Análisis por Mario González, CNN en Español

Las acusaciones por narcotráfico contra diez políticos mexicanos, incluido el gobernador de Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, presentadas por el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos, han provocado un cisma en México y llegan en un momento de desencuentros entre México y Estados Unidos en materia de seguridad y combate al narcotráfico. Se trata del más fuerte golpe contra la supuesta “narcopolítica” mexicana del que se tenga registro en los últimos años (¡y vaya que han existido episodios controvertidos entre ambos países!).

La petición pone en jaque al gobierno de Claudia Sheinbaum, que tendrá que pensar el siguiente movimiento con forma de dilema: o procede a la detención y extradición de los políticos de su propio partido, o bien decide romper lanzas con el gobierno de Donald Trump, al menos en materia de cooperación contra las drogas.

Las acusaciones formales fueron presentadas el miércoles 29 de abril por el fiscal general del Distrito Sur de Nueva York, Jay Clayton, y el administrador de la Agencia Antidrogas de Estados Unidos, la DEA, Terrence C. Cole.

Son diez funcionarios y exfuncionarios públicos de muy alto perfil como el alcalde de Culiacán, la capital sinaloense; un senador de la República por el estado de Sinaloa y un vicefiscal por la misma entidad, además del mandatario estatal en funciones, Rocha Moya. Todos ellos pertenecen al partido oficialista Morena y todos están acusados de conspirar con el poderoso Cartel de Sinaloa para introducir a Estados Unidos cargamentos de droga, entre otros delitos.

Horas más tarde de la divulgación de los cargos, y en un movimiento inusual de ajedrez (sin quitarse el jaque), la Cancillería mexicana confirmó la recepción de una solicitud de detención provisional con fines de extradición contra varias personas, pero detalló que dichas solicitudes no fueron sustentadas con documentos que validaran las muy serias acusaciones. La Cancillería agregó que los expedientes ya habían sido turnados a la Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), institución que después reiteró la postura de la Cancillería: no se otorgaron pruebas suficientes para actuar contra los políticos. No obstante, dijo que se abriría una investigación para determinar si las acusaciones tienen sustento.

Un día después, la presidenta Sheinbaum leyó en un comunicado su posición que, básicamente, reitera lo expuesto por la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores y la Fiscalía, pero agrega que, de no encontrarse elementos de prueba en la investigación que realice el ministerio público, deberá asumirse que existe una intención política en contra del país. De esta manera la presidenta parece que intenta ganar tiempo. No rechaza los cargos, promete una investigación para determinar la viabilidad de la petición y mantiene una posición firme que la hace ver fuerte al interior de su movimiento: no a la injerencia de Estados Unidos y sí a la soberanía nacional.

Pero el problema se mantiene. Sigue en jaque.

Días antes de la presentación de cargos contra los políticos mexicanos, las relaciones entre México y Estados Unidos parecía que habían alcanzado un nivel máximo de tensión por la participación de cuatro agentes estadounidenses en un operativo en el estado de Chihuahua, sin autorización del gobierno de México. Trágicamente dos de los cuatro agentes, que según fuentes eran de la CIA, fallecieron en un supuesto accidente en la sierra de ese estado y a pesar de que el operativo resultó en un éxito —por el desmantelamiento de la red de laboratorio

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By Sophie Tanno, CNN

London (CNN) — A British woman who was denied permanent birth control through the UK’s national health service on the grounds she might regret the decision has won her case with the country’s health ombudsman after a 10-year battle.

Leah Spasova, a psychologist from Oxfordshire, spent years trying to obtain sterilization on the NHS when at the same time her health provider funds vasectomies for men.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), which investigates complaints about the NHS, determined that a local health body was denying women, but not men, funding for sterilization.

Spasova raised the complaint after she was denied a request for sterilization funding from the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (ICB), which covers an area of southern England.

“I have been enquiring about sterilization for 10 years and was just passed back and forth between services,” Spasova said.

“Then the ICB turned down my request for funding.”

Conducting her own research into the ICB’s approach, she found the organization “did not follow the widely recognized principle that clinicians provide advice, but patients ultimately make decisions about their own bodies.”

The ombudsman determined that the ICB did not routinely fund female sterilization and cited cost concerns and Spasova’s risk of regretting the procedure as reasons for refusing her – factors not applied to men seeking vasectomies

“Rejecting my application for sterilization on the basis of regret means they were taking on liability for my feelings,” Spasova said.

The ICB’s approach was unfair, inconsistent, and based on subjective reasoning, the PHSO found.

It also found that women were not given the same opportunity as men to make an informed decision about sterilization.

Paula Sussex, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, said there were concerns that the health service was letting patients down.

“This case shows the power of the patient voice. Leah complained about her experience and the ICB is now reviewing its sterilization policy,” she said.

Spasova described the ICB’s policies as “absolutely discriminatory.”

“There is continuing widespread inequality in how permanent contraception is accessed with concerns about fairness and respect for women’s bodily autonomy remain unresolved.”

The NHS authority which now oversees health services for those who live in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, said that it accepts the PHSO’s findings and has introduced a new policy to ensure that patients who meet the criteria are able to access female sterilization.

Female sterilization involves blocking a woman’s fallopian tubes and is over 99% effective. It is comparable to a vasectomy, a permanent method of male contraception, but female sterilization requires more invasive surgery and is less easy to reverse.

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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN

(CNN) — It’s exciting to think of bionic humans who have cracked the code to stop aging. But perhaps less glamorous and much more important to the longevity game is tackling chronic disease.

About 6 in 10 young adults in the United States report having one or more chronic conditions, but by older adulthood, that number grows to 9 in 10, according to a 2025 study.

Even as people pursue methods to add more years to their lives, conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke and cancer are major drivers of both mortality and disability, particularly in later life.

While a wave of tech investors is pushing gadgets, supplements and programs designed to make people feel like they will live forever, journalist Kara Swisher has been investigating the methods that actually lead to healthy long lives in her series, “Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever.” Her latest episode, premiering Saturday, May 2, at 9 p.m. ET, investigates medical advancements that offer some promise against chronic disease for more of the population.

“What I’m interested in is increasing longevity for everybody,” Swisher said. “Healthy longevity, not just longevity for longevity’s sake. It’s longevity for good living and healthy living, and that you don’t die of stupid diseases. … It’s so preventable.”

Think of it similarly to how improving sanitation meant later generations in the United States didn’t have to experience cholera, she said. Or medications that we now may take for granted changed life-threatening conditions into illnesses with reliable treatment, said Dr. Steven Austad, scientific director of the American Federation for Aging Research and distinguished professor and endowed chair of healthy aging research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

“Antibiotics changed everything, and these could potentially change everything,” Austad said, speaking of the latest medical developments against chronic disease.

The link between disease and aging

Many of the tech entrepreneurs investing in the longevity space misunderstand the science of aging, Austad said. Primarily, they don’t get that there is no simple code to crack, and the biology behind the aging process is complicated.

Aging is something that happens to everyone, even the healthiest people, and it makes them more vulnerable to developing chronic disease, he said. “Aging is not a disease, but it makes us more vulnerable to diseases.”

Not only does aging make people more vulnerable, it also makes it more difficult for people to recover from chronic diseases.

Aging can bring out conditions that a person may be predisposed to from birth, said Dr. Nir Barzilai, president of the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research and professor of medicine and genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.

A person may be born with a gene that makes it more likely they will develop dementia, but cognitive problems won’t emerge until their 60s, 70s or 80s, Barzilai said. “You need the aging process to bring it out,” he noted.

Although chronic diseases do not solely impact older populations, preventing these diseases could mean longer lives and more enjoyment of the years added.

Changing the body’s response to chronic disease

Some of the most promising technologies for longevity will need to be prescribed, not bought.

Alzheimer’s disease, for example, may one day be prevented through a technology called CRISPR, a gene-editing tool codeveloped by Nobel laureate in chemistry Dr. Jennifer Doudna, who is Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health Sci

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN

(CNN) — Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) on Saturday reported $11.35 billion in operating earnings and a record cash pile in the first quarter under CEO Greg Abel, the successor to famed investor Warren Buffett.

Berkshire Hathaway’s massive cash pile rose to more than $397 billion in the first quarter, up from the $373 billion at the end of 2025. Operating earnings were up nearly 18% from last year, but fell short of estimates that Berkshire would earn $11.56 billion, according to FactSet data.

Net income attributable to Berkshire shareholders in the first quarter rose to roughly $10.1 billion, more than double from $4.6 billion last year.

Berkshire earned $1.7 billion from insurance underwriting — a 28% increase from the same time last year — though Geico, which leads the conglomerate’s insurance underwriting business, reported a 34% drop in earnings.

This is Abel’s first quarterly report as the head of Berkshire. He stepped into the role at the start of 2026 and penned the annual letter to shareholders in February. Abel will take center stage on Saturday at Berkshire’s so-called “Woodstock for Capitalists” in downtown Omaha, Nebraska — former chief executive Buffett’s hometown.

Abel has big shoes to fill. Buffett, 95, attracted huge crowds to the event, with thousands flocking to hear the Oracle of Omaha’s market wisdom. Buffett frequently turned into a brand mascot for the likes of Squishmallow, Fruit of the Loom and other Berkshire companies.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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