Soldiers Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, militarized police) found buried $ 550,000 in cash along with a kilo of cocaine and a modern rifle HK 33KE, said the Ministry of Interior. The finding, in circumstances not yet revealed, occurred in a rural area of Apure state (western) border with Colombia, said the press officer of […]
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Psychologist Rita del Carmen was responsible for one of the steps to follow. Your job is to try to prevent young people as falling into the net Chamboy Los Zetas, taking advantage of their poverty and lack of opportunity. Many are often killed when they refuse to work for the cartel. “Many young people under […]
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While the Government has implemented new strategies, such as building 10 bases in VRAEM insurgency to strengthen the state’s presence in the area, the narco clan of brothers Quispe Palomino had moved his headquarters to the Lower Urubamba, Cusco. Perú21 met through military intelligence sources, the brothers Victor and Martin Quispe Palomino-comrades ‘Joseph’ and ‘Gabriel’, […]
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The National Police and the Public Ministry seized 55,000 counterfeit U.S. dollars in a parcel that was in a cardboard box inside the hold of a bus Tepsa company which carried out the route Lima – Tumbes. In work aimed at countering the smuggling of arms, ammunition and drugs, cops Cancas police station (district Canoas […]
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Today is the international day of non-violence against women Only 20.6% of the abused filing the complaint. It is estimated that from January to September, 45,400 were victims of violence The City Council created the Centers of Equity Within a month, this dependence is serving 1250 domestic violence cases. According to Metropolitan Security Observatory, between […]
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Ecuador Report – Death by Non-Natural Causes Report (From 1-2012 To 12-2012) Date City Cause of Death 05-27-2012 Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador Other Accident 03-24-2012 Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador Vehicle Accident – Pedestrian 03-03-2012 Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador Homicide Department of State NOTE: SOMETIMES UPDATES MAY BE SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER EVENT
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Heavily armed assailants gunned down Police Division Inspector Yves Michel Bellefleur in a hail of bullets on the morning of Fri., Nov. 9 near the Gérald Bataille circle in Tabarre. A police spokesman and some media have presented the killing as a response from criminals to the Oct. 22 arrest of prominent Haitian businessman Clifford […]
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The Dominican Republic is a popular destination for many international travelers for its calm sandy beaches and trendy resorts. What many do not know, however, is that the nation is one of many in Latin America where violence against women runs rampant and is on the rise. The problem is exacerbated by the belief that […]
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An American tourist was injured today bullet in the buttocks while trying to resist an assault in the center of Buenos Aires when bought dollars in the black market, police said. The tourist was hospitalized and is out of danger, while the robbers, one from Argentina and one in Uruguay, were arrested while trying to […]
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The property at 370 E. La Castellana Drive is proving to be a good place to catch drug smugglers. On Oct. 15, two Mexican men were sentenced to 1.5 years each in prison after being caught in an apartment there with four bundles of marijuana. The sentencing came just three weeks after another man was […]
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Piñatas are usually filled with candy. But a truck carrying a load of the colorful party favorites into the United States through Nogales turned out to be filled with a more sinister surprise: 425 pounds of marijuana. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, its officers at the Mariposa Port of Entry referred Juan Marcelo […]
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Professor Paul Frampton Professor from the University of North Carolina Standard.co.uk reported that a British scientist caught smuggling two kilos of cocaine at a South American airport has been jailed for almost five years. Professor Paul Frampton, 68, claimed he was duped into carrying the drugs in a honeytrap sting involving a glamour model. But […]
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Nothing like this had ever happened at Ben-Gurion International Airport before: A routine customs inspection uncovered an attempt to smuggle two unmanned aerial vehicles into Israel. The incident began when a Jewish citizen of Mexico tried to go through the “nothing to declare” lane with three suitcases. Something in his behavior aroused the customs inspectors’ […]
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Belize: John McAfee starts blog documenting life on the run from Belize police Software engineer has been evading authorities in Belize who want to question him about the murder of his neighbor. http://www.whoismcafee.com/
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Police released a video of four robbers (two men and two women) on Thursday November 15 at 22:00 stole about $ 600 to PharmacyYour (located on Avenida America and Rumipamba) plus medical products not yet quantified. It is assumed that the four criminals are part of a band of seven engaged in retail theft in […]
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Yesterday at 18:43 Minister Jose Serrano, through his Twitter account, said that eight detainees, 500 kilos of cocaine, a small plane and two vehicles seized as a result of the operation called Blue Danube, executed by staff Narcotics Police. Read Article
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Foreign Commonwealth Office UK – Mexico – Updated November 19, 2012 Millions of foreign visitors, including approximately 300,000 British nationals, safely visit Mexico each year. This includes tens of thousands who cross the border with the US every day for study, tourism or business and at least one million foreign residents who live in Mexico. […]
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Those arrested include five active policemen, five children and a former Marine, is accused of 16 kidnappings, 12 murders and extortion. Ministerial Police Detectives arrested 24 alleged members of Los Zetas, led by a woman known by authorities as “The Commander Red”, who allegedly were involved in kidnapping, murder and extortion in rural upstate. The […]
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Minister of Interior and Justice of Venezuela, Néstor Reverol, said yesterday that so far this year, the security forces of this country have captured 18 heads of “major criminal organizations” in collaboration with Colombia and noted that this has been achieved without the help of the United States. “We have an action plan with Colombia, […]
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The U.S. 4th Fleet guided-missile frigate USS Gary (FFG 51) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) boarded and searched two suspicious vessels, sinking one, of being involved in illicit cargo trafficking Nov. 7 as part of Operation Martillo. While on routine patrol in the Eastern Pacific in support of Operation Martillo, Gary’s […]
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November 12, 2012. In first debate, the House of the Transitional Judicial Council (TYC) approved the implementation of a protocol that allows the police and prosecutors to act quickly before the disappearance. The idea is to speed up the search. Also proposed submitting a photo of the victim to be published in community policing units. […]
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A report of the Armed Forces Joint Command said that from January to September last, 15,083 military seized 943 weapons in the country. Army sources said that this is a successful figure, but recognize that they may be parties who say otherwise. Since 2011 the majority of deaths occur at home just with pistols or […]
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Today at the Halifax International Security Forum, The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, signed a Canada-Colombia Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Cooperation, with his Colombian counterpart, Minister of Defense, Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno. This Memorandum of Understanding provides a strategic framework for the growing defence relationship between our countries. Read Article
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Three policemen, a lieutenant and two sergeants, died today after facing intelligence agents that were discovered after making up a kidnapping ring, officials said. The three policemen and a civilian, apparently also a member of the band, died after confronting a group of agents who tried to stop them when they would kidnap a businessman […]
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Jefferson Parish authorities say a man accused of raping and kidnapping his female roommate in Kenner was mistakenly released from custody last month, then deported to Honduras. The Times-Picayune (http://bit.ly/TSXpUe ) reports that authorities say Kenner Police arrested Jose Argueta-Amaya in September and booked him with forcible rape, kidnapping and other charges. Read Article
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Insidecostarica.com report: The text messages offer trips, cash and even the latest new vehicles. According to the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), these types of frauds increase as we approach the holiday season. According to ICE, most of the messages are sent from correctional facilities, while others come from countries such as Ecuador and Guatemala. […]
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One person was killed on Friday during protests that have taken place in the streets of Haiti’s capital, Port au Prince. Frantz Lerebours, a police spokesman said the victim was a young man in his 20s who was in the streets of the capital where students have staged protests in recent days by the shooting […]
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The drugs, worth about 120 million dollars (94 million euros), was found inside the yacht “JeReVe”, which ran aground near the island Luatafito in Tonga. Australian police said today the discovery of 200 kilograms of cocaine aboard a yacht that ran aground off the coast of Tonga in the South Pacific, and was headed to […]
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Freddy Tellez JUDICIAL worked in the office of international affairs and prosecuting body, according to research, documents leaked to him capos. As Freddy Mauricio Buitrago Téllez was identified Prosecution official designated by the Attorney-General’s Office, Eduardo Montealegre, if the alleged perpetrator of the release of documents related to Colombian drug extraditions. The investigation began with […]
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A 19 toll rose today arrested by Chilean police in an operation to dismantle a prostitution of minors between 12 and 17 years. The lawsuit, known as Operation Heidi, started on Thursday night with the arrest of 14 people in raids carried out by about 60 police officers to civilian homes in the center of […]
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The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos , said in an interview with Efe that for now the National Liberation Army (ELN), the country’s second largest guerrilla group, would not join the peace process with the FARC open. “What I say is that we will not open the door to let the ELN to these […]
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At least 12 people were killed and 15 wounded by a bullet in the last hours in Sao Paulo by a wave of violence that also affects the state of Santa Catarina (South), where criminal gangs torched eight buses. Sao Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin, downplayed the escalating violence that affects the regional capital cities and […]
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Adrian Silva Moreno was shot dead in the central state of Puebla, where she worked as a contributor to the regional Puntual. Puntal confirmed that Silva, 34, was killed Wednesday when finished making news coverage about the discovery of a warehouse where stolen fuel was stored in the town of Tehuacan, located two hours from […]
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With a march, members of the College and Association of Physicians of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas protested the criminalization of malpractice raised in the Penal Code reform. With banners and whistles doctors marched Avenue Quito and the city center, as it passes handed out flyers to passersby, giving reasons why they oppose the treatment […]
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A special group of CTI Interbolsa commission will investigate whether the conflict of interest incurred, price manipulation in shares and in an attempt to purchase a company (Fabricato SA) without making a public offer (IPO). Also seek to establish whether the firm violated regulatory standards, plus they did not report their movements to the authorities […]
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According to elpais.com.co, a truck bomb was defused in the early hours of Thursday 29 Brigade troops, against Totoró hospital center, where in the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, the FARC harassed and attacked the police station for three hours. Colonel Henry Piraquive, commander of Brigade 29, reported that the material was loaded automotive high […]
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Police managed to capture two people in the town of Yumbo for the crime of unlawful possession of a weapon, and making traffic carrying of firearms and ammunition. The first case occurred in the neighborhood of Las Americas, where a man of 20 years under the alias of ‘Titus’, was found in possession of a […]
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From early Thursday rose armed strike the FARC had declared in Chocó since last November 10, terrorizing civilians and paralyzing transport on roads department. The announcement was made in a statement released by the FARC, saying “we inform all the people lifting the unemployment chocoano from 00:00 hours on November 15.” Read Article
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In the last five years (specifically from 2006 to 2011), the telecommunications companies , Internet telephony and fixed-power distribution and have suffered economic losses estimated at S/.200 million due to the continued theft of cables and equipment, and the high replacement costs they face. The main losers are consumers, because they are hurt by cable […]
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On October 31, Diário de Notícias reported that police discovered a tunnel beneath the São Paulo slum of São Remo, used to transport drugs to students at the renowned University of São Paulo. The tunnel, more than 15 meters in length, was used to transport drugs between traffickers and a refinery, with a third house […]
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Police in the Mexican capital on Monday proceeded to close the theater in which a 10 year old boy was shot in the head last November 2 while watching a movie. If the murder of a child in a film and not a bad story, it is surprising that investigations have not started until Monday, […]
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Carmelo Titirico, leader of the organization “Julian Apaza Marka”, said the first tribal council which met in the 13th district of El Alto , a city near La Paz, sentences passed under what is known as justice Community which is recognized by the new Constitution of Bolivia , in force since 2009. The country has […]
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Radioespectaculo.com reported that there are an average of 11 kidnappings of this type per week in Guayaquil. The sites in this band acting in complicity with drivers are recurrent: outside malls, universities … What started as a pleasant gathering of friends having dinner in the grill of Nato, which is located in the citadel Urdesa […]
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Hoy.com.ec reported concerning Kidnapping Express in Quito: In 2010 there were no reports of theft in taxis, in 2011 there were two cases, and from January to August 2012 there are 17. Only 20% of victims reporting. Climbing into a taxi in recent months is becoming an ordeal for you quiteños rally called by the […]
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In Rumichaca Bridge during a control operation of Customs Surveillance Service (SVA), a patrol agents Colombian detected entering the country with two boxes of phones. Colombian Patrolman HMG-915 board with logos Counternarcotics Police of the neighboring country, had camouflaged cargo in the back seat, which is why he was taken to court for an inspection […]
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The Brazilian former Minister José Dirceu was sentenced by the Supreme Court to 10 years and 10 months in prison yesterday for his role in buying votes in Congress under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. n the so-called trial of the century, Dirceu, chief of staff between 2003 and 2005 and one of the […]
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According to losandes.com.ar, the Secretary of the Interior and Security of Coronel Suárez, Gustavo De Battista, said today that the woman rescued after spending three months in captivity in a house in that town Buenos Aires “dropped 30 kilos and was in a terrible state” and said that “having kidnapped a week passed, would have […]
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The City Council of the City of Capital today approved an ordinance that prohibits both competency as the operation of establishments where prostitution is exercised, so that no alternate premises will enable new and existing will have 30 days to cease definitely their activities in the town, once the rule takes effect. This standard, unprecedented […]
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It was discovered a cache that had several grenades and rifle ammunition. In the township of Los Bagres, found a cache with 3 grenades Im-26 and 85 cartridges 5.56. Explosives and ammunition were found thanks to information provided by a citizen. The ammunition apparently criminal gangs, was left to the Prosecutor 10 local San Alberto. […]
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Armed Forces personnel, core operating Amazonas, pertaining to operational command No. 1 North, reported that on November 10, at about 07:30, there was a military checkpoint, specifically in the 5km road Puerto El Carmen Lago Agrio, which allowed the seizure of approximately 10,000 rounds 7.62mm, which were transported by bus from the cooperative Putumayo, KAB-179 […]
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Members detained also come from the United States The Kidnapping Task Force against plagiarists dismantled a band which they called the Babys, which ran less than 17 years. That day captured Wendy Mayén Amparo Morales and Maria del Carmen Sanchez, along with four under 17. So far, from January to October last, police have arrested […]
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Through the use of false invoices, computer data and other adulterated fraudulent methods, five brothers who provided various services to the Paraguayan Red Cross millionaires amounts of money diverted from the institution and stole dozens of computers, according to a complaint filed yesterday in the prosecution by the humanitarian organization nonprofit. The paper cites as […]
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2,200 million pesos driven as much illegal trade known as “Crackers” and the presence of “street vendors” in public, a report said today the Argentina Confederation of Medium Companies (CMEA). The CAME poll in 160 cities in 24 provincial jurisdictions found that 370 were detected in October Saladitas in the country, 35 more than in […]
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Despite being the second province with the highest number of violent deaths, Manabi has a precarious system of criminal investigation. Portmore, the capital, for example, has a morgue without cold rooms for corpses, or medical devices for surgery. The agents of the Judicial Police said the shortcomings in equipment can slow the progress of the […]
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A uniformed and fourteen civilians were injured in a minor by shrapnel from an explosive device that FARC guerrillas fired at the police station in the municipality of Suarez, Cauca department, regional authorities said Monday. At least fifteen houses and the building of the Police were damaged in the attack, which occurred on Sunday night, […]
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Those arrested, aged 21 and 52, have different nationalities: fourteen of Paraguay, five of Colombia, one of Bolivia and one from Peru. The Spanish Civil Guard arrested 21 people accused South American to conduct robberies and intimidation and drug trafficking, especially cocaine, in different provinces. Those arrested, aged 21 and 52, have different nationalities: fourteen […]
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A rifle costs $ 5200, a 4000 machine gun, a pistol and a revolver 1200 USD 800. Those prices were written with a ballpoint pen red on a white paper and crumpled. Appeared alongside images of each weapon found in a cabin Sealed Stone sector. In the last hours, this site jungle, in the northeast […]
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Burglaries to homes until September 340 and theft accounted for people who until last month totaled 230 cases are crimes that are committed most often and most concern to police chiefs. For this reason, the National Police in Tungurahua made permanent operating in places where they allegedly sold objects of dubious provenance. Read Article
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Tracking several phone calls and threats of extortion allowed, last Saturday morning, the release of Deysi Caterine Zhunio Rodriguez, kidnapped woman remained in the Sucumbios province since 31 October. Police reports reveal that at 11:30 on Wednesday 31 October, two men high coarse texture, covered their faces and arms violently entered the victim’s home, located […]
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Ecuadorian soldiers seized 243 kg of marijuana to intercept a boat Colombian flag in an operation in the border between the two countries that left an inmate of that nationality, reported Sunday the Navy of Ecuador. He said a coastguard captured on Saturday Colombian boat “Dona Ana” sector Lemons channel (in the coastal province of […]
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Yesterday the Secretary of the Navy of Mexico, Naval personnel captured two suspected logistics operators of “Los Zetas”, in the state of Coahuila. The incident occurred during a patrol in the Latin American colony, when marine elements observed two people who stepped off a vehicle carrying rifles and then enter into a house, so we […]
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Yesterday the Secretary of the Navy of Mexico, Naval personnel captured two suspected logistics operators of “Los Zetas”, in the state of Coahuila. The incident occurred during a patrol in the Latin American colony, when marine elements observed two people who stepped off a vehicle carrying rifles and then enter into a house, so we […]
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(Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico). Teens “lifted” yesterday Thursday afternoon were found dead tonight, and with severe marks of torture on the road Parral-Jiménez, one of them with a tourniquet on the neck. Were identified unofficially as Marcos Eduardo Rodríguez Delgado, 19, Erick Rodriguez and Salvador Ramirez Damazo Bryan Rodriguez Lozano, 20, 16 and 14 years old […]
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The increasing clashes between gunmen of the Zetas, the Gulf Cartel (CDG) and Los Chapos for control of the Valles region of Jalisco have caused casualties of the police forces of Magdalena and San Martin Hidalgo, which highlights the precarious municipal government just took over Oct. 1. The coordinator of the Rural Police of Jalisco, […]
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A man who identified himself as a member of The Knights Templar cartel was arrested by the Public Security Secretariat of State (SSPE) because he secured a firearm, explosives and drugs, in the municipality of Quitupan. Read Article
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Navy Secretary Mariano Francisco Saynez led the graduation ceremony of 57 students of the Centre for Advanced Naval Studies, master’s colleges of the National Security and Administration XXXII Generation Generation Naval XLIII.He stressed that the institute trains students with the highest educational standards and noted that “we are proud to note that technological advances allow […]
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Narcobanners alerted the population of Saltillo on the arrival of a new cartel to the city, the authorities have not released the message according to tierradelnarco.com Mexico City. According to witnesses, it was during the early hours of today when the Distributed Mega Road a group of people put a blanket. Around 0830, the State […]
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According to jornada.unam.mx, three Guatemalans wearing military clothing were arrested during a series of shootings on Saturday registered in the Mexican city of Reynosa (northeast), the U.S. border, killing five suspects, prosecutors said Sunday the state of Tamaulipas. The three men were arrested on Saturday during the shootings that since the first hours were reported […]
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Personal Customs seized a shipment of methamphetamine valued at more than $ 350,000 in International crossing linking the port of Matamoros to Brownsville. The shipment was insured personnel Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for its acronym in English, which is located in the international crossing “Gateway” to where it arrived the driver of a Ford […]
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Colombia police captured two alleged kingpin arrested successors ‘Diego Stubble’ and 25 members of the paramilitary drug gang Los Rastrojos, accused of having links to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, said on Saturday President Juan Manuel Santos. “Ringleader shown, we captured leader,” Bush said during a public meeting in the town of Villa de Leyva (northeast), highlighting […]
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In Loja Police Prosecutor and try to establish who and the cause for which a man was killed with 27 stab wounds. The victim was found bleeding on the ground terminal of the Reina del Cisne,, Loja Canton, Wednesday morning. The city had 27 wounds from a sharp weapon in the back and the height […]
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Maytte Gavilánez, journalist with the FLACSO, originated this creative and important proposal that was born from the call to the National contest radio journalism. “The idea was to create an investigative report focused on radio and based on social issues, so I took this very complicated for the sole purpose of preventing abuse,” said Gavilánez. […]
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In recent weeks there has been an unusual increase in violence throughout this metropolitan region, where nearly 20 million people. The newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo today calculated that in the last two weeks 142 people died in the region, while the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo the figure rises to 159 victims, not […]
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A powerful weapon called model UZI submachine gun, with logos CICPC was found in the hands of a guy nicknamed “The Bear” during a proceeding conducted by the Nueva Esparta state police. It was learned that the raid was conducted in Pampatar, in which officers were able to recover also other weaponry. Learned that “The […]
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Brazilian citizen requested since August this year, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), was arrested early Wednesday by members of the sub Ciudad Bolivar of the Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations (CICPC). Rafael Altuve, regional director of the agency, said the capture occurred in the street Pool The Sabanita sector, after a hard work of […]
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Asuncion Paraguay narcs today seized more than 600 kilograms of cocaine and dismantled an international drug ring with the arrest of 20 people of various nationalities, in a farm located in the northeast of the country. The operation took place in the jurisdiction of Salto del Guaira, Canindeyú department, 600 kilometers northeast of the capital, […]
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The six alleged members were captured in the colony Xinantécatl streets, in the municipality of Metepec, where traveling in two vehicles. Salvador Neme Sastre, head of the Department of Public Safety (SSC) presented six suspected members of the criminal organization “The Knights Templar”. Among these is the alleged leader of “hawks” of the group, who […]
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The National Police, through the Narcotics Chief of Guayas, in raids in the Port of Guayaquil and urbanization Alegría, the cooperative sector Juan Montalvo, seized 445.071 kilos of cocaine and arrested six Ecuadorians. The commander (e) of the Police Zone No. 8, Col.. Luis Castillo Miranda, highlighted the work of the organization that prevented more […]
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If you add the weapons that are intended to destroy this 2012, a total of 54,737, with those destroyed in the country since 2003, “overcome the 342,575 weapons that are out of circulation in recent years.” Since 2003, when Venezuela began to exert a continuing policy for the destruction of firearms, destruction has been achieved […]
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Antonio Mazzitelli said that there are now new models of criminal organizations and the goal is no longer a route of drug control, but an entire territory “want to move an entire government, a society, and that the more control, more money is gets, and she emphasized this situation can only prevent citizens committed to […]
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The massive drug trafficking on the border Of all the drugs seized in Chile this year, half were seized in a single region of Antofagasta. The main route crosses the border narco Calama, where traffic has become the priority of the authorities, as it is a problem that is increasing. Read Article
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The end of the first decade of the century confirms safety trends evidenced since its inception. U.S. concentrates on their challenges and extra-Brazil-recognized as an emerging power-creates the South American Defense Council (CDS) and collecting an orientation to continental separation, not accepted by all. Drug trafficking and transnational organized crime are the main challenges. In […]
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Drug Office of the National Gendarmerie, along with local agencies and most of Latin America, put in place a mechanism to control the production of chemicals that can be used to make drugs. These are the results. The need to participate, engage and coordinate objectives and global efforts against this scourge according to defonline.com.ar The […]
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Mexican researcher Viridiana Rios developed an algorithm that uses Google maps to locate the activity, mobility and modus operandi of the drug cartels. his project, developed at the Center for US-Mexico Studies at the University of California in San Diego and in the Trans-Border Institute at the University of San Diego, seeks to identify strategies, […]
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Nicholas Ayuso, a young man who beat the journalist Néstor Dib, C5N channel, during the protest held at the Obelisk and Plaza de Mayo recovered in the last hours of freedom after being held at the police station on the 2nd of this capital. Ayuso, 29, was arrested on Thursday night when they face the […]
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Police operations conducted in this week allowed the seizure of $ 205,200 counterfeit dollars and the arrest of 12 people who allegedly tried to sell them. On Wednesday, seven people were arrested in the city of Quito adulterated with $ 125,000, while on Tuesday were arrested five others with fake $ 80,200 denominations. In the […]
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The day of student protests in the Dominican Republic was in mourning Thursday after a college student died after being hit by a bullet fired by police. Willy Florian, 22 year old medical student, was shot in the chest and died on way to hospital bleeding. The tragedy took place in the Dominican capital of […]
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The legalisation of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, which will allow the drug to be taxed and regulated, in two U.S. states will prompt debate on anti-drug policies in Mexico as well, and on the coordination of strategies between the two countries, experts say. “The least bad option is legalisation,” Jorge Chabat, at […]
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The Special Force against Drug Trafficking (FELCN) seized today, in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, a drug shipment to Chile, advanced anti-drug prosecutor Jose Parra. Parra said the cocaine was hidden in metal coils in two containers, carrying a truck whose destination was Chile, but said it has not yet quantified the amount of […]
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The soldiers came to the PJ Agualongo community in Otavalo and entered the house where others would be counterfeit. In-house authorities found seven $ 100 bills and four sheets of paper money impregnated with a stamp reading “Central Bank of Venezuela.” None of this could be justified. Police said the amount of counterfeit money that […]
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Two drivers that are part of the Medical Mission will pay three days in jail in the city of Tulcán, Ecuador, for exceeding the speed limit in that territory according to Caracol.com.co Citizens moved to the preparatory meeting for the binational health drill to be held this Saturday at the International Bridge Rumichaca, told Caracol […]
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Coordination Agents International Liaison State Preventive Police (PEP) captured in various actions to an American couple who was wanted in neighboring North for the crime of distribution of narcotics, as well as an American woman who had an arrest warrant against him for the crime of theft, in addition to violating probation. According to information […]
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Until February this year, Tamban neighborhoods, Assumption and Sosanga were the most productive and employment generating Chimbo, Canton Bolívar. In these areas, 34 workshops were dedicated to crafting weapons. But last August 22 after the reform of the Law on Manufacture and Possession of Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives, the Executive issued resolution 1274 and permanently […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, militarized police) discovered a stash of 2.7 tons of drugs in Tachira state (northwest), which borders Colombia, the second largest of the year, said the Ministry of Interior. General Juan Romero, commander of the GNB, provide details of the find in the course of the day from the city of […]
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