NBC investigative journalist Jonathan Dienst reacted skeptically to Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D., N.J.) statement denying new allegations that he interceded inappropriately on behalf of two foreign nationals Thursday on Rachel Maddow. Dienst reported earlier today the FBI is looking into whether Menendez took campaign donations from American relatives of two Ecuadorian bankers in exchange for […]
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telegrafo.com.ec reported that aAfter a process of research, the health portfolio next to the Fiscalía closed this company that has its facilities in the North of the city of Quito. The company Adipharm Express S.A., responsible for storing pharmaceuticals, was closed yesterday to keep in their cellars medicines expired from 2012 and others without registration. […]
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thehill.com reported that NBC 4 New York reported Thursday that the bureau is probing whether the chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations committee pressured the Obama administration to keep brothers William and Roberto Isaias from being expelled back home, where they’re wanted for embezzlement. A spokeswoman for Menendez called the allegations “outlandish.” ADVERTISEMENT – […]
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Mexican president Enrique Pena-Nieto has denied that his administration allowed self-defence groups grow under his watch, insisting that Mexican security forces remain in control of the drug-infested state of Michoacan. The Mexican president denied that vigilantes had “in no way” been allowed to take control of Michoacan during a layover in Canada ahead of his […]
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latino.foxnews.com reported….More than six months after an Oklahoma teenager disappeared while hiking on a family trip in Ecuador, relatives and friends are still holding out hope that he will be found alive and say they are grateful for the support the Ecuadoran government has provided….Authorities in Ecuador believe the teen, who is from Oklahoma City […]
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laht.com reported that authorities on Thursday rescued 17 people who had been held at a clandestine clinic where patients were subjected to electroshock and even rape, the Ecuadorian Attorney General’s Office said. Among the people freed is a minor, who said that he “was tortured with electricity to ‘heal’ his behavior problem,” the AG’s office […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that the confiscation of 74 kilos of cocaine and the arrest of five people, including a priest, was the result of the anti-drug operation called transporter, held in Ibarra, which included raids and seizures in other four cities in the country. READ THIS BOOK FOR AN INSIDE LOOK AT ECUADOR’S CULTURE The police […]
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caribbean360.com reported that Florida-based maritime lawyer Jim Walker believes that Nassau may be “one gunshot away” from seeing cruise lines drop it from their cruising itineraries. Walker, partner at Walker & O’Neil, a Miami law firm that represents passengers and crew members injured or assaulted on cruise ships around the world, said he saw The […]
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dailymail.co.uk reported that a 28-year-old British woman who was on holiday in the Jamaican resort of Montego Bay was shot dead in a taxi in which she was travelling with her seven-year-old daughter, the Foreign Office has confirmed. The victim, Melanie Rose Clarke, was killed as she sat in the front seat of the taxi […]
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nzherald.co.nz/AP reported that aA 62-year-old British tourist has been killed aboard a boat near the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia, according to police. Authorities identified the man as Roger Pratt and said his wife was injured during the attack late Friday. Police did not say how the killing occurred, and it is unclear whether […]
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wdef.com/AP reported that Brazil’s federal police said Saturday that a bomb threat forced a passenger airliner to make an unplanned landing in the Amazon city of Manaus. Federal police in Manaus said a TAM Airlines flight took off from Brasilia Saturday morning and was en route to the city of Boa Vista. Read Article
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JIJI Press reported that ten members of a criminal group have been detained in Ecuador on suspicion of involvement in the December shooting of a Japanese couple, Ecuador’s interior minister Jose Serrano said on Twitter on Wednesday. The minister said Ecuadorian authorities are currently examining seized guns and mobile phones. The couple was on a […]
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vancouversun.com reported that police in the Philippines believe Vancouver gangster James Riach was working directly with a Mexican cartel when he set up a major drug operation in Manila last year. Rommell Vallejo, chief of the Anti-Organized and Transnational Crime Division of the National Bureau of Investigation, said Riach and three other Canadians have been […]
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ElComercio.com reported….They offered invitation letters, certificates of false identity and other documents. Therefore, the criminal organization charged them up to USD 1 500 to those affected so that could travel to the United States and Europe. Thus ended the unity of organized crime and transnational of the prosecution, after investigating a criminal network that was […]
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Washingtonpost.com/AP reported An opposition politician says electronic documents stolen from her email are being used by government media in a smear campaign in what could be the first case of a public figure’s digital privacy being violated for political ends in Ecuador. Martha Roldos, a former presidential candidate, told The Associated Press that she believes […]
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On January 12, 2014, in La Milina Salinas Ecuador a retired couple from the U.K. found themselves victimized by two gun wielding men in their 30’s. According to one of the victims, the incident happened when she was preparing dinner at 5:00 pm. Her husband was on the front patio when the two assailants pointed […]
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news.yahoo.com reported: 1. Yeudi Estrada Carrero died january 1, 20114, after being arrested by Mexican police for disorderly conduct in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. 2. The attorney general of Quintana Roo stated that the American passed away while inside a police patrol truck while officers were restraining him. 3. The AG stated that Mr. Yeudi […]
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theglobeandmail.com reported that on Dec. 27, a body with no identification was found in Guatemala, about 15 minutes from the border. Dinsdale Thompson, superintendent of police in Benque Viejo, a town on the border with Guatemala, says investigators took photos of the body before it was buried in Santa Helena. “We contacted our Guatemalan counterparts, […]
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Two men who worked as clowns named “Pistachon” and “Freski Star” in western Mexico have been arrested in connection with an alleged kidnapping, AFP reports according to authorities. The two suspects, 21 and 22 years old, were detained along with two associates on Tuesday as they tried to collect a second payment from the family […]
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Elcomercio.com reported … In the morgue of the Judicial Police of the Guayas, in the North of Guayaquil, remained until noon on Monday, December 30, the body of a Japanese tourist, who would have been the victim of a presumed Express kidnapping. The foreigner was found dead, with a bullet impact, on the sidewalk of […]
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elcomercio.com reported…Dawn on this Wednesday, January 1 was the first violent death of the year in the Azuay capital. Turuhuayco streets and the worker was found the corpse of the University student, Jorge V, 21 years. The body was found down near a puppetmouth. He received a stab wound in his chest. The fact, which […]
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Today, Hezbollah is the most powerful political movement in Lebanon — and its influence stretches all the way to Maicao. Each year, millions of dollars of drug money are laundered in Maicao, where some community members openly proclaim their support for Hezbollah. Recent U.S. Treasury Department actions have slowed the flow of cash to terrorist […]
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Reuters.com reported that – Bolivia on Wednesday accused the United States of helping a New York businessman escape from the South American country where he had spent 18 months in prison and was under house arrest for alleged money laundering. Interior Minister Carlos Romero said Washington orchestrated a clandestine operation that spirited Jacob Ostreicher, 54, […]
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Elcomercio.com.ec reported a this time of Christmas and new year is when the risk is increased. Suspects take advantage of they are not owners or an oversight during a family reunion to perpetrate theft or assault on houses. According to the statistics of the Observatory Metropolitan de Seguridad Ciudadana (CSOM), robbery with assault real estate […]
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thefrontierpost.com reported that Ecuadoran authorities ordered a policeman accused of involvement in a failed 2010 coup bid against President Rafael Correa to be held pending investigation. Prosecutor Franz Valverde in Quito ordered the detention of the officer, whose name was not disclosed. The officer faces a charge of attempting to kill the president; if convicted […]
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sfgate.com reported in the last five years, “credible fear” applications at the border have increased sevenfold, from just under 5,000 to more than 36,000, driven largely by an influx from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Advocates for the immigrants say the surge can be traced to worsening gang and drug violence in Central America. Others […]
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mercurynews.com (AP) reported that little is being revealed about Jacob Ostreicher’s flight from house arrest in Bolivia and into the care of actor-activist Sean Penn. The New York businessman arrived in the U.S. on Monday after an ordeal that began more than two years ago when he was detained as part of a money laundering […]
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theguardian.com reported Michaela McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid have been sentenced to six years and eight months in jail on drug trafficking charges. The pair’s lawyer says the two women, who pleaded guilty to the charges, are not appealing the ruling. The 20-year-olds were stopped at Lima airport in August with £1.5m of cocaine in […]
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One month and 23 days ago, Stephanie Molina Amanda Almeida, 20, was shot during the abduction suffered express out of the University of Guayaquil and has since struggled to recover. It was first brought to the clinic Kennedy Guayaquil and then transferred to hospital Guayaquil for economic reasons. At the last home health, according to […]
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lahora.com.ec reported thatetween 2011 and 2013, the Office registered 17,550 nationally reported missing in the country. The provinces that recorded the most cases with 5,656 Pichincha, Guayas to 5,619, with 1,239 and Azuay. While that fewer cases are recorded Galapagos 6, Zamora Chinchipe 33, Napo 51 and Santa Elena 79. Learn inside cultural aspects of […]
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dailymessenger.com.pk reported that Ecuador’s Interior Minister Jose Serrano says 55 inmates have escaped from an overcrowded jail in Ecuador with the ‘express participation’ of prison guards. The jailbreak took place on Sunday at the detention facility in the capital Quito and 20 escapees were quickly recaptured, authorities said. Serrano accused a senior prison official of […]
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eltiempo.com.ec reported that the biggest problem is the presence of criminals, who take advantage of the disorder which reigns in the street Mariano cave to commit their misdeeds. Something similar happens in the Gaspar Sangurima Street, opposite the square Rotary, where the miscreants are spying on citizens waiting buses at the stop to arranchar them […]
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eldiario.ec reported that according to police passengers of a bus of the cooperative Vuelta Larga were assaulted in the via Manta-Portoviejo, on Friday night. The unit was circulating Duragas when the anti socials assaulted passengers. According to police, four men took bags, documents, clothing, money in cash and cellular phones. Read Article GET THE INSIDE […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that in May 2007, President Rafael Correa announced the first emergence of the prison system. He has promised to implement a genuine policy of social rehabilitation. The complaints then were the same as previous years: bribery, illicit income of weapons, drugs and cell phones, supposed mistreatments, fights, deaths, leaks, overcrowding and mafia that […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Around of 1,000 inmates have been diagnosed with problems of addictions in the new prison in Guayaquil, so it will be attended by doctors from the Ministry of public health, since these competences were transferred by the Ministry of Justice. If you are looking for a deeper cultural look at life in […]
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The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, announced Saturday that police officers who improperly handled the investigation of cases of missing persons will be dismissed and criminally prosecuted for corruption. “Police who ask for twenty cents for a phone call, will be immediately separated from the institution, and if possible criminal trial for corruption.” This is […]
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eturbonews.com reported that in Tortuguero Costa Rica, a tourist boat carrying from 30 to 40 foreign tourists was assaulted by gunmen from a speed boat. The tourists were on their way to a hotel in Tortuguero when four armed from the speedboat. The assailants removed from the passengers cash and passports. Foreigners included Americans, Europeans, […]
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ETURBONEWS.COM reported Jacó Costa Rica – On December 10th, 2013, a Russian tourist with the last name of Grigorenco was shot and killed after having only been in Costa Rica for two days. The incident happened at about 9:30 am when Mr. Grigorenco apparently was having a mental health incident. He began to throw items […]
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cnbc.com reported that Eric Bartoli, the accused mastermind of a $65 million scam featured on “American Greed: The Fugitives,” has been apprehended by authorities in Lima, Peru, after 10 years on the run. The former securities broker is on the FBI’s most wanted list for his alleged involvement in a Ponzi scheme. Read Article
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insightcrime.org reported that the prison population in Ecuador has risen dramatically in the past four years, a phenomenon tied to the overuse of preventive detention, but also likely linked to the country’s ever-growing importance as a drug transit nation. In October 2007, the country registered 19,500 prisoners, which the country’s prosecutor general called a “record […]
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Reuters reported that a mother has confessed to strangling her newborn baby and tossing the body in a dumpster in a suburb north of New York City, police said on Wednesday. Maria Oliva Guaman-Guaman, 23, was arraigned on Tuesday on a second-degree murder charge, said Paul Modica, police chief in Spring Valley, New York, a […]
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elcomericio.com.ec reported that Surveillance cameras are now installed in 42,100 taxis and buses in Quito, Esmeraldas, Riobamba, Guayaquil, Santa Elena, Cuenca, Santo Domingo, Manta, Portoviejo, Latacunga, Machala, Ibarra, Ambato, Quevedo, Babahoyo and Azogues. In 2014 cameras will be installed in Loja, Carchi, Nueva Loja, Orellana, Pastaza, Morona and Zamora. The safety kits are now in […]
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globaltimes.cn reported that at least eight people have been killed during violence in 17 provinces of Argentina, sparked by a police strike that began six days ago, local media reported on Tuesday. More than 150 people have been injured, some seriously, and about 300 people have been arrested for looting and vandalism, reports said. Riots […]
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theguardian.com reported that officials and campaigners fear explosion in child prostitution amid rising demand from football fans. Despite more than a decade of government pledges to eradicate child prostitution, the number of child sex workers in Brazil stood at about half a million in 2012, according to the National Forum for the Prevention of Child […]
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elpais.com reported, Argentina returned to live in the early hours of Sunday to another night of looting Monday, with dead in the province of Entre Rios and 25 people injured in the middle of the passivity of the police. On Tuesday it came to pass in the municipality of Cordoba. And on Sunday occurred in […]
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Inhabitants of Tarqui parish Center are concerned about constant theft of livestock and robberies that are victims. This has generated an atmosphere of insecurity which are intensified by the lack of a police detachment. Read Article THINKING OF LIVING IN ECUADOR? READ THIS BOOK
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Eluniverso.com reported that One million fake dollars was seized yesterday during a raid by the armed forces in the Metropolitan District of Quito. In a statement, the Joint Command of the Armed Forces said at 14:15 yesterday, on the street and Avenida Juan León Mera country, members of the Department of Arms Control, in coordination […]
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NYTIMES.COM reported that Officials have been lauded for reclaiming lawless areas from drug traffickers in various favelas across a sprawling metropolitan area with 11.8 million residents. But the image of a city on the mend has been undermined by the actions of its own security forces, particularly the spreading militias composed largely of active-duty and […]
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Trome.pe reported that there are about 200 000 informal or pirate taxis in Lima and Callao. “December is the hardest month security. The criminal activities are increasing and more and more fierce: use knife and decided to go around. Lurking near galleries and shopping malls, waiting for his victim up alone, especially if you are […]
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presstv.ir reported that Mexican authorities have recovered a total of 64 bodies in mass graves, many of whom are said to have been tortured, in the western state of Jalisco. The bodies were found in 35 graves in the town of La Barca, authorities said Monday as they concluded an investigation into alleged victims of […]
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foxnews.com reported…Stolen radioactive material that was reported missing in Mexico early Wednesday has been recovered and there’s no risk to the surrounding population, a Mexico official said. The highly radioactive material was found in an empty lot about a half a mile from Hueypoxtla, an agricultural town of about 4,000 people, but it poses no […]
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Conditions precarious and unhealthy, meat traders operated cattle in camalès clandestine in the cantons Baba and Vinces of Los Rios province. Authorities of Agrocalidad gave with them during an operation. The ticket machines cut the meat on the floor near other animals and together with the mud. According to Jorge Chagerben, owner of a tercena, […]
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Huffington Post – AP -A Mexican official announced that a stolen container carrying radioactive material was found empty, the Associated Press reports on Wednesday evening. Read Article
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Macon.com reported — A cargo truck hauling extremely dangerous radioactive material from used medical equipment was stolen from a gas station in Mexico, and authorities put out an alert in six central states and the capital to find it, Mexican officials said Wednesday. The truck was carrying a metal container of cobalt-60 headed to a […]
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Video explaining about events in Loja on July 23, 2012. Subsequently Blanca Nimia Calva, age 50 from Quito was detained and avows her innocence. She was a social worker at a hospital in Quito. This video is a compilation of reports about the robbery and Blanca and efforts of her family and supporters to seek […]
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ecuavisa.com reported that Russian tourists who were attacked by suspected members of a community inPastaza recovered part of their belongings. The police acted as the mediator of this installment. Inhabitants of the community of Lipuno, located in the jungle of Pastaza, decided to voluntarily return the things that would have taken the couple on November […]
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dw.de reported…Not many experts in Mexico are willing or brave enough to discuss the country’s recently amended anti-money laundering laws, designed to hamper the drug cartels from trying to legitimize their ill-gotten gains. Banned transactions, in national or international currencies, include the sale of real estate or property valued at more than 520,000 pesos ($40,000). […]
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csmonitor.com reported that more than 500 people have been rescued in Ecuador this year from 20 clinics that physically and psychologically abused patients in the name of ‘treating’ drug addiction, alcoholism, and homosexuality. Electric shocks and beatings are among the documented “treatments,” and two people died at clinics last year. Dozens of people in Ecuador […]
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plenglish.com reported..Venezuelan authorities reported actions that were taken today against two aircraft that violated national airspace, as part of ensuring the country’s territorial integrity. General Vladimir Padrino, chief of the Operational Strategic Command of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (CEOFAMB), said the first aircraft was detected on November 30 and monitored as it flew over […]
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lanacion.cl reported that legislator DC Matias Walker entered the Chamber of Deputies a draft law that seeks to punish clearly express kidnapping, considering that it is currently treated as robbery with intimidation. As designated by the Falangist Deputy, the current provision prevents the possibility of knowing exactly how many acts of this nature occur in […]
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Young girls are lured by the possibility of working and or kidnapped in Lima, Cusco, or Puno. Held captive and forced to work as prostitutes. There documents are often taken from them. elcomercio.pe reported that what happened to the two girls is a practice used to attract teenagers to work in bars and nightclubs in […]
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The Spanish Civil Guard dismantled a network dedicated to introduce cocaine into Spain and elsewhere in Europe from South America, in an operation in which were arrested 43 people and seized more than 62 kilos of this drug and more than USD 1.2 million fake. As reported today by the General Directorate of the Civil […]
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Elcomercio.com has identified at least 76 areas in Quito where micro trafficking or retail sales of illicit drugs are being carried out. Key Neighborhoods San Roque – at least 37 marijuana vendors Casco Colonial La Mariscal – nine murders reported so far in 2013 San Roque is a neighborhood nestled in the foothills of the […]
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Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group on Sunday released agronomist engineer Leon Andres Montes Ceballos who was kidnapped on July 30, 2012, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed in a statement. The 33-year-old engineer was released in a rural area of Colombia’s northwestern Antioquia department, The ICRC said. The hostage was […]
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bloomberg.com reported…. Criminal gangs are shipping the equivalent of 60 to 100 tankers of subsidized Venezuelan fuel per day into Colombia, much of it paid for with cocaine, according to the Colombian government. Between 10 percent and 15 percent of fuel used by Colombian drivers is smuggled from neighboring countries, Juan Ricardo Ortega, the head […]
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At least 500 minor victims alleged in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Spain and Ukraine Arturo Dodero, 29, was arrested in Peru after a joint operation of that country and Spain. A Peruvian aged 29 was arrested in Lima by agents of the National Police of Peru (PNP) and the National Police of Spain, accused of integrating […]
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1. Be on alert for cloning machines when withdrawing cash at ATM’s. Always cover the keypad when using your pin number. 2. Make sure when you use a credit or debit card that the clerk or individual you gave it to – returns your card and does not give you another card. (called tarjetazo). 3. […]
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Pereira’s Metropolitan Police dismantled a factory of counterfeit currency. During the same operation occurred the capture of two men 31 and 39 years of age and the seizure of several items that were used for the manufacture of counterfeit notes of high denomination. Read Article
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Elcomercio.com reported that Guayaquil is considered ‘white of regional traffickers for the transshipment of cocaine in bulk in sea containers’. This port is also used for the transfer of imported chemicals, some of which are diverted for illicit purposes. Thus concludes the United Nations Office on drugs and crime (Unodc) within its program of control […]
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diariorespuesta.com.mx reported thatbBehind bars Municipal Police were two transvestites aparar Thursday morning after substantive consideration two thousand dollars, a foreign tourist on 12th Street with 10th Avenue Colony Center. Being at 06:00 am on Thursday, when the foreign tourist, who gave his name, Donald Patrick, 38 years old, originally from the U.S., ending the spree […]
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AP reported that Mexican drug cartels looking to diversify their businesses long ago moved into oil theft, pirated goods, extortion and kidnapping, consuming an ever larger swath of the country’s economy. This month, federal officials confirmed the cartels have even entered the country’s lucrative mining industry, exporting iron ore to Chinese mills. Such large-scale illegal […]
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globaltimes.cn reported that Panama will release 32 of 35 North Korean sailors detained for carrying undeclared Cuban arms as their ship was about to transit the Panama Canal, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. Panamanian authorities seized the North Korean ship Chong Chon Gang on July 10 after discovering 25 shipping containers of Cuban military hardware, […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that from January to October this year, the Ecumenical Commission of Human Rights (Cedhu) reported 47 cases of femicide nationwide. This term refers to the murder of a woman for being such. “This is a hate crime that goes beyond the perpetrator, is the romantic partner, a relative or a perfect stranger, and […]
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thecourierexpress.com reported (AP)The family of a Washington state woman who leads a vigilante police force in Mexico has enlisted a Seattle human rights group to help push for her release after three months in custody on kidnapping allegations. Nestora Salgado, a U.S. citizen from the Seattle suburb of Renton, was arrested Aug. 21 in the […]
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colombiareports.co reported that a Colombian tech company is making it easier and safer to catch a taxi in Colombia, which could help combat the country’s notorious “millionaire rides.” Every day in Colombia, there are 1.3 million taxi journeys taken in about 200,000 taxis, but catching a taxi off the street can be difficult or even […]
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globalpost.com reported.. It’s called “the millionaire’s ride” and that’s no exaggeration. It works like this: With passengers in tow, unscrupulous taxi drivers suddenly stop to pick up accomplices who then force their victims, at gun or knife point, to pull out their debit and credit cards and withdraw millions of Colombian pesos from ATMs. The […]
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Five people were killed today shot dead by unidentified men in the Caribbean of Honduras, a few meters of a polling station, said the deputy department of Gracias a Dios, Maylo Wood. The incident occurred at 06:30 local time (12:30 GMT) in the village Bethlehem, in the Caribbean province of Gracias a Dios, known as […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that OMSC (Metropolitan Citizen Security Observatory registered that between January and October 2013, that 42 individuals have been murdered during robbery attempts in Quito, Ecuador. The figures for the same period in 2012 was 41. There were 4,409 violent robberies compared to 2,130 non-violent robberies reported. Murders related to personal grievances/fight has fallen […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that a child of 7 years who disappeared on November 3 in the canton Chone was rescued by police on Monday 18 in the city of Macas, Morona Santiago, in the Amazon province. The mother of the minor J.C.A.V. said that as they are poor he sent his son to sell Lottery with […]
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Ecuadorian anti-narcotics units have intercepted 224 kg of cocaine, loaded on a ship in Guayaquil and destined for Bulgaria. The head of the anti-drug unit of the Guayas province, Vladimir Leon, revealed that the bust had been planned for a long time, and is part of a broader operation over the last days, during which […]
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Victims all had taken yellow marked cabs eluniverso.com reported that over two days, five people suffered the theft of their belongings after getting into yellow cabs, according to complaints filed with the charging attorney. Of the five cases, four occurred in the north of Guayaquil. The first happened on Monday, around 20:00, after Shin N. […]
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Members of the newest police force in the colonial city of Oaxaca can’t hear or speak. A group called the Angels of Silence operates the city’s surveillance cameras to look for crimes being committed on its streets. Cynthia Zepeda, director of Oaxaca state’s emergency services, said the officers have a highly developed visual sense and […]
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chinadaily.com.cn reported that Ecuador proposes to create an International Criminal Court as part of the regional trade bloc Union of South American Nations (Unasur). The proposal was made by Ecuadoran Attorney General Galo Chiriboga on Monday at the opening of the 21st General Assembly of the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors, being held in Ecuador’s […]
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The ministry of Crossroad Bible Institute in Ecuador, which began just four years ago in 2009, will soon be opening a new Bible training and rehabilitation center for released prisoners from around the country. The center will be built on donated land in southwest Ecuador. CBI Ecuador director Angel Aguirre Villamar will be overseeing the […]
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According to some, poor Police response to public intoxication or reported fights. According to the Ministry of Interior Cuenca ranks first in the country for murders that involved alcohol consumption. According to the Ministry of Interior crime rate is up 20 percent in Cuenca (2013) for the same time period in 2012. ———————————— Elcomercio.com.ec reported…30 […]
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lahora.com.ec reported that the national police, through its units of intelligence and the intervention group and rescue (GIR) with the collaboration of the Judicial Police, seized yesterday in the canton Duran a large amount of explosives, 20 sacks of gunpowder and arrested three suspects. The RAID was carried out in a house in the sector […]
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lahora.com.ec reported that International editorial action, apparently committed by the front 48 of the FARC in the border with Ecuador, killed the patrol police, Jesus David Gaona. Early indications are that a sniper of the guerrilla shot him from the Ecuadorian side and killed him. The incident took place in the San Miguel international bridge, […]
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lahora.com.ec reported that on November 15, 2013 at 20:00, was about an operation in an apartment located on the island of Hispaniola, Jipijapa sector, in the North of Quito, which served as a clandestine game room. 100 Points to Consider Before Moving or Retiring in Ecuador [Kindle Edition] Authorities found this site after carrying out […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that the Judicial Police of Azuay (PJ) detained on November 13, 2013, two Ecuadorians and two foreigners attempting to withraw money from from ATMs of a financial institution, with cloned credit/debit cards. The operation was carried out with alert cameras video surveillance of the Central of emergency ECU-911. THe suspects were found in […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that the passage of the military who were carrying guns and moved on special vehicles caused surprise among the inhabitants of the North of Manabí. The fact was recorded between Monday and yesterday in the cantons Sucre, San Vicente and flints. In these sites, according to the police, has been detected that drug […]
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Ecuavisa.com reported that in Quito, the Council of the judiciary staff heads checks in collaboration with the Prosecutor’s Office and the national police. The authorities reviewed documents of the merchandise that is sold at a shopping center in the historic cazco of Quito. Similar operations have also been conducted in Cuenca and Guayaquil to close […]
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policiaecuador.gob.ec reported that he National Police, through the anti-crime unit and Interpol Intelligence arrested the Italian Valentino A, who is wanted internationally on charges of mafia-type criminal association. The operation took place this November 14, at 10:30, in Guayaquil. The stranger held in Ecuador on a work visa as CEO of a company that is […]
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Ecuadorenvivo.com reported that according to the Regional human development report 2013-2014, presented in New York by the United Nations, 25 of every 100 Ecuadorians were victims of theft during 2012, i.e. 25.19% of the population. This is the highest percentage recorded in Latin America according to the data obtained from 18 countries in the region. […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that an addiction rehabilitation clinic was closed yesterday in Guayllabamba, in northern Quito, apparently for work without permits. To investigate further whether in that place a patient sexually abused. The operation, headed by the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Health, was conducted in the morning. Inside he found eight women, including two […]
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High number of cases in Mitla. Migrants at high risk of being victimized. The priest Alejandro Solalinde said that in the central valleys of Oaxaca have been located bodies of migrants and settlers of the body without organs, so alerted on the trafficking of organs in this region. n Forum TV interview, he said that […]
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plenglish.com reported that an UN Report: Insecurity Affects Latin America and its Development Latin America as a region remains affected by the problem of insecurity, a phenomenon that limits its socioeconomic progress, according to a report circulated today by the United Nations Development Program. The study on 2013-2014 regional human development focuses on threats such […]
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Agence France-Presse reported that World Cup local organizing committee CEO Ricardo Trade says Brazilians have a perfect right to demonstrate during the tournament, as long as it doesn’t spill over to mistreatment of tourists. It is just over six months ahead of Brazil’s first World Cup since 1950, a mammoth logistical undertaking for the giant […]
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Agence France-Presse reported…Authorities have detained a former US soldier accused of leading a gang of kidnappers in northern Mexico, officials said Monday. The 32-year-old suspect spearheaded a band of 16 people who operated in the states of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Tamaulipas in the past four years, said Nuevo Leon security spokesman Jorge Domene. He […]
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Negotiations for regularization of foreign productions continue. The Ecuadorian Institute of intellectual property makes controls to avoid material in cd and dvd, mostly from domestic production, is sold irregularly. The process initiative is the development of the creative industry in the Ecuador. For those who fail to comply with the restrictions of copyright there are […]
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