Visitors to downtown Batavia over the weekend got a head start on their holiday shopping as the Batavia MainStreet group and Water Street Studios offered their annual Winterfest Art Market, a three-day holiday shopping experience that included over two dozen art vendors, food, music and more.

The event kicked off Friday and ran through Sunday and spanned Water Street Studios and nearby Kiss the Sky record store, with 13 additional vendors across the street at 139 First St., organizers said.

Lindsay Luker of Geneva on Saturday did some shopping at the market.

“I’m shopping for a friend. This is for someone else, but I’ll probably get something for myself before this is over,” Luker said as she bought a piece of jewelry at the event. “I’ve come to this market four times and I keep coming back. This place is magical and there’s so much creativity here and so much community.”

Beth Walker, executive director of Batavia MainStreet, said the collaboration between MainStreet and Water Street Studios on the market started in 2018.

“We both used to hold separate winter markets,” Walker said. “Ours was more artisan and there’s was more art-based, but we just joined forces and it’s been going on since then.”

This year, 13 additional vendors were added to the market at the newly-renovated 139 First St. site.

Music was provided by Kiss the Sky at the event while food was again provided by food trucks which Walker said replaced indoor food vendors “a few years ago.”

A total of 1,500 to 2,000 shoppers were expected to attend throughout the weekend.

Saturday’s crowd wasted no time hitting the site to do some shopping.

Shoppers look at items for sale Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, during the Winterfest Art Market in Batavia. (David Sharos/For The Beacon-News)

Sue Wulff of Batavia dropped by Water Street Studios “looking for a little bit of everything”

“I love art. I’m a wannabe artist, but I’m really not an artist,” she said. “I love pottery.”

Ellen McCue from Batavia said she has visited the market before and admitted she “was in search of anything and everything.”

“I’m looking for gifts. I’m part of the pre-Christmas shopping club,” she said. “I know there are people in and out in 10 minutes but that won’t be us. We’re going to make at least a morning of it.

“I’ll be happy if I can find gifts for friends,” she said. “I always start shopping around this time. I like this collection of artists because it’s unique. That’s what we look for. You don’t want the same old, same old.”

David Sharos is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.

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It might seem to be about two 18th century Vienna composers, but Peter Shaffer’s masterful 1979 play “Amadeus,” which opened Sunday night at the Steppenwolf Theatre,  is really a play about the late-in-life problem of how to deal with the pesky emergence of those younger and more talented than you.

You might be writing music at the court of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, or you might play for the Chicago Bears or work in private equity. It doesn’t matter. As you age, you’ll see youthful geniuses arrive to threaten your position.

You’ll see their inevitable early crudeness and lack of sophistication. But — here is the paradox on which Shaffer homed in, nearly 50 years ago now — if you are good at what you do, especially if you are very good at what you do, you also will immediately recognize their talent, even if others do not. How you respond, as a generous mentor or as a jealous rival, is likely to define the rest of your life.

Being generous, of course, is the only acceptable public position, especially in these days of Facebook virtue signaling. But Shaffer knew, and made clear in a play that in 1984 was turned into a massively successful movie, that it is just not that simple. Jealousy might be a deadly sin, but that doesn’t mean you have to fold your tent; mediocrity is not a death sentence.  Although if you choose to fight, know that the young always win in the end.

I’d say that Robert Falls, who ran the Goodman Theatre inestimably well for more than 35 years, has a good sense by now of the issues of this play. (Falls returned to Chicago theater to direct this play in place of Anna D. Shapiro, who left for health reasons but is now doing better.) Certainly, his lively in-the-round production reflects that sophistication of thematic understanding as one watches Antonio Salieri (Ian Barford), a mediocre court composer smart enough to know his own mediocrity, take down the rising Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (David Darrow, in a fantastic Steppenwolf debut).

David Darrow and Ian Barford in “Amadeus” at Steppenwolf Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

Shaffer’s play casts Salieri as a sophisticated murderer (or maybe manslaughter is more accurate), impeding Mozart’s progress through the court’s hierarchy at every turn, making sure he is starved of reputation, resources and opportunity, even of love and companionship. But as in Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” every slash and burn he lands on Mozart’s manuscripts and psyches extracts a price from Salieri himself, eventually turning him into a twisted, self-destructive corpse of a man.

“Amadeus” is an excellent play, of course, although it is one very much of its time when it comes to the treatment of women. It is of a piece, in some ways, with “Dangerous Liaisons,” another famous play/movie, this one written six years later by Christopher Hampton but also dealing with malevolent male destruction. In “Amadeus,” the two women who surround Mozart and Salieri, Constanze (Jaye Ladymore) and Katherina (Erica Stephan) largely are passive victims of the fight between these two men. It’s a dated formulation, frankly (although both of these actresses are excellent in the show), and I had a moment Sunday night thinking about all that Steppenwolf had to say about these programming issues around the pandemic and now here we are with them producing “Amadeus.” The pendulum most certainly has swung back, its trajectory surely aided by the need to find a title that sells tickets, as this one likely will.

David Darrow, Ian Barford (left and right) and the cast of “Amadeus” at Steppenwolf Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

I’m not 100% clear where Shapiro’s work ended and Falls’ began on this production, but the result of the combination is a lively cast and a more slick and sophisticated spatial use of the new Ensemble Theatre than we hitherto have seen. For the first time in this space, it feels like here is a show (with a shrewd set from Todd Rosenthal) that sits naturally in the round, that makes clever and often humorous use of the implicit intimacy and that makes good use of a fundamental appeal of plays like this one: namely, the rather delicious experience of always knowing more than the characters. After all, the name Mozart has (to say the least) eclipsed Salieri and so when one of the snotty courtiers (a snarky group that includes Robert Breuler, Yasen Peyankov, John Lister and Joey Slotnick) disses “The Magic Flute” or “The Marriage of Figaro,” or the superficial ruler (Gregory Linington) makes some dumb snap judgement, we feel superior. Although many don’t realize it, audiences love to feel superior and reward shows accordingly at the box office.

There are real rewards to be had in Darrow’s superb performance as Mozart, which is outré enough to fit the hip style of this production, period attire from designer Amanda Gladu notwithstanding, but is sufficiently grounded in reality that it conveys, well, I guess the right phrase is prodigious pain.  I have great respect for Barford as an deeply honest actor and he certainly has his moments, but the missing dimension, at least in terms of what is visible, in his performance here is that sense of how Salieri is like a train barreling to self-destruction without a driver, of being full aware of the immortality of what he is doing while also being unable to stop himself, especially as his diabolism increases along with Mozart’s accomplishments.

To my mind, he needs more drive, sharper edges and a deeper connection with an audience of confidantes. Ideally, you sympathize with Salieri, a tragic figure, just until you see that his ruin could be yours, too.

Chris Jones is a Tribune critic.

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Review: “Amadeus” (3 stars)

When: Through Jan. 25, 2026

Where: Steppenwolf’s Ensemble Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.

Running time: 2 hours, 35 minutes

Tickets: $20-$123.50 at 312-335-1650 and steppenwolf.org

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/review-amadeus-steppenwolf/ 

Por STEVE MEGARGEE

El corredor de Green Bay, Josh Jacobs, no requerirá cirugía por la lesión de rodilla que lo obligó a abandonar la victoria de los Packers sobre los New York Giants el domingo, dijo una persona familiarizada con la situación a The Associated Press.

La persona habló con la AP bajo condición de anonimato el lunes porque los Packers no han anunciado la gravedad de la lesión. NFL Network informó primero que la rodilla de Jacobs no tenía daño estructural y que no requeriría cirugía.

Jacobs pareció lesionarse la rodilla izquierda cuando fue sacado del campo por Jevon Holland en una jugada del primer cuarto. Inicialmente, Jacobs permaneció en el juego antes de dirigirse a la banca con un dolor evidente y finalmente se dirigió al vestuario.

Tuvo siete acarreos para 40 yardas antes de salir de un juego que los Packers ganaron finalmente 27-20.

Emanuel Wilson tuvo una carga de trabajo más pesada de lo habitual en ausencia de Jacobs y corrió para 40 yardas y un touchdown. Los 11 acarreos de Wilson igualaron su máximo de la temporada.

Jacobs, de 27 años, ha corrido para 648 yardas en 169 acarreos esta temporada. Tiene 11 carreras de touchdown y entra en acción el lunes por la noche clasificado segundo en la liga en esa categoría, detrás de Jonathan Taylor de Indianápolis (15).

Durante su primera temporada en Green Bay el año pasado, Jacobs corrió para 1.329 yardas y 15 touchdowns para ganar su tercera temporada en el Pro Bowl de su carrera. Pasó sus primeras cinco temporadas con los Raiders de Oakland/Las Vegas y lideró la NFL con 1.653 yardas por tierra para ganar honores All-Pro en 2022.

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PORTLAND, Ore. — A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit will serve no additional prison time, a federal judge ruled Monday.

U.S. District Court Judge Amy Baggio sentenced Emerson to time served and supervised release for three years a hearing in Portland, Oregon. Federal prosecutors had asked for one year in prison, while his attorneys had sought probation.

“Pilots are not perfect. They are human,” she said. “They are people and all people need help sometimes.”

Emerson was subdued by the flight crew after trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2023, while he was riding in an extra seat in the cockpit. The plane was diverted to Portland, where it landed safely with more than 80 people on board.

After his arrest, Emerson told police he was despondent over a friend’s recent death, had taken psychedelic mushrooms about two days earlier, and hadn’t slept in over 40 hours. He has said he believed he was dreaming at the time and that he was trying to wake himself up by grabbing two red handles that would have activated the plane’s fire suppression system and cut off fuel to its engines.

Before Baggio announced the sentence, Emerson spoke and said he regretted the harm he caused to society.

“I’m not a victim. I am here as a direct result of my actions,” he told the court. “I can tell you that this very tragic event has forced me to grow as an individual.”

The judge said the incident “offers a cautionary tale worth telling beyond the confines of this case.”

Joseph Emerson pleaded guilty or no-contest to all charges against him in September as part of agreements with state and federal prosecutors.

Emerson, of Pleasant Hill, California, was charged in federal court with interfering with a flight crew. A state indictment in Oregon separately charged him with 83 counts of endangering another person and one count of endangering an aircraft. He was released from custody pending trial in December 2023, with requirements that he undergo mental health services, stay off drugs and alcohol, and keep away from aircraft.

In September, he pleaded guilty to the federal count and no-contest to the state charges, which carries the same legal effect as a guilty plea.

A state court sentenced him to 50 days in jail, with credit for time served, plus five years of probation, 664 hours of community service — eight hours for each person he endangered — and over $60,000 in restitution, nearly all of it to Alaska Air Group.

Half of his community service can be performed at the pilot health nonprofit Emerson founded after his arrest. He must also undergo assessments for drug and alcohol and mental health treatment, refrain from using any unprescribed drugs, and keep at least 25 feet (7.6 meters) away from operable aircraft unless he has permission from his probation officer.

In their sentencing memo asking for one year in prison, federal prosecutors wrote: “It was only through the heroic actions of the flight crew, who were able to physically restrain the defendant and restore normal operations of the aircraft, that no lives were lost that day.”

However, a pre-sentence report from federal probation officers recommended a sentence of time served with three years of supervised release and six months of home detention, according to the sentencing memo submitted by Emerson’s attorneys.

In that memo, his attorneys requested probation with credit for time served over prison or home detention, arguing that the “robust” state prosecution “resulted in substantial punishment.”

In state court in September, Emerson said he was grateful to the flight crew for restraining him and saving his life, along with those of everyone else on board. He called it “the greatest gift I ever got,” even though he lost his career and wound up in jail, because it forced him to confront his mental health challenges and reliance on alcohol.

“This difficult journey has made me a better father, a better husband, a better member of my community,” he said.

The airline has said that other members of the flight crew had not observed signs of impairment that would have barred Emerson from the cockpit.

The averted disaster renewed attention on cockpit safety and the mental fitness of those allowed in them.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/pilot-cut-engine-released/ 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —U.S. immigration agents arrested more than 130 people in a weekend sweep through North Carolina’s largest city, a federal official said Monday, as the governor warned that the crackdown is simply “stoking fear.”

The Trump administration has made Charlotte, a Democratic city of about 950,000 people, its latest focus for an immigration enforcement surge it says will combat crime, despite fierce objections from local leaders and declining crime rates. City residents reported encounters with immigration agents near churches, apartment complexes and stores.

“We’ve seen masked, heavily armed agents in paramilitary garb driving unmarked cars, targeting American citizens based on their skin color, racially profiling and picking up random people in parking lots and off of our sidewalks,” Gov. Josh Stein, a Democrat, said in a video statement late Sunday. “This is not making us safer. It’s stoking fear and dividing our community.”

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that Border Patrol officers had arrested “over 130 illegal aliens who have all broken” immigration laws. The agency said the records of those arrested included gang membership, aggravated assault, shoplifting and other crimes, but it did not say how many cases had resulted in convictions, how many people had been facing charges or any other details.

Stein acknowledged that it was a stressful time, but he called on residents to stay peaceful. If people see something they feel is wrong, he said they should record it and report it to local law enforcement.

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Customs and Border Protection, has said it is focusing on North Carolina because of so-called sanctuary policies, which limit cooperation between local authorities and immigration agents.

Several North Carolina county jails honor “detainers,” or requests from federal officials to hold an arrested immigrant until agents can take custody of them. But Mecklenburg County, which includes Charlotte, does not. Also, the city’s police department does not help with immigration enforcement. DHS alleged that about 1,400 detainers across North Carolina had not been honored, putting the public at risk.

U.S. courts have repeatedly upheld the legality of sanctuary laws.

Manolo Betancur, owner of Manolo’s Bakery, a Latino bakery that has been operating in Charlotte since 1997, closed his business temporarily because he said immigration enforcement officers were targeting his customers.

On Saturday, blocks from his business, he saw agents grabbing people walking along the street.

“I saw them with my own eyes,” he said. “And they just shoved people to the floor.”

On Saturday, he saw uniformed agents in vehicles several times in the parking lot near his business.

“I’m scared,” he said. “Nobody wants to see another human being treated that way.” He said he would hand-deliver paychecks to his employees so they don’t have to come in.

Earlier, Gregory Bovino, who led hundreds of Customs and Border Protection agents in a similar effort in Chicago, documented some of the more than 80 arrests he said agents had made in social media posts on Sunday. He posted pictures of people living in the U.S. without legal permission who allegedly have criminal records. That included an image of a man accused of having a history of drunk driving convictions.

The activity has prompted fear and questions, including where detainees would be held, how long the operation would last and whether the tactics used in North Carolina would be similar to those that were criticized elsewhere as aggressive and racist.

However, some welcomed the effort, including Mecklenburg County Republican Party Chairman Kyle Kirby, who said in a post Saturday that the county GOP “stands with the rule of law — and with every Charlottean’s safety first.”

Bovino’s operations in Chicago and Los Angeles triggered lawsuits over the use of force, including widespread deployment of chemical agents. Democratic leaders in both cities accused agents of inflaming community tensions. Federal agents fatally shot one suburban Chicago man during a traffic stop.

Bovino, head of a Border Patrol sector in El Centro, California, and other Trump administration officials have called their tactics appropriate for growing threats on agents.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/north-carolina-immigration/ 

Por MIKE CATALINI

NEWARK, Nueva Jersey, EE.UU. (AP) — Un juez federal que supervisa el caso penal contra la legisladora federal LaMonica McIver ordenó el lunes a los abogados de la administración Trump entregar los mensajes de texto de las autoridades de la caótica visita de la congresista a un centro de detención de inmigrantes en Nueva Jersey, que derivó en cargos que la acusan de agredir a agentes.

La instrucción del juez federal de distrito, Jamel Semper, llegó casi un mes después de que les dijera a las autoridades que necesitaban eliminar publicaciones en redes sociales que pudieran influir en el jurado. También dio al gobierno hasta la próxima semana para entregar videos adicionales de la visita de McIver el 9 de mayo a la instalación de Delaney Hall en Newark.

Los abogados de la demócrata de Nueva Jersey le dijeron al juez que, en lugar de recibir todos los mensajes de los oficiales involucrados en la visita, solo obtuvieron aquellos que el gobierno encontró después de aplicar términos de búsqueda desconocidos.

“No entiendo necesariamente la necesidad de términos de búsqueda”, dijo Semper. “¿Por qué usarían términos de búsqueda en lugar de simplemente entregarlos?”.

Mark McCarren, asistente de la secretaria de Justicia de Estados Unidos, le dijo al juez que los fiscales estaban buscando elementos relevantes.

El juez dijo que reconocía la posibilidad de que pudiera haber preocupaciones de seguridad sobre la divulgación de todos los mensajes, pero añadió que “a menos que sea por eso, deberían tenerlos”.

La audiencia del lunes se produjo días después de que Semper se negó a desestimar el caso contra McIver, quien se ha declarado inocente de agredir, resistir, obstaculizar e interferir con las autoridades federales. El juez aún está revisando una solicitud de la defensa para desestimar uno de los cargos.

Los abogados de McIver argumentaron que la acusación era selectiva y vengativa, y que ella no agredió a nadie durante su visita. También dijeron que McIver estaba realizando funciones legislativas protegidas por la Constitución.

El caso es un enfrentamiento de alto perfil entre la segunda administración del presidente Donald Trump y una legisladora demócrata que ha sido muy crítica con las políticas del republicano.

Dos de los cargos contra McIver conllevan una sentencia máxima de hasta ocho años de prisión. El tercero es un delito menor con un castigo máximo de un año de prisión.

Delaney Hall es una instalación con 1.000 camas, donde ocurrieron protestas tumultuosas en la primavera.

McIver fue una de varios funcionarios electos que intentaron visitar la instalación. Mientras intentaban obtener acceso, el alcalde de Newark, Ras Baraka, fue arrestado por agentes federales, aunque los cargos finalmente fueron retirados. Ella bestaba entre varias personas que se empujaban en la multitud alrededor de Baraka cuando ocurrió el suceso.

Los fiscales afirman que McIver “golpeó” a un agente con el antebrazo y se abrazó del alcalde para impedir su arresto.

No está claro en el video de la cámara corporal de la policía si el contacto con el agente fue intencional o el resultado de empujones en medio de la escena caótica.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

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Por MOISÉS CASTILLO

CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA (AP) — La policía guatemalteca derribó una estructura metálica de dos niveles que fabricaron pandilleros para vivir cómodamente dentro de una prisión ubicada en la capital del país, semanas después de la sonada fuga de más de una decena de pandilleros que obligó al gobierno a realizar cambios en la cúpula de seguridad.

Las autoridades penitenciarias indicaron el lunes que en un anexo del Centro de Restauración Constitucional, conocida como “Pavoncito”, una prisión destinada a pandilleros de la Mara Salvatrucha, que en febrero pasado fue designada como grupo terrorista por Estados Unidos, fue levantada esa estructura no autorizada. El hallazgo se dio durante una operación de requisa en las celdas para buscar armas y drogas.

La estructura tenía techo de zinc, paredes de tablaroca y aislamiento térmico para protegerse del frío.

En un comunicado la dirección general del Sistema Penitenciario dijo que tras el hallazgo se presentaron denuncias para que se realice una investigación y se dé con los responsables. Agregó que durante el operativo de destrucción también se verificó la identidad de los pandilleros recluidos.

El 12 de octubre pasado se conoció que 20 peligrosos pandilleros del Barrio 18, también designado como organización terrorista, se fugaron de una prisión contigua a la allanada el lunes.

Pandilleros de las dos agrupaciones mantienen una pugna entre sí que ha dejado a decenas de muertos en el país centroamericano.

En julio, el ataque a una funeraria donde se velaba a un pandillero dejó siete muertos y más de diez heridos. Tras el incidente, el entonces ministro de gobernación Francisco Jiménez, ordenó la reclusión en una prisión de máxima seguridad de diez líderes pandilleros del Barrio 18 y la Mara Salvatrucha. Los traslados generaron motines y supuestamente la fuga de los reos poco después.

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La periodista Sonia Pérez D. contribuyó con este reporte.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/guatemala-polica-derriba-estructura-metlica-construida-por-pandillas-para-vivir-dentro-de-prisin/ 

Good afternoon, Chicago.

Aldermen voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget in a committee vote today, a historic display of rebellion against the freshman mayor who has been struggling to shore up support for his controversial head tax.

Johnson’s handpicked Finance Committee chair, Ald. Pat Dowell, moved to recess a meeting instead of considering the revenue ordinance for the mayor’s $16.6 billion budget, a sign that the mayor expected to lose. Last week, Dowell said a vote today would be “premature,” but she would allow it if the mayor nonetheless wanted to proceed.

Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices.

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Kent Projansky, 40, was fatally shot Dec. 18, 2004, in his Gold Coast apartment at 1130 N. Dearborn St. in Chicago. Prosecutors charged a man, David Barklow, formerly of Chicago, with first-degree murder more than two decades later. Barklow returned to Chicago to face charges in November 2025. (Family photo)

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Por MICHAEL R. SISAK y LARRY NEUMEISTER

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Tres hombres fueron arrestados el lunes por supuestamente intentar pagar hasta 100.000 en efectivo a un jurado en el juicio por drogas en Brooklyn del exboxeador de peso pesado Goran Gogic, lo que llevó a un juez a despedir abruptamente al jurado cuando estaba a punto de escuchar los argumentos de apertura.

Se elegirá un jurado anónimo cuando el juicio de Gogic se reanude en un mes, dijo John Marzulli, portavoz de los fiscales federales en Brooklyn.

Gogic, de Montenegro, iba a ser juzgado por supuestamente conspirar para contrabandear 20 toneladas (18.1 toneladas métricas) de cocaína a Europa desde Colombia a través de puertos de Estados Unidos utilizando barcos de carga comercial. Se ha declarado no culpable. Su abogado no respondió de inmediato a una solicitud de comentarios.

Funcionarios de la ley han descrito a Gogic como un “importante traficante de drogas” y dijeron que operaba a una “escala colosal”.

Gogic, un exboxeador de peso pesado, peleó profesionalmente en Alemania desde 2001 hasta 2012, acumulando un récord de 21-4-dos, según el sitio web de boxeo Sport & Note.

En una denuncia penal en el tribunal federal de Brooklyn, un agente del FBI escribió que el esquema de soborno se desarrolló entre el jueves y el domingo.

En su juicio, Gogic está acusado de violar y conspirar para violar la Ley de Aplicación de la Ley de Drogas Marítimas. Si es condenado, enfrenta una sentencia de diez años a cadena perpetua.

Según los fiscales, Gogic y sus co-conspiradores trabajaron con los miembros de la tripulación de los barcos para contrabandear cocaína en contenedores de envío, izando cargas de la droga desde lanchas rápidas que se acercaban a los buques de carga a lo largo de su ruta, incluyendo cerca de puertos en Colombia, Ecuador y Perú.

Tres envíos fueron interceptados por agentes de la ley de Estados Unidos, dijeron los fiscales, incluyendo 1,437 kilogramos (3,168 libras) de cocaína a bordo del MSC Carlotta en el Puerto de Nueva York y Nueva Jersey en febrero de 2019 y 17,956 kilogramos (39,586 libras) de cocaína — con un valor en la calle de más de mil millones — a bordo del MSC Gayane en el Puerto de Filadelfia en junio de 2019.

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