The leader of the sex workers in the state, Monica Mendoza, said it has identified so-called ‘pimps’, by periodicity of Queretaro take at least 10 underage women tricked, for sexual exploitation in other entities. Assumed that human trafficking remains a problem today in the country and particularly in the state, increasingly growing. For proof, he noted that the 3 000 600 sex workers in the state, 90 percent are victims of exploitation and come from other states such as Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz and Tlaxcala. Read Article
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A tomb in a cemetery located in Tamaulipas, Mexico was discovered to be concealing 2,410 kilos of marijuana. The drugs were pressed into 241 packages, 24 Horas reports. They were discovered after army officials performed reconnaissance methods on several tombs. Police are working to determine whether the drugs were to be marketed in the city, […]
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A 17-year old minor identified as C. R. R. was arrested in Chile while attempting to transport cocaine paste in diapers and juice. She was travelling from Iquique to Santiago when the bus was stopped at the customs station in El Loa, Diario 21 reports. Agents found the drugs in various areas of the bus. […]
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Fernando Ezequiel Astrada (21) and his mother Gabriela Rosset (39) were arrested at a bus stop in Cordoba, Argentina with almost a kilogram of cocaine and several kilos of acetone. They were preparing to depart for La Rioja, El Independiente reports, where they intended to “cook” the drugs. Several weeks of investigation led to the […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard in Venezuela confiscated 63 kilograms and 431 grams of cocaine at the Maracaibo port. According to a Noticias de Prensa Latina report, the drug shipment was to make its way from the port to the Dominican Republic. The drugs were concealed in two bags that were to be loaded onto a […]
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Officials were able to capture three narco-traffickers during a raid in San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Argentina. The suspects were not identified by name, although authorities reported a woman (24) and two men (28 and 32) were arrested with 56 packages of cocaine. Seven cell phones, a camera, a memory card, and other items […]
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Spanish police assisted in bringing down an international drug ring consisting of Dominican Republican citizens who attempted to introduce cocaine to Spain via German ports. According to Al Momento, investigations concerning the organization began in August 2011. During the recent operation, 135 kilos of cocaine were seized and 9 people were arrested at the port […]
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Elcomercio.com reported he was murdered with a gun. It happened the night of June 8, in the neighborhood Cayambe, a central sector of the capital Azuay. It was the murder of Mark M. and was the sixth case perpetrated in that sector and contained in official records. According to figures from the Judicial Police, 37 […]
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Bolivia is the new route for the movement of people, preferably young, said the special prosecutor in Paraguay Trafficking, Teresa Martinez, during an international seminar. The representative of the Public Ministry said they have evidence that in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Paraguay some 250 are sexually exploited in nightclubs. He said that September […]
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A Bolivian teenager 16 years appeared yesterday in the Special Force to Fight Crime to report that for two years was the victim of sexual and labor exploitation in Brazil and who escaped with the help of her family. According to them, have other children in the same condition. The child was carried to the […]
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Franz Gonzalez Gonzalez, alias “El Vinchita” murderer of the daughter of a U.S. consul, was found dead on Friday after a brawl in the prison cell of Chonchocoro jail inmates reported that is in the highlands of La Paz. “The Vinchita was cut and bled to death. The man was too complicated and had many […]
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El Comercio.com reported that robbery suspects were prosecuted in Imbabura Indigenous took into custody five people in community of Huaycopunto, Otavalo (Imbabura) for allegedly stealing cattle. Residents set one of the trucks of the suspects ablaze.
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The state attorney, together with the consuls of Honduras and Costa Rica along with the Mexican Red Cross, coordinate the search efforts of Central American migrants reported missing in this region. The head of the Attorney General of the State (PGJE), Rommel Moreno Manjarrez said that work together and permanently in the search for aliens […]
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The Mexican army said on Sunday the finding in a cemetery in the village The Villa Nueva, in the northeast of the country, a cache of 241 bundles containing 2.2 tons of marijuana. In a statement, the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) explained that two days ago for a land tour through the town of […]
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Murder is the second perpetrated against children in less than 48 hours after the discovery on Saturday of a 6 year old boy beheaded and their severed hands in a wasteland of Moreno (west) after being abducted along with his father, also killed and quartered. In both cases the police investigate the hypothesis of a […]
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Several people were injured Sunday, including a native leader, in clashes between opposition and pro-government Indians for control of a union office in Santa Cruz (eastern Bolivia), in protests against the construction of a road in a reserve ecology. The clashes began when a group that supports native opposition leader Adolfo Chavez decided to take […]
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Individual accused of prostituting his Guatemalan wife in Mexico An individual with the name of Daniel Rivera Flores AKA “Dany” was accused of prostituting his Guatemalan wife in different parts of Mexico. Daniel Rivera married the underage victim taking her to Zacatelco, Tlaxcala and other states in Mexico where he forced her into prostitution. He […]
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Mexico: From 2009 to 2012 the Federal District of the Attorney General´s Office has conducted at least 175 operations against human Trafficking. 75% of the operations have been directed in La Merced area, where organizations operate illegal activities mainly in bridges and hotels. There are 19 human trafficking cases existing before the court till this […]
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July 25, 2012 – Tourist from the U.S. was robbed of an Ipod stolen by a taxi driver from the tourist’s luggage. Larepublica.pe reported that there is growing insecurity at the Alejandro Velasco Astete airport in Cusco, Peru. In the last two months there have been four reported cases of aggravated robbery against foreign tourists […]
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1. Observatory of Public Safety in Guayaquil reports commission of murder numbers is down from January 1 through July 15 for the last three years. 2. 19.34 percent of murders are committed between 18:01 and 24:00 hours. 21:01 to 24:00 hours, 16.79 percent of murders are committed. Daylight hours and weekends account for 60% of […]
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Traffic Law The paragraph E of Article 145 of the Traffic Law states that the driver exceeds the speed limit outside the moderate range, in accordance with the regulations, shall be punished with imprisonment of three days, a fine of a unified base pay ($ 292) and ten points on the license. The passage of […]
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A Honduran police officer and two civilians were stopped and arrested as they were driving near the Guatemalan border with $10 thousand in a false compartment. The compartment was located between the back seats and the trunk. Drug-sniffing dogs detected traces of drugs inside the vehicle, leading to the search and seizure.The suspects were identified […]
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After extensive intelligence work, the police in Nicaragua have determined that its area of the Caribbean is used by narco-traffickers, particularly those belonging to Colombian cartels. Sucesos Critica reports that last month Nicaraguan officials disbanded a drug trafficking organization operating between Panama and Honduras. Authorities also combated gunfire in the Caribbean with other criminal groups. […]
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The National Drug Control in the Dominican Republic arrested two individuals who were in possession of 3,933 capsules of a drug resembling ecstasy, 265 grams of cocaine, and a pistol. According to El Nacional, the suspects were identified as Erickson Frangely Pérez (Fernandito) and Johanna Paulino. They were arrested during a raid on their residence […]
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A vessel belonging to the Navy in Chile fired bullets after a Peruvian boat entered Chilean waters and engaged in a drug transaction. The Peruvian boat, docked at Caleta Vitor, was transporting 38 kilos of pressed marijuana. It had docked late at night, when four individuals arrived in a van to receive the shipment, Soy […]
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Two women and ten men were accused of operating a clandestine drug laboratory dismantled on May 26, 2012. The laboratory was located the the Venezuelan state of Nueva Sparta, La Saeta reports. The public prosecutor formally charged the suspects with the crime of drug distribution. The suspects were identified as Urdalis María Ramos (55), Yurima […]
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After intelligence work, officials constructed a traffic stop in the Ita Ibaté Corrientes area of Argentina. There, they stopped a van pulling a sports boat laden with around 267 kilos of marijuana. According to Al Sur Informa, the cover of the boat had recent signs of being altered. The drugs were found in a false […]
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Mexico: Woman victim survivor of sexual torture has received violent threats A Chilean woman(Valentina Palma) accusing officers for being responsible of sexual torture on 2006 receives a letter that has threatening messages directed towards her. Valentina Palma Novoa was one of the 49 female victims that were detained and raped by 26 state and federal […]
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According to the Human Rights commission of Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in Mexico CityZona de la Merced has the highest rate of child trafficking for sexual exploitation in Latin America. 80% of most sexual exploitation victims are women, out of these 50% are minors. The report represented pimps have a profit of about $53,000 […]
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According to Alicia Mesa Bribiesca, a representative of the American Observatory Against Trafficking, the fight against trafficking crime in Mexico has not been significant. Mexico City has been considered one of the main cities in the world for human trafficking. Read Article
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A Spaniard and a Venezuelan were arrested after officials in the Maiquetía airport seized two drug shipments. The first occurred when the Spaniard was caught with 12.5 kilos of cocaine taped to his body. He attempted to board a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, Germany, Correo del Orinoco reports. The 41-year-old Venezuelan citizen attempted to board […]
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The National Drug Control seized 12 packages of cocaine in the port of Boca Chica, the Dominican Republic on July 25, 2012. The shipment was to be sent to Secre, Venezuela, authorities believe. The drugs originated in Curaçao, but a mechanical issue forced the boat to seek land. The vessel is registered with the name […]
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Four individuals selling marijuana and cocaine in Francisco Villa, Ciudad Juarez, were arrested by police. According to Fronte Net, residents and locals of the area called officials to report the drug deals. After investigating the scene, two cars were located nearby. One, a 1999 Grand Prix, contained seven packets of cocaine rocks. The other, a […]
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Two boats carrying 12 Honduran citizens and 10 kilos were discovered off the coast of Honduras near Guanaja by members of the U.S. Coast Guard. One of the boats had sunk before the operation was complete, making it difficult to determine whether it was also transporting drugs. The suspects were moved to the Puerto Castillo […]
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Police in Chile arrested a man for transporting 50 million pesos worth of cocaine paste in his car along Route 5. According to 24 Horas, José Pulgar Cárdenas (55), who had been travelling with his 12-year-old son, was arrested. He had been driving a Peugeot 206 when police stopped and searched the car with X-ray equipment. […]
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According to the U.S. State department, 79% of aircrafts transporting cocaine stop in Honduras. The department claims that drug shipments by air from South America often make their first stop in Honduras. Drug-trafficking continues to increase in the country, according to Tiempo. When the U.S. released this statement, President Porfirio Lobo sent a representative to […]
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The assault was frustrated last Monday in the center of the city of Loja, had been planned a few hours earlier, according to the conclusions derived from unofficial accounts that would have the offenders arrested to date. It has been known that the alleged robbery of mentalizing, whose name has not been revealed, have been […]
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Seventy-one percent of Mexicans do not trust their local police, which gives Mexico the worst showing of any nation among the five Latin American countries where the international GfK company conducts quarterly surveys. “Distrust in Mexico has grown more than in any other Latin American country due to the increase in violence, the corruption of […]
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According to a study by GfK agency (A German market research institute), Ecuador’s rate of robberies(street muggings) is higher than those in Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela. According to research 6% of respondents said they had suffered a violent street assault weapons and use either gun or knife. The study revealed that Guayaquil is the […]
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A man from Colombia, who was arrested outside a bank in the municipality of Zapopan, confessed to having participated in 11 robberies perpetrated against account holders. The detainee is Javier Alejandro Martinez Steel, 40, residing in a hotel provisional Revolution Avenue in Guadalajara. He was arrested by local police after it was detected in the […]
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IBAGUÉ. Two robberies of drivers of public service capital of Tolima were committed on Monday night in the fields and input Picaleña Modelia neighborhood. Professionals in the wheel of the city see their daily work as a risk that can even take away life. The first case happened near the Casa de la Moneda in […]
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Eltiempo.com.ec reported those arrested were identified as Augustine CA, Second BC, Milton CG Efren, aka The Russian, and PV Francisca, who are accused by the prosecution to have participated in the theft of 36.8 kilograms of gold and 113 kilograms of silver. Research suggests that the theft would have planned on a farm on the […]
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It has been several times in prison for trafficking and possession of drugs. The police claimed to have captured in the last week to 21 criminal suspects involved, among others, the distribution and sale of illicit drugs and of being the perpetrators of robberies, especially of phones, in the center of the city. Among those […]
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Four alleged members of a gang of robbers bank customers were captured by agents Politáchira when loitering suspiciously by the agency of Banco Mercantil, at the intersection of Avenue 19 April with the La Guacara. The arrest was performed on Monday, shortly before noon, when it was known, through the Central Patrol, that in the […]
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Elite troops began yesterday police searched the north of La Paz, Bolivia’s border with Peru, in coordination with authorities and security teams from the neighboring country to come up with the band Sunday docked the two buses in Apollo, according to Government Minister Carlos Romero. The police assumed that the passengers were people carrying gold […]
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Special Force to Fight Crime (FELCC) executed, yesterday, a requisition to several lodges and hotels in the city, in which 30 people arrested had no identity documents at the time of his arrest, according to spokesman of the police, Juan Carlos Corrales. This police operation was conducted to identify suspects in crimes of trafficking in […]
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A relative of prisoner Mario Fabre (26), alias “Marito,” was caught attempting to smuggle cocaine into a prison in Concepcion del Uruguay, Argentina. The relative had left bread for Fabre, Elonce reports. Once officials inspected the bread, it was apparent the relative had hidden a package of cocaine inside. The family is under investigation. The […]
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Officials arrested four alleged Los Zetas members in Puebla, Mexico and seized drugs, money, firearms, and vehicles. Among those arrested was William de Jesús Torres Solórzano, alias “el W” and “el Come Gusanos.” He is known to have transferred drugs and money between Mexico and Guatemala, Sin Embargo reports. During the operation, cocaine and 830,000 […]
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A stolen plastic injection machine was discovered inside a clandestine factory located in Zumaran Argentina. According to a La Manana Cordoba report, the machine had been stolen in 2010 and is worth $200,000. The report states the machine weighs 32 tons and must therefore be dismantled before attempting to remove it. It can be used […]
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A drug trafficking gang called “la banda de la frontera,” or the Border Gang was usurped after officials arrested four men and three women in La Matanza, Argentina. The organization is known to traffick drugs between Argentina and Paraguay. A large quantity of marijuana, two vehicles, firearms, and cash were seized during the operation, Online […]
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Six people were arrested in Trujillo, Peru, after officials caught them with 36 kilos of marijuana hidden inside three suitcases. The suitcases were being transported in a van along a highway, RPP noticias reports. None of the six suspects claimed responsibility for the drugs, though they did admit the shipment was to be delivered to […]
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A family that modeled themselves after the Italian mafia was broken up after police arrested 12 members. According to La Segunda, the family owned various houses in Santiago and along the coasts in Chile that are valued at $600 million. They were arrested for crimes of drug trafficking. Authorities have stated the family paid their […]
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Chiapas reports between 10-12 missing children every six months according to the Right Protection of Women Program. Many of these children end up being transported to other countries or even Central America. Children are mostly abducted for illegal adoption purposes and or they are forced into sexual and labor exploitation. Read Article
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In Mexico, teenage girls are now being used as informants, mules, killers and sexual slaves by drug cartels. According to the Regional Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and Girls in Latin America, in the past year 350 teenage girls between the ages 12 and 16 were victims of these crimes. Read Article
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A shipment of 125, 45 kilos of marijuana, possibly abandoned, was found by the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad), in a wooded area of Wye, Concepción. The discovery of the marijuana was in the town of Paso Mbutu, Horqueta district. Until there came the agents of Senad, before presence information of the drug. Read Article
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“So far this year are 121 deaths compared with 102 last year, that means 19% higher crime rate. Of course strategy is being performed with excellent results. This area is very complicated because it is the support network of terrorism of the FARC and the bacrim who are looking to generate fear in the population, […]
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Florence. In the last hours the National Police arrested a woman who is required by court order for the offense of incitement to prostitution, the case was reported in January 2010 when a teenager was found inside a brothel exercising prostitution with her mother. According conviction woman was sentenced to 160 months in prison for […]
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Karla, 26, and Psychology student, disappeared from her rural community in the western province of Chinandega, Nicaragua, and was found in a local commercial sexual exploitation in Costa Rica, to where her mother came to investigate what happened. At the site, some subjects told the woman that her daughter would not leave there until he […]
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Florence, July 23, 2012. In offensive operations in the last few hours, troops of the Twelfth Brigade in coordination with members of the Regional Military Intelligence Brigade Against Drug Trafficking, Southern Naval Force and Department of Caquetá Police, killed in military operations development alias “Julian,” gang member Hector Ramirez 49 of the FARC, seized while […]
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July 20, 20123:30 in the morning, terrorists from the Teofilo Forero Mobile Column FARC dynamited CASTRO THE BRIDGE ‘Riecito’, A at kilometer 23, the road connecting IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PUERTO RICO AND SAN VICENTE Caguan IN THE NORTH CAQUETÁ. THIS ACTION incommunicado FARC TERRORIST THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN VICENTE Caguan WITH THE REST OF […]
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A Greek, two Romanians, and one Russian were arrested at the Jorge Chavez airport in Lima, Peru. They were attempting to fly with 7.3 kilos of cocaine to Spain, according to El Tiempo. The Greek, identified as Constantinus K.M. (44) carried two kilos of drugs impregnated in clothing that was hidden in a backpack. The […]
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From January to date anti-crime force (FELCC) rescued 15 girls clandestine brothels in the city center and captured two clans responsible for recruiting them. The Attorney and the Mayor announced operations against these illegal businesses. At least about 15 girls were rescued. We recently had nine cases of children on Figueroa Street and Santa Cruz, […]
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Two juveniles, one 10 years, were rescued from brothels in the city of La Paz during the raid late Friday and early yesterday morning, said the head of this agency deployment, Colonel Jose Luis Ramallo. The under 10 was in a brothel located across the street Hermanos Manchego Sopocachi area. Ramallo Colonel refused to advance […]
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Luis Antonio Rios Perez (27) was detained in the Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala after flying from Barranquilla, Colombia with liquid cocaine. He had swallowed 46 capsules of the drug to evade detection, the Government of Guatemala website reports. However, after passing through security controls after arriving in Guatemala, officials noted his nervous […]
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Members of the national drug control force in the Dominican Republic discovered a marijuana plantation in the midst of the J. Armando Bermúdez National Park. According to the National Directorate of Drug Control website, 120 plants were found at the site, which is located in Santiago Rodriguez. Other plants were in the germination process. Those […]
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General Julio Cesar Aviles, head of the military in Nicaragua, has announced that the army has seized approximately 120 tons of cocaine since 2000. The General claimed that Nicaragua discovered the most drugs in the Central American area with the least amount of resources. He also stated that drugs remain the largest threat to national […]
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Police in Antofagasta, Chile arrested two men after intercepting a drug trafficking scheme. According to Soy Chile, a vehicle was spotted as it travelled south on Route 5. Police searched the vehicle using a new truck scanner, which revealed 10 packages of cocaine base. The financier of the operation, who was to receive the drugs […]
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Half a ton of cocaine intended to be shipped to Nigeria was discovered and confiscated at the Buenos Aires airport in Argentina. The customs staff, with the help of drug-sniffing dogs, found the cocaine during an inspection. The drugs were concealed in a dredging machine, Periodismo Vivo reports. The total weight of the shipment was […]
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According to authorities many Mexican residents have left their households in response to violence, extortions and criminal activities. There were reported are at least 25,000 abandoned residences in the state of Tamaulipas. Read Article
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An inspection surprise to city brothels found that a large part of the prostitutes not carry health cards or identity. We also found a minor in one of the premises. The more Jesus Flores commanded the operation, but before starting the tour these turned off their phones to avoid leaking any information. Subsequently, participants were […]
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The reduction in levels of violence in Chihuahua led to new account “countrymen” to enter the country from Ciudad Juarez and many more chose to stay in the state, said Demetrio Sotomayor, director of tourism north. In just half a year, figures from the state income doubled relative to 2011. The official said that “in […]
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An average of 150 vehicles are stolen each month in Guayaquil. This is evidenced by statistics provided by the Observatory of Public Safety Guayaquil (OSCG). Until mid-July this year 964 cars and 303 motorcycles were stolen from different parts of the city, becoming, along with burglary, an offense with the highest incidence during the second […]
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The National Drug Control in the Dominican Republic arrested two brothers that were attempting to traffick drugs to Puerto Rico. Yamell López Hernández and his unidentified younger brother were detained as they attempted to board a ferry. They were concealing several packages of cocaine in the transmission and mechanical areas of a black Ford vehicle, […]
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Officials seized and confiscated 250 panels of cocaine in the mountainous area of Las Queseras del Meta, in the state of Apure. According to Entorno Inteligente, the drugs were discovered inside a white pickup truck with the license plate 72BJAG. A drug press was also found inside the vehicle, along with aircraft accessories. No suspects […]
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After large drug seizures in the Coronel Oviedo, Caazapá, and Villarrica areas of Paraguay, officials have noted that the destination of these shipments was Caazapá. From there, the drugs would enter Argentina, according to a Color ABC report. The shipments are believed to leave Caazapá via clandestine airstrips. Anonymous sources claim a low-ranking police officer […]
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Elements of the Mexican Army seized and dismantled a synthetic drug laboratory in the Aguajito de León area of the Mocorito municipality. The laboratory was discovered in the bushes while the Army unit was performing and observational tour in the area. 2,375 kilos of solid methamphetamine, 120,000 of liquid methamphetamine, and many kilograms of other […]
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All religious sculptures sent by mail, especially those of the Virgin Mary, must be scanned in Peru do to an increase of drug trafficking. Narco-traffickers have lately been sending their merchandise hidden inside these statues, Peru 21 reports. They have also been using funeral urns to transport drugs. Authorities announced that drugs have also been […]
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Highway safety police managed to seize 4 kilos of cocaine paste that was transported on a charter bus from Huanta to Ica, Peru. The bus was stopped in the Espíritu Alto community and belonged to the Empresa Antezana Hnos bus company. According to Info Region, several bottles containing cocaine paste were discovered inside crates containing […]
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In two years, electronic crimes reported to the Scientific Division of the Federal Police grew more than 4 000 600 percent. Of 173 complaints in 2010 rose to 016 by June 8000 this year. According to government figures, fraud and various shops prevailed in 2010 and 2011, but so far this year total more than […]
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Part of shipment of cocaine hidden in speakers. (Video) Two teenagers were arrested July 13, 2012 in Targu Jiu, Romania while they picked up a package containing 300 grams of cocaine. The package was mailed from Paraguay. Three others were arrested with 600 grams of cocaine from Costa Rica, street value of 100,000 euros. Read […]
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The federal government signed an agreement with leading mobile operators in the country to bring down the black market of mobile telephony, which regularly encourages organized crime. In signing the agreement with representatives of Telcel, Movistar, Nextel and Iusacell and Marisela Morales, head of the PGR. Read Article
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According to the Population of the United Nations Agency, Mexico places third place in trafficking against women and children in Latin America. The states with the higher incidence of missing females are Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Chiapas, Durango, State of Mexico, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, […]
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After the meeting he held the National Prosecutor, Sabas Chahuán, with the directors of the Association of Parents and Guardians (AMDEPA) and the president of the Red Children Chile, Lorena Acped, it was learned that the Justice Department investigated 49 establishments eastern sector of the crime of sexual abuse against students. At the meeting also […]
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Also wanted in U.S. Benjamin Valeriano Hernandez Jr. and Mario Cazares, ‘Cachitas’, identified as the alleged leader of the Juarez cartel, was captured in Lomas de Chapultepec. According to the federal Public Security Secretariat ‘The jocks’ criminal activity began in 1998 as an alleged drug dealer in the U.S., crime for which has location and […]
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Guatemala presents a chilling number of 15,000 cases a year of human trafficking, which affects children and adolescents, especially women, who are used for sexual exploitation and child pornography, a serious problem that is urgent that the security forces and the system justice in our country fight it head on. The current government, through the […]
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POLICE/MILITARY TO ENGAGE IN JOINT PATROLS The governor of Guayas, Viviana Bonilla announced that the strategies are being defined to resume joint patrols of the armed forces with the National Police. This part of the meeting of the Provincial Security Council held this Friday in the city. The governor met with security officials and other […]
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A Nicaraguan woman in possession of drugs died after being shot three times in the head in Lomas del Río, Pavas, Costa Rica. She was identified as Nora Estrella Zúñiga Piña (43), La Nacion reports. The shooter was identified only as a man on a motorcycle, who was riding with another male. The victim had […]
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Alcides Gamio Mallqui (44), one of the most wanted narco-traffickers in Peru, also known as Jaime Gamio, was arrested in Tingo María. He was wanted for trafficking over 500 kilos of drugs each month, RPP Noticias reports. His principle areas of operation included Caunarapa, Chipaco, and Maravilla. The suspect also constructed his own cocaine processing […]
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Police in Álamos, Mexico discovered 31 kilos, 600 grams of marijuana hidden inside an abandoned ranch. According to El Regional de Sonora, investigators found the site of the drug stash after detecting it from an air operation. Once searching the ranch, 32 packages containing the marijuana were discovered. Officials also confiscated a press. No arrests […]
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Alexánder Montoya Úsuga, believed to be the second-in-command of the Los Urabeños gang, was arrested on July 17, 2012 in Honduras. He was wanted for flying on an aircraft previously stolen from the El Dorado airport in Colombia, UPI Español reports. He is also believed to have been responsible for ordering and renting airplanes used […]
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National drug enforcement police in Moin, Costa Rica discovered and seized a shipment of drugs that arrived in the city’s port. According to Infosur Hoy, the drugs arrived from Colombia and were to be shipped to Europe after stops in Costa Rica and Puerto Rico. The exact final destination in Europe is unknown. The shipment […]
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According to experts the economic crisis, the unemployment and violence have increased the stress in families causing violence for children at their homes. Many children have been exposed to violence because of the violence and even death of their caregivers. In Mexico there are more than 40 thousand orphan mistreated children due to violence in […]
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The Scientific Division of the Federal Police reported an increase in crimes of extortion and fraud using the Internet for the period of January to June 30, 2012 to receive 5000 complaints. In the area of electronic crimes against children and adolescents as corruption, pornography, sex tourism, pandering, human trafficking and child abuse increased from […]
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Brazilian authorities have arrested 18 people in connection with the high profile killing of an indigenous leader by masked gunmen. Religious leader Nísio Gomes was murdered in front of his Guarani community in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul last November. His body has never been found. The list of suspects includes the owner […]
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“The Constitution says that the Bolivian state can not grant a safe conduct and can not accept political asylum to a person having ordinary processes of justice for reasons having to do with common crimes, and now Senator Pinto processed” , Davila said the media in La Paz. He reiterated that “deplores” the alleged “pressure” […]
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Cops take $360,000 to release man with drugs, sub-machine gun Less than a week after Acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell warned corrupt ranks to turn in their badges, five TSU ranks are under investigation for allegedly collecting $360,000 to release a man whom they had nabbed with drugs and a loaded sub-machine gun. Kaieteur News […]
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In the previous two years more than 300 deported Honduran children that have been relocated to Mexico have been victims of human trafficking and never returned to their families. During the last 5 months of this year Mexican authorities have reported to transfer 589 deported children to Honduras and only 357 of them were returned […]
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Mexico: In Mexico beaches are the main focus for sexual exploitation and trafficking According to Martha Brown, president of the Children Foundation, Mexican beaches are some of the main points of interest for individuals who perform activities like children trafficking and sexual exploitation. This problem affects not only Mexico but many other but many other […]
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Two people were arrested after officials discovered a drug laboratory in La Granja, Monzón, Peru. One of the suspects, identified as J.A.A. was 16 years old. The other, Juver Miguel Fernández Quispe, was 33, Info Region reports. After dismantling the laboratory in which the two operated, officials burned 1.5 tons of chemicals used to produce […]
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A twin engine Cessna aircraft was unearthed in El Anís, Olancho, Honduras, near a makeshift runway. According to La Tribuna, residents nearby had seen a plane preparing for landing; however, it soon disappeared from sight. Searches for the plane were futile until a strong odor of gasoline and burned flesh led investigators to unearth the […]
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