rnw.nl reported …………It is not elitist, is produced in large quantities, is worth billions of dollars and changed the economy of many families, we talk about the kidnapping, a booming new industry, scourge of young and old, rich and poor. Gavin Strong, global risk analyst specializing in Mexico, risk consultancy, Control Risks said in its […]
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What is the nature of this market? The history of cocaine trafficking from South America to the United States has been well documented. The flow peaked in the 1980s. During most of this time, Colombian traffickers dominated the market, and they often preferred to use the Caribbean as a transit area. Due to vigorous law […]
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Fuelfix.com reported that a former judge in the environmental lawsuit against Chevron Corp. in Ecuador now says the plaintiffs agreed to pay a $500,000 bribe in order to win the $19 billion case. In a sworn statement released by Chevron Monday, Alberto Guerra Bastidas also said the plaintiffs’ lawyers wrote the final, 2011 judgment, which […]
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On January 28, 2013, Veja reported that tapes acquired from the Operação Porto Seguro investigation show a relationship between José Dirceu (PT), Chief of Staff to former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Gilberto Miranda, businessman and Workers’ Party supporter. The recordings show the intimate relationship between Miranda and the PT strongman, including benefits […]
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On January 28, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that the Comptroller General of Brazil, responsible for monitoring activities within public administration on the federal level, has opened up dialogue with mayors throughout the country to fight corruption. The effort also has the support of President Dilma Rousseff. Since August of the past year, […]
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On January 28, 2013, Gazeta do Povo reported that Roberto Gurgel, Brazil’s Attorney General, has created a case against Federal Senator Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL), under investigation for his actions since 2007. Calheiros is a favorite to become President of the Federal Senate; however, he has been in this place before. In 2007, Calheiros stepped down […]
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On January 25, 2013, G1 reported that Arlindo Garrote, the mayor of Estrela, turned himself into police this morning. He faces charges of diverting R$1 million in public money. Also implicated are several ex-cabinet members as well as his mother, the former mayor of the town. The investigations reported that between 2009 and 2011 the […]
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On January 24, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that the State Attorney General in São Paulo has ordered the elimination of over 12,000 political offices in 78 municipalities between 2008 and 2012, on the grounds that the offices were created illegally. The courts concluded that such offices were created unconstitutionally, serving to give […]
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On January 22, 2013, Veja reported that Anderson Adauto is under investigation by the State Attorney General’s Office in Minas Gerais for diverting $1.1 million from the city where he served as mayor, Uberaba. Prosecutors allege that the diversion occurred between 2008 and 2009, after completion of a project in which the company involved asked […]
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According to a press release published by Amazon Defense Coalition – New evidence suggests that Chevron CEO John Watson has resorted to authorizing the offering of lucrative benefits packages to former Ecuadorian judges in return for false testimony designed to undermine the environmental trial that led to a $19 billion verdict against the company, according […]
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On January 21, 2013, 180 Graus reported that a wave of currently-serving mayors face charges of electoral fraud in the Brazilian state of Piauí. The Federal Regional Tribunal in the state has called 22 special elections since the 2008 elections, after fraud was discovered in each case. Three special elections will be held in the […]
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On January 21, 2013, Estado de Minas reported that the federal Controller’s Office counted over 1,400 cases of administrative abuse over the past ten years, leading to the dismissal of over 4,000 employees in that same time period. The office also recorded 158 cases of illegal public appointments. The Controller’s Office oversees all activity done […]
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On January 20, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was voted the most corrupt politician of the year 2012. The poll was conducted by the July 31 Movement, an internet anti-corruption movement. Lula was accused earlier this year by convicted businessman Marcos Valério of being involved in […]
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A total of 158 municipal police officers were arrested Friday in Durango State, northern Mexico, for his alleged links to organized crime, according to the prosecutor Sonia Yadira de la Garza . The operation affected the municipal Public Security addresses of the locations of Lerdo (150,000 inhabitants) and Gómez Palacio (350,000) and was attended by […]
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On January 18, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that Paulo Maluf, businessman and political boss in the São Paulo area, will have to return roughly $28 million that he was keeping offshore in Jersey, one of the Channel Islands between Britain and France. Courts in Jersey announced the decision. He also will have […]
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On January 18, 2013, TNH1 reported that a local judge annulled the donations of 200 parcels of land made by the city of Chã Preta, in the state of Alagoas, to residents of the city. Prosecutors in the nearby city of Viçosa discovered irregularities in the donations, as many parcels went to supposed voters in […]
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thedialogue.org – Author, Julie Lopez In September 2012, Belize made international headlines, as it rarely does. The country’s name surfaced when Rafiq Mohammed Labboun Allaboun, allegedly a Lebanese terrorist associated with Hezbollah, was arrested in Mexico. He held a Belizean passport, driver’s license, and birth certificate in the name of a person who died in […]
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On January 16, 2013, Folha de São Paulo reported that electoral courts in Paraná have suspended the political rights of José Borba (PP) until October of 2020. Borba was the mayor of Jandaia do Sul, a city about 400 kilometers from the state capital of Curitiba. Borba was convicted on Tuesday for abuse of power […]
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On January 17, 2013, R7 reported that a group of bosses within the Workers’ Party (PT) is promoting a dinner to be held in Brasília on Thursday night to raise money to cover the fines for those convicted in the Mensalão scandal. Several prominent PT members such as José Genoino, Delúbio Soares and José Dirceu […]
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On January 15, 2013, DM.com.br reported that Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL) will have a challenger in the elections for President of the Federal Senate, to be held by secret ballot on February 1. Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (PSOL-AP), with the support of ten independent senators, announced his candidacy yesterday, calling on members to seek reform. The independent […]
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On January 16, 2013, TNOnline reported that the mayor of Jandaia do Sul, Dejair Valério (PTC), and his deputy, Leandro de Souza Silva (PSD), were relieved of their posts by electoral courts. This decision comes after the two were found guilty of a scheme in which they passed laws readjusting the salaries of 296 municipal […]
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At least 2,900 bags of rice were seized Venalcasa brand / Norys Marquez, regional coordinator of the Institute for the Defense of People’s Access to Goods and Services (Indepabis) Zulia state clarified that the inspection was performed product of a complaint. Read Article
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On January 15, 2013, Folha Vitória reported that 24 people, including seven former mayors, were arrested and charged for their involvement in a massive corruption scheme across various towns in Espírito Santo, a state just to the northeast of Rio de Janeiro. They were taken to Vitória, the state’s capital, where they were asked to […]
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On January 11, 2013, O Imparcial reported that Maranhão’s Attorney General, Regina Rocha, has opened a commission to investigate expenses made by the former Mayor of São Luís, João Castelo (PSDB). It marks the first action done by the Attorney General’s new task force, created to investigate possible improprieties in the public administration of São […]
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On January 12, 2013, R7 reported that a new federal justice will take on the task of deciding the final appeals and suggestions of defense attorneys representing those convicted in the Mensalão scandal. Teori Zavascki assumed his post in the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) in November of 2012, after the retirement of Cezar Peluso (and […]
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On January 11, 2013, Folha de São Paulo reported that Federal Deputy Natan Donadon (PMDB-RO) will not be held in detention immediately, in spite of being convicted in 2010 of a money diversion scheme. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Tribunal, Joaquim Barbosa, rejected Attorney General Roberto Gurgel’s request to send the Deputy to […]
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On January 11, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that Paulo Alexandre Barbosa (PSDB), former Economic Development Minister of the state of São Paulo, was implicated for helping in the scandal that triggered Operation Porto Seguro. Barbosa currently serves as the mayor of Santos, a port city about 80 kilometers from São Paulo. The […]
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On January 11, 2013, Gazeta do Povo reported that Paulo Furiati, ex-mayor of the city of Lapa, in the state of Paraná, was arrested by authorities for his role in a scheme involving bidding procedures in the area of education. The scandal encompassed Paraná, as well as the states of Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina and […]
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On January 11, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that a hacker said to have posted personal information of influential Workers’ Party (PT) members convicted in the Mensalão scandal now has posted sensitive personal information from Brazil’s ex-President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The hacker, using the Twitter handle @nbdu1nder, also posted information on […]
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The Ministry of Public Security of Coahuila, reported the arrest of the chief of police in Matamoros, Edgar Cabrera, carrying two guns for the exclusive use of the Army and an envelope with white powder with the characteristics of cocaine. He was arrested and remanded to the PGR this morning while returning from Saltillo, after […]
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Milenio.com reported that Graco Ramirez, governor of Morelos, called a slander designated by an officer under Walmart on bribes made in Mexico. Consultation document here involving the Graco Ramirez and director of INAH. “The theme designated by an officer under walmart is sheer calumny. I have never met and agreed payments. I was not a […]
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On January 10, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that Brazil’s Attorney General, Roberto Gurgel, made a formal petition Tuesday to send federal deputy Natan Donadon (PMDB-RO) to prison immediately. Donadon was convicted in 2010 of a scheme in which he helped to divert R$8.4 million from state coffers in the state of Rondônia […]
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On January 9, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that the Brazil Social Democracy Party (PSDB) welcomed the announcement of an investigation examining the activities of ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Alvaro Dias (PSDB), president of the Federal Senate, said that without a proper investigation, the mensalão could damage the Workers’ Party’s (PT) […]
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On January 10, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that the Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT) reacted strongly to announcements that federal prosecutors will pursue information connecting ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the federal Mensalão scandal. Marco Maia (PT), leader of Brazil’s federal lower house, the Câmara dos Deputados, dismissed the testimony of […]
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On January 9, 2013, Campo Grande News reported that a minister of the cabinet of Mayor Alcides Bernal (PP) faces charges for accepting bribes to release reserves from an oil refinery without assessing taxes or declaring the oil to be in the market. Gustavo Freire faces charges of participating in a massive kickback scheme in […]
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On January 9, 2013, Estado de Minas reported that a federal judge of the Third Region of the Federal Regional Tribunal rejected a request by prosecutors to monitor the activities of Paulo Vieira, accused of corruption in a national scandal involving the National Water Agency. Vieira is accused of falsifying technical reports to receive funding […]
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On January 9, 2013, G1 (Globo) reported that a state judge convicted two former police investigators and acquitted a third for their respective roles in a torture and corruption scandal. Alcinda da Silva Portela and José Juvenal Ferreira Lima were sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for allegedly holding a young man, and then releasing […]
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On January 9, 2013, Correio da Manhã reported that ex-President Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva will be investigated by federal prosecutors for ties to the infamous Mensalão scandal. Marcos Valério, said to be the chief actor of the scandal and sentenced to 40 years in prison, brought forth the charges. Valério’s testimony, which included charges […]
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On January 5, 2013, Correio do Brasil reported that Kátia Rabello, ex-director of the Banco Rural (Rural Bank), closed a luxurious rural pousada, the Pousada Refúgio do Caracará, suspected of having ties to the Mensalão scandal. There is suspicion that politicians connected to the scandal laundered money at the Banco Rural while staying at the […]
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On January 6, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that the pending case against a member of Brazil’s Social Democracy Party (PSDB) in the state of Minas Gerais puts the party in a difficult position, as PSDB represents the opposition in Brazil’s federal government and currently is the strongest force ensuring the continuation of […]
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On January 8, 2013, Brasil 24/7 reported that a hacker (Twitter name @nbdu1nder) obtained personal information of three Workers’ Party (PT) politicians convicted in last decade’s Mensalão scandal and shared the information on Twitter. Dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers and other information related to PT members José Dirceu, José Genoíno and Delúbio Soares became […]
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On December 28, 2012, Rondoniagora reported that Rep. Hermínio Coelho (PSD) made remarks regarding the continuing fight against corruption in Rondônia in 2013. In his presentation outlining tasks accomplished in 2012, Coelho vowed a greater moralization of public administration and cited the scandal involving the former mayor of the capital, Porto Velho, leading to the […]
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New São Paulo Mayor Names Cabinet Members Connected to Scandals On January 3, 2013, R7 reported that Fernando Haddad, São Paulo’s newly elected mayor, named two men to his staff connected to corruption at the state and federal levels. Oswaldo Napoleão Chaves, new chief of staff for Vice-Mayor Nadia Campeão, and Miguel del Busso, assistant […]
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BRAZIL: Online Poll Conducted to Determine Most Corrupt Politician of 2012 On January 4, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that the July 31 Movement (Movimento 31 de Julho) launched a poll on Facebook to survey public perceptions on the most corrupt politicians in Brazil. Named the Golden Handcuffs Trophy (Troféu Algemas de Ouro), […]
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On January 4, 2013, Globo reported that federal prosecutor Kléber Martins will investigate the path of R$10 million sent to the state of Rio Grande do Norte in order to combat last year’s drought. The government of Rio Grande do Norte declared a state of emergency in April. As of October, 83% of municipalities in […]
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On January 3, 2013, Jornal Nacional reported that José Genoíno, recently convicted on corruption charges related to the Mensalão scandal, was installed as a federal deputy for the new term. Genoíno served as president of the Workers’ Party (PT) from 2002-2005. He will represent the PT once again as a federal deputy from São Paulo, […]
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On December 9, 2012, Globo reported that Brazil’s Polícia Federal concluded Operation Porto Seguro, indicting 23 people linked to various crimes surrounding the current federal government. Among those named were Rosemary de Noronha, chief of staff under both ex-President Lula and current President Dilma Rousseff, and Paulo Rodrigues Vieira, former director of the National Water […]
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A new and violent arson attack perpetrated yesterday in La Araucanía Chile ended with the death of a well-known local businessman and his wife, prompting the immediate reaction of President Sebastián Piñera to enact anti-terrorism law and order dreaded an unprecedented police enforcement in the area. The incident occurred at dawn on the farm Lumahue […]
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The Attorney General of the State of Chiapas (PGJECH) announced yesterday the arrest of the former mayors of Chicomuselo, Ixhuatán, Cacahoatán, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Reform and Francisco Leon, accused of embezzlement and conspiracy, who surrendered his statement in prison, although government sources state that there will be more arrests. Read Article
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Eluniverso.com reported that Enrique Ramirez and Jorge Ordonez Encalada Velez, police on active duty, were denounced for allegedly extorted a dealer last Friday. Guananga Lucia, who made the complaint, said the two soldiers came to his house in civilian clothes and told he would be taken into custody by camaretas sell his home, located in […]
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One of the complaints ofter heard about Ecuador, is the high rate of corruption among government employees and law enforcement. The following examples demonstrate that the pernicious act of corrupt activity reaches many levels of society in Ecuador, even when it comes to visiting a patient in a hospital. This information was provided by roving […]
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According to the New York Times, Wal-Mart de Mexico was an aggressive and creative corrupter, offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited, an examination by The New York Times found. Wal-Mart longed to build in Elda Pineda’s alfalfa field. It was an ideal location, just off this town’s bustling main entrance and […]
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With the goal of improving the exchange mechanisms in the country, Venezuelan authorities are focusing on frauds and irregularities in hard-currency transactions according to Prensa Latina. The Commission for Hard-Currency Administration (CADIVI), which is in charge of implementing the national policy on that field, has suspended 800 companies from that scheme after detecting violations of […]
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The trial involving several law enforcement officers accused in the largest drug seizure in recent history continued today before Justice Denis Hanomansingh in the Dangriga courts with arguments from the defense. Police officers Renel Grant, Lawrence Humes, Jacinto Roches, Mark Middleton and Customs boatman Harold Usher, as well as Victor Logan have been indicted for […]
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A senior government attorney and five other officials were arrested on charges they demanded $50,000 from a U.S. man who has spent 18 months in a Bolivian jail, the Andean nation’s interior minister said Tuesday.Carlos Romero told a press conference the six people in custody were part of a wider corruption ring.Jacob Ostreicher, a 53-year-old […]
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New type of fraud reported in Interbolsa / Curacao major destination for evading taxes According to FM is crossed emails and letters in recent days called ‘Premium Fund affected investors’. The FM said he is holding the first names of the investors of the controversial ‘Premium Fund’ running through Interbolsa and moved millions of money. […]
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Heavily armed assailants gunned down Police Division Inspector Yves Michel Bellefleur in a hail of bullets on the morning of Fri., Nov. 9 near the Gérald Bataille circle in Tabarre. A police spokesman and some media have presented the killing as a response from criminals to the Oct. 22 arrest of prominent Haitian businessman Clifford […]
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Three policemen, a lieutenant and two sergeants, died today after facing intelligence agents that were discovered after making up a kidnapping ring, officials said. The three policemen and a civilian, apparently also a member of the band, died after confronting a group of agents who tried to stop them when they would kidnap a businessman […]
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Freddy Tellez JUDICIAL worked in the office of international affairs and prosecuting body, according to research, documents leaked to him capos. As Freddy Mauricio Buitrago Téllez was identified Prosecution official designated by the Attorney-General’s Office, Eduardo Montealegre, if the alleged perpetrator of the release of documents related to Colombian drug extraditions. The investigation began with […]
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A special group of CTI Interbolsa commission will investigate whether the conflict of interest incurred, price manipulation in shares and in an attempt to purchase a company (Fabricato SA) without making a public offer (IPO). Also seek to establish whether the firm violated regulatory standards, plus they did not report their movements to the authorities […]
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BRAZIL: Two Lula Loyalists Head to Prison for Active Corruption Notícias de Hoy reported that the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court sentenced two members of the Brazilian Workers’ Party for their respective roles in the “Mensalão” scandal, conducted under the term of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. José Dirceu, then-Chief of Staff to President […]
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In Rumichaca Bridge during a control operation of Customs Surveillance Service (SVA), a patrol agents Colombian detected entering the country with two boxes of phones. Colombian Patrolman HMG-915 board with logos Counternarcotics Police of the neighboring country, had camouflaged cargo in the back seat, which is why he was taken to court for an inspection […]
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The Brazilian former Minister José Dirceu was sentenced by the Supreme Court to 10 years and 10 months in prison yesterday for his role in buying votes in Congress under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. n the so-called trial of the century, Dirceu, chief of staff between 2003 and 2005 and one of the […]
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Through the use of false invoices, computer data and other adulterated fraudulent methods, five brothers who provided various services to the Paraguayan Red Cross millionaires amounts of money diverted from the institution and stole dozens of computers, according to a complaint filed yesterday in the prosecution by the humanitarian organization nonprofit. The paper cites as […]
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The assets of the Kirchner went from 7,000,000 to about 82 million pesos from 2003 to 2012. Weeks ago Cristina Fernandez denied a Harvard student asked him how he had managed to increase its equity from 2 to 79 million pesos. The figure was not correct, because the increase reached 82 million, as reported by […]
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In the colonies Ojocaliente and Villas of Our Lady of the Assumption, where in addition to the practice of torture by group children, have been detected in places where carried out clandestine, dog fighting, according to pagina24.com.mx. “It’s hard for us to intervene in these cases, since such practices as dog fighting come with drugs, […]
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The police chief of the province of Argentina Santa Fe , Hugo Tognoli commissioner, resigned after being involved in a court case that is investigating him for alleged links to drug trafficking, said the provincial security minister, Raul Lambert. Tognoli resigned following revelations that justice ordered his arrest for alleged payment of bribes to allow […]
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Elcomercio.pe reported that two policemen were arrested with 72 kilos of cocaine in the district Chungui in Ayacucho. These were identified as Freddy NCOs Risco de la Cruz and the Castle Cherub Ramirez, who took the drug in several backpacks, hidden in bushes. According to report of “America News”, there are two scenarios that the […]
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A conscript Chacabuco regiment of Concepción, is one of those involved. A one day seize 41 kilos of cocaine base, the PDI of Concepción achieved another success to seize 20 kilos of the same drug. Two arrests, one conscript Chacabuco regiment of Concepción. Counternarcotics Brigade dealt another blow penquista PDI traffickers, then, in the Yellow […]
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A report by the Paraguayan Radio Ñanduti certifies that more than 25 family members and close relatives of current President Federico Franco government posts. The paper appeared Monday morning September 17 Site Paraguay Voices, a community media organization created South American country after the coup d’état in that country on 22 June. Read Article
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The National Police arrested 22 people in all the coffee that apparently were part of a network that supplied adulterated drugs to Humana EPS Living in Manizales, like to 17 drugstores in Pereira, Armenia and Northern Valle del Cauca . counterfeit, adulterated pharmaceuticals Latarde.com reported that this procedure was done through the company Hospi Medic, […]
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The political scandal triggered by a video that appears opposition MP receiving money from an employer caused an earthquake in the campaign of the candidate Henrique Capriles. This when three weeks to the presidential elections in Venezuela. Read Article
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According to eluniverso.com, sentence six former National Police officers for a double murder to 25 years in prison. The six were found guilty of the murder of Danilo Bowen Zambrano, 22, and Luis Enrique Jaramillo Alcivar, 21, who were abducted the morning of October 16 in the neighborhood Jocay Manta, and three days later appeared […]
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Caracol Radio reports met a group of importers who complain about what they call “mafia bribes” in the customs dock El Dorado International Airport. It is a mafia comprising inspectors and other officials of medium and high level, who hamper the import documents and only released upon payment burden buried in a “toll”, which can […]
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According to Eluniverso.com, it is an open secret in the premises of the Judicial Police in the country, in the prosecution. But as said Antonio Gagliardo, District Attorney Galapagos Guayas and probably no citizen complaint because they are smaller amounts of money. It refers to the alleged corruption of certain agents of the Judicial Police, […]
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Telenews.com.mx reported – Puebla. – Linked to kidnapping, elements of the Federal Police arrested five security elements, two state troopers active with the names of Juan Pablo Vazquez and Antonio Hernandez Hugo Siliceo, two subjects Fernando Garcia Marquez and Francisco Gallardo Pedro Roque who reported being former municipal police officers, and a civilian who said […]
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Five counts of aggravated robbery, abuse of authority in July, three drug trafficking, falsification 4, 5 illegal searches, 7 embezzlement and one offense of conspiracy are part of the charges for which is judged from yesterday to 14 policemen. All are linked to a series of blows that apparently occurred in 2010 in Goicoechea and […]
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Police arrested with 123 kilos of drugs seized in May • It was early yesterday morning near Leoni • He had drugs in his car • There was a large and police believe is also • The drug was stolen from the First Sectional Precinct Puerto Rico • PUERTO RICO. An officer Assistant Police Quest […]
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In the last operational research, carried out simultaneously during Tuesday night in Arica and Region V, the strength of the PDI arrested in the northern city Labarca Alfonso Alvarez (55), Customs officer who was in charge to handle the scanner guarding the entry load in Arica, and Claudio Contreras Molina (39), a member of the […]
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The International Police (Interpol) and seeks former Tamaulipas Governor Tomas Yarrington to the arrest warrant that a judge granted against him for crimes against health, ie its alleged links to drug trafficking operations. Marisela Morales Ibáñez, head of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), and indicated that the agency in charge decided to bring criminal action […]
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Orlandosentinel.com reported a postal worker in the state of New Jersey received and distributed cocaine packets with false addresses during its route and established drug trafficking organization in Puerto Rico would send the drug regularly, U.S. authorities said Tuesday. Christina Nunez admitted intercepting shipments from Puerto Rico and delivering cocaine to accomplices in the city […]
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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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Abusing the power?? In the midst of a severe crisis in the government by the scandals of the president’s brother, Alexis Humala, and your company’s contracts with the State, together with the problems in the pension program 65, the first lady, Nadine Heredia, in a controversial decision, traveled to Brazil using the presidential plane, when […]
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An internal investigation at Hospital Abel Gilbert Guayaqui pontoon l discovered a web of corruption that marketed the drugs destined for the nursing home, and are subsidized by the Government. Leakage of drugs began with the Lead Systems, Javier Patiño, who manipulated the computer program that took control of the hospital’s drug stock. Read Article
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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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The Gulf cartel financed between 1998 and 2007 campaigns, a former governor and mayors of the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the border with the U.S., as a protected witness, revealed yesterday by the newspaper Reforma. Read Article
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Nearly two months after three officers to assassinate three other colleagues at the International Airport of Mexico City, it has been known that the Federal Police has relieved its 348 agents at the airport. On Monday June 25 at ten to nine in the morning, three police officers investigating drug trafficking at the airport were […]
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Eluniverso.com reportedThe group emerged from the project guards training prison guards, whose graduation was last weekend at the Army Polytechnic School (ESPE), in Quito. The guides are attached to the 480 custodians who received their certification in April. The guides will have a salary of between $ 650 and $ 700, “not counting overtime,” said […]
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In the more than forty cases have been recorded this year for attempted bribery against Municipal Police, in order to not do their job or to vacate any detained , added two more tries bribery, this time from a man who offered 500 pesos to free two workers drunk, and a drunk who offered 400 […]
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Authorities in San Luis Potosi investigate five elements Matehuala municipal police for the murder of Mayor-elect Edgar Morales Perez and his partner Francisco Hernandez Colunga. Authorities in San Luis Potosi investigate five elements Matehuala municipal police for the murder of Mayor-elect Edgar Morales Perez and his collaborator Francis Hernandez Colunga. Read Article
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Officials have determined that narco-trafficking clans operating in the north of Peru run universities and sports clubs. The Huancayo clan is especially suspicious and is believed to engage in money laundering for the Quispe Palomino clan. According to El Comercio, these organization attempt to traffick drugs to the north, where narco-sponsored universities and sports clubs […]
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Nine former police officers in Venezuela were among 12 individuals arrested in 2008 for drug trafficking in Apure. Because of evidence produced at their trial, they have been convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to 9-10 years in prison. According to El Nacional, they had used a clandestine airstrip to transport drugs. Some of the […]
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Four generals, a lieutenant colonel and a major Mexican, one Secretary of National Defense until 2008, were imprisoned, charged with crimes related to drug trafficking in the first process that links general and drug cartels since 2000. A federal judge on Tuesday delivered arrest warrants for organized crime and drug crimes against three generals, among […]
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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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Mexico: Woman victim survivor of sexual torture has received violent threats A Chilean woman(Valentina Palma) accusing officers for being responsible of sexual torture on 2006 receives a letter that has threatening messages directed towards her. Valentina Palma Novoa was one of the 49 female victims that were detained and raped by 26 state and federal […]
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Seventy-one percent of Mexicans do not trust their local police, which gives Mexico the worst showing of any nation among the five Latin American countries where the international GfK company conducts quarterly surveys. “Distrust in Mexico has grown more than in any other Latin American country due to the increase in violence, the corruption of […]
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“The Constitution says that the Bolivian state can not grant a safe conduct and can not accept political asylum to a person having ordinary processes of justice for reasons having to do with common crimes, and now Senator Pinto processed” , Davila said the media in La Paz. He reiterated that “deplores” the alleged “pressure” […]
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Cops take $360,000 to release man with drugs, sub-machine gun Less than a week after Acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell warned corrupt ranks to turn in their badges, five TSU ranks are under investigation for allegedly collecting $360,000 to release a man whom they had nabbed with drugs and a loaded sub-machine gun. Kaieteur News […]
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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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