A federal judge in California, appointed by former President Joe Biden, has directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release David Antonio Aviles-Perez, whom federal officials identify as an MS-13 gang member wanted in El Salvador in connection with an aggravated murder case. President Donald Trump designated MS-13 a foreign terrorist organization in 2025.

Aviles-Perez, described by authorities as an illegal alien with a lengthy criminal record in the United States, was released from ICE custody on Wednesday following an order from U.S. District Judge Jinsook Ohta.

The Department of Homeland Security says Aviles-Perez is the subject of an international warrant out of El Salvador for aggravated murder. Federal officials also cite prior arrests in California involving assault with a deadly weapon, controlled substance possession, and petty theft.

ICE took Aviles-Perez into custody in March after he had been released from local custody following an arrest for assault with a deadly weapon. At the time, DHS sharply criticized California’s sanctuary policies, arguing they had allowed a dangerous criminal alien to return to the community. Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said then, “ICE arrested this dangerous criminal illegal alien and MS-13 gang member wanted in El Salvador for murder. Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary policies allowed this gang member to be released from jail after his arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance, and petty theft. Releasing this gang member back into California neighborhoods put American lives at risk.”

DHS officials say Aviles-Perez entered the United States unlawfully at an unknown time and place. Before the judge’s order, he had been held by ICE while awaiting removal and potential extradition to El Salvador, where authorities are seeking him on the outstanding murder warrant.

The details of the murder Aviles-Perez was convicted of in El Salvador were outlined in a report by the New York Post. According to the Post, the international warrant for his arrest stems from a conviction for a 2014 murder Aviles-Perez committed in his home country.

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In December, authorities in El Salvador sentenced the violent gang member to a term of 20 years in prison for the murder of an enemy with the help of an accomplice. According to the Post’s report, Aviles-Perez, also known as “la bruja” or “the witch,” and his associates shot and killed the victim during a dispute.

According to a police report obtained by the Post, law enforcement authorities in Monterey, California arrested Aviles-Perez after he allegedly attacked a homeless man by swinging a machete at the victim.

Judge Ohta was appointed to the federal bench as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California by President Biden in 2021. She was lauded as being the first Asian Pacific American female judge on the District Court. In her Wednesday ruling, Ohta instructed ICE to release Aviles-Perez, despite the international murder warrant, unless federal authorities prove he poses a danger to the community or is a flight risk. At the time of his last criminal arrest in California, Aviles-Perez was listed as being in a “transient” status.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin expressed his outrage at Ohta’s ruling, saying, “This radical activist judge has put American lives at risk by releasing a wanted murderer. This is now the SECOND time this dangerous illegal has been released back onto the streets in California. Because sanctuary politicians want to play politics from the bench, innocent Americans are in danger. DHS and ICE will not be deterred by these partisan games. If California’s leaders won’t protect Americans, DHS will.”

Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol.  Before his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @RandyClarkBBTX.

The wife of British racing driver Ollie Millroy has said she can scarcely believe he survived after his Ferrari erupted in flames — and has credited a rival driver’s split-second bravery with keeping him alive.

Millroy, 36, was competing in a China GT race at the Shanghai International Circuit when two cars collided with his Ferrari as he negotiated a bend.

Footage from the crash shows his car spinning violently off the circuit before it is engulfed by fierce flames, with thick black smoke rising over the wreckage.

Dutch competitor Loek Hartog can then be seen stopping beside the burning car, rapidly releasing his seat belt and leaping out to help — a decision that ended his own hopes of victory.

Millroy’s wife, Fern, who is now at his bedside in a Shanghai hospital, shared an update this morning on his injuries and surgery, saying Hartog’s actions saved her husband’s life.

‘Surgery went well yesterday,’ Fern wrote. ‘It took several hours, main work being his right hand. He now has metal along the entirety of his clavicle right side, metal inside his right hand, six broken ribs supported with a compression wrap and on high flow oxygen whilst his lung recovers.

‘Tried to come off the oxygen but his O2 level was just too low. He is in great care at this fantastic hospital in Shanghai and we can’t thank the staff here enough. More X Rays and CT tomorrow morning.

‘I still can’t believe he’s alive, purely down to our real life superhero @loekhartog_.’

Ollie and Fern married in October 2021 and have three young children. 

Through a camera near the driver’s seat of Hartog’s car, the 23-year-old can be seen desperately rummaging through the Ferrari’s remains in a bid to free Millroy, who had become trapped in the fireball.

Hartog today wrote: ‘Overwhelmed by the support from everyone over the past two days. I feel incredibly lucky to be part of a racing community that looks after each other the way this one does.

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‘Thank you for all the messages and support sent to Ollie, his wife and family, and also to me and my family. It really means a lot. I’m travelling back home now and honestly can’t wait to be there. I’m feeling good for now, but there have naturally been a lot of thoughts running through my head over the past few days.

‘Most importantly, I want to make sure those thoughts and everything we’ve experienced are directed towards something constructive. In Ollie’s words: making sure that no two people ever have to go through the same thing again in the future.’

From hospital, Millroy thanked the Dutchman for ‘saving his life’.

He wrote: ‘I am still alive tonight, entirely thanks to one man. Loek Hartog stopped instantly with no flag marshals or fire crews in sight, and risked his own life to get me out of the car.

‘I don’t remember anything between 30 seconds before the crash and 1 hour after it, but I will remember his incredible act of bravery for the rest of my life.

‘One day I will tell our three kids this story and Loek will be the biggest superhero in history in their eyes too. 

‘I’m laying here tonight with 5 broken ribs, broken collar bone, broken hand and finger and a bruised lung, but it could have been much worse.

‘Thank you Loek. I owe you my life for your selfless act today.’

Hartog, meanwhile, posted on his own social media: ‘When I saw a car turning into a huge fireball far ahead, there wasn’t really a decision to make.

‘From what I had seen, I genuinely believed the driver might not be able to get out by himself. I stopped, got out and went towards the car. There was never a moment of doubt.

‘It was scary. There were moments where I didn’t know I would actually be able to get Ollie out. But this isn’t about what I did, and I’m sure many people in the same position would have reacted exactly the same way.’

Lululemon founder Chip Wilson has filed for divorce from his wife of two decades, setting up a closely watched split involving one of the most recognizable names in athletic apparel — and, reportedly, no prenuptial agreement.

Wilson, 71, is seeking to end his marriage to Shannon “Summer” Wilson, 52, who has also been his business partner. The move comes years after he stepped away from the company following backlash over a series of controversial remarks about Lululemon customers.

The American-born entrepreneur, who was raised in Canada and continues to live there, filed a family legal proceeding in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in April, Bloomberg reported.

The specific reasons behind the couple’s breakup after 20 years of marriage have not been made clear. However, people familiar with the situation told the outlet that the Wilsons had discussed their separation with friends.

Those sources also said the couple never signed a prenuptial agreement, leaving questions over how their assets may ultimately be divided, according to Bloomberg.

Wilson stepped away from the athleisure-wear company over a decade ago along with his wife, who worked as Lululemon’s founding lead designer and one of the first employees. 

The founder got into some hot water after publicly condemning the ‘whole diversity and inclusion thing,’ which he described as a detriment to the brand following his departure. 

Wilson made controversial comments in 2013 on the bodies and weight of some of his customers, who he said caused him to recall pants in the store over sheerness that revealed women’s rear ends.

‘Quite frankly, some women’s bodies just actually don’t work for [the pants],’ he told Bloomberg in 2013. 

‘It’s more really about the rubbing through the thighs, how much pressure is there over a period of time, how much they use it.’

The company was forced to pull nearly 17 percent of its popular black Luon pants and offered full refunds or exchanges after customers complained that they were see-through. 

Stock for Lululemon dropped by 17 percent after grossing nearly $1.4 billion in sales the year prior, ABC News reported at the time. 

Although Wilson later apologized for the comments, he departed the company not long after.  

Wilson would later tell Forbes in 2024 that the company’s decision to advertise ‘unhealthy’ and ‘sickly’ people was drawing in the wrong clientele. 

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The founder accused the company of ‘trying to become like Gap’ by appealing to the masses, or becoming ‘everything to everybody.’

‘I think the definition of a brand is that you’re not everything to everybody,’ he told the outlet. ‘You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in.’

Lululemon said in a statement to TODAY at the time that Wilson ‘does not speak for lululemon, and his comments do not reflect our company views or beliefs.’

‘Chip has not been involved with the company since his resignation from the board in 2015 and we are a very different company today.

‘Lululemon is committed to creating and fostering an inclusive, diverse, and welcoming environment throughout our organization and across our communities. We have made considerable progress since launching our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Action (IDEA) function, and we are proud of the goals we have achieved.

‘We also recognize that becoming a more diverse and inclusive organization takes time and is only possible through the sustained efforts of our leaders and our people. We remain steadfast in our commitment to become a more inclusive and diverse company.’

Wilson now holds around 8.6 percent of Lululemon’s shares, equating to just less than $1 billion, Bloomberg reported. 

His wife also holds around a one percent stake in the company, valued at roughly $100 million, according to the outlet. 

Lululemon has shares sitting at their lowest in eight years, with stock that fell by 17 percent last week. 

Former Nike Inc executive Heidi O’Neill is set to come in as chief executive on Tuesday, the outlet reported. 

The Daily Mail reached out to Lululemon and attempted to reach Chip and Summer Wilson for comment. 

A French mother has spoken of her fear at remaining in her Channel coast home amid the small-boat crisis, sharing CCTV footage that appears to show groups of migrants in life jackets streaming past the property on their way to dinghies headed for Britain.

Héloïse Longuet, 44, a mother of two, said her family’s 19th-century farmhouse near Neufchâtel-Hardelot, south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, has gone from a peaceful holiday retreat to a property surrounded by young men staying in illegal squats.

She said the area, once a quiet stretch of northern France, has become a staging point for people trying to cross the Channel, with criminal gangs allegedly charging around £1,000 per person for a space on overcrowded inflatable boats bound for England.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Ms Longuet said: “The house is a holiday home which we were renovating, but it became surrounded by men trying to get to the beach.

“They congregate outside checking their phones for coordinates supplied by the smugglers, and then they try to get to the beach.

‘In fact, there is no direct access to the beach across my land, but that did not stop at least three incursions.’

Ms Longuet said she has had to put up CCTV video cameras with warning signs, but makeshift camps have started to appear in the woods around the house.

Now the migrants make her fearful about staying in the area, especially as she has two young daughters, and protection from local police is minimal.

The problems have been likened to those experienced in Britain in areas where mainly male asylum seekers are housed.

‘It is very frightening,’ she said. ‘We see them in the forest, living in very unsanitary conditions. They leave all their rubbish behind.’

Ms Longuet often walked her dog, Maurice, on Hardelot beach, but was dismayed to see it increasingly being used by the smugglers.

They switched their departure points from Calais and Dunkirk to a more isolated area which is harder to patrol.

Its wide shoreline allows them to board men, women and children on to dinghies, with the migrants hiding in sand dunes beforehand.

Last month a man in his 30s died after a small boat capsized off the beach in a catastrophe which also saw six others, including a toddler, sustained injuries.

And in May two women died from cardiac arrest after being suffocated on a boat carrying upwards of 80 people that had set off from Hardelot beach.

Fights regularly break out between migrants and gendarmes and riot police, who use tear gas to try to restore order.

Tensions reached boiling point during the summer heatwaves when a series of fires broke out around Hardelot.

‘The situation is appalling, and the dangers are immense, but very little is done about it,’ said Ms Longuet.

‘I do not have Right-wing views, I just want to see the situation improved for everybody, including local residents.’

Ms Longuet met a number of migrants while working as an estate agent, and had an enormous amount of sympathy for them – but not the smugglers who were exploiting them.

She said: ‘Some Afghans were looking for a home after settling in France, and they told me that there had been up to a dozen of them when they set off from their home country.

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‘By the time they got to France, only two or three were left, with the others dying on the road. This shows how perilous the situation is.

‘As a mother, I wouldn’t like to imagine the horrors they go through. I pity them.

‘The problem is bigger than domestic politics – it is a global problem which starts in the country which the migrants set off from.

‘In France, the biggest problem is the people smugglers – to them it is a business, and all they are interested in is the money.’

Ms Longuet, who now works in public relations, is permanently based in another part of northern France with her family, and visits to Hardelot beach are becoming a lot less frequent.

Paulette Juilien-Peuvion, mayor of Neufchâtel-Hardelot, said there could be as many as 600 migrants congregating in the town at any one time.

Many residents were complaining about being scared to go out at night, especially in wooded areas.

Ms Juilien-Peuvion said: ‘Some say that, ultimately, these people left everything behind for an adventure – it’s a tragedy. And others say, ‘We feel unsafe’.’

Hardelot beach is on a stretch of coastline that includes Le Touquet, where French president Emmanuel Macron himself owns a holiday home.

He bought it in the past two years with his wife, Brigitte Macron, after she sold another property in the seaside town that had been in her family for generations.

Gangs of migrants from all over the world are often seen congregating by railway stations, in commercial centres, and in open countryside.

In turn, French law and order authorities insist that the migrant situation in the area is improving thanks to more robust policing.

Officers have prevented ‘185 small boat crossings’ in the four months since a new Anglo-French agreement was signed in April, pledging some £660million of UK taxpayers’ money to the French, according to an Interior Ministry source in Paris.

Police say they have arrested an increased number of smugglers, and confiscated boats, engines and lifejackets, while deploying a dedicated 50-member riot squad.

Some 15,897 migrants have crossed the Channel so far this year, down 43 per cent on the same time last year, and an 18 per cent drop from the same point in 2024.

This is despite a record 230 people making the journey from France to England in a single boat last month.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: ‘Our new UK-France deal is already having a real impact, stopping crossings before they happen and disrupting the criminal gangs behind them.

‘People smugglers should be in no doubt, we’re taking down their operations, seizing their equipment and breaking their business model for good.

‘Through our joint work with France, we have stopped over 47,000 small boat crossing attempts since the election and we will not let up.’

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A podiatrist described as “aggressive” and “disrespectful” has been struck off after giving a teenage patient “inappropriate” diet advice and telling her to remove her face mask during an appointment for verrucae.

Gary Denby told the 13-year-old: “Take your mask off and answer my question or I won’t be able to treat you,” before later emailing her mother to say the girl needed to eat her “five-a-day”.

A tribunal heard that during the July 28, 2021 consultation, Denby attempted to “impose his own view” on face coverings and “bombarded” the child with questions about human physiology.

Denby, a former Ukip councillor, had run Foot Wise Podiatry in Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire, for more than two decades.

He has now been removed from the profession after the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) found he had “created an obvious risk of harm” to the “nervous” patient and her mother.

Two days after the consultation, the girl’s mother accused Mr Denby of having an ‘unusually aggressive and disrespectful attitude’ towards her daughter in a complaint to the professional body.

She alleged: ‘He did not give any attention to her feet choosing to bombard her with questions and berating her.’

The misconduct panel heard that when the girl’s mother answered a question on her daughter’s behalf, Mr Denby said to the patient: ‘You said that without opening your mouth!’ 

He is also alleged to have said: ‘Take your mask off and answer my question or I won’t be able to treat you.’ 

However, the podiatrist suggested he had been subjected to an ‘unjust or malicious’ accusation.   

Mr Denby, who described the hearing as a ‘complete waste of my time’, said the patient should remove her face mask, while not wearing one himself, against health guidance at the time of the appointment, during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

The tribunal ruled that he was ‘seeking to impose his own view over what must have been obvious to him was the wish of the child to keep it in place’, adding that his failure to wear a mask created an ‘obvious risk of harm’ to the mother and daughter. 

The mother also alleged that Mr Denby offered the girl ‘inappropriate’ dietary advice, which the tribunal described as ‘unnecessary and erroneous’, despite the appointment being made to treat the patient’s verrucae. 

The podiatrist wrote in his notes from the appointment: ‘Too nervous to treat or answer questions, which might gain buy-in to an improved diet and an immune response.

‘Would not remove mask (hiding?), became tearful. White coat fear? Would not answer with own knowledge, mother intervening (red blood cells…). 

‘Unable to gain informed consent. Too nervous to treat with cryotherapy. Mother removed daughter from surgery.’

He added: ‘I advised mother that we need an improved diet to gain a better immune ability, then we may try some different treatments to encourage a specific immune response against the warts. 

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‘May return when more composed? NEEDS to improve diet (25% fruit & green vegetables for immunity; 25% dairy for height, bone density and growth; 25% animal protein for muscle development) and then warts may resolve? You are what you eat.’

In an email to the teenager’s mother, he said: ‘From the report, you provided the most likely key to the warts’ persistence: a poor diet. My concern for (Service User A) that she may also be limiting her dairy-calcium intake, which is VERY necessary at her age for normal height and bone density development. 

‘We did not get this far, before (Service User A) became tearful, from my simple and purposeful questioning. 

‘An approach you may try with regards providing (Service User A) with a more diverse diet (five-a-day fruit and veg is difficult for the best of us!), is to mix favourite with new. 

‘Eg: Tomatoes and courgettes; mint and potatoes; grated cheese and cucumber… As teenagers develop, so do their taste buds (less sweet) and their appreciation of texture. 

‘Their brains need direction and encouragement to be experimental, to find this out for themselves.’

According to the tribunal, the podiatrist’s conduct was ‘sufficiently serious for a finding that the misconduct threshold had been crossed’. 

Mr Denby wrote an email to the mother the next day after the appointment apologising for causing any distress from his behaviour. 

However in a separate email – believed to have been sent to the HCPTS – just days before the hearing took place, he referred to her as an ‘impatient mother’. 

It was subsequently found that he had ‘not developed the degree of understanding that would be needed for there to be confidence that he would not repeat behaviour of the type that has been found against him’, according to tribunal documents. 

However, in an email to the HCPTS before the tribunal, Mr Denby described the hearing as a ‘complete waste of my time’ as he had retired and does not intend to return to work.

He wrote: ‘A review is a complete waste of my time and of HCPC resources. I retired seven months ago. 

‘My case back in February 2026 was a similar waste. No one with decision-making powers ever reads my file – they keep on with the same old accusations, without taking account of my detailed explanations. 

‘My file just keeps growing into hundreds of pages, which no-one has time to read. It’s all from so long ago, no-one remembers the situation in any detailed accuracy.’ 

Mr Denby also accused the body of ‘failing repeatedly in its obligation to protect the patient from harmful practice and the registered practitioner from unjust or malicious accusation’.

The HCPTS has now ruled that it is ‘proportionate’ for Mr Denby to be struck off. 

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