Officials of the National Guard (GNB) seized 1,012 kilos of marijuana in the state of Apure. The drug, from Colombia, was transported by boat on inland waterways in the border region. The Minister of Interior and Justice (MIJ), Nestor Reverol information reported through his Twitter @ NestorReverol. The seizure occurred at the border of Puerto […]
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On April 17, 2013, Campo Grande News reported that two men were arrested in Paranhos, 469 kilometers from Campo Grande and on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. Originally police wanted Leonardo Rocha Gonçalves, 22, on a robbery charge; but upon his arrest, they found additional evidence linking him to Edmar Alegre da Cunha, 28. […]
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On April 16, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Highway Police reported that police in Mato Grosso arrested three men in Várzea Grande, after discovering that one of their trucks was filled with nearly two million dollars in American currency. Police stopped two of the men on the entrance to Federal Highway BR-070 in Nossa Senhora do […]
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On April 17, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Highway Police reported that police near the federal capital of Brasília seized 60 kilograms of cocaine from a truck traveling on federal Highway BR-020. The arrest was made in Formosa, in the state of Goiás, just across the border from the Federal District (DF). The motorist informed the […]
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On April 18, 2013, O Dia reported that two firefighters in the city of Rio de Janeiro were arrested Thursday in connection to an incident in which a 13 year-old girl was raped. The girl was identified as the niece of one of the firefighters. According to reports, the firefighter related to the girl, 43 […]
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Riobamba Mayor Juan Salazar, said yesterday the theft of $ 13’308 .000 Cabildo’s account at the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE). That money was transferred to accounts of 31 individuals and companies in the country, he added. According to Salazar, the more than $ 13 million were stolen from the account of the municipality by […]
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Major drug trafficking organizations controlling retail sales of small quantities of drug sales in Quito Ecuador. Drugs are being distributed door to door via motorcycles with empanada boxes to disguise drugs. Elcomercio.com reported that the empanadas were divided into houses, but deliveries were ‘normal’. Behind these operations was one international network microtráfico hide wearing buns […]
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andes.info.ec reported that political legislator María Augusta Calle denounced a group of Ecuadorian journalists who work in private media for publishing information plagiarized from the newspaper, El País, from Spain, and to the Miami Herals referring to a supposed link between her and the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC, Spanish acronym). The assembly member […]
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– Some victims claim receiving counterfeit bills from ATM’s at banks Eldiario.ec reported that counterfeits are manufacture in Peru and stored and distributed from Quito to several provinces of Ecuador, to the authorities. In Manabi also circulate counterfeit bills.The Ministry of the Interior, through a press release, reported that on 12 March in Chillogallo sectors […]
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On April 13, 2013, Mais Goiás reported that police in the Brazilian city of Goiânia arrested a woman at the city’s airport after they found 50 kilograms of marijuana in her bags. The drugs were discovered as the bags passed through the X-ray machine. According to police, the woman was contracted from Belém do Pará […]
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On April 15, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Highway Police reported that authorities seized a large quantity of marijuana over the weekend in the state of Paraná. Police made three separate seizures, the first a 233 kilogram find in Campo Mourão, less than three hours from the Brazil-Argentina border. Police gave chase when the driver sped […]
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elnorte.ec reported that Indigenous communities of Otavalo and Cotacachi is where most have seen this type of case. According to a study by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), “from 2005 to 2011 reported a total of 36 offenses of trafficking. Of these cases, between 2008 […]
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On April 15, 2013, Diário do Pará reported that the Federal Highway Police (PRF) seized a large van in Santa Isabel, on BR-316, carrying some 50,000 packs of illegal cigarettes. The driver, 49 year-old Jonas Gomes de Souza, was not authorized to drive the van. He informed police that he was to receive around R$200 […]
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On April 12, 2013, Conexão Tocantins reported that Osvaldo Reis (PMDB), federal deputy from the state of Tocantins, was assaulted this weekend by thieves near the city of Imperatriz. They stole his truck, a Toyota Hilux, as well as close to R$10,000 worth of personal items. Police had to chase the suspects all the way […]
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On April 14, 2013, NE10 reported that authorities in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco made the biggest single drug bust of the year so far in the state, seizing some 209 kilograms of marijuana. The drugs were discovered in the town of Floresta, in the interior of the state. Two men were arrested and charged […]
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The Mexican girl who was found in El Salvador, after being kidnapped on April 1 in a location of your country, departed today to Mexico accompanied by Mexican authorities confirmed to Efe a spokesman for the Salvadoran Attorney. Valeria Hernandez de Jesus, after making all the necessary arrangements for their repatriation, “he returned to his […]
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The National Electoral Council demanded respect the ban on electioneering. The case of the vote “assisted” filmed in a school. Most Read Most Commented Top Rated Most Read in Perfil.com Jorge Lanata: “The Government joined us Clarín and me” Who is lying Parrilli The severity of the law The posters “teen” Victoria Donda It grows […]
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Downtown Santiago Chile Gunmen staged a shootout on Friday in a private underground parking, located at 1268 Cathedral Street, near the intersection with Teatinos, in the center of Santiago. Supposedly after he staged an assault around 17:40 hours. The victim, according to testimony, it would be a Peruvian citizen who lives in Chile three years […]
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Customs confirms that it received intelligence yesterday and followed the vehicles from Orange Walk to San Antonio Village, Corozal where they searched them. They found both loaded with local sugar, but stuffed behind the sugar, they found 15 cases of Monster energy drink, 23 cases of Red Bull Energy Drink and 13 cases of assorted […]
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The stranger who shot the journalist Fausto Valdiviezo knew what were the places he frequented. The last Thursday night dropped from a white vehicle, walked to the car where the communicator was alone and fired twice, the right side of the rear window. The projectiles impacted Valdiviezo behind. According to witnesses at the Citadel The […]
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On April 12, 2013, TNH1 reported that four young people were killed in the northeastern city of Maceió, Alagoas, in the past twelve hours after a series of incidents. Among the victims were a 13 year-old who was killed while hanging out with friends in a local park. The violence marks an already rising murder […]
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Elcomercio.com reported at 20:00 hours on April 11 about three bullets ended the life of journalist Fausto Valdiviezo Guayaquil. While the communicator was, according to witnesses of fact, visiting family in the La Atarazana, north of Guayaquil, two men shot him. Valdiviezo, who left the orphanage to lower also lost her mother last Tuesday, was […]
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Example on video of how a group of thieves enter a music store, distract clerk and steal items. Recorded in 2012.
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On April 11, 2013, Globo reported that a neo-Nazi living in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte is now under investigation for photos he posted on his Facebook. Antonio Donato Baudson Peret, 24, posted on his Facebook an image of himself choking a homeless man with a chain, making reference to the homeless man doing […]
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On April 10, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Highway Police reported that authorities had a busy Tuesday on the highways in the state of Minas Gerais, seizing over 250 kilograms of marijuana, 100 kilograms of cocaine and derivatives, and hundreds of thousands of Brazilian reais (R$). In one noteworthy incident in Araxá (BR-262), police arrested a […]
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On April 9, 2013, Agência Brasil reported that the city of Rio de Janeiro has approved a new law, effective in July, that will fine people caught littering on city streets. The measure supplements an anti-littering law passed in 2001, which was meant to address a growing public waste disposal concern. The minimum fine will […]
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On April 11, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that there has been a significant increase in robbery-homicides (Portuguese: latrocínio) in the city of São Paulo, compared to last year. Analyzing the first two months of 2013 with those of 2012, research found that 30 robbery-homicides were committed in the capital between January and […]
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The Brazilian state of Acre has declared a state of emergency after a surge of illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bolivia and Peru. Officials said most of the immigrants originally came from Haiti but others had come from as far afield as Bangladesh, Senegal and Nigeria. They said about 1,700 illegal migrants had arrived over the […]
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A ton of donkey meat and horse, which was to be distributed in markets like beef, was seized by police in a clandestine carnal human asentameinto “The Worker” in Sullana, Piura. Green Agents and Radio Patrol Squadron entered the place located in Sáenz Peña 213 Street, where they found and leather donkey heads of this […]
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Eluniverso.com reporte that a new confrontation between the military Ecuador and Colombia’s illegal groups, infiltrated country, took place yesterday, at 10:45, on the northern border of Sucumbios (sector Palma Seca, Lago Agrio Canton), in a statement to the Fourth Army Division Amazon. Read Article
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The discovery of what would be a mini-lab where drug was processed, held last Friday Ecuadorian Army personnel and the National Police on the road Portovelo-Loja. After being discovered the fact during the operation, and at least 2 miles from where was the minilab, were found Fal type rifle, a Mauser rifle, two submachine guns […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that the operations were performed between Esmeraldas and Sucumbios. In the last 10 days, the military seized from drug to fuel, firearms and explosives in those border areas. Even the soldiers found a field of four acres with about 8500 coca plants. In this last operation soldiers intervened three detachments. It happened last […]
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In serious accident, life or death is a matter of minutes sometimes, but not all drivers have basic knowledge of first aid. These are the ten basic rules: HELP WITHOUT DOUBT: Provide first aid is not only a moral obligation, but legal. Who walks past an injury accident can be subject to criminal prosecution. So […]
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MARISCAL – LARGE TOURIST AREA LISTED Elcomercio.com reported that follow-up lasted seven months. At that time, the undercover unit Combat Organized Crime (ULCO) tracked the criminal organization run by Oscar A., an alien who was wanted by the International Police (Interpol). Information sent from Colombia revealed that the suspect escaped in 2006 from a prison […]
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Colombia’s navy seized 1,181 kilos of cocaine that were transported in a national flagged fishing the Pacific to Central America, and arrested the seven crew. The boat was intercepted 20 nautical miles west of Isla Gorgona. Possibly left the port of Buenaventura, in the province of Valle del Cauca. Read Article
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11.2 kilos of cocaine were seized in Tachira, more than 30 kilos of marijuana in a vehicle that was traveling from Nairobi to Guárico state, also seized 637 kilos of marijuana on Highway Carora-Barquisimeto / Incinerated over 270 kilos of various drugs in Merida. Read Article
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On April 9, 2013, Mais Goiás reported that three men were arrested today and charged with interstate drug trafficking. They were arrested near a car wash in Itumbiara, Goiás, that specializes in washing buses and large trucks. The men had been using the car wash as a base to deal drugs. What tipped the officers […]
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Nochistlán. Approximately 15 kilometers from the county seat, the Mexican Army shelter four properties, among them a ranch and a house that had been enabled sites as narcolaboratorios in which it was possible to process up to 60,000 liters of chemicals to produce synthetic drugs. These properties, secured and guarded by the Mexican Army on […]
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eluniverso.com reported that a group of Peruvian doctors and accomplices were reported to the Peruvian justice for having marketed since 2004, kidney transplants, sources confirmed to Efe OTP. Recipients of kidneys from the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia, paying up to $ 125,000 for medical expenses, including Peruvian donor recruitment, according to research […]
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DUE TO SECURITY ISSUES Hotel Colón Caribe CLOSES DOORS m.teletica.com reported that this past Friday Caribbean Hotel Colón in Limón closed its doors after suffering a recent assault with weapons being used. Furniture was loaded away last Friday after the hotel operated for 14 years. The manager made the decision to close after Swedish and […]
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On April 8, 2013, G1 reported that the local Child and Protective Services Delegation (DPCA) in Rio de Janeiro has arrested a young suspect connected to a recent sexual assault case in the city. Police had been searching for him since the incident. He was found in a shelter in the center of the city. […]
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pedrojuannews.com reported that agents of the 9th Commissioner of the colony Chieriguelo and anti narcotics agents of the National Police Amambay, arrested two youths with a load of marijuana in the 5th General Bernardino Caballero route. The two arrested were identified as Jose Augusto Martinez Pana (26) and Daniel Pavon Camping (25) who were on […]
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The National Anti-Drug Secretariat ensures June 2012 to March this year, has caused a loss of over $ 200 million for drug traffickers. During that time, the 261 ran Senad interventions throughout the country, with actions to eradicate marijuana crops and constant attacks to micro. In nine months in office have made record seizures, as […]
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WANTED DRUG TRAFFICKER DETAINED The Anti-Drug Operations Department of the province of Puerto Inca, Huanuco region, seized several weapons reaching after clashing with about 20 drug dealers in the area where you found Quebrada Llorona a runway of 1000 meters approximately to aircraft and ship drugs to abroad. Read Article
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Santo Domingo. Police Chief Jose Armando Polanco Gomez, reported Sunday that agents who perform work in the Security Plan implemented by the Government will receive a salary increase soon. Jose Armando Polanco, police chief, said that as part of the project and to improve surveillance, that institution will recover to agents who are assigned to […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Ana Lucia Sanmartín is appalled. Powerless before the tragedy, she feels her life has been destroyed after losing her youngest child, PEAS, a small 12 year old missing since last Wednesday and was found dead after an intense search the next day. The woman, 34, does not explain how they could have […]
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On March 15, 2013, a U.S. tourist was assaulted in a commission of a kidnap express. The victim was out for the evening with a date and took a taxi at about 9:00 PM from Mariscal Sucre about a block from plaza foche. After driving for for about five minutes the taxi stopped, at which […]
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Elcomercio.ec reported that on April 5, 2013, an interprovincial bus traveling between Cuenca and Quito Ecuador was held up by a group of armed gunmen. The assault took place at about 11:00 pm about an our hour outside of Cuenca near Zhud. Passengers were threatened and robbed of cellphones, cameras, jewelry, money and tablets. Police […]
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On April 6, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that police in Rio de Janeiro are searching for a man suspected of raping a woman in a van in São Gonçalo, within the Rio Metropolitan Region. The man held her at gunpoint, ordered the vehicle to a deserted location, and sexually abused the woman. […]
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On April 6, 2013, A Tarde reported that the state of Bahia recorded the second-highest number of guns turned over to authorities out of Brazil’s 26 states, with only São Paulo collecting more. The collection is part of a national disarmament campaign. Bahia collected 1,380 illegal firearms between the beginning of this year and the […]
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On April 3, 2013 Chilean newspaper La Nación reported that two Ecuadorians have recently been indicted in Arica on charges of human trafficking. Marcos Renteria and his brother Julio Valencia were arrested at the Chacalluta border crossing on Tuesday after attempting to smuggle 10 Ecuadorians posing as tourists into Chile. According to evidence presented in […]
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Mexico City: Ministry of Public Security Forms Cyber-Crimes Task Force Mexican newspaper Proceso reported that the Ministry of Public Security (SSPDF) in Mexico City has recently formed a cyber-crimes task force to combat human trafficking, child pornography and internet fraud. The main purpose of the taskforce will be to combat criminals using the internet as […]
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About two million children and adolescents are sexually exploited in Latin America, a figure “alarming” that manages the Regional Coalition Against Trafficking in Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, said its president in Ecuador, Rocío Rosero. “There are about two million children and adolescents who are in situations of sexual exploitation,” said Rosero to […]
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Brazil: gunmen assault tourist van, robbing German tourists in Rio de Janeiro As reported by Montrealgazette.com Brazilian police say gunmen have attacked a tourist van and robbed nine German tourists visiting Rio de Janeiro. Police say in a brief statement the incident occurred Thursday. Gunmen forced the tourists’ van to stop as it was approaching […]
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People and Power In the early hours of April 16, 2009, a heavily armed special forces unit of the Bolivian police crept into a downtown hotel in the eastern city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. They made their way to two upstairs rooms and burst in. Within minutes, three European guests had been shot […]
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On April 5, 2013, Folha Vitória reported that police arrested members of a local gang suspected of a string of truck robberies in Vitória, capital of the state of Espírito Santo. Among the trio, fifty year-old Sebastião Francisco Bacelar is a repeat offender and well known by the police. He presented false documents to the […]
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On April 5, 2013, A Tarde reported that a joint police force in the state of Bahia announced the results of a police operation seeking explosives. After surveying 23 municipalities, Operation Vulcan looked at 30 different companies in the state with connections to the sale of explosives, and police fined 14 of them. Eight of […]
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An Irish teenager has been charged after threatening to assassinate the president of Guyana in what his lawyer said was an alcohol-fuelled row with two of the leader’s bodyguards. Cillian Crosson, a 17-year-old volunteer with an aid group in the South American country, allegedly told the men he would shoot and kill president Donald Ramotar. […]
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On April 4, 2013, Alagoas 24 Hours reported that a pair of high school students were arrested in the town of Marechal Deodoro, Alagoas state, after police found them at the door of their school with marijuana. The marijuana, police discovered, had been hidden in an adapted chassis within the Honda Biz motorcycle. Upon discovery, […]
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According to noticias.uol.com.br African gangs; primarily Nigerians, are using postal services in Brazil, to smuggle small amounts of cocaine to countries such as Spain, China, and the United Kingdom, where overseas operating networks have expanded the illegal trade. Due to Brazil’s strategic location with neighboring cocaine-producing countries, in addition to its frequent flights to Europe, […]
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CTI agents captured in the Santa Librada, south of Bogota, Vergara Graciela Bautista, alias ‘The Morenaza’, who was designated to be part of the FARC and provide food and coordinate logistical support to the guerrilla group from Bogota. “She had within their holdings supply food to the Front 53 of the FARC, who had connections […]
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lahora.com.ec reported that the true incidence of the express kidnapping in the city was evident yesterday when Alexander Vizuete, official Observatory Township Public Safety, reported that every day there are between 4 and 5 steals under this system. At a meeting held in the Convention Center with representatives Eugenio Espejo normal taxis, executive, peripherals and […]
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Value placed at 6 million dollars, suspected shipment from Colombia in route to Guayaquil A police operation ended with the intentions of two men, who were transporting almost 128 kilos of cocaine. The drug was hidden in the bucket of a truck ICD-371 plates. James N., and Alex S. were arrested. The incident occurred around […]
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A sophisticated airborne radar system developed to track Taliban fighters planting roadside bombs in Afghanistan has found a new use along the U.S. border with Mexico, where it has revealed gaps in security. Operated from a Predator surveillance drone, the radar system has collected evidence that Border Patrol agents apprehended fewer than half of the […]
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Thieves and burglars use a variety of signs to tag buildings and residences as to their status in order to facilitate their criminal activity. 1 returns soon, 2 open with chain, 3 vacant house, 4 pose as door to door minister, 5 good possiblity, 6 a generous charitable home owner, 7 watch for police, 8 […]
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On April 2, 2013, Midiamax reported that the Brazilian Army is initiating a project in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul to combat drug and arms trafficking along the Brazil-Paraguay border. Approximately 50 soldiers will be deployed in Mato Grosso do Sul, and their route will include roughly 600 kilometers of roads and waterways. […]
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On April 3, 2013, Portal Guaíra reported that the Brazilian Federal Police arrested a man and seized two vehicles late last night in the city of Guaíra, close to the Brazil-Paraguay border. Inside the two vehicles police discovered approximately 300 kilograms of illegal pesticides. The pesticides were confirmed to be of Paraguayan origin. The detained […]
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On April 3, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Highway Police reported that authorities seized a cache of weapons and drugs in Cuiabá, capital of the state of Mato Grosso. Among the weapons, police found a military-grade, Israeli-made rifle restricted in Brazil for use by armed forces. They also found 50 kilograms of cocaine base. The motorist […]
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On April 3, 2013, R7 reported that the number of violent crimes in March 2013 was 20% higher than in March 2012. According to the State Social Defense Ministry (SEDS), authorities reported 7,380 violent crimes, which also represented a 14% rise from February 2013. This grouping follows seven different types of crimes: homicides, attempted homicides, […]
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Manta Ecuador (charter flight from Panama)-Eluniverso.com reported that Zaina Molina, representative of the travel agency that organized the tour, said that since Monday afternoon began to be delivered the suitcases. “The gauges are evaluating several passengers surplus to see how much they should pay taxes.” José Rites, Customs district director in Manta, said one person […]
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One of the victims stated “crime out of control, police out of control” San Miguel de Allende now referred by some as San Miguel de Juarez. SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Guanajuato. -periodicocorreo.com.mx reported that two American women reported via a video, that were attacked by local police for a false but that they stole antiques, […]
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Michell Snowden Helen Connor U.S. citizens living in San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende, Gto. Earlier today been released in some media about an alleged attack on two American women, this following a video showing themselves – and Michell Snowden Helen Connor – denounce alleged assault and theft suffered by members of the […]
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univisionamerica.univision.com reported that Mexican cartels are sending some of their best members to live and work in the United States, strengthening its presence to enhance its control over the lucrative drug market in the world and increase profits, experts say. An extensive review of cases before the courts and government agencies information, interviews with senior […]
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Elcomercio.com reported…The case went to the Homicide Unit of the Judicial Police (PJ), but Condor says that “there is no progress with the investigations.” It is not the only case. After knowing the disappearances and deaths of women nationally, their families also spoke of slowness of police in the search for people who do not […]
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According to cironline.org, it turns out that the Border Patrol catches more American citizens with drugs than it does Mexican couriers, according to an analysis of records obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Three out of four people found with drugs by the border agency are U.S. citizens, the data show. Looked at another […]
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In a bizarre incident, hundreds of armed vigilantes have taken control of a town on a major highway in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, arresting local police officers and searching homes after a vigilante leader was killed. Several opened fire on a car of Mexican tourists headed to the beach for Easter week. Members […]
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On April 1, 2013, globo.com reported that a pair of men suspected of raping a foreign tourist were arrested on Saturday by local police. The two men are accused of having boarded a van in which the woman, 23, and her boyfriend were traveling the previous Saturday. Authorities indicated that the tourist are Americans (U.S.). […]
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On April 1, 2013, Diário Catarinense reported that ten people, all of the same family, were held hostage on Easter Sunday by a mentally deranged man in Chapecó, in the western part of the state of Santa Catarina. The man was dealing with issues of estrangement from his wife. The woman was not with the […]
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On March 31, 2013, G1 reported that a police sergeant with a 21-year career with the Polícia Militar of Rio Grande do Norte was arrested in connection with a rape. According to a police spokesman, the officer denies the crime, but admitted to paying the woman R$50 for the sexual encounter. In testimony, the woman […]
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Elcomercio.com reported the following: Students are at increased risk of being robbed and assaulted in a number of school zones in Quito and environs. A number of methods are used by assailants to relieve students of their cell phones, smartphones, and tablets. Many thieves will be dressed as a student in a similar school uniform […]
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A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy, bringing in unauthorized immigrants for financial gain and bribery, federal prosecutors in San Diego said. Hector Rodriguez, 45, admitted at a court hearing Thursday that for almost two years he accepted bribes in exchange for allowing carloads of unauthorized immigrants at the […]
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On March 28, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Highway Police reported that it seized a shipment of over 3,000 bullets and other munitions headed for Rio de Janeiro. The seizure was made after police stopped a car on the Trans-Brazilian Highway, in the city of Ourinhos, São Paulo state. The two men operating the vehicle were […]
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A gunman burst into a bar in northern Mexico, killing three women and four men, officials said Friday. Carlos Gonzalez, spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office, said the victims were hit by several bullets by man armed with an AK-47. Two other people were injured in the attack. Read Article
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New FARC attack against pipeline in Putumayo A stretch of the Trans-Andean pipeline was blown up in an action by the authorities attributed to the FARC, said Thursday. The bombing occurred around 10:00 am in a rural area of Puerto Asís, Putumayo department. Read Article
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Two Peruvians were arrested in Bolivia, near Lake Titicaca, following the seizure of one ton of cocaine. This was revealed yesterday by the director of the Special Force against Drug Trafficking, Gonzalo Quesada. The operation was conducted in the northeastern city of Guaqui, near Lake Titicaca, and the illegal cargo was transported in separate vehicles, […]
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Ketamine is an illegal hallucinogen analgesic and can be bought without the greatest difficulty in several places of Lima. A Epensa Group team reached one of these sites, located on Avenue Emancipation, in downtown Lima, and acquired this powerful drug. Read Article
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Five Men rob passengers of money, jewelry, cellphones between Quevedo and Santo Domingo. One woman sexually assaulted. Bus was en route from Guayaquil to Quito. Extra.ec reported that the interprovincial bus left the main harbor yesterday 13:45. Everything went normally. At 17:00 they were in Quevedo. At the bus station up seven passengers, all were […]
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Couple attempting to leave for Miami with 105,000 in hundred dollar bills hidden in their luggage Extra.ec reported that on Tuesday afternoon, Diego Fernando O., 56, Villamar Fabricio alternate councilor, was arrested by the Narcotics Police and the Unit against Money Laundering in the Mariscal Sucre airport as he tried to travel to Miami with […]
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Believed to have come from Medellin Colombia: laprensa.hn reported that a parcel in a small box found at the airport’s cargo terminal Ramon Villeda Morales contain at least 29.5 kilograms of cocaine, authorities said. The package was sent from the city Medellin in Colombia, according to the National Bureau of Special Investigation Services (DNSEI). The […]
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Ingeniero Budge Argentina: The drugs were hidden in a truck carrying wood. There are four detainees. Clarin.com reported that the Buenos Aires police yesterday seized 3700 kilos of marijuana (about four tons) in a shed Engineer Budge, Lomas de Zamora. The cargo was concealed within pine slats to place drug recessed. Authorities estimated that placing […]
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The National Police boarded at sea, north of Cape Verde, a ship from Venezuela bound for the European continent and in their warehouses carrying 2 tons of cocaine. The ship was bound for somewhere in the north of Portugal. “It is the biggest operation so far in 2013 in regard to the fight against drug […]
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The National Police of Peru began the morning of Holy Thursday in Lima this operational plan called “Easter”, mobilizing 25,000 troops from different units in the city and on the highways and beaches. To ensure the safety of the thousands of citizens who come to visit churches or seek rest outside Lima, on beaches and […]
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Tingo Maria. – cronicaviva.com.pe reported that police officers clashed with drug traffickers in the area known as Quebrada La Llorona Oxapampa district, Tingo Maria. The criminals used a clandestine airstrip to smuggle drugs abroad. Drug traffickers opened fire when the police patrol arrived in the area. After the confrontation, the criminals managed to escape but […]
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Ecuador Military repelled shot and suspected members of the so-called illegal armed groups in Colombia (GIAC) located in a border area, a fact that no casualties among the soldiers, said the joint command of the armed forces. The agency said the soldiers “while performing operations Ecuadorian border protection in your jurisdiction, repelled with fire potential […]
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critica.com.pa reported that a criminal organization led by a Mexican drug dealer who operates from Guatemala, would be exchanging drugs for cash and explosives to the FARC’s 57th Front. This dealer would be the link that poster with the guerrilla group, a report by the Colombian authorities. Colombian officials have determined that this man has […]
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The subjects, aged 19 and 22, were captured when on a motorcycle by the sector of Ciudad Bolivar, in the field of Ciudadela Real de Minas de Bucaramanga. The two men were captured by the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Police after surveillance. The men tried to escape on a motorcycle black, when they noticed the presence of […]
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Just start the season and two young students, known as springbreakers have been raped, according to complaints filed by the aggrieved. A list is added a Canadian tourist 34. According to estimates of the main operators in this segment as Best Day, it is expected that this season may arrive at Cancun to 40,000 spring […]
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Bogotá Metropolitan Police captured in the last hours in the Santa Isabel neighborhood, south of the capital, alias “Luis el Grande’, who handled everything related to the acquisition of weapons for the FARC Front 7. The man, whom authorities did not provide their real identities, 34, had spent several months in the capital with the […]
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Ten police officers in Peru drug (Dirandro) working in Lima International Airport were denounced by the prosecution for allegedly being involved in sending cocaine caches Mexican cops working for the Sinaloa cartel, reported the daily The Republic. According to the newspaper, on June 25, 2012 there was a shootout between police at the international airport […]
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