Multiple Incidents Unfold Across the US and Globe
Across the United States and internationally, a series of unrelated incidents unfolded, ranging from drug seizures and immigration concerns to violent crimes and migrant tragedies.
In Colombia, authorities seized 115.7 kilograms of cocaine from a speedboat in the Pacific Ocean, according to the Colombian Navy. The incident occurred 55 nautical miles from Colombia's Pacific coast during an operation targeting international drug trafficking, CBS News reported. Naval officials stated that the crew of the "go-fast" vessel threw 116 rectangular packages containing the drugs into the sea while fleeing approaching authorities. The incident took place while the Colombian leader was visiting President Trump in Washington amid growing pressure from the U.S. to curb drug trafficking. Colombia is the world's largest cocaine-producing nation.
Meanwhile, in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, "Operation Metro Surge," a temporary surge of federal immigration officers, has significantly impacted the community, according to local officials. Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley and Mayor Hollies Winston argue that the operation has caused lasting damage. "A lot of our community is terrified," Winston said, describing the closure of businesses in critical business corridors. She added that many residents, including U.S. citizens, are afraid to leave their homes.
In Minneapolis, federal authorities are releasing fourth-grader Elizabeth Zuna, who was detained by immigration officers, according to the school district's superintendent, Zena Stenvik. Elizabeth and her mother were "picked up by ICE on their way to school" on January 6 and were being held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in south Texas, Stenvik said in a statement. Stenvik noted that their return to Minnesota was uncertain due to a measles outbreak at the detention facility that "may require a quarantine period." "We do not know the status of Elizabeth's health at this time," Stenvik added.
In Los Angeles County, the death of former NFL player Kevin Johnson is potentially linked to three other homicides of unhoused people in the same area, detectives said Tuesday. Johnson, 55, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders in the 1990s, was found dead on January 21 at an encampment in Willowbrook, near Compton. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner determined that he died from "blunt head trauma and stab wounds." The L.A. County Sheriff's Department said in a news release that "Between October 2025 and January 2026, four homicides occurred in this area and remain under active investigation by the Homicide Bureau."
Overseas, off the eastern Aegean island of Chios, a collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel resulted in at least 15 deaths, the coast guard reported late Tuesday. The bodies of 14 people – 11 men and three women – were recovered from the sea. Another 25 migrants, including about 11 children, were rescued and transported to a hospital on Chios, as were two coast guard officers injured in the incident. One of the injured women later died in the hospital, bringing the total death toll to at least 15. The total number of people on board the speedboat was not immediately clear. A search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter, and divers was underway for potentially missing people.
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