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NPR News: 01-27-2026 3PM EST

27 Jan 2026

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What recent incident involving Border Patrol is under investigation?

1.178 - 26.325 Lakshmi Singh

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Department of Homeland Security says it will review the body camera footage of Border Patrol agents at the scene of the shooting of 37-year-old Alex Preddy in Minneapolis. NPR's Ximena Bustillo reports the second such lethal encounter this month involving a U.S. citizen in Minnesota has increased scrutiny over officer training and the use of body cams.

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26.812 - 46.217 Ximena Bustillo

There is no law mandating the use of body cameras by federal immigration agents. Any such mandate would need to come from Congress. The House recently passed a spending bill that would provide DHS with $20 million for these cameras, but the bill only mandates that the money be spent. It does not mandate the use of the cameras. And now the broader package is in limbo.

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46.357 - 67.066 Ximena Bustillo

Senate Democrats are seemingly more resistant to pass the package, which would fund the entire federal government as well after this latest shooting. The investigation into Preddy's death is being led by Homeland Security Investigations, a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and supported by the FBI. Customs and Border Protection will also do an internal investigation.

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67.506 - 69.85 Ximena Bustillo

Ximena Bustillo, NPR News.

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69.87 - 91.48 Lakshmi Singh

Border Patrol is involved in a shooting that critically injured one person in Arizona. The Pueblo County Sheriff's Department says it's working with the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The president of Mexico says her country will continue to stand by Cuba. Her comments come amid reports that Mexico has suspended oil shipments to the island. Here's NPR's Ada Peralta.

91.527 - 111.758 Ada Peralta

Ever since the United States stopped Venezuelan oil from reaching Cuba, Mexico has become the island's biggest provider of oil. Republican lawmakers have since called for Mexico to stop shipments, and Bloomberg News reports the state oil agency has done just that. President Claudia Sheinbaum did not deny the report, but she said Mexico was against the U.S. embargo on Cuba.

111.918 - 115.223 Claudia Sheinbaum

Mexico has always been supportive, and Mexico will continue to be supportive.

115.203 - 134.815 Ada Peralta

Mexico has always supported Cuba, she said, and it will keep doing so. But even a short pause in shipments will have repercussions in Cuba because it's already facing an economic crisis. Cuba says the U.S. is trying to starve its government in an effort to provoke a popular rebellion. Ada Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.

134.795 - 151.789 Lakshmi Singh

The last Israeli hostage's body in Gaza was found and returned to his family for burial in Israel on Monday, paving the way for the next phase of the U.S.-backed ceasefire. And Pierre Zanisbaba attended a rally of around 100 people in eastern Gaza who say their homes had been demolished by the Israeli military during the ceasefire.

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