days after the DRC’s refusal, Quiroz Zapata was placed on a removal flight on April 16 from the US to the DRC, where she remains to this day, the document says.

“The Government sent her to the DRC anyway,” the judge wrote, adding that “sending (the) plaintiff to the DRC, therefore, was likely illegal.” The judge said that Quiroz Zapata “is likely to succeed” in her argument that sending her to the DRC “likely violates the Immigration and Nationality Act.”

“There is no question that plaintiff meets the standard for irreparable harm. She has been sent to a country that refused to accept her because they cannot provide sufficient medical care,” the judge wrote. “As a result, she faces a daily risk of medical complications, up to and including death.”

“Holding the executive branch to account is the only way to ensure proper oversight and put an end to the abuses of long-standing immigration law and regulations the agency is bound to abide,” O’Neal said in a statement to CNN.

CNN has reached out to the Congolese Embassy in Washington and the Department of Homeland Security.

In his ruling, the judge cited the case of Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who continues to fight against his deportation in court after being wrongfully deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador last year and then returned to the United States.

The highly-publicized Abrego Garcia case has been a sore spot for the Trump administration. Courts at every level of the federal judiciary said the mistake needed to be corrected, yet officials spent months resisting demands that they bring the father of three back to Maryland. The US government continues to claim Abrego Garcia is a dangerous member of the MS-13 gang – which his family and lawyers deny.

Un diente de 59.000 años de antigüedad ofrece una visión excepcional de cómo los neandertales abordaban un problema médico

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Por Ashley Strickland, CNN

Un diente inusual hallado en una cueva ofrece una visión excepcional de un procedimiento sorprendente que los humanos prehistóricos podrían haber realizado para reparar caries hace 59.000 años.

Investigadores descubrieron el molar inferior de un neandertal adulto en la cueva de Chagryskaya, en lo que hoy es Rusia, ubicada en las montañas Altai del suroeste de Siberia, un lugar donde vivieron poblaciones de estos primeros humanos hace entre 49.000 y 70.000 años aproximadamente.

El diente, bautizado como Chagyrskaya 64, destacaba entre las docenas de otros hallados en la cueva porque su corona presentaba un orificio profundo e irregular que se extendía hasta la cámara pulpar, la cavidad interna que contiene nervios y vasos sanguíneos.

La perforación parecía una cavidad dolorosa que ocupaba la mayor parte de la superficie masticatoria del diente.

Los científicos quedaron aún más intrigados al descubrir arañazos en el diente alrededor del orificio, lo que sugería manipulación con algún tipo de herramienta. Las herramientas de piedra de punta fina halladas en la cueva también proporcionaron posibles pistas sobre qué produjo las marcas.

Múltiples escaneos del diente neandertal, así como experimentos con herramientas en dientes humanos modernos, sugieren que alguien perforó la cavidad.

Esta evidencia apunta al primer caso conocido de intervención en una cavidad dental en la historia evolutiva humana, según un estudio publicado el miércoles en la revista PLOS One.

Este comportamiento indica que los neandertales podían identificar una infección y fabricar y seleccionar las herramientas y técnicas adecuadas para aliviar el dolor que causaba, además de soportar un procedimiento doloroso.

Los patrones de desgaste en el diente también muestran que el individuo podía seguir usándolo después del procedimiento.

“Lo que me asombró fue la intuición con la que la persona dueña de este diente comprendió exactamente de dónde provenía el dolor y se dio cuenta de que su origen podía eliminarse”, declaró la autora principal del estudio, Alisa Zubova, investigadora sénior del Museo de Antropología y Etnografía Pedro el Grande de la Academia Rusa de Ciencias en San Petersburgo. “Nunca habíamos encontrado nada parecido, ni entre los neandertales ni entre los humanos modernos de épocas mucho posteriores”.

Estos hallazgos se suman a un creciente conjunto de pruebas que sugieren que los neandertales, nuestros parientes humanos extintos más cercanos, eran cognitiva y psicológicamente más similares a los humanos modernos de lo que se pensaba, en lugar de los cavernícolas brutos y simplones de los estereotipos anteriores.

“Esto nos indica que las partes emocionales y conscientes de la mente neandertal funcionaban de forma independiente, tal como lo hacen en los humanos modernos”, comentó Zubova.

Los primates no humanos, como los chimpancés, han demostrado la capacidad de tratarse a sí mismos o a otros miembros de su comunidad con plantas medicinales, un comportamiento que, según los expertos, es instintivo.

Los neandertales parecen haber hecho lo mismo, ayudando a los miembros de su especie que sufrían lesiones o pérdida de audición compartiendo comida o protegiéndolos como una forma de cuidado social, señaló la coautora del estudio, Ksenia Kolobova, jefa del Laboratorio de Arqueología Digital del Instituto de Arqueología y Etnografía de la Rama Siberiana de la Academia Rusa de Ciencias en Novosibirsk, Rusia.

Sin embargo, los investigadores llevan mucho tiempo intentando determinar si los primeros humanos, como los neandertales, eran capaces de llevar ese cuidado un paso más allá mediante la implementación de estrategias médicas deliberadas.

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Adam’s Angels launches PB&J program

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Adam's Angels launches PB& J program

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) Adam's Angels volunteers made hundreds of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on Monday.

That's the day volunteers are known to pack non-perishable meals, but this week they added sack lunches to their offerings.

They put the PB&Js in ziplocks bags and then brown paper bags to create ready-to-eat meals for the most vulnerable members of the community.

It is part of a new Adam's Angels program.

Volunteers said each simple meal is made with love and served with care.

They plan to  distribute them around the community each week.

For more information visit https://www.adamsangels-sb.org

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DP and SM boys tennis serve up CIF semifinal wins

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SM#2 .Hudson Chossek
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Hudson Chossek went 2-1 for San Marcos

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Channel League rivals Dos Pueblos and San Marcos will each play for a CIF-Southern Section boys tennis championship in their respective divisions this Friday at the Claremont Club.

CIF-SS Division 4 Semifinals: Dos Pueblos 11, El Segundo 7: Chargers #1 singles player Cieran Tober-Bridges went 2-1 in his matches with both of his victories finishing 6-love.

(Cieran Tober-Bridges dominated two of his opponents. Entenza Design).

The Chargers will play Westlake in the finals at 12:15 p.m.

CIF-SS Division 5 Semifinals: San Marcos 12, Aliso Niguel 6: The Royals three singles players each went 2-1 on the day.

(Royals #1 singles player Braden Stewart won his last two matches. Entenza Design).

(Royals #2 singles player Hudson Chossek continued his strong season. Entenza Design).

The San Marcos doubles team of Jacob Cantrell/Eliot Gray went 3-0.

The Royals play San Clemente in the finals at 1:30 p.m.

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