By Nicole Chavez, CNN

(CNN) — In an uncanny echo of the recent past, a Mexican immigrant who had lived in Texas for 35 years and a second person halfway across the country in Maine were killed days apart in shootings at the hands of immigration agents.

While the shootings this month are still in their investigative infancy, they are a grim callback to January and the separate killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota when each encountered Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities.

Within a week, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, and an unnamed person in Biddeford, Maine, became the third and fourth people to have been fatally wounded by federal immigration agents this year as President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda has led to immigration enforcement crackdowns resulting in not only arrests and removals, but also violence and death.

Here’s what we know about the four people killed this year by federal agents involved in immigration enforcement activities and other shootings in which agents opened fire:

Renee Good

Good, a 37-year-old US citizen, was killed on January 7 when an ICE agent shot into her vehicle in Minneapolis.

The mother of three had been participating in demonstrations against the immigration enforcement surge dubbed Operation Metro Surge and stopped her burgundy SUV for a few minutes on a snowy residential Minneapolis street, obstructing the flow of traffic. When Good began pulling forward, an ICE officer standing in front of her vehicle pulled his weapon and fired at least three shots into the car, killing her.

Alex Pretti

Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse who treated veterans, was shot and killed on January 24 by federal immigration agents.

Video of the encounter shows Pretti sought to aid a woman shoved to the ground by an immigration agent, getting pushed to the ground himself as he and others get into a physical skirmish with a group of agents before at least two eventually opened fire.

A federal agent was seen on video removing a handgun from Pretti’s waistband moments before he was killed.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

The 52-year-old Mexican immigrant had been picking up members of his construction crew in Houston when he encountered ICE agents during a traffic stop and was fatally shot on July 7.

ICE issued a public statement saying its officers “attempted to conduct a vehicle stop as part of a targeted enforcement operation to arrest an illegal alien” and said Salgado Araujo attempted to evade them. The agency alleges he “rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle, refused to follow multiple verbal commands, and weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer,” which led to an “officer firing his weapon in self-defense.”

A lawyer for two of the passengers in the van at the time of the sh

Por Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN

Desde que estalló la guerra de EE.UU. e Israel con Irán, las compañías navieras han solicitado mayor protección para que los buques puedan cruzar con seguridad el Estrecho de Ormuz, una ruta comercial clave que está controlada por Irán. El presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump ahora dice que Estados Unidos puede proporcionar eso, pero a cambio de una tarifa del 20 % sobre la carga que se mueva por la vía marítima.

“A partir de este momento, EE.UU. será conocido como ‘EL GUARDIÁN DEL ESTRECHO DE ORMUZ’, pero como tal, y por una cuestión de JUSTICIA, será reembolsado, a una tasa del 20 % sobre toda la carga enviada, por cualquiera y todos los costos necesarios para hacer el trabajo de proporcionar seguridad y protección a esta sección tan volátil del mundo”, dijo Trump en una publicación en Truth Social el lunes.

Su propuesta, sin embargo, plantea varias preguntas sobre legalidad y viabilidad.

Ante todo, la gente necesita saber cuánto costaría para evaluar si quiere usar el servicio, dijo a CNN John McCown, investigador principal del Center for Maritime Strategy. A partir de la publicación de Trump, se desconoce cómo se calcularía la tarifa.

“¿Es el 20 % de lo que cuesta nuestro bloqueo, de alguna manera dividido por el número de barcos?”, preguntó McCown. Otras posibilidades incluyen el 20 % de los costos en que incurre la Armada de EE.UU. para escoltar la carga o un cobro del 20 % sobre el valor de los bienes que se transportan.

La Casa Blanca no respondió a la solicitud de CNN de más detalles.

En cualquier caso, la tarifa probablemente será lo suficientemente alta como para que ninguna parte esté dispuesta a pagarla, dijo McCown.

Como regla general, los cargadores pagan a los transportistas entre el 2 % y el 3 % del valor de sus bienes en impuestos, según McCown, exdirector ejecutivo de la empresa de logística naviera Trailer Bridge. Un arancel de alrededor de 10 veces ese tamaño probablemente sería completamente inasequible para los cargadores, comentó.

Sin embargo, las aseguradoras podrían tener la última palabra, ya que podrían negarse a cubrir a los barcos que transiten el Estrecho de Ormuz si consideran que los riesgos de seguridad son demasiado altos, independientemente de si los propietarios están dispuestos a pagar por la protección de EE.UU.

El Estrecho de Ormuz es una vía marítima internacional donde los buques tienen derecho de libre paso bajo el derecho internacional. Irán anteriormente impuso lo que describió como tarifas por servicios a los buques, aunque esos cobros actualmente no están vigentes.

Esas tarifas eran, en la práctica, peajes, según James Kraska, profesor de derecho marítimo internacional en el US Naval War College. Dice que la práctica no está permitida bajo el derecho internacional.

Su lectura de la publicación de Trump es que Estados Unidos está diciendo: “Vamos a escoltar en convoy a los buques por aquí, y si quieren sumarse, este es el costo”.

Esa opción cumpliría con el derecho internacional, según Kraska, porque se impone de manera voluntaria, donde los cargadores podrían decidir si quieren pagar por protección o no, en lugar de una tarifa que determine si la carga puede transitar.

Pero agregó que solo porque algo sea legal, no significa que necesariamente lo aconsejaría.

“La última vez que el mundo enfrentó una situación como esta fue cuando Dinamarca cobró a los buques extranjeros por pasar por el Øresund, desde principios del siglo XV hasta mediados del siglo XIX. También se evaluaban derechos en función del valor declarado de la carga”, dijo Bjorn Vang Jensen, aseso

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse says the city of Santa Barbara's flag is flying at half staff in De la Guerra Plaza in honor of former Mayor Sheila Lodge who died last week at age 97.

The plaza has three flags and the one near city hall is the city's flag.

Mayor Randy Rowse said Lodge was not only the first woman to be Santa Barbara's mayor, but continued her career serving the city in many capacities up to a few years ago when she was on the planning commission.

"Sheila Lodge was number one, the longest serving mayor and the first woman mayor and also a civil servant for her entire life. Her legacy of service to the community is huge. It is more than appropriate to have the city's flag at half mast in honor of Sheila Lodge."

Lodge served as mayor for 12 years from 1981 to 1993.

Prior to that she was on the city council.

She often met with councilmembers or candidates who were interested in her views as they made decisions on current issues.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) - Some bear sightings in the local foothills are in areas where the public lives and hangs out, reminding us that we are sharing the space with local wild animals.

A California Brown Bear, which actually has black fur as some do, was strolling along Torito Road in the Montecito area near Toro Canyon.

Video taken by a resident Heather Sage showed the bear looking very healthy.

It was in a neighborhood, but hikers say they are not uncommon on the trails a little higher up and nearby.

Off of Highway 154, at Cold Spring Tavern, a mama bear was spotted with two cubs on the property by a family driving through for lunch.

Those who go to the historic stagecoach stop restaurant have reported seeing a bear in the area several times before.

It's not known if this bear is that bear, possibly with a larger family now.

For those who got a glimpse, including Jaimie Herrera who took some pictures, the scene was playful for the cubs, but the mom was very watchful and protective.

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