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Santa Maria man’s wife completing medical residency in Texas arrested by immigration agents

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – The wife of a Santa Maria man completing her medical residency in Texas and their five-year-old daughter were detained Saturday while boarding a flight to California for her husband's asylum interview scheduled for later this week.

The detained woman, Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar-Barrios, is originally from Venezuela and has also applied for asylum an attorney on behalf of her husband shared with Your News Channel Monday.

On Saturday, April 11, she and her five-year-old daughter who is a U.S. citizen, were about to board a flight from McAllen Airport in Texas back to California ahead of her husband's asylum hearing in Tustin on April 16, when both were taken into custody by federal immigration agents.

Her daughter was eventually released to relatives in Texas and an attorney working on behalf of the family based here in Santa Barbara shared she is working to reunite the five-year-old with her father.

The girl's father, Milenko Faria Virla, lives and works in Santa Maria shared his attorney.

The local attorney noted that federal immigration authorities stated Bolivar-Barrios was detained after overstaying her visa, but no mention was made of her pending asylum application and a healthcare industry group has stated publicly that she is lawfully present in the country.

"Dr. Bolivar is lawfully present in the United States on a valid work permit, and her daughter is a United States citizen," noted a letter from the Emergency Medicine Resident's Association sent to Senators Cornyn and Cruz of Texas as well as Congresswoman De La Cruz on Sunday. "These facts underscore both her compliance with legal requirements and her strong ties to this country. Her continued detention, despite her lawful status, raises serious questions and warrants prompt review. Her detainment interrupts not only her training but also the essential care she provides. At a time when hospitals nationwide face ongoing workforce challenges, the loss of a committed emergency medicine doctor has tangible consequences for patient care and community health."

Your News Channel was able to independently confirm that Dr. Bolivar-Barrios remains in custody at the El Valle Detention Facility in Raymondville, Texas since being taken into custody over the weekend.

"Dr. Bolivar poses no threat to public safety and remains deeply committed to her profession and her community," stated the Emergency Medicine Resident's Association in their Sunday letter. "We respectfully urge you to consider alternatives to detention that would allow her to continue her medical training and care for her child while complying fully with any legal requirements."

Your News Channel has reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more information about Dr. Bolivar-Barrios' detention and its response will be added to this article when it is received.

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Santa Maria man’s wife completing her medical residency in Texas arrested by immigration agents

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – The wife of a Santa Maria man completing her medical residency in Texas and their five-year-old daughter were detained Saturday before boarding a flight to California

The pair were heading back to California for her husband's asylum interview later this week.

The detained woman, Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar-Barrios, is originally from Venezuela, has lived in the country for years, and has also applied for asylum an attorney working on behalf of her husband's employment-based immigration petition shared with Your News Channel Monday.

On Saturday, April 11, she and her five-year-old daughter who is a U.S. citizen, were about to board a flight from McAllen Airport in Texas back to California ahead of her husband's asylum hearing in Tustin on April 16, when both were taken into custody by federal immigration agents.

Her daughter was eventually released to relatives in Texas and the attorney working on behalf of the father shared she is working to reunite the five-year-old with her family here in California.

The girl's father, Milenko Faria Virla, lives and works in Santa Maria shared his attorney.

The local attorney noted that federal immigration authorities stated Bolivar-Barrios was detained after overstaying her visa, but no mention was made of her pending asylum application and a healthcare industry group has stated publicly that she is lawfully present in the country.

"Dr. Bolivar is lawfully present in the United States on a valid work permit, and her daughter is a United States citizen," noted a letter from the Emergency Medicine Resident's Association sent to Senators Cornyn and Cruz of Texas as well as Congresswoman De La Cruz on Sunday. "These facts underscore both her compliance with legal requirements and her strong ties to this country. Her continued detention, despite her lawful status, raises serious questions and warrants prompt review. Her detainment interrupts not only her training but also the essential care she provides. At a time when hospitals nationwide face ongoing workforce challenges, the loss of a committed emergency medicine doctor has tangible consequences for patient care and community health."

Your News Channel was able to independently confirm that Dr. Bolivar-Barrios remains in custody at the El Valle Detention Facility in Raymondville, Texas since being taken into custody over the weekend.

"Dr. Bolivar poses no threat to public safety and remains deeply committed to her profession and her community," stated the Emergency Medicine Resident's Association in their letter to members of Congress Sunday. "We respectfully urge you to consider alternatives to detention that would allow her to continue her medical training and care for her child while complying fully with any legal requirements."

Your News Channel has reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more information about Dr. Bolivar-Barrios' detention and its response will be added to this article when it is received.

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Cuando el sistema falla antes del voto: qué dice el caos de las elecciones sobre la crisis de institucionalidad en Perú

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Análisis por Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español

Luego de que autoridades y analistas coincidieron en que la votación del domingo en Perú sería “la elección más compleja en la historia del país”, la mayoría esperaba confusión entre el electorado y un escrutinio largo hasta llegar a los resultados definitivos de las cinco competencias simultáneas. Sin embargo, los problemas logísticos llegaron antes, con cientos de mesas no instaladas en Lima, como un síntoma más de la profunda crisis institucional del país.

Las circunstancias obligaron a tomar una medida inédita, la ampliación de la votación hasta el lunes en los centros que no recibieron el material electoral, para garantizar el derecho a voto de más de 50.000 ciudadanos en la capital.

La Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales (ONPE) atribuyó los múltiples retrasos de apertura en Lima a un incumplimiento de la empresa encargada de repartir el material.

La exministra de Justicia Ana Neyra, abogada especializada en derecho constitucional y electoral, explicó a CNN que es común que compañías privadas apoyen a la ONPE en el traslado y no es novedoso que el servicio se tercerice. Si bien en el proceso actúan fuerzas militares y policiales, se trata de una labor de acompañamiento, y con mayor énfasis de custodia en el traslado posterior a la votación. “Siempre se contratan empresas, generalmente cumplen con ese rol de manera adecuada. Es la primera vez que falla de esta forma”, comentó.

Neyra apuntó también que en muchos casos la distribución a los centros de votación ocurre solo unas horas antes, para evitar que el material permanezca mucho tiempo sin el resguardo adecuado.

El porcentaje de mesas no instaladas estuvo por debajo de las anteriores elecciones presidenciales, pero esos casos solían ubicarse dispersos entre ciudades, zonas rurales y locales en el extranjero, por eventualidades como ausencia de miembros de mesa. “No había pasado nunca que tuviéramos una falta de instalación por falta de material, que es un hecho imputable a las autoridades”, destacó Neyra, quien también resaltó que los problemas se hayan concentrado en la capital.

Los organismos electorales ya arrastraban críticas desde las elecciones de 2021, cuando Rafael López Aliaga denunció un fraude en primera vuelta y luego Keiko Fujimori reclamó lo propio en segunda vuelta, en ambos casos sin evidencias.

En los últimos días, la ONPE desmintió información falsa difundida en redes sociales, mientras López Aliaga volvió a sembrar dudas desde antes de la votación, y el domingo afirmó ser el principal perjudicado por las demoras y largas filas en Lima, su principal bastión electoral.

Este lunes, un funcionario de la ONPE (que había presentado su renuncia el domingo) fue detenido por la Policía Anticorrupción por presunto delito de omisión, rehusamiento o demora de actos funcionales. Por su parte, la Junta Nacional de Justicia de Perú abrió una investigación preliminar contra el jefe de la ONPE, Piero Corvetto. CNN contactó a Corvetto y al organismo para pedir comentarios y está a la espera de respuesta.

La consternación por los incidentes “no solo es por la cantidad de votantes afectados”, dijo Neyra. “Lo problemático es que sea responsabilidad de la autoridad electoral, sin duda, mina el proceso. Tenemos acusaciones de fraude que nunca se probaron, pero quedaron en una desconfianza. Esto abona a ello, aumenta esa narrativa y genera dudas”.

El presidente de la Asociación Civil Transparencia, Álvaro Henzler Vernal, dijo este lunes en confere

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