The massive drug trafficking on the border Of all the drugs seized in Chile this year, half were seized in a single region of Antofagasta. The main route crosses the border narco Calama, where traffic has become the priority of the authorities, as it is a problem that is increasing. Read Article
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Coordination Agents International Liaison State Preventive Police (PEP) captured in various actions to an American couple who was wanted in neighboring North for the crime of distribution of narcotics, as well as an American woman who had an arrest warrant against him for the crime of theft, in addition to violating probation. According to information […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, militarized police) discovered a stash of 2.7 tons of drugs in Tachira state (northwest), which borders Colombia, the second largest of the year, said the Ministry of Interior. General Juan Romero, commander of the GNB, provide details of the find in the course of the day from the city of […]
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Tarija, Colonel Raul Herbas, announced that due to a track that was made in recent weeks, it was established that drug traffickers use routes Paraguayans this department for transportation of marijuana. Investigations disclosed that the illegal is transported to the borders of Chile, being that sometimes reach the Republic of Peru. Read Article
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sipse.com reported that Colombian authorities seized half a ton of explosives in an operation against the rebel National Liberation Army (ELN) on the border with Ecuador, said the Army and disseminated Notimex. War material was found by soldiers of Task Force Pegasus in the rural area of Mallama, in the southern department of Nariño, during […]
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In a van that was reassembled in Ipiales, are camouflaged more than 66 kilos of cocaine that was destined Manta. The Ecuadorian PWZ vehicle plates 225, was led by Carlos Q., a 29-year-old explained to the police authorities who came from the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to Tulcán, transporting shrimp and then […]
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Wwradio690.com reported that for their uncanny ability to travel long distances, the Indians rarámuris, natives of the state of Chihuahua, are used by Mexican drug traffickers sorry for drug trafficking to the U.S.. American lawyers, social workers and community members themselves Raramuri (“light feet”) or consulted by Efe Tarahumara indicate an alarming reality “(Joaquin) ‘El […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that Five Colombian soldiers of a battalion of jungle were killed and three others wounded yesterday in an ambush by guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in the department of Putumayo, southern Colombia near the Ecuadorian border. The information was confirmed by the military commander of the region, Colonel Juvenal […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Ecuador’s armed forces said Saturday the arrest of five people, one of them wounded, supposedly subversive, in a section of the Amazon frontier with Colombia, after a confrontation. The event, according to a statement released by the military, occurred at noon in the area of the board, about 30 kilometers from Puerto […]
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According to the information listed in the police report 24 hours, once approached by officers, said they were trying to enter the United States illegally by sea, and that one of the people interviewed said that the engine of the boat began to fail, so a man told them to get off and swim to […]
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Afntijuana.info reported that 70% of the patients seen at clinics in Tijuana dentists are from the United States, indicating that it is world class, considered the school’s vice president of dentists City, Mario Alberto Alfaro Lamas. At a press conference to announce the 17th edition of “Dental Update magno Congress,” Alfaro said Lamas tourist visits […]
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Mothers of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua started on a caravan in search of their children missing migrants in Mexico, the demonstration will go in 19 days approximately 4600 kilometers in 14 Mexican provinces. The march, which began yesterday in Guatemala tomorrow to enter Mexican territory. The Central American Mothers Caravan will consist of at least […]
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According to azstarnet.com, a father traveling with his two children was arrested Sunday by Border Patrol agents at the Douglas border entrance in Arizona. David J. Wise a Mexican national and a permanent resident of the United States was discovered to be in possession of about 100 pounds of Marijuana. His Volkswagen contained 108 packets […]
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A large cocaine seizure was recorded over the weekend at the San Ysidro port of entry when a man tried to smuggle the narcotics into the United States hidden in a propane tank. A 39 year old United States citizen, who had the tank strapped onto his Ford truck, was arrested after Customs and Border […]
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Intelligence identifies three cities where supposedly stored illegal weapons and ammunition: Quevedo (Los Ríos), junction (Guayas) and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas. Here, guns are stored in homes and move to Quito where negotiated with intermediaries who sell Colombian subversive groups or members of local gangs. In other cases negotiates directly on the border with […]
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According to Eluniverso.com, police in Sucumbios seized 1500 cartriges – caliber 5.56 x 45. Police believed the the ammunition was headed for FARC in Colombia. The contraband was stored in a warehouse in a neighborhood of Nueva Loja along with three weapons. The investigation revealed that a member of the Ecuadorian Air Force was going […]
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Fifteen undocumented Guatemalan origin were arrested while traveling in a van hidden stakes, whose driver upon seeing a patrol state police fled. The incident took place on the road linking the community to Cacalotepec Tamazulapan, off Linda Vista community in Ayutla Mixes, considered the new route of the smugglers to smuggle illegal immigrants from Central […]
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RCNRADIO.com reported that 10 nationals from Bhutan were detained while on an inter municipal bus near Cali Colombia. They reportedly entered Colombia at Ipiales, Nariño (Border with Ecuador). They were in route to Cúcuta and with plans to cross into Venezuela. There were thre women and seven men and are scheduled to be deported back […]
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El Paso Police discovered 272 kilograms (600 pounds) of marijuana in an abandoned truck, which had reported as stolen. The discovery came during Monday night east of the city, after they responded to a call which warned of a suspicious vehicle. Read Article
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Elimparcial.com reported that three people were arrested in separate smuggling attempts by Customs and Border Protection during inspections weekend in Puerto Dennis DeConcini. Three people were arrested in separate smuggling attempts by Customs and Border Protection during inspections weekend in Puerto Dennis DeConcini. Francisco Javier Silva Enriquez, 50, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was arrested Sunday […]
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Jornadanet.com reported that The National Coordinator of Trafficking in Persons of the Attorney General, Fabiola Tito Paniagua, reported that in the first half there were 116 cases of crimes related to this criminal. “We have 116 cases of offenses of Trafficking in Persons, in these cases the highest percentage is in Santa Cruz, La Paz […]
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AP reported – Mexican federal police announced Friday that they have arrested a suspect in the killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, the slaying at the center of the scandal over the botched U.S. gun-smuggling probe known as Operation Fast and Furious. Read Article
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Agents of Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English) arrested four Guatemalans in two different actions when they tried to enter the United States a shipment of heroin hidden inside their bodies. The spokesman of the unit, Phillip Barrera said the first assurance of narcotics was made in New Dawn International Bridge, […]
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Eltiempo.com reported – Defense Ministry said that country comes in the Caribbean to meridian 82. The words of a senior Nicaraguan in the sense that its forces have crossed the maritime border with Colombia that country several times and caused alarms set on convincing answers during the weekend. Defense Minister of Colombia, Juan Carlos Pinzon […]
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Senator and member of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Colombian Congress, Alexandra Moreno Piraquive, warned that Nicaragua’s intentions to mobilize troops to the Caribbean area in dispute, would be an assault. A statement from the press office of Congresswoman signal “Nicaragua’s intentions to move troops to that area of the Atlantic Colombian territory would […]
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The report notes that the U.S. agency in Bolivia cocaine production in 2011 was 325 tons over Colombia, which generated 195 tons. The Bolivian government rejected the report because, as indicated, no information after the departure of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), when the government of Evo Morales in 2008 expelled the U.S. ambassador conspiracy […]
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It was a military operation carried out by Brazil. They also found thousands of counterfeit dollars, baring the chaos on the border with Argentina and Paraguay. 182 vehicles and boats, 11,764 kilograms of explosives, 315 detonators, 6087 kg of illicit drugs, 32 units of weapons in general, 748 rounds of ammunition of different calibers, 40,000 […]
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The ommunities Arrozales, Naranjitos y Media Luna are the three new routes used to smuggle stolen cars and drug trafficking, entering or leaving Bolivia and Argentina, according to complaints from community members own the place. THE NATIONAL those communities where he visited different versions of the local people, many preferred to keep their anonymity for […]
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Police in Ecuador seized 191.7 kg of cocaine from Colombia in an operation in the border bridge Rumichaca, the institution said yesterday. The shipment was transported on a truck Tuesday Ecuadorian registration had previously been in the Colombian city of Pasto, according to the official report. Read Article VIDEO OF BRIDGE FROM ECUADOR TO COLOMBIA […]
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Comunarios Daniel Campos Province Potosí department, border with the Republic of Chile, complained that the auto login “chutos” has not slowed, the little control in the area would be one of the reasons is intern allow tens weekly illegal car to the country, despite weighing a restriction for admission to the country. A community member […]
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According to Nogalesinternational.com a state police bomb squad was called to a home in Rio Rico this month after federal agents discovered six grenades there. On Aug. 17, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents served a search warrant at a home on Calle Dura as part of an investigation into suspected drug smuggling, said […]
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A construction project and recent monsoon rains have caused significant raw sewage problems in Nogales, Sonora that are affecting Nogales, Ariz., downhill. On Thursday, Bonnie Rae Greenwald, chief sanitarian for Santa Cruz County warned that parents who live in the Tricky Wash, Escalada Drive and Hudgins Street areas to keep their children and pets away […]
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The number of Mexican immigrants deported by this border, grew this year, according to figures from the National Migration Institute (INM), which alerted the Bureau of the Todos Somos Juarez program and human rights organizations. Unemployment in the United States, is an important factor to be generated this situation, he said, Olga Rosa Ortiz, UACJ […]
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A Paraguayan prosecutor ordered the transfer to Assumption of 16 tigers and lions from a circus that were retained in a border with Argentina over irregularities in the documentation, reported a source in the Prosecutor. The prosecutor Jose Luis Casaccia, former Minister of the Ministry of Environment (SEAM), ordered the transfer of the animals to […]
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A former Border Patrol agent pleaded guilty in federal court in El Paso to conspiracy to procure weapons on federal business licenses in the city, while still working for the immigration agency, knowing that their final destination was illegal importation to Mexico. According to the district attorney of New Mexico, Kenneth J. Gonzalez, Ricardo Montalvo […]
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Seven people were arrested after officials dismantled seven illegal drug laboratories along the border between Colombia and Ecuador. In the Ecuadorian town of San Lorenzo, officials discovered an illicit chemicals marketing scheme was operating under the cover of a lumber company. According to El Nacional, the supplies were taken to Colombia to produce drugs, where […]
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A 57-year-old was detained after U.S. customs officials caught him with drugs strapped to his body as he attempted to cross the border. He had intended to pass into the United States from Reynosa, Mexico to Hidalgo, Texas. The suspect had legal documents to prove he was a citizen of the United States, but had […]
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Customs agents in Argentina arrested a Colombian man along the Bolivian border after he was caught with heroin. According to Nuevo Diario de Salta, he was carrying 1.890 kilograms of the drug. In Europe, this amount of drugs could be worth 200,000 euros. He was arrested after displaying strange behavior. This is the first time […]
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Elespectador.com reported that the Navy seized a cache with war material in Nariño department recently had several attempts on the electricity infrastructure. War material belonged mobile column “Daniel Aldana” of the FARC, as authorities said Tuesday. War material was found in rural Salahonda and according to a statement from the Navy, consisted of 36 kilograms […]
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Ultimahora.com reported …. Not only the number of transnational crimes such as trafficking and smuggling of arms and drugs, which are declining these days, the weekend was reported very few acts of violence such as murder, robbery and drug dealing in Foz de Iguazu and hinterland. While on the Paraguayan side, trade in Ciudad del […]
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This essay seeks to analyse the development of relations between Colombia and Ecuador from the perspective of space, borders and armed conflicts. For this purpose, this paper resorts to historical elements, including references to the formation of the first armed organizations and its impact on the development of the Colombian State and its relationship with […]
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U.S. customs officials arrested two drug traffickers in separate incidents along the border and seized over $800,000 worth of drugs. The first arrest took place between Matamoros and Brownsville, Texas. A vehicle that attempted to cross the border was sent to a second inspection, according to the Informador. Four packages were found in the car […]
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he early Thursday were rescued after being trapped in a sewer, six migrants and the “coyote” who was arrested. According to the report of the Municipal Police, around 2:30 pm on Thursday, Customs personnel Otay reported that there were people in a sewer of Fiscal Patios. Upon reaching the courts, located on the Boulevard Fine […]
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One of the Ecuadorian who was caught offering their products on the street, and who asked to remain anonymous, expressed his opposition to what he described as “disproportionate use of police force against our Ecuadorian community, the only thing does is make a living in a dignified manner. ” He said that they, as Ecuadorian […]
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The announcement made by the United States about the possible use of surveillance blimps, similar to those being used on the battlefield in Afghanistan, in the border with Mexico hits the newspapers’ headlines on Wednesday. Read Article Read Article
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Experts report that drug trafficking between Paraguay and Brazil has reached new levels of intensity. Weapons and ammunition trafficking is also an issue between the two countries. According to Diario Vanguardia, marijuana was the most trafficked item, followed by crack, cigarettes, and weapons, consecutively. These items were found in Brazil after extended operations near the […]
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Fuel stations were militarized Sucumbíos yesterday to neutralize the smuggling of gasoline daily escapes to Colombia and the informal market in the northern border. The measure is before the Committee on Energy Sovereignty of the province. Military personnel of the Special Forces group and 56 53 Ray Tungurahua that each car handles refueling only once […]
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Agate triggered operation in Paraná, whose aim is to combat crime in border regions, among them international animal trafficking. Within the actions of the operation in Cascavel, west of the state, IBAMA and the Federal Police seized 103 birds irregular tournament corner. Authorities arrested 35 people in the act and plowed 49 notices of violation, […]
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Cronicaviva.com.pe Peru reported that group of Peruvian farmers of the border town of Quebrada Seca, Zarumilla, in the Tumbes region, reported that armed soldiers entered Ecuadorian territory to try to evict them. “Coincidentally, yesterday I dropped a patrol Ecuadorian armed toditos, saying he no longer works there because that (land) was Ecuadorian,” one resident of […]
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru denied that Ecuadorian soldiers have entered Peruvian territory in the province of Zarumilla (northeast), according to a statement released yesterday. “There has been no income at all Ecuadorian troops or troops into the country,” said the Peruvian Foreign Ministry in a brief message. The Peruvian authorities clarified that […]
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Researchers in Buenos Aires, Argentina have determined that at least three planes carrying drugs pass over the Bolivian border each day. According to El Nacional, the majority of drug trafficking between the two countries appears in the northern area of Argentina. In Salta, approximately 90 clandestine flights occur per month. Narco-traffickers typically cross the border […]
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The Mexico narco-trafficker Sandra Avila Beltrán, also known as the Queen of the Pacific, has been extradited to the United States. She was wanted for transporting drugs into the United States, Terra reports. She was accused in 2007 of assisting in the transport of cocaine from Colombia into Mexico. The Sinaloa Cartel would then send […]
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The Secretary of the Army of Brazil, Celso Amorim, said Tuesday the displacement of 9 thousand troops to the borders with Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay as part of an operation called Ágata5. Ágata5 operation is to “curb border crime such as drug trafficking and smuggling,” the Brazilian holder. While a professor at the Universidade Estadual […]
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Mexico: Children are now used as mean of drugs and alien guide smuggling. Mexican children between 12 and 17 years old are now being used as guides to smuggle people and drugs into the United States. The Border patrol reported that during the month of May, 81 under aged children were captured. 15 of these […]
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Metetí, Panama (AP) – When three days had been walking through the thick jungle guided by two Colombian armed with knives and machetes, a group of fourteen Cuban hunger, thirst and supplies exhausted, felt faint when he spotted a seemingly insurmountable obstacle: a steep, bushy mountain.”You thought I was going to have a heart attack,” […]
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Officials have determined that the state of Apure in Venezuela is a crucial stop along a drug route from South America to the United States and Europe. Because the state is located along the Colombian border, most of the drugs passing through are related to FARC. According to La Patilla, 24% of cocaine that reaches […]
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A resident of Tucson, Arizona, was captured Friday by officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English), for attempting to smuggle just over 89 pounds (40 406 kilograms) of marijuana. A public information officer for the U.S. authority in question is reported that Zenos John Rodriguez, who was available to […]
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Three individuals with outstanding warrants were arrested by U.S. Customs officials, among them was a subject wanted for murder last month. A public information officer of Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English), said one of them said Giama Being Earnest, 25. The individual attempted to enter the American Union through the […]
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The body of Jose Ruben Villa, 21, is located in the oxidation ponds. A man was found dead on the side of the oxidation ponds, presumably was executed. The morning of Tuesday July 31 was reported the presence of a dead person on the side of the oxidation ponds south of the city..Read Article
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Jesús Octavio Rivera Ramírez (32) and Orlando Antonio Rubio Rojo (27) were arrested in Tijuana after officials discovered they were transporting drugs and money in a pickup truck. Authorities spotted the vehicle along a main street and shortly after saw the driver jump out of the car and begin to run into a nearby premise. […]
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Effort is to improve safety and illegal border crossing in along the border with Ecuador. Strengthen infrastructure, mobility and action plans of the security agencies, to build the headquarters of Interpol and Nariño in Ipiales Sijin and study the feasibility of moving the headquarters of the Cabal Mechanized Group to another farm in this township, […]
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A couple was arrested after police in Chile cracked down on areas known to routinely see illegal merchandise trafficking, especially between Chile and Bolivia. The two were found near the village of Chiu Chiu, where officials observed a vehicle that had turned off its lights for an extended period of time. The occupants loaded the […]
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Cartels in Mexico have discovered that using undocumented laborers to cultivate marijuana plantations helps them avoid detection and arrest. By monitoring plantations in forested areas along the border, especially in California, cartel members working in areas such as Los Angeles, Sinaloa, and Tijuana are able to evade capture. According to Univision Noticias, many undocumented individuals […]
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Skip Police arrested four subjects who moved to Chinese entered the country illegally. Police broke up a band that Skip was involved in human trafficking. The operation was performed on Provincial Route 5, near Las Lajitas. Salta was arrested four who were traveling in two cars, a Chevrolet Astra and Toyota Corolla, both recent bill, […]
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The state attorney, together with the consuls of Honduras and Costa Rica along with the Mexican Red Cross, coordinate the search efforts of Central American migrants reported missing in this region. The head of the Attorney General of the State (PGJE), Rommel Moreno Manjarrez said that work together and permanently in the search for aliens […]
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A Honduran police officer and two civilians were stopped and arrested as they were driving near the Guatemalan border with $10 thousand in a false compartment. The compartment was located between the back seats and the trunk. Drug-sniffing dogs detected traces of drugs inside the vehicle, leading to the search and seizure.The suspects were identified […]
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Elite troops began yesterday police searched the north of La Paz, Bolivia’s border with Peru, in coordination with authorities and security teams from the neighboring country to come up with the band Sunday docked the two buses in Apollo, according to Government Minister Carlos Romero. The police assumed that the passengers were people carrying gold […]
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For many, a tattoo is a way to express yourself using your body as a canvas, but the type of art you choose to decorate their skin would prevent him from entering the United States.Immigration lawyers report an increase in the number of people whose visas have been denied because their tattoos are associated with […]
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A U.S. border inspector in San Diego was arrested Friday and accused of accepting bribes including thousands in cash, use of luxury cars and apartment rent payments from two people he allegedly allowed to drive past him with illegal immigrants in their car. Hector Rodriguez, 45, was arrested while on duty for the U.S. Customs […]
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Brazil and the United States announced that it will create a working group to study the possibility of eliminating visas for travel between the two countries, following a meeting between Brazilian Foreign Minister and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. Read Article
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A man died after being attacked by a swarm of bees in Nogales on Wednesday afternoon. The victim, 75-year-old Ramon Figueroa Rascon of Nogales, was helping to clean up trash and debris at a business at the 3200 block of Silver Hills Drive when he moved an old tire and disturbed a bee hive underneath, […]
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A woman was arrested after a drug seizure took place on a bridge between Texas, the United States and Reynosa, Mexico. She was spotted driving a 2001 Ford Focus by customs officials, according to Metro Noticias. After checking her documents, officials sent her to a secondary inspection, where vehicle discrepancies were noticed. With the help […]
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On July 11th, the border patrol agency seized 400,000 dollars hidden inside a secret panel of a vehicle crossing the border of El Paso Texas and Juarez. The driver was identified as a Juarez resident. The shipment was detected when K9 dogs sniffed the money inside the vehicle. Read Article
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Two of the top 24 members of the Sinaloa cartel suspected to operate in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico were arrested along the border by officials. Fernando Arellano-Romero (24), also known as “Rayo”, “24”, “Gamma,” and “Blue Demon” was identified as one of the suspects. The other was identified as Daniel Franco López, alias “Micha,” […]
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Ecuador is investigating the whereabouts of 64 people who disappeared several months ago to emigrate illegally to the United States through Mexico, said Thursday the National Secretariat for Migrants (Senami).”There are data from 19 individuals in the province of Canar, and 45 more from the Azuay, who are known to meet a trip to the […]
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The tunnel discovered on July 7, 2012 between Sonora, Mexico and Arizona, the United States has confirmed to have been used as a means of transporting weapons. According to Vanguardia, the tunnel was also used to transport money and drugs. This information was released after intensive intelligence work performed by the Mexican Army. The tunnel […]
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A narcotúnel that connected to a home in Nogales, Sonora to another in the neighboring state of Arizona, was discovered in the border region for public safety elements of both sides, who also located and arrested suspected drug traffickers in drugs. Around 19:30 am on Monday, corporations of Nogales, Sonora received an anonymous message to […]
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The Mexican Ministry of National Defense informed the detection of a tunnel the border of Sonora going into San Luis Arizona. The tunnel had a depth of 18 meters and a length of 230 meters, and was used to transport drug packages across the US border. Read Article
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Two Nogales, Sonora men apparently took the term “money laundering” a bit too literally. Gabriel Lopez Iriarte and Carlos Arredondo Rosas were each sentenced to three-year terms at the Arizona Department of Corrections after they were caught on Interstate 19 with nearly $400,000 in cash stuffed into boxes of laundry detergent. According to court documents, […]
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According to a report published by El Sol, Brazilian drones will be used to help detect narco-trafficking and drug production activity in Bolivia. The two countries share a 1,300 kilometer border through jungle terrain. Drones had been used in a two-day operation in Santa Cruz, in which 240 cocaine factories and a clandestine airstrip were […]
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According to La Prensa, the remittances sent by more than 10 million Mexican workers in the United States will cease to be an important source of income for the Mexican Economy. That is what Jaime Ros, a consultant from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL), said in his comparative study of […]
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They left Ecuador for over a decade. The intention, although it sounds cliche, it was progress. Progressed, but the apparent bonanza they have little or nothing and, at worst, they are debts. This is the reality for thousands of Ecuadorians in the world, far from home, they face the effects of a fierce financial crisis […]
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A Cessna airplane was discovered at a clandestine airstrip in Mexicali, Mexico. It contained 84 total packages with 434 kilos and 610 grams of marijuana, and 12 packages containing 13 kilos and 36 grams of cocaine. The plane was detected by radar and satellite surveillance, San Diego Red reports. Jesús Lindbergh Gómez García and Juan […]
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Contrary to the official versions in the sense that the situation of addiction in the city is improving, social groups involved in work connected with this problem note that drug use continues to increase, diversify and involving age ranges increasingly reduced. Read Article
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Police investigators in Chile discovered and seized 850 kilograms of cocaine bearing “made in Bolivia” labels, the largest cocaine shipment found in the country. According to Los Tiempos, the drugs made their way from Bolivia via an illegal border crossing and were discovered in the Mano del Desierto zone in Antofagasta. The shipment was disguised […]
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Venezuelan officials seized almost 80 kilos of cocaine in the Ureña zone of the Táchira state that runs along the border with Colombia. The discovery occurred after drug-sniffing dogs belonging to the Bolivarian National Guard detected the cocaine in two vehicles. Two individuals were in the first vehicle, 55 and 20 years old, both of […]
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According to authorities there is an estimate of 400 000 through Mexico each year. Immigrants from Central American decent, crossing through Mexico, frequently suffer discrimination, humiliation and abuse. From January 2011 to April 2012 there were approximately two thousand visitors in Mexico. The National Commission of Human Rights pretends to promote equity amongst races. Read […]
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On Wednesday June 13 will be held the signing ceremony of the Maritime Boundary Agreement with Colombia, in the San Lorenzo. This event will involve the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino and his Colombian counterpart Maria Angela Holguin, and the military authorities of both countries. The Foreign Minister stressed the importance of this act that […]
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Arizona police discovered five charred bodies in a white SUV on June 2, 2012. The SUV was found 100 miles from the Mexican border in the Vekol Valley, south of Phoenix. Experts believe this represents an extension of Mexican drug violence into the United States, according to El País. The bodies had been burned so […]
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On Memorial weekend a man, resident of Sonora, was apprehended by Border Patrol officials when he attempted crossing 200,000 dollars into Mexico. The 37 year-old man was detained in the Dennis DeConcini Border Station, where officials found numerous packages, containing money, hidden in various compartments inside his vehicle. The suspect was incarcerated in the Santa […]
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In Guayaquil, the Directorate of Refugee Affairs Ministry has registered 2 975 of them. Another report by the agency notes that in February this year, 55 330 foreigners from 68 countries were registered as refugees in Ecuador. According to them, most are from Colombia (54 476). But there are also people of Cuba (239). Afghanistan […]
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In an effort to reduce and eliminate illegal flights associated with drug trafficking, the Air Forces of Brazil and Venezuela have teamed up to practice joint air exercises. These exercises occur in the airspace between Santa Elena de Uairén (Venezuela) and Boa Vista (Brazil). Both countries plan to develop methods to better share radar control […]
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The Bolivian National Guard has recently taken measures to crack down on drug trafficking organizations attempting to bring drugs into the country. Within the first 24 hours of the intensified security operations, officials seized 114 kilos of marijuana and 40 kilos of cocaine. The first discovery occurred in the Santo Domingo airport, where two citizens […]
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On May 22nd a sixty two year-old man was detained by federal border agents when he pretended to cross bullets illegally into Nogales Sonora. During the inspection of the man’s vehicle, resident of Nogales Arizona, federal agents found gun ammunition in hidden compartments of the vehicle. Read Article
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Mexico: US murderer is detained in the Mexican border A US fugitive is seized with the help of Mexican border patrol and custom agents in the border of Tamaulipas and Texas. The fugitive was identified as 37 year old Carlos Mares, he was hiding in Mexico after committing murder in Sullivan city, Texas. Read Article
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Mexico: chemical spill leads authorities to evacuate maquiladora in Juarez On May 15th a chemical spill forced the evacuation of maquiladora personnel in the Capcom fabric located in the city of Juarez. According to authorities a magnesium container spilled over causing chemical combustion at approximately at 1:30 pm. Read Article
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Mexico spends almost 4 million pesos supporting Deported immigrants coming back from the US The Mexican department of labor has invested a total of 3 million 723 thousand pesos assisting individuals that have been deported mainly from the states of Texas and California. In the year 2012 there has been a total of 2 462 […]
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The group of 37 Haitians was sighted on Monday and yesterday repatriated to Cape Haitien, Haiti. The Coast Guard said the Cubans were intercepted in five separate cases since last Saturday and sent to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, on Thursday. The group of 37 Haitians was sighted on Monday and yesterday repatriated to Cape Haitien, […]
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The Civil Liberties Union of U.S. (ACLU) asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to initiate an investigation into alleged abuses against U.S. citizens, legal residents and other visitors at ports of entry along the border with Mexico. The complaint, formally sent yesterday, cites evidence of 11 alleged victims of agents of the Bureau of […]
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