By Christian Tym
Ecuador’s Amazonian indigenous community of Sarayaku is in a state of rebellion against the central government after refusing entry to a police contingent arriving by helicopter on the morning of May 6. The helicopter landed, but was barely able to stay five minutes after being threatened by 300 people carrying machetes, muskets and a net to throw over the helicopter. “This is extremely serious, an attack on the rule of law in this country,” President Rafael Correa said. “Tomorrow, any other community could claim the right to harbour fugitives.”
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The conflict was sparked when the Kichwa jungle community announced it had given asylum to Clever Jimenez, a politician from the indigenous Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country party. Jimenez had been sentenced to 18 months’ jail for libel against Correa. Fernando Villavicencio and Carlos Figueroa were convicted on related charges.
Jimenez had been a fugitive since the sentence. Provincial Pachakutik leader Salvador Quishpe said on March 23: “We have our feelers ready to keep him safe from the grasshopper [Correa].” On April 24, Sarayaku announced the granting of asylum to Jimenez. Read Article
US diplomats confirmed on Saturday that Cuban officials have given them some information about four Florida residents who were arrested on suspicion of preparing attacks against military installations on the island. The US Interests Section in Havana issued a statement confirming the 8 May meeting with representatives of the Cuban ministry of foreign affairs. It […]
theguardian.com reported…a spate of extreme violence in Mexico’s north-eastern Tamaulipas state has ended the relative calm in the region where the country’s drug wars began. Officials say about 80 people have been killed in almost daily street battles. This week the state’s top detective, Salvador de Haro Muñoz, was among five people killed in a […]
chicagotribune.com/rueters reported…A 90-year-old Indiana man who admitted serving as a cocaine courier for a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in federal prison. Leo Sharp, a decorated World War Two combat veteran who turned 90 on Wednesday, was also sentenced to three years supervised release by Judge Nancy Edmunds in U.S. […]
bbc.com reported Colombian authorities say they have raided an office that illegally spied on rebel and government communication to try to undermine peace talks. Colombia’s Attorney General Eduardo Montealegre said the office was run by a criminal organisation that had intercepted emails from a Farc rebel negotiator and the government. He said President Juan Manuel […]
presstv.ir reported that the month of March witnessed a 10-percent increase in homicides in Mexico City where its 21 million inhabitants saw over 14-hundred murder cases. Although police forces have a strong presence in the magacity, many people think they should concentrate their efforts in the capital’s troubled areas.In addition to murders, other crimes such […]
Sarayaku Ecuador: nzherald.co.nz/AP reported an Ecuadorean indigenous leader says three critics of President Rafael Correa who sought refuge in a fiercely independent Amazon community have departed the settlement rather than imperil it. The three men former national lawmaker Clever Jimenez, and aide and a doctor were all convicted of criminally defaming Correa and sentenced to […]
gov.uk reported that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all but essential travel to the following parts of Colombia: all rural areas in Departments bordering Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador; the towns of Buenaventura in Valle de Cauca, Turbo in Antioquia, Tumaco in Nariño and Puerto Asis in Putumayo;all rural areas in the Departments […]
lex18.com reported…It sounds like a movie plot, but the wife of a Morehead volunteer firefighter says it’s all true. Her husband, Dennis Walling, remains jailed in Ecuador for unknowingly carrying a suitcase lined with cocaine. Dennis Walling said he thought he was interviewing with Atlanta based Air Serv in Ecuador in March when his suitcase […]
Scenario: Criminals are monitoring taxi service radios. When a taxi is called by a customer, the pirate taxi listening in goes to the address of the customer. The customer has no idea that it is a thief picking him up in a pirated taxi. elcomercio.com reported…A Wednesday night, Armando V. (protected name) left office, located […]
odt.co.nz reported… The shooting happened just before 4pm local time in a park near the World Cup stadium, in the city of Mendoza, where Mr Heyward was staying. He was walking with an Australian woman and a French man when he was attacked, said Security Ministry sources in Mendoza. As he grappled with the thieves […]
fusion.net reported that… All seasoned travelers understand the importance of a kindly stranger in a foreign land. No matter how careful or self-reliant you think you are, there’s always some unexpected moment in your trip when you could use a helping hand; mine came when a I got pulled from a mean-tempered undertow by a […]
dailyindependent.com reported ….What began as a promising job interview has turned into a living nightmare for a Morehead couple. Sarah Walling said her husband, Dennis “Pepper” Walling, had found an opening for a security position with AirServ International RAM. The company allegedly offered to fly Walling to Ecuador to interview for the position. “He was only […]
Apparently the non-named person whose picture is below has been attempting to scam willing individuals into giving her money over the last few years throughout Ecuador. Her basic story is that she has no funds and needs to get to Peru in order to get a new passport so she can return to South Africa. […]
BBC.com reported…Brazilian police have clashed with residents of a Rio de Janeiro shantytown that was hit by deadly protests on Tuesday. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse dozens of angry protesters from the Pavao-Pavaozinho favela. The protesters were returning from the burial of a man whose death – allegedly at the hands […]
eluniversal.com.mx reported that according to Cofepris, Jalisco is a State where there is a high marketing of illegal drugs; in the last two years here has managed to seize 96% of the products seized in the entire country. At the end of 2013, the Agency reported on a historic seizure: secured 166 tons of medicine […]
ELUNIVERSO.COM reported …sentenced to a year in prison two doctors accused of lack of attention in emergency situation French Charlotte Mazoyer, who died after being the Sixth Court of Pichincha guarantees criminal gunshot wound in an assault in Quito, in 2009. The hearing of the trial, which began last Monday, concluded last night after the […]
lex18.com reported that a volunteer fireman(Dennis Walling) from Rowan County Kentucky has been detained in Ecuador after a suitcase he was carrying was found to be lined with cocaine. Mr. Rowan’s wife, Sarah Skaggs Wal explained that her husband left for Ecuador a month ago for a job interview. His suitcase broke and the company […]
theguardian.com reported that inmates keep children inside with them fearing they will fall victim to abuse in homes on the outside. According to official figures, 1,500 Bolivian children live with a parent behind bars, but the total could be much higher – especially during school holidays when children visit incarcerated parents. Hundreds of women and […]
canal15.com reported the national police presented this afternoon to Fernando Antonio Reyes Aburto, 35 years, as the alleged perpetrator of the crime from the American Karen Colclough. Aburto Reyes, alias ‘Somazón’, has a criminal history (robbery and rape), according to authorities. The Commissioner General Glenda Zavala, head of the Directorate of legal aid said that […]
The Guardian.com reported…Medellín flaunted its makeover as it hosted UN Habitat’s World Urban Forum with tours of futuristic schools and libraries, parks and city cable cars – but some old problems remain Residents of Medellín’s poorest slums used to be suspicious of strangers. Who in their right minds would be wandering the winding steps up […]
bbc.com reported police in Argentina say they have rescued a 15-year-old girl who had been starved, beaten and kept in a garage for nine years by her foster parents. The girl weighed only 20 kilos (44 pounds), and said she had been fed only bread and water in her captivity. Her only company had been […]
bbc.com reportd that Brazil has sent thousands of federal troops to maintain order in the north-eastern state of Bahia after police there went on strike over pay. Shops and supermarkets in the state capital, Salvador, have been looted and public transport was severely reduced following attacks on some buses. The Brazilian city is due to […]
IPS reported…In Argentina, as expert on security policies Luis Somoza told IPS, the lynchings are occurring against a background of a sensation of rising crime. “They are the reflection of a society that is totally fed up with the levels of crime,” said the professor at the University Institute of the Argentine Federal Police. “People […]
freebacon.com reported that…Latin America is now the world’s most violent region but is receiving less U.S. military and financial assistance, according to a recent report and other figures. Latin America surpassed Africa as the region with the most murders per 100,000 people, according to the new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and […]
Elcomercio.com reported that trafficking in stolen artifacts from Ecuador has shown an increase in 2014. The Ecuadorian National Institute of Cultural Patrimony revealed that so far in 2014, there have been 17 reports of stolen historical items. Most of the thefts have occurred from convents, churches, and museums. MAJOR MARKETS FOR STOLEN ITEMS OF HISTORICAL […]
LATINO.FOXNEWS.COM REPORTED…Colombia’s leftist FARC guerrillas blew up a portion of the main road linking their country with neighboring Ecuador, authorities said Tuesday. The explosives were apparently hidden in a sewer pipe, Temistocles Ortega, governor of the southwestern province of Cauca, told Blu Radio, as was the case in an April 1 FARC attack at another […]
7newsbelize.com reported that police in Corozal continue to investigate the murder of American Retiree 77 year-old Dennis Frank Waltz, who was found dead inside his warehouse in Sarteneja Village. At around 5 p.m. on last week Friday, his body was discovered by residents, who realized that he was missing for at least a day and […]
Elpais.com reported…There are no current statistics – or even estimates – on the number of children and adolescents who have been sexually abused. NGOs and charitable organizations have come up with their own numbers but, because those figures differ, it is difficult to paint an accurate picture. In a recent report, British NGO Oxfam said […]
bbc.com reported a British father was shot dead and his family attacked with a machete during a robbery in the Bahamas. Police said Edgar Dart, 56, who lived in Winnipeg, Canada, was killed when the masked gang attacked his mother’s home in Emerald Bay, Grand Bahama. The attack happened at about 07:00 local time (12:00 […]
bbc.com reported that twenty-four people suspected of links to Peruvian militant group Shining Path have been arrested, the president says. President Ollanta Humala said they included the leaders of the organisation’s political arm, Movadef. Two of them are lawyers for the group’s founder Abimael Guzman, who was jailed in 1992. The Maoist group was effectively […]
globalnews.ca reported an Ontario family’s idyllic vacation in the tropics might have ended in tragedy were it not for a mix of luck and knowing how to keep calm in a crisis. Jonathan and Heather Hubble, along with their 11-month-old daughter, travelled to Barbados in early March. Jonathan, making his way downstairs from the other […]
dailymail.co.uk reported a British oil worker has been shot dead in an attempted carjacking in Brazil. Scot Peter Campsie, 48, was killed by two gunmen in Rio de Janeiro as he returned home to his family following a business meeting. The operations manager for Diamond Offshore Drilling International was shot twice as he tried to […]
dailymail.co.uk reported that Drug mule Melissa Reid is set to be sent back to Scotland to serve her sentence for cocaine smuggling. In a shock development, the Peruvian government has just written to the Scottish authorities seeking clearance to let the 20-year-old complete her seven year jail term in her home country. And Scotland’s justice […]
ccffaa.mil.ec reported that the armed forces, through the operational command no. 2 “MARITIMO” in coordination with the National Directorate of water spaces, in an operation executed by the command of Coast Guard and intelligence military joint command, this Wednesday, April 02, approximately at 11 h 30, was captured a semi-submersible of approximately 15 metres in […]
ansa.it reported that authorities seized 215 kilos of “extremely” pure cocaine at the port of Gioia Tauro, Italy. The cocaine was located in hidden bags that were hidden in a banana shipment aboard a container ship from Ecuador. estimated street value of the booty is 43 million euros. The find was a result of cross-checking […]
chron.com AP reported that a top leader of the Knights Templar drug cartel was killed Monday in a clash with Mexican marines, officials said. The officials said Enrique Plancarte died in the central state of Queretaro, but they wouldn’t give other details. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to […]
forbes.com reported that in March, Michoacan, Mexico, continued to witness activity related to organized crime and the heavily armed citizen militias who have risen up to confront the gunmen from the state’s Caballeros Templarios cartel. In addition to experiencing severe security problems in many rural areas, Michoacan has also seen attacks against electricity infrastructure, trucks […]
bloombergview.com reported ….Why does Mexico, the biggest lime producer, also have the world’s most expensive limes? Ask the country’s crime bosses. Mexico’s mobsters are squeezing lime growers and no one seems to be doing anything about it. The racket goes like this: criminals in lime growing states block roads and extort a fee for every […]
infosurhoy.com reported that Ecuador is Using satellite tracking, authorities supervise the transportation of controlled substances to avoid having them fall into drug traffickers’ hands. With the aim of preventing the diversion of precursor chemicals, which can be used to manufacture illegal drugs, Ecuador is installing a monitoring system that tracks these substances from the moment […]
WESH.COM reported that a suspected promoter of international sex tourism involving under age South American girls appeared in court today in Orlando. An undervover Brevard County detective says the suspect ran a craigslist ad and said he specializes in taboo. The judge decided to issue bond and whether there is probably cause to prosecute him. […]
thetuardian.com reported that Brazilian authorities are poised to send the army into the slums of Rio de Janeiro less than three months before the World Cup. The move follows attacks on police that have resulted in the most tense standoff for years in the favelas. The Rio state governor, Sérgio Cabral, has requested the reinforcements […]
theguardian.com reported that the Ecuadorian lawyer representing small farmers trying to force Chevron to pay damages for pollution in the Amazon rainforest says he has received death threats. “People are constantly following us in Ecuador,” said lawyer Juan Pablo Saenz, who told the Guardian he has received two anonymous death threats by phone. “They said […]
AFP reported that an Ecuadoran lawmaker has been sentenced in absentia to 18 months in prison for slandering President Rafael Correa, with the judge issuing a warrant for his arrest. Opposition member Clever Jimenez was ruled to have defamed Correa by filing charges against the leader in June 2011 for crimes against humanity, stemming from […]
elespectador.com reported that the finding of remains on the beach and two homes that dismemberment would be revived the alarms in the port. Government requests more foot force, while advocacy does not believe in this solution. afting The beaches of Buenaventura, famous for being the main place of landing of products imported into Colombia, became […]
Miamiherald.com Juan said he had participated in five kidnappings — including one that went fatally wrong. But he said his gang, which has about 15 members, has kidnapped scores of people. “First we pick the person, like the owner of a bakery or a business owner, and then we follow him for two to three […]
insightcrime.org reported that more than 2,000 working-class families in an Ecuador slum were tricked into buying small plots of land that were never for sale, in an example of a regional crime that strongly affects rural areas but can also have a major impact in cities. During the past few years, the already crowded Pacific […]
Washingtonpost.com/AP reported that the Mexican government has chosen the man who runs its national security council to be the new chief of federal police two days after the previous official resigned. Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said Tuesday that Monte Alejandro Rubido is replacing Manuel Mondragon as the head of the National Security Commission. […]
csmonitor.com reported that there were 8,042 cases of extortion reported in Mexico in 2013, up from 7,272 a year earlier, according to statistics from Mexico’s federal government. In the State of Mexico, which features numerous poor Mexico City suburbs, there were 1,668 reported cases, a 58 percent increase from 2012. Data from January indicates the […]
bbc.com reported that…Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo (2000-2004) has told a court in New York he accepted $2.5m (£1.5m) in bribes from Taiwan. Portillo pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to launder money and agreed not to appeal against any prison sentence between four and six years. He said he had taken the money […]
theguardian.com reported that police detain alleged cartel member on suspicion of kidnapping people, including children, and harvesting their organs. Carlos Castellanos Becerra, Michoacan’s public safety secretary, alleged that Manuel Plancarte Gaspar was part of a cartel ring that would target people with certain characteristics, especially children, for kidnapping and harvesting organs. He did not give […]
elcomercio.com reported that since 20 January last until yesterday, the police National Directorate for offences against life, disappearance, extortion and abduction of persons (Dinased) met 105 violent deaths. These cases correspond to crimes reported between 2011 and 2014. Thus concerns it a report that uniformed dependency that agreed this diary. As part of the investigations, […]
Diversification of Knights Templar cartel latest sign of drug syndicates’ expanding criminal portfolios. The pseudo-religious Knights Templar drug cartel in western Mexico has diversified to the point that drug trafficking doesn’t rank among its top sources of income, according to the Mexican government’s special envoy to Michoacán. The cartel counts illegal mining, logging and extortion […]
ON March 14, 2014, while asleep in bed, an expat was awaken at 4:45 AM after her dog alerted her to activity outside the home and flashlights were seen through the bedroom window. The expat and companion began yelling which scared off the intruders. A friend who spoke Spanish called the police who said they […]
fox17online.com reported that a 21-year-old Michigan State University student is coming forward with her horrific story to warn people about safety measures while they’re on spring break. The student, who has asked to remain anonymous, told WJBK that she was abducted and raped while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, which is in the […]
World Bank directors will be urged by Honduran peasant leaders and civil society groups to withdraw support for a major palm oil company accused of links to killings, kidnapping and the forced eviction of small farmers. The bank’s European directors, meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, will be handed a report by Human Rights Watch, published […]
Three people have died in fresh protests in Venezuela, this time in the central city of Valencia. A policeman and two other men were shot dead in separate incidents. In Caracas, Venezuelan government supporters and opposition demonstrators took to the streets to hold rival marches. The marches mark one month since the current protest movement […]
bbc.com reported that Brazilian online activists are threatening to disrupt the 2014 Fifa World Cup, it has been reported. A group that affiliated itself to the loose collective known as Anonymous said it would target official websites. There have been major protests in Brazil against what some have said is an overly extravagant outlay. Read […]
theguardian.com reported that aay of clashes in San Cristóbal between government troops, militias and demonstrators culminates in killing. A Venezuelan student leader was fatally shot on Monday night in the western university city of San Cristóbal after a long day of street clashes in which security forces attacked and dismantled barricades at key intersections. Daniel […]
theguardian.com reported that witnesses claim founder of anti-drug cartel movement was part of group that killed two men whose bodies were set ablaze. The leader of a civilian “self-defence” group in Mexico has been arrested for allegedly participating in the killings of two men, according to authorities. Prosecutors say Hipólito Mora was detained on Tuesday […]
Former Florida resident arrested for attempted sex trafficking ICE.GOV reported…(press release) ORLANDO, Fla. – A former Florida resident was arrested Friday for attempted sex trafficking. The arrest resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. Patrick R. Minga, 50, formerly of […]
winknews.com reported that a former Cape Coral resident is accused of bringing an individual to Florida from Ecuador to have sex with minor girls for his own financial gain. If convicted, 50-year-old Patrick Minga faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. According to the criminal complaint, Minga advertised, on Craigslist, a sex […]
These are two graphic videos of an assault(Same event-different angles) by armed assailants on a Quito bus. SAFETY AND SECURITY INFORMATION ECUADOR – READ THIS BOOK
63,000 counterfeit dollars found in mail A package containing counterfeit 63,000 dollars was discovered in a parcel that was to be sent by a company of post in Cuenca, Azuay. Read Article
http://www.mexidata.info / By Eve Pearce In Mexico, the power of the drug cartels is absolute. No level of society or the political establishment is untouched by them; but it is the poor, the powerless and those without a voice who suffer most. Over the past seven years, the US-supported offensive against organized crime has resulted […]
kens5.com reported that both law enforcement and locals expect bloodshed as new leadership assumes control of the Sinaloa cartel. “I guess there’s going to be a lot more heads that are going to roll,” said Reza, who walked back across the bridge to El Paso. Border residents fear a spike in violence after Mexican forces […]
bostonherald.com reported that the humiliating takedown of fugitive Mexican drug cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman — busted shirtless in a seaside hotel room and marched before the media as he was whisked away to jail after more than a decade on the run — is a major moral victory but will do little to […]
qz.com reported that If all goes well, drillers responsible for a shale-oil bonanza in Texas will soon cross the southern US border and extend the hydraulic fracturing boom to Mexico. But first the Mexican government, foreign oil companies or some combination of the two will have to neutralize some of the most savage gangsters in […]
examiner.com reported that on Sunday, the FBI, along with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Manuel Samano-Santoyo, 42, at his residence in Chicago. Samano-Santoyo and three other illegal aliens kidnapped a businessman in Paxton, Ill., in December, according to police. He is the last of the four suspects to be taken into custody, and […]
sbs.com.au/aap reported court’s decision to hold three men for trial for the attempted theft of two bananas is drawing surprise and ridicule from lawyers in Nicaragua.The bananas stolen are valued at 32 cents. The trial is expected to cost at least $US600. ($A667)….. Read Article
newschannel15.com reported that a Kentucky family is living a nightmare as they wait for any word about their loved one missing in Mexico. They are only holding on to hope that he’s alive. It has been 25 days since the family of James Stacy has heard anything about his whereabouts, and even then it was […]
ibtimes.com reported that since 2006, more than 26,000 people have gone missing, and recent reports suggest the crime is on the rise. But now the phenomenon has spread further, to encompass the canine pets of that same well-heeled demographic. Dognappings have been escalating since 2010. Protectores Independientes por la Defensa Animal (Independent Protectors for Animal […]
ECUAVISA.COM REPORTED….In the past three years has arrested nine Mexicans on various operating drug. At last, occurred on Monday, we stopped to get almost a ton of cocaine to Mexico. In the formulation of charges hearing, pre-trial detention against the four detainees was issued. 43 Sacks of jute with cocaine hydrochloride were the main evidence […]
news.msn.co.nz reported…Quito Ecuador: A convicted rapist, Segundo Federico has been detained and allegedly has raped 30 new victims. The suspect lured mostly young women in their 20’s under the pretense of helping them find employment. The victims were sexually abused in remote areas. The convict served a previous eleven year sentence for rape. Authorities located […]
eleconomista.com.mx /AP reported that Washington-United States included Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay among the 11 countries where they operate markets in piracy and smuggling affecting the U.S. economy. In its report on the main violations on the planet to intellectual property, the U.S. Trade Office (USTR for its acronym in English) stressed that the […]
Eluniverso.com reported that the U.S. Trade Office (USTR for its acronym in English) denounced the abundant marketing of counterfeit clothing, DVDs, CDs and computer programs on the market the Bay of Guayaquil, in Ecuador. The USTR included Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay among the 11 countries where they operate markets in piracy and smuggling […]
larepublica.pe reported that Police sources revealed that the intelligence team led by Captain Ana Sánchez Ponce, suffered no casualties. Its 14 members prevented the intruders will suffer from at least 50 thousand suns. “The girls took the risk. They were able to act decisively in the crucial moments… “, said an officer of the Sub […]
INTERPOL reported that Cooperation between Ecuador and INTERPOL’s global law enforcement network topped the agenda during a meeting today between the Deputy Minister of Interior of Ecuador, Javier Felipe Córdoba Unda and INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble. The visit by the Ecuadorian delegation to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters covered a range of issues relating […]
elcomercio.com reported that it was a measure unexpected. Between Thursday past and yesterday, the Ministry of Interior reopened 38 units of community police (UPC) in various popular sectors of Quito. These are part of the 62 complexes that were shut down since last August. In this period, some units were abandoned and became places for […]
iipa.com reported: Special 301 Recommendation: IIPA recommends that USTR retain Ecuador on the Wa tch List in 2014. 1 Executive Summary: In December 2013, the National Assembly of Ecuador adopted amendments to the criminal code that decriminalize all intellectual property rights (IPR) violations, by eliminating Cha pter III, “Offenses and Penalties” (Sections 319 to 331), […]
Eluniverso.com reported that family and colleagues of Carolina Garzon Ardila, a Colombian student disappeared in strange circumstances in Quito (Ecuador) two years ago, demonstrated today in a small square of Bogotá to ask the authorities that do not forget the case. “From the first moment she disappeared we fought here in Colombia, as in Quito, […]
El Universo.com reported that authorities have detained a Chinese national in Buena Fe in Los Rios Ecuador. He was traveling in a bus with $50,000 in cash and $21,000 in checks. No further information was provided.
presstv.ir reported that Brazilian police have clashed with hundreds of people protesting against the rise in public transportation fares in Rio de Janeiro. On Thursday, police and protesters violently clashed in the city’s main train station. The protest came after the mayor of Rio announced a ten percent rise in bus fares from February 8. […]
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insightcrime.org reported that prosecutors in Ecuador are investigating a wave of extortions believed to have been carried out by the same criminal group, raising the question of what effect the growing presence of transnational organized crime will have on local criminal activities. Between September and December of 2013, Quito authorities received 75 reports of extortion […]
According to the Washington Post/AP Kenneth R. McVicker III pleaded guilty in Federal Court(Oregon) for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors. Federal prosecutors charged he molested at least eight boys between the ages of 5 and 12. The children were abused and photographed. The pictures were distributed. Ecuadorian authorities found hundreds of thousands of […]
A federal agent disguised in a gorilla suit and placed in a cage helped nab Mexican zoo officials who were attempting to smuggle primates to their homeland, a prosecutor said Tuesday. The Mexicans, including Victor Bernal, 57, the director of zoos and parks for the interior state of Mexico, were shown real gorillas, orangutans and […]
Mercopress reported that only four weeks away from the World Cup and in a climate of growing social unrest Brazil police unions are threatening the government of President Dilma Rousseff with a national strike. For Rousseff it also means an additional challenge since on February 10 the ruling Workers Party will be launching her re-election […]
02/04/2014 PORTLAND, Ore. ice.gov/ — A former Maryland resident who moved to Ecuador where he sexually abused young boys and produced child pornography was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in federal prison. Kenneth Robert McVicker III, 50, pleaded guilty in October 2013 to traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors, […]
N.Y. Times reported that Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world, but the country’s idyllic Bay Islands have long been considered a safe haven, largely immune from the drug-fueled violence that has plagued the Honduran mainland. However, a string of recent crimes on Roatán, the largest of the Bay Islands, has prompted outrage, […]
The Mexican mafia have now spread their killing tentacles across the world to the Philippines as local Manila Police claim that they are behind a murder plot to kill rival Canadian drug lords operating in an international drugs ring. Police in the Philippines say they have intelligence about a plot by a Mexican cartel to […]
bbc.coluk reported that police in the United States have arrested former Ecuadorean police commander Edgar Vaca, who is accused of human rights abuses. The interior minister in Quito issued a statement saying that the retired general was arrested in Washington and will be extradited to Ecuador. Mr Vaca and nine other officers have been accused […]
rt.com reported that Honduras lawmakers have passed legislation authorizing the country’s Air Force to shoot down aircraft suspected of carrying drugs in an effort to curb the cocaine trafficking through the country to the US. The bill proposes banning flights 6 pm to 6 am in Honduras’s airspace, especially if traveling at 5,500 meters and […]
jiji press reported thatEcuadorean prosecutors said Tuesday they had captured seven members of a gang of kidnappers in a series of raids during the investigation of the fatal shooting of a Japanese couple last month. Tetsuo Hitomi and his wife were shot after hailing a taxi on Dec. 28. The husband died while his wife […]
elcomercio.com reported that according to the Ministry of the Interior, Ecuador fell in the past three years 8 points the homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants. In 2010 was 18.2 and last year stood at 10.8. The Government described as “historic” the reduction what were the strategies that have been adopted to reduce violence? Daniel Pontón, […]
lahora.com.ec reported that an average of five workers per month, mostly trade unionists, were murdered in Venezuela during 2013, according to a report released Monday by the NGO Venezuelan Observatory of Social conflict (SVCO), which accounted for 59 violent deaths of employees and Union members last year. “In this period were 59 murders of workers […]
Lahora.com.ec reported the following regarding sexual assaults in Ecuador: 1. 24 out of 100 women sexually assaulted were victims of a family member. 2. 19 percent of the sexual attacks were committed by unknown individuals. 3. 16 percent of sexual attacks were committed by a friend. 4. 15 percent of sexual attacks were committed by […]
Interpol reported…Two organized crime networks involved in fuel smuggling across Peru and Ecuador have been dismantled following an INTERPOL-coordinated operation targeting illicit trade and counterfeiting. More than 60 interventions were carried out as part of Operation Alisuyo, targeting the criminal gangs known as ‘culebras’ or ‘snakes’ because of the way they move across borders. One […]