The Prosecutor of Pichincha investigates a member of the National Police would let out a woman who met arrest.On Sunday, police confirmed that a villa Villaflora sector, south of the city, was not Jenny Munoz Estrada, who was serving house arrest.The Gabriela perform Ladino, the custodian said he did not know at what point there was evasion. The woman was arrested in Santo Domingo, where he said he gave $ 2,000 to Ladino to exit. Read Article
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José Alberto Félix Herrera, who worked for the prison system in Peru, was caught attempting to bring drugs into the prison in Ancón. According to a La Republic report, he had hidden the drugs in his shoes. The type of drug was not reported. His own colleagues reportedly caught him with the drugs. He continues […]
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Seven U.S. citizens, including three police officers, attended the party of Colombian drug trafficker Camilo Torres, alias “Fritanga.” Torres had been arrested on July, 2 2012 shortly after his wedding. He had organized the celebration party on a Caribbean island to follow the ceremony, during which he was arrested. The U.S. citizens present at the […]
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The ballots that were used on July Sunday to elect new municipal authorities, were burned at night by enraged neighbors who protested that they removed the PAN victory in the municipal election. Prep the IEEM first determined in preliminary results won by the PAN, but the count supposedly won the PRI-PVEM coalition-Honeycomb, Isidro Juarez Rivas, […]
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Five soldiers and four civilians were caught carrying 603 kilos of cocaine while traveling along a highway in Colombia in the Antioquia area. The suspects were wearing camouflage clothing and were carrying weapons. According to Terra Noticias, a lieutenant and a corporal were among the arrested individuals. The van in which they travelled was stopped […]
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The National Drug Control of the Dominican Republic announced that three people riding in a Jeep were arrested with 12 packages of cocaine. According to El Nacional, one of the individuals apprehended was Sergio Bolívar Germán, Sergeant Major of the National Police. The two other suspects were identified as Marciano Segundo Peña and Héctor José […]
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Anti-narcotics police seized 460 kilos of cocaine at kilometer 86 of the Frederico Basadre highway in Ucayali, Peru. The drugs were hidden inside a tanker truck, according to Peru 21. The truck had previously left from the town of Pucallpa. The mayor of Puerto Pizana, José Abelardo Payano Omalaza, was detained, as well as the […]
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The U.S. Department of Treasury announced sanctions against five individuals for laundering money in Venezuela and Colombia on behalf of a Lebanese drug-trafficking organization. One of the suspects is believed to be raising money for Hezbollah, an Islamic terrorist group. Ali Mohamed Saleh, who has dual Colombian-Lebanese citizenship, is accused of coordinating Hezbollah’s activities in […]
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After three federal police officers were shot by two other officers in the Mexico City airport on June 25, 2012, officials have been investigating an international drug trafficking network operating within the airport. According to Milenio, drug shipments from Colombia, Peru, and Guatemala were permitted through the airport. Corrupt federal agents would encourage customs agents […]
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Four Huila police officers were arrested for the crimes of fabrication, trafficking, and possession of drugs, as well as conspiracy. The officers had been involved in the transportation of cocaine paste by car, according to El Tiempo. They will be brought to the criminal court in the Justice Palace for their first hearings on June […]
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The Uruguayan government has launched a new strategy against washing whose accent is placed more on the real estate sector, public limited companies (SA) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The assessment concludes that the only sector with strong controls is financial, while others (casinos, real estate, etc..) Have medium controls, and associations, foundations and NGOs (sports […]
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Mauricio Santoyo, former chief of security under President Alvaro Uribe from 2002-2006 and retired police general in Colombia, has been accused by the United States of drug conspiracy. La Republic reports that the United States believes Santoyo conspired to bring cocaine into the country with the help of assassins and narco-traffickers from 2000-2008. It is […]
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There it was on video: Five heavily armed policemen barge into a hotel in western Mexico before dawn and march out with three handcuffed men in underwear. But police weren’t making an arrest. Prosecutors say they apparently were taking orders from criminals. Just hours after the three were seized, they were found asphyxiated and beaten […]
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José Luis Pérez Caminero, the athletic director of Atlético de Madrid, was charged by a Spanish drug with the crime of money laundering. 19 other individuals were charged with the same crime. The laundered money was a product of drug trafficking in Latin America, specifically concerning Colombian and Mexican organizations. According to a Terra report, […]
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On June 6th, two former Federal Police agents were detained while driving with 29 grams of methamphetamine inside their vehicle. The two suspects will be held for 45 days in “La Mesa” center in Tijuana. Read Article
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John Darrel Krokos, 30, of the United States, was arrested in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico by state police. The Jornada reports that Krokos was wanted in the United States for drug trafficking, and Mexican authorities plan to extradite him to the United States. He was also arrested on counts of conspiracy and crimes against health. Krokos […]
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Federal U.S. agents launched a surprise anti-narcotics operation on June 6, 2012 in the San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín airport in Puerto Rico. 33 suspects were taken into custody, including airport workers, airline employees, and other suspicious individuals who were attempting to smuggle millions of dollars of cocaine onto commercial flights for at least a […]
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Police discovered 693 kilos of marijuana in the Primero de Marzo school in the city of Caaguazú, Paraguay, about 175 kilometers east of Asunción, on June 6, 2012. The drug was divided into 47 packages and stored in a closed restroom, La Nueva reports. Alcadio Ramírez, director of the school, was arrested during the seizure. […]
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The Bolivian government denies it is persecuting the family of René Sanabria, ex-general of the police. Sanabria was sentenced to 14 years in prison in the United States for intending to traffick drugs into the country. Sanabria had denied links to drug activity within the government, Hoy Bolivia reports.The Bolivian government says it is not […]
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Anti-narcotics experts have closely watched drug activity in the Cancun, Mexico airport to determine how traffickers attempt to smuggle drugs to destinations such as Europe. According to Sipse, drug mules arrive in Cancun about 3 days before the scheduled departure flight and often stay in a hotel to prepare the drug. Many of the traffickers […]
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More Colombian drug traffickers are turning to Argentina as a sanctuary, La Nación reports. These criminals have been increasingly participating in real estate business and money laundering in Argentina, as well as using the country as a shelter for family members. Diego Murillo Bejarano, alias “Don Berna,” a former Colombian paramilitary-turned-drug trafficker arrested in the […]
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On June 1st a police officer Alejandro Antonio Cordero Valdez was detained and accused of assaulting three Dairy Lucerne truck drivers in the Benito Juarez district located in the City of Juarez. According to authorities the assaults occurred on May 23rd, 24th and 25th. Cordero robbed a total of approximately twelve thousand seven hundred pesos. […]
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After the arrest of a Mexican at the Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome, Italy on May 8, 2012, it appears the international Cancun airport is a major stopping point along a drug route from Latin America to Europe. The Mexican suspect had travelled from Cancun to Rome with 14 kilograms of high-purity cocaine in […]
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The anti-narcotics department in Ecuador has released statistics that show an increase in drug trafficking in the country. U.S. officials from the Department of State agree, Noticias Montreal reports. They claim many exterior criminal organizations are operating in Ecuador, such as Los Zetas and the Sinaloa cartels from Mexico, Russian and Chinese groups, and Colombian […]
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On May 30th, Michoacan’s Director of Public Safety, Antonio Ruiz Acosta, was detained by army officials in the community of Barranquillas, Michoacan. After a traffic stop officers found approximately 465grams of Methamphetamines, a .223 caliber AR-15 rifle, three magazines with 78 rounds of ammunition, a 0.9mmgun with 11 rounds of ammunition and 9,250 pesos inside […]
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The Public Security System Agency reported a total of 30 percent of more than 170 000 officers failed the control and trust examinations. Federal Deputies recognized that there is a lot of work that needs to be administered into the police of the country. Read Article
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Blanca Denis, councilor of the Front for Victory (FpV) political party in the city of Formosa, was rescued by the Justicialist Party (PJ) when it rejected a request in the Legislative Council for her suspension. Urgente24 reports Denis’s vehicle was found containing 2 kilos of cocaine and a package of marijuana. She denied ties to […]
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Former Governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico Accused of Accepting Bribes from Drug Traffickers El Universal reports that Tomás Yarrington, the former governor of Tamaulipas, has been accused of receiving and accepting millions of dollars of bribes from drug trafficking organizations. According to U.S. federal prosecutors, he then invested the money in real estate in Texas, thus […]
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Insecurity and criminal gangs involved with theft of this organization and the finances and supplies for marginal peoples is suffering up to 29 million peso losses on an annual basis. Read Article
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Crimes ranging from drug abuse to authorities; A report from the Department of Defense indicates that among the items that were found guilty there corporals, soldiers, cadets, sergeants, lieutenants, lieutenants, captains, majors and colonels. By abuse of authority, murder, extortion, rape, desertion or crimes against health, 3 000 612 soldiers have been sentenced by court […]
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Two of the agents involved in the payment of a bribe to a Spanish tourist in the province of Barranca, Lima was temporarily separated from their duties, said the colonel Juan Garcia Olivera, director of the Division of Highway Safety. He explained that according to Resolution No. 007, is superior Acuna Cesar Chavez and Navarro […]
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Is the Mexican government involved in corruption schemes? Nooooo this must be a mistake… it never happens in Latin America! According to a recent article at the NYTimes, one of the world’s most successful and respected companies, Walmart, has just been caught in a massive bribery scandal in Mexico that extends to the highest levels […]
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The office of the attorney general of Venezuela, Luisa Ortega Diaz, asked on Friday to the international police agency (Interpol) issued an arrest warrant against the Venezuelan Supreme Court exmagistrado former prosecutor and military Eladio Aponte, who was removed from office last month for allegedly taking bribes from drug trafficker Walid Makled. Aponte responded by […]
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The Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica denied on Tuesday having “paid or promised bribes” in the form of cash or property to the Government of Panama. The company was responding in a statement to the publication by the Italian press reports of new research on Valter Lavitoa the former director of the newspaper Avanti Lavitola Valter, charged […]
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Tapachula Chiapas. – The Consul of Guatemala in Tapachula, Francisco Armando Moreno said that in order to switch to the southern border, rather than proposals, family integration must exist, because there are principles that leave people and prevent misconduct and offenses in the future. In an interview, spoke of the security proposals, tourism and trade […]
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Through alleged fraudulent and counterfeit titles by registrars, notaries, agricultural and municipal officials, some 40,000 hectares of peasants displaced from the region of Montes de Maria went on to become property of private companies and wealthy individuals. The complaints of the scam which facilitated a massive sales phenomenon of abandoned land after displacing thousands of […]
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Mauricio Peña, national director of the National Traffic Agency (NTA), decided to close for a month Transit Agency of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas due to several complaints about the alleged involvement of officials working in that department with a dedicated network the fraudulent registration of stolen vehicles abroad. Peña also decided to terminate the […]
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Studies Program Coordinator City of FLACSO Ecuador, an expert on public safety, urban policy, local development and planning. At home and outside the borders, the power of criminal organizations have increased at an accelerated rate, says Fernando Carrión, researcher and expert on security issues. In his opinion, Ecuador has become an international platform for drug […]
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Sergeant: Born in Colombia but Argentine nationality. Drugs, Cocaine confiscated Friday contained in shipment of antique furniture destined for Europe. 83 Colombians have been involved in the investigation, 42 businesses providing logistics for the Colombian Narcos. Security Minister Nilda Garre revealed that among the arrested drug traffickers, is a sergeant serving in Buenos Aires the […]
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The outgoing head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces (Armed Forces), Ernesto Gonzalez, warned of the security situation facing the country. Among the main threats, Gonzalez cited the organized crime, human trafficking, insecurity, drug trafficking and the presence of rebel groups. He said we can not ignore the effects of armed conflict in […]
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Costa Rica and Guatemala today joined the list of twelve nations, including Panama and Uruguay already, who have not passed the first filter of the Global Forum on Financial Transparency, under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD .) Costa Rica and Guatemala suspended the consideration to which they subjected their peers for not […]
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The deputy of the Movement Toward Social (MAS), Galo Bonifaz, this morning presented a bill aimed at investigating the fortunes of judges, prosecutors and police, as part of the policy against corruption that is implemented in the country. Read Article
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Mexico: 2 USA soldiers were accused facilitating their services to a Mexican Cartel Sargent Samuel walker and former lieutenant Kevin Corley were detained by undercover officers when they attempted to be part of a Mexican organized crime cartel named the Zetas. Their plan was to charge the cartel members 50 thousand dollars for killing a […]
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Drug gang fell while trying to send drugs to South Africa from Ezeiza He was arrested a member of the Airport Security Police and a former member of that force. A member of the Airport Security Police (PSA) and a former member of that force were arrested along with three others on charges of creating […]
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The prosecutor investigating alleged irregularities vehicle registration in the National Transit Agency (NTA) of Santo Domingo. According to information provided by the judicial body, there are vehicles that would have legalized imported with false invoices, contracts questioned and tampering with the serial frame. On Friday afternoon, the Judicial Police along with the tax shift, Victor […]
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A trail across contaminated and sterile clay mark the passage of corruption and illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest was once the Madre de Dios, in southeastern Peru. Over tens of kilometers between the new Interoceanic Highway that links Brazil and Peru, and Manuani river, a tributary of Malinowski that marks the boundary of the […]
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The Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) reported that four soldiers assigned to this county are investigated by allegedly received bribes from organized crime. XLV controls the Military Zone in the region disclosed the information during the First Regional Meeting with Opinion Leaders 2012, performed in 22 Motorized Cavalry Regiment. Since last December, described the federal […]
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Romanian lawyer Radu Eugen Alexandru was arrested on March 09, 2012, for trying to influence the judges in a drug trafficking case. The smugglers were arrested for bringing into Constanta 160 kilos of cocaine, drugs with a street value of 10 million euros . The container came from Santa Cruz, Bolivia with final destination Western […]
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Lydia Cacho, a journalist and activist, said that in five years of research in Tijuana was found that in the Japanese mafia operated border trafficking. “When I was researching Tijuana found two areas. The first that organized crime is directly involved in the trafficking of people who come across the border are captured locally by […]
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The latest twist in the lawsuit against El Universal by Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has the original judge in the case seeking asylum. (Judge in Ecuador libel case flees country) The judge, Monica Encalada, told the press she was seeking the protection of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission after she publicly accused the judicial system […]
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The $42 million criminal libel case against Ecuador’s El Universo newspaper keeps generating controversy and asylum seekers. On Thursday, Monica Encalada, an Ecuadoran judge who reviewed the case, said she was seeking the protection of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission after exposing what she called “bald corruption” in the judicial system. During a press conference […]
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The director of the Dian, Juan Ricardo Ortega, made explosive allegations of smuggling and other irregularities within their institution. Another explosive allegations the officer has to do with the organization found that nine vehicles of the Maserati brand, “with a bargain price of 70 million each,” when in the sports car market a brand that […]
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Consistently, the media blamed Brazil to Paraguay to be the mecca of counterfeiting, piracy and smuggling. Announced with great fanfare the seizure of large quantities of electronics, drugs and cigarettes. However, do not say is that this business was initiated by the “Brazilian brothers” in Paraguay. The fierce attack on the illegality is simply because […]
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Early yesterday morning, at approximately 1:35 pm a group of 35 tourists from different nationalities on their way to Machu Picchu by land, using the Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, almost perishing to get caught in a cave-in Cocalmayo the ravine near the town of Santa Teresa. NEGLIGENCE. The fact would have happened when strangers tried […]
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Firefighters in Puerto Colombia, municipality of Greater Ottawa, provided the facilities of the station for an hour, so that producers will record the video pornographic site. The information, which is front-page headline of the local newspapers, was confirmed by Mayor Carlos Altahona, who announced he will seek the waiver of those involved in this embarrassing […]
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The death of two journalists in a week in Brazil has sounded alarms and increased concern in the government of Dilma Rousseff. The murder, last Thursday, Randolfo Mario Marques Lopes, who was kidnapped along with his girlfriend at home and whose bodies were found in a street in Barra do Pirai in the state of […]
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The interior minister, José Serrano, filed a complaint of malfeasance against the three members of the Third Criminal Court of Azuay. These judges, on February 3 gave freedom to Johnny O., 25, who was detained in Cuenca Men’s Prison. He was involved accused of raping a child of four years, the previous year. Three days […]
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The representative of the Management Unit and Implementation of Public Law (Ugedep), Pedro Delgado, made the allegation of irregularities in the treatment of a trial in which there is a financial loss to the State. Delgado explained that Edwin Argoti, Fourth Civil Judge of Pichincha, said the adverse possession of a domain owned, seized from […]
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The Minister of Interior, Hector Mauricio López Bonilla, by the Attorney General and Head of the Public Ministry (MP), Claudia Paz y Paz, reported the results of various operations conducted by agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) and Fiscal Public Ministry, which managed to capture six suspected kidnappers, including an agent of the Department […]
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he sudden building collapse kills 17 people in the Olympic City. A sewer explodes and seriously burning a couple of American tourists. Another explosion destroyed a downtown restaurant and fly through the air makes three workers. A tram is one of the main attractions for tourists is derailed, killing five people and wounding dozens. A […]
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Bogotá Comptroller Mario Solano said that the previous administration of the city during the last week of 2011 signed 4974 contracts worth of $ 582 000 708 000 000, regarding this as a lack of planning in public agencies. “Clearly the lack of planning in the execution of programming resources. This absence leads to an […]
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Argentina’s dictatorship (1976-1983) had an accessory in their plan to rob the children of opponents and give them up for adoption related families: the United States. Elliot Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State in 1982 with the Reagan Administration, said Thursday before the court that his country Argentina “was aware that children were stolen from their […]
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Deputy Minister of Finance Why is there no control on the southern border? For December, operating as part of Nicholas, reinforce the Fiscal Police presence there. In the second half of last year, established a series of measures to improve the operation. He appointed a new manager of the customs for the contest. Fiscal Police […]
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he Directorate General of Immigration warning to all employers for the use of false work permits, which have been putting the final days by foreign persons who are seeking work in the country. According to migration, these permissions consist of a sheet of paper with a purported signature and stamp of the institution, indicating a […]
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The prosecution succeeded against the custodial guardian of Sabaneta Penitentiary, Melvin Ocando (54), who was arrested on January 17 this year, when he allegedly extorted to the board of a line of taxis located in that prison in Maracaibo. Read Article
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Developments pirate, counterfeit and informal writings have been common farm and even Bogota traditional, and generally in cities of rapid urban growth. Bogota has seen increasing these actions in the last decade, in general situations seeking to extract urban rents. These phenomena in other countries are classified as “urban crime”. However, the Colombian Criminal Code […]
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The inhabitants of the area’s Spring Nelson Mandela, yesterday staged a protest against the company busy Electricaribe, which reported cost overruns on electricity bills, in addition to continuing power outages, ensuring they have led to major losses in their appliances.During the day, in which protesters burned tires and the energy meters detached from their homes, […]
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Santa Catarina, NL • The holder of the Private Secretary of the municipality of Santa Catarina, Raul War denied this afternoon that municipal police officers have been arrested Monday morning for alleged links with Baltazar Saucedo, alias “El Mataperros”, arrested the week last.In an interview, War Novelo said the arrival of military and ministerial to […]
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The National Human Rights Commission (CND) warned that more than 12 million indigenous people in our country are exposed to discrimination, abuse, maltreatment and abuse. Through the Program for Promotion of Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples, the CNDH from January to June intensified their actions. Conducted 230 activities in the states of the Republic to […]
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As soon asked by imports from China, the face of Luis Gustavo Florez gets tense. The president of the Colombian Association of Manufacturers of Footwear, Leather and Articles Thereof (Acicam) makes it clear that illegal purchases from the Asian giant is mainly responsible for employment in the sector has suffered a fall of 7.6% between […]
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he Bolivians feel that social conflict will increase in 2012, according to the results of a public survey released Monday. According to public opinion survey, 56% of respondents believe that social conflicts will increase, while only 16% expect the situation becomes more calm and to reduce social protests. In contrast, for 21% of respondents did […]
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In the center historic district of Mexico City (Hidalgo(Donceles, Regina, Alameda)there are dozens of establishments that serve as bookstores by day. However, there is an underground of bars, cheap beer, drugs, and sex for a price operating in many of these establishments after dark until dawn. Read Article
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United States today announced a joint venture of seizures of more than 327 000 articles in 66 piracy cities and in 55 of Mexico and the South Korean capital, worth more than $ 80 million. The operation “Fraud Christmas 2”, made in a period of six weeks, included raids on shops, street markets and other […]
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Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior, reported that twenty people were arrested for alleged involvement in fraudulent delivery of 674 visas to foreign citizens in the Directorate of Immigration in Guayaquil. The National Police deployed the operating dawn and morning of December 19, in various sectors of Guayaquil, in coordination with the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of […]
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The Foreign Minister of Colombia, Maria Angela Holguin said yesterday that there are drug cartels seeking to enter Bolivia. Although not detailed names, emphasized that these cartels have “enormous” economic resources. The Colombian Foreign Minister arrived in the country on Monday to meet with similar Bolivian, David Choquehuanca, to address various issues on the bilateral […]
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Judge played in the very trial sudoku Carlos Raffo The judge said Lorraine Alessi hobby resolved through the process to former Congressman Fujimori , whose final argument was postponed Judge Lorraine Alessi Janssen had no better idea to kill the time in the middle of solving a sudoku trial of former Fujimori Congressman Carlos Raffo […]
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For two decades he was detained in the U.S.. After Paris has fulfilled his sentence in prison for laundering drug money made in France from December 1988, after his overthrow by U.S. forces in December 1989. Now, former Panamanian General Manuel Antonio Noriega , is about to set foot back home. Noriega, en 1989 en […]
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The daily Argentines, Chileans and Spanish, who are obedient to corporations, celebrate the approval by the Chilean Government HidroAysen project, a new disaster led by Endesa Spain, a company controlled by ENEL Italy and its Chilean branch, and the corporation trasandina Colbún. The initial investment, not counting bribes to public officials and the press is […]
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A study by Transparency International on the degree of corruption among countries puts Ecuador in fifth place as most corrupt country in Latin America. For the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, for the study of the Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Transparency International, which measures the degree of corruption in the country, only 50 respondents have […]
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Again, Paraguay has the sad privilege of being the runner-up corruption in Latin America during the year that is ending. This was revealed by Transparency International (TI) in the latest edition of the Index of Corruption Perception (CPI). It is not the first time that our country holds this degrading position. Already in times of […]
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Chile and Uruguay are the leaders in transparency in Latin America, while Venezuela and Paraguay are perceived as the most corrupt, according to a report published yesterday by the German organization Transparency International (TI). In the 2011 edition of its traditional Index of Corruption Perception (CPI), only three of the 20 countries in Latin America […]
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Parliamentary Ethics Committee of the Peruvian Congress approved unanimously Tuesday to recommend to the plenary of the House to suspend for 120 days of its functions to second vice president and parliamentary official, Omar Chehade, for an alleged breach of the Code of Ethics of the representatives elected and the Rules of this camera, as […]
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Guatemala’s President Alvaro Colom on Tuesday authorized the extradition of former President Alfonso Portillo (2000-2004) United States, where he is accused of laundering $ 70 million (48.3 million euros) in banks in this country. In a press conference, Colom explained that his decision was motivated by his desire not to interfere in judicial decisions by […]
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The Federal Court of Buenos Aires on Friday confirmed the order processing and detention against three pilots and a lawyer for his involvement in so-called “death flights,” a strategy of extermination of opponents used in the last military dictatorship in Argentina ( 1976-1983). The expilotos Alejandro D’Agostino, Enrique José de Saint Georges and Daniel Mario […]
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Notisistema.com reported a German prosecutor is investigating the company Heckler & Koch for allegedly corrupt Mexican and German authorities for selling weapons to Mexico. This morning we were raided the offices of the arms manufacturer to check for possible corruption. This is the second investigation in one year. Read Article
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Were found yesterday in the streets of Morelia, 14 ballots apocryphal. Dicho evento ya ha sido discutido por los funcionarios electorales y partidistas de la entidad de Michoacán , descartando cualquier posible irregularidad. This event has already been discussed by partisan election officials and the institution of Michoacan , ruling out any possible irregularity. The […]
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70% of medicines sold in unauthorized warehouses would be false. Stores do not have formal providers such as pharmacies and opting to source from markets that sell adulterated or expired drugs.The head of the Executive Control of Medicines, Supplies and Drugs (DIREM) Manzanedo Gianina Cabal, reported that at least 70% of tablets that are sold […]
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The Ministry of Health maintains its secrecy and does not explain the reason for the layoffs of 110 health professionals and 90 nurses. Yesterday, the head of that Ministry, David Chiriboga, in a television interview, said that this was the result of a process of analysis at national level (see note sharing). The Forum for […]
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Excelsior published today that the owner of El Buen Tono, Cordoba, Veracruz, Jose Abella Garcia, said that three people have identified the group of arsonists who attacked the premises of the newspaper during the early hours of Sunday. In an interview in Image Group, Abella said the journalist had “a private television circuit, and the […]
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In a letter to Justice Minister Juan Carlos Esguerra, Jose Miguel Vivanco requests protection for those who have given statements against the president Alvaro Uribe.In a letter to Justice Minister Juan Carlos Esguerra, director of Human Rights Watch, José Miguel Vivanco, expressed concern about the safety of P aul Hernan Garcia and Juan Guillermo Sierra […]
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The government of the state and federal security agencies, continue with the relocation of traders work irregular kept sales of contraband into the country on rafts down the river Suchiate. In an operation took peaceful possession of federal lands bordering the river Suchiate, to prevent the transit of goods to evade taxes when entering and […]
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At the end of election day, the Attorney General received a total of 155 complaints nationwide about possible election crimes or difficult to exercise the right to vote for logistical reasons. Of these 140 were for complaints regarding the conduct of the elections, while 15 were questions about voter registration and polling place.Discriminated Public Ministry […]
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In the anti-Chinese western media like to talk about “Chinese mafia” to create a bad image of the great emerging power. Meanwhile, “pro-Chinese” (those who do good business with China) prefer to avoid that word. Yuri Doudchitzky of Zaichina, tells us not mince words how the oriental underworld does exist and is out of control […]
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There are over 80 border crossings used by traffickers. Until the end of August there were 650 drug raids. Seized 25 tons of cannabis and arrested 42 people. 90% of prison inmates Candelaria are “mules”. At that time the Paraná mirror reflects only shade, water boatmen earn sheer necessity. Rowing load hurry and fear, unable […]
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The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, announced Saturday that the investigation will resume the disappearance of Colombian brothers James and Andrew Restrepo, which occurred in 1988 after being arrested by police and whose bodies were thrown presumed in the lagoon of Yambo. The announcement was made during the weekly report to work at the premiere […]
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Ecuador plans to increase to 69,000 the number of police officers dedicated to crime prevention through 2017 as part of a process of strengthening the institution of the order, said the Ecuadorian Minister of Interior, Jose Serrano. “Nationally, in 2017, there must be 69,000 policemen Preventive Police,” Serrano told the press the point that now […]
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff wasted little time firing her top aide in May when the country’s biggest newspaper reported that he had received $4 million in unexplained income. Rousseff didn’t stop with her chief of staff. In quick succession, she let go of three other ministers publicly accused of everything from receiving kickbacks to charging […]
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Colombian attorney aims to establish whether former officials and candidates in Antioquia, Córdoba and Chocó had link with the Elmer Cárdenas Bloc of the AUC, El Espectador reports. Read Article
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A female federal police officer in Quer é taro, central Mexico, has been physically assaulted and threatened by her ex- partner , who is the federal police chief for the state. The authorities have refused to take action against him. She is at risk of further attacks, as are the women’s rights organizations that have […]
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The Peruvian government has initiated a reorganization of the police with an unexpected and radical step. In one stroke, 30 generals were sent into retirement on Sunday, including director general. While waiting for their occurrence future promotions (usually occur later this year), the staff of the institution is reduced to 26 officers of the highest […]
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