The family of Tito Rene Morocho, the assault fatality Quicentro Shopping mall in southern Quito, expressed concern after learning that the seven arrested on suspicion of fact were released for lack of evidence.Yesterday the remains of Morocho were veiled in Mount Olive cemetery. His son Barry Morocho questioned the speed with which the prosecution concluded […]
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The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said deciding on asylum claims his country of the founder of Wikileaks, the Australian Assange be assessed “if there is danger of death” for him in court cases facing. “Just look at the causes,” Correa said in an interview with BBC World when asked what it depends on the […]
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A court in Chile to reopen the investigation into the death of Ronni Moffitt, U.S. citizen died in Washington in 1976 in an attack on a prominent political dissident. The Santiago Court of Appeals ruled that the criminal investigation should continue in Chile, as the authors were Chilean citizens. Moffitt died by accident while riding […]
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Five subjects captured was the result of an intensive operation carried out yesterday morning by agents of the Judicial Police, PJ, after the assault and theft to the credit union and Cooperation, Sayausí agency. Cevallos Germain, head of the PJ, said that for 15 days following the movements were agents of the criminal gang to […]
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Police in San Felipe, Chile arrested Luis Alberto Fernández Torres (40), alias “Rumpi,” a narco-trafficker wanted for dealing cocaine in the city center and surrounding areas, Mi San Felipe reports. He was arrested on a residential street and has a criminal record of burglary, illegal possession of a firearm, and drug trafficking, among others. 21 […]
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Police in Copiapo, Chile arrested 8 individuals in connection with a drug trafficking ring operating in cities throughout the country. The arrest occurred after one suspect attempted to flee police at a vehicle checkpoint, resulting in a chase and capture. Rectangular packages of drugs were found in the backseat of the truck. The passengers attempted […]
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A 24-year-old man from the Merida state of Venezuela was caught in the Simón Bolívar International Airport as he attempted to fly to Rome, Italy with 70 sacs of cocaine in his stomach. The total weight of the drugs was 1 kilo, El Tiempo reports. The flight was operated by the Alitalia airline. The plane […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard seized 330 kilos of marijuana in the Tachira area after noticing irregular cattle movements along a path between Tachira and Capache. Upon investigating, officials discovered 7 sacks containing 336 panels of marijuana weighing 330 kilos. The location of the drugs was approximately 5 miles from the border with Colombia in the […]
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Police in Paraguay arrested Colombian Ulisis Peñalosa (57) and Venezuelan Fernando Stimac (43) in Asunción for drug possession. According to El Tiempo, police discovered cocaine during a raid on two houses in the city, one in Villa Morra and the other in Santísima Trinidad. Police reported 266 packages of cocaine were found in the first […]
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A Venezuelan citizen was arrested in the Santo Domingo international airport after security officials discovered 17 kilos of cocaine in his suitcase. According to El Tiempo, the cocaine had been stored in 16 various packages. The suspect taken into custody was reported to be Jeampiero Alexander Moreno Clavijo, 32. He was attempting to travel with […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard has retained a plane believed to be used for drug smuggling. The plane is a dual-engine aircraft and remains at the Josefa Camejo airport in Punto Fijo, Venezuela. The plane was retained after guards performed a narcotics test on the aircraft, which yielded positive results for cocaine, El Tiempo reports. Two […]
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A Nigerian citizen was stopped at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía after attempting to board a plane bound for Lisbon, Portugal, with a stop in Accra, Ghana. The suspect had been carrying a brown leather suitcase with 5 compartments, in which the cocaine was concealed. According to El Tiempo, he was carrying a […]
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The presidents of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, and Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, agreed to install a radar network in the Pacific to combat organized crime, including joint security initiatives discussed at the bilateral summit June 15 in the Costa Rican capital. In high school foreign ministers, Colombia and Costa Rica reiterated its interest in joint […]
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The Uruguayan government has launched a new strategy against washing whose accent is placed more on the real estate sector, public limited companies (SA) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The assessment concludes that the only sector with strong controls is financial, while others (casinos, real estate, etc..) Have medium controls, and associations, foundations and NGOs (sports […]
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Two suspects were arrested after officials discovered over 683 pounds of marijuana in Tijuana, Mexico. Univision Noticias reports the seizure and arrests occurred during an operation in which police pulled over a grey 2004 Volkswagen Jetta. Two passengers were identified as Leopoldo Aguirre Hernández (47) from Jalisco, and Francisco Villa Valencia (41) from Michoacán. Both […]
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Approximately 10 kilos of cocaine paste were found hidden in bags of potatoes and beans in Ayacucho, Peru. Agents of the Drug Enforcement Division seized the drugs during an operation that took place along the Los Libertadores roadway at kilometer 317, Diario Correo reports. During the operation, a bus belonging to the company Antezana Hermanos […]
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Mauricio Santoyo, former chief of security under President Alvaro Uribe from 2002-2006 and retired police general in Colombia, has been accused by the United States of drug conspiracy. La Republic reports that the United States believes Santoyo conspired to bring cocaine into the country with the help of assassins and narco-traffickers from 2000-2008. It is […]
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Joel Rosales Calixto (44), alias “Shiuri,” was caught by national police in Irazola, in the Padre Abad province of the Ucayali region in Peru on June 14, 2012. According to Diario Impetu, he had been one of the most wanted narco-traffickers operating in the Monzón Valley. He had moved to this area in order to centralize […]
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Recent captures of drug traffickers in Guatemala have been attributed to institutional improvements in the country, which has included a reformatting of investigative bodies, better systems for gathering and analyzing intelligence, and more coordination within and between institutions. According to Agencia Guatemalteca Noticias, these improvements have allowed officials to disband drug trafficking organizations, which has […]
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A drug trafficking organization led by the Costa Rican Alejandro González Jiménez, known as “The Palidejo,” has been reported to utilize the San Juan river in Nicaragua as a drug route between Costa Rica and Guatemala. According to Nuevaya, shipments of drugs enter Nicaragua stored in backpacks carried by mules along the river until vehicle […]
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Scammers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, are well practiced. While they might choose a random victim every so often, they usually look for certain things to limit risk on their part and ensure a better rate of success. Here are some of the ways they pick their targets. 1. Clothing You will never see a local […]
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Contrary to the official versions in the sense that the situation of addiction in the city is improving, social groups involved in work connected with this problem note that drug use continues to increase, diversify and involving age ranges increasingly reduced. Read Article
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Five armed assailants entered a fuertementemente vivienta and stole ¢ 39 million. The incident occurred yesterday at 7:58 pm in the Linda Vista area of La Union, Cartago. Nils Ching, regional director of the security forces of Carthage, said individuals posing as policemen and forced the homeowner and their parents to drop to the ground. […]
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With the supply of new tools and implementation strategies, looking for better results in fighting organized crime and common crime, the Minister said during the ceremony to be completed this June 18, in the traditional Plaza de San Francisco, with the assistance of the police leadership and the Mayor of the Metropolitan District of Quito, […]
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The U.S. Embassy estimates over 1 million reside in the country now, up by more than a quarter from 2010. Between 7,000 and 17,000 U.S. and Canadians live in Chapala depending on the season, making it the oldest and biggest concentration of U.S. expats in Mexico. Despite the violence, most expats are staying put for […]
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Two men were arrested accused of brutally murdering an elderly woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The victim, Delia Fernandez (83), had walked in on the suspects as they attempted to rob her house. Fernandez was found dead in her home with a smashed skull on May 21, 2012, prompting a search for the murderers. Officials […]
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Through a joint security effort, officials were able to find over 16 tons of synthetic drugs on board a vessel from Xin Yan Tai, South Korea that had made its way to the port in Manzanillo, Mexico. The chemical discovered was methylamine, which is used to create synthetic drugs. According to Uniradio Informa, the drugs […]
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Anyello Tavarez Basora (21) was impeded in the Santo Domingo airport as he attempted to board a plane to Spain with 38 small bags of cocaine in his stomach. He was investigated after security officials noticed suspicious behavior and a radiology test yielded positive results, Noticias Mundo Vision reports. He was taken to an Armed […]
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Security officials stopped a bus belonging to the Pullman Bus company travelling from Africa City to Santiago, Chile on June 16, 2012. During a baggage inspection, a drug-sniffing dog detected a suspicious odor coming from a sports bag belonging to a suspect with the initials J.D.R.O. According to Diario Chañarcillo, ten transparent nylon bags were […]
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Around 2:30 p.m. on June 17, 2012, a van crashed into a San Remo vehicle in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The van driver had run a stop sign. The accident occurred at Street 20 and Letamendi Street. The van was spotted with license plate number GPC-0364, El Universo reports When police arrived, they discovered 10 packages of […]
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Police investigators in Chile discovered and seized 850 kilograms of cocaine bearing “made in Bolivia” labels, the largest cocaine shipment found in the country. According to Los Tiempos, the drugs made their way from Bolivia via an illegal border crossing and were discovered in the Mano del Desierto zone in Antofagasta. The shipment was disguised […]
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Police raided 19 stores dedicated to buying and selling used parts located on the street Alcedo between 17 and Salinas in Guayaquil this June 14, pursuant to an order issued by the Twenty-Sixth Court of Criminal Guarantees Guayas this June 14th. The uniformed staff with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), visited the premises and checked […]
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On June 15th during a routine checkup at the” Cereso Cieneguillas” Zacatecas prison, authorities got ahold of large amounts of drugs and communication equipment. According to the report there were more than 452 marihuana doses, 59 cocaine doses, three cannabis bags, eight radios, between 55-60 litter of alcohol, 30 cellphones and homemade weapons. Read Article
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Peru21.pe reported that new investigations by Peruvian Police confirm that a group of Australians killed the doorman of a building in Miraflores , in January 2012 after throwing him from the 15th floor of the department in which they lived, in block 2 of Malecón Cisneros. Originally it was believed that doorman Lino Rodriguez Vilchez […]
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There it was on video: Five heavily armed policemen barge into a hotel in western Mexico before dawn and march out with three handcuffed men in underwear. But police weren’t making an arrest. Prosecutors say they apparently were taking orders from criminals. Just hours after the three were seized, they were found asphyxiated and beaten […]
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A Costa Rican citizen identified as Gibb and a Jamaican identified as Owens caused a car accident at an intersection in La Suiza de Turrialba, Cartago after attempting to flee from police. Upon seeing the police checkpoint, the two attempted to escape, but crashed their car into an oncoming truck shortly after, La Nación reports. […]
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José Luis Pérez Caminero, the athletic director of Atlético de Madrid, was charged by a Spanish drug with the crime of money laundering. 19 other individuals were charged with the same crime. The laundered money was a product of drug trafficking in Latin America, specifically concerning Colombian and Mexican organizations. According to a Terra report, […]
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Yanith del Socorro Selveda Quintero, identified as the girlfriend of the drug trafficker known as “Megateo,” was captured by police in Vega de San Antonio, Norte de Santander, in Colombia. She is being investigated for crimes of conspiracy, possession of drugs and arms, as well as trafficking of drugs and arms. The arms in question […]
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Security officials intercepted a van along National Route 14 near the town of Alvear, Argentina. Upon perceiving the driver’s nervousness, the van was seized and searched. Several cardboard boxes were found in the rear, which contained 370 kilos and 524 grams of marijuana packed into bricks, Radio Dos reports. While officials were detaining the driver, […]
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Police in Spain thwarted the formation of a new drug route from Panama to Spain when they arrested six individuals, Panama America reports. The suspects had attempted to create a route by storing and shipping drugs inside ship parts and industrial equipment. 17 kilos of cocaine were found and seized during the police operation. Read […]
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Australian police discovered around 55 kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine hidden in Mexican beer bottles at the port of Melbourne. 44 of the 700 cargo boxes on the shipment contained the bottles, which were hiding the drugs in liquid form. According to Octavio Dia, the drugs were worth $14.5 million, and one man, 27, was […]
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An estimated of 31 tickets per million units of paper money circulating in the country are false, according to official Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR). The data, as explained by the Central, correspond to the new family of banknotes in denominations of ¢ 2 000 (blue ticket) and ¢ 20 000 (orange ticket). In […]
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Mexican authorities had told reporters Thursday the prisoner Gregorio Villanueva Salas, known as “piracy czar ‘, alleged member of the cartel” Los Zetas “and charged with several grenade attacks. Villanueva was arrested by soldiers on 11 June in the city of Monterrey in the north, along with three other members of his gang, who were […]
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Guerradelnarco.com.mx reported the group “Anonymous” in Mexico, the organization of social causes flying hackers to attack Web sites of all kinds, was marked after the criminal group known as “Los Zetas” raised last year, one of its members in the state of Veracruz, and confesses that he is afraid. One member stated “‘Los Zetas’ are […]
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Excelsior.com.mx reported that Juan Pablo Guijarro Fragoza, alias “El Monico,” he made it easy to upload to your Facebook account activity stating tht he kills people. Obviously, now he is running not only from the DEA, but Mexican authorities, as the Attorney General’s Office offers 15 million pesos for information leading to his capture. Know […]
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A base of Jalisco State Police was attacked Thursday morning with fragmentation grenades, an action that left at least two people injured. Early reports state that the attack was against the base located in Chamizal police and Revolution, a short distance from downtown Guadalajara. Read Article
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On June 13th authorities reported an oil spill in Zumpango, State of Mexico. The fuel was leaking through fuel hoses passing through agricultural fields. The hoses were not stopped for four continued hours. Students from a school 400 meters away were evacuated away from the polluted zone. Read Article
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3 Teenager hit-men kill and wound Juarez residents On June 13th a group of 3 teenagers driving a black Tahoe truck, were responsible for injuring and killing residents of Juarez, Chihuahua. The group of aggressors injured a man who was selling cigarettes and two women entering a store. A 35 year-old man entering a business […]
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A 17-year-old high school student was arrested on June 11, 2012 with drugs contained in 17 small wrappers. 10 wrappers contained marijuana and seven contained cocaine, Diario Nuevo Día reports. The drugs were discovered in the right pants pocket The student had been searched after being spotted by security officials on Santa Ana street in […]
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A combine harvester originating in Rosario, Argentina was shipped through several European cities before 67 kilos of cocaine were discovered in Bulgaria. The drugs were found at a port along the Danube river in Bulgaria and were destined for the port in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. According to Clarín, the drugs were worth approximately 50 million […]
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Héctor Fabio Carvajal Zapata, 37, student at the Universidad Libre, was caught in the Matecaña airport in Colombia for attempting to traffick drugs. The anti-narcotics police in Pereira surprised him at the airport where he intended to fly with 57 packages of cocaine to the San Andrés Island, The Archipielago Press reports. The drugs were […]
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Antonia Reyna Rivera, 41, and her 15-year-old son were arrested after a raid revealed a stash of drugs including marijuana and crack cocaine in their home. The two resided in the El Porvenir neighborhood in La Gomera, Escuintla, Guatemala, the government reports. 55 bags of marijuana, 45 stones of crack cocaine, 4 inhalation tubes, weapons, […]
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On June 11, 2012, officials discovered a cocaine kitchen during a home raid in the El Cazador neighborhood of Escobar, Argentina, where they seized 740 kilos of cocaine. A few days later in the same area, another cocaine kitchen was discovered, according to La Nación. Police involved in the raid stated that both discoveries were […]
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Federal and state agents stopped a courier truck headed to parts of the Yucatan and Quintana Roo, including Cancun, that was carrying a shipment of marijuana in its trailer. Two drivers were arrested: Armando Nava Villegas and Jesús Luna Granados, Reporteros Hoy reports. The marijuana weighed 769 grams. The truck belonged to the company “Estrella […]
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Guatemala’s military on Wednesday destroyed 983 weapons of various caliber that had been seized in the last two years to the crime, pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court, said its president Thelma Aldana. Read Article
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Venezuelan officials seized almost 80 kilos of cocaine in the Ureña zone of the Táchira state that runs along the border with Colombia. The discovery occurred after drug-sniffing dogs belonging to the Bolivarian National Guard detected the cocaine in two vehicles. Two individuals were in the first vehicle, 55 and 20 years old, both of […]
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On 11th May, police shut down and inspected a school following a bomb threat. As a school with connections to the first division football club Independiente, it was widely suspected that football hooligans were behind the threat. Just over one week later, another group of hooligans (barras bravas in Latin America) waited for Giovanni Moreno, […]
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Anti-narcotics agents of the police force seized a white Mercedes Benz vehicle headed toward the city of Rosario, Argentina. Inside, they found 322 bricks of marijuana at a weight of about 300 kilograms. The drugs were wrapped in cellophane and hidden in different compartments of the truck. The driver, 42, from Villa Gobernador Gálvez, was […]
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A truck travelling from Paraguay with 300 kilos of marijuana struck a tourist van head-on along Route 277 in Brazil, between Nova Laranjeiras and Guaraniaçu. The tourists were on a shopping trip to Foz do Iguaçu. According to Infobae, the truck driver lost control of the vehicle. He died on the way to the hospital. […]
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During an operation named “Embrión,” National Police in Managua, Nicaragua were able to find a laboratory for synthetic drugs. The operation included nine raids throughout the area, including one in Motastepe, Ciudad Sandino that led to the discovery of the lab. According to La Prensa, police found 80 barrels of chemicals at the scene typically […]
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Anti-drug special operations agents discovered five drug laboratories in the La Victoria area of the Santa Rosa district in the La Mar, Ayacucho province in Peru. The laboratories were described as rustic, and all five contained cocaine paste, Diario Correo reports. Other chemicals were found on the sites, including 893 gallons of 84 octane gasoline, […]
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“Spice,” also known as K2, Yucatán Fire, Red Magic, and Mr. Nice Guy, among others, has become an increasingly popular drug. Spice is a synthetic drug, a mixture of marijuana, damiana, and other chemicals, according to Sexenio Nuevo León, and has become one of the most-searched-for terms on Google recently. The drug has piqued curiosity […]
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On June 11th, Veracruz State Officials discovered 14 death bodies inside a white Nissan truck at Alamo-Potrero del Llano road. Authorities found the bodies approximately at 8pm near the border of Tamaulipas. Read Article
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On June 6th, two former Federal Police agents were detained while driving with 29 grams of methamphetamine inside their vehicle. The two suspects will be held for 45 days in “La Mesa” center in Tijuana. Read Article
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They explained that during the patrol in a gap of dirt on the town of El Arenal, in the locality, found hidden among the trees, the two vans Chevrolet Silverado Pick-Up type reported as stolen. These units were “cloned” in order to pass them as military units, which use trucks type Cheyenne. The trucks were […]
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The race was one of many victories for the Treviño brothers, who managed to establish a prominent horse breeding operation in the United States, Tremor Enterprises, that allowed them to launder millions of dollars in drug money, according to current and former federal law enforcement officials. The operation amounted to a foothold in the United […]
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A new way to cheat migrant family was denounced by members of the Committee for Migrants and partnerships that ensure the rights of nationals. Payment must reach up to U.S. $ 375 and the offer is the procedure for obtaining the Temporary Protected Status (TPS by its acronym in English), which the U.S. Congress not […]
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Iceland is the most peaceful country in the world and Somalia the most warlike, according to an index released today in the UK which puts Ecuador ranked 85 out of a list of 158 territories, while the United States is in 88. According to the 2012 Global Peace Index, compiled by the Institute for Economics […]
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The plants were found in two hectares Wind sector. Juan Neira, Prosecutor of San Lorenzo, said there was not arrested but were conducting the investigations to be responsible.Ecuavisa as reported, detection was made possible by a routine patrol of the islets in an area. The plants were between 20 centimeters and 1 meter high. Read […]
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After receive information relating to trafficking in explosives and terrorist plans for attacks in Villavicencio, Meta Department, the Metropolitan Police of this city ahead of a raid on a house in the area of Playa Rica, where he found a large quantity of explosives, one with great destructive power. “There are five bars of a […]
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The governor the Colombian department of Nariño, Raul Delgado, was not injured during an attack with explosives by suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the town of Lewis (southwest), where he met with eradicators of drug crops. The Nariño Government Secretary Peter Obando said Monday that the incident occurred on […]
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Three individuals suspected to be members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel were arrested as they attempted to transport drugs from Guadalajara to Tijuana, Mexico. The suspects were Freyde Becerra Gómez (36), alias “Chaparro;” José de Jesús Maya Zepeda (44), alias “El Güero;” and Ricardo Salazar Vargas (38), alias “Quinino,” Milenio reports. The arrest occurred […]
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About a ton of high-purity cocaine was discovered in Escobar, Buenos Aires, Argentina in what has been described as a cocaine “kitchen.” The finding was confirmed by officials; however, as raids continue, police have declined to release additional information in the case it could hinder the ongoing investigations. 26 Noticias reports that the drugs were […]
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Eight people were arrested and 15 kilos of cocaine were seized after security forces broke up a drug trafficking ring attempting to send the drugs from Buenos Aires to Europe. The drugs were found after seven home raids and were in various forms, including capsules and powder. Officials also seized precision scales, equipment used to […]
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Members of the Bolivarian National Guard located and dismantled a clandestine airstrip 1.4 kilometers long in Apure, Venezuela, Venezolana de Televisión reports. The airstrip was located near the Juriepe River. 4,400 liters of vehicle gasoline were also discovered near the site, in addition to 220 liters of jet fuel. The operation was conducted with intelligence […]
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The National Gendarmerie in Argentina discovered 80 kilos of cocaine during an operation in San Antonio, located in the Jujuy province. According to El Diario de la Republica, officials observed suspicious behavior among four individuals along Provincial Route 2, who fled when officials attempted to question them. They left their Fiat Siena vehicle behind while […]
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After two recent plane crashes in the jungles Belize, one of which was found containing cocaine, it has become evident drug trafficking has become a problem for the country, La Prensa Grafica reports. For example, along the Northern Highway in the Orange Walk district, there is an airstrip built by the government in 1999, intended […]
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A Mexican journalist and her two-year-old son disappeared “in mysterious circumstances” last Friday in the Northern city of Saltillo, according to the daily Zócalo Saltillo. Stephania Rodríguez Cardoso, who covers crime for Zócalo Saltillo, was last seen on Thursday night whilst attending a celebration with her son, in honour of freedom of expression day. Cardoso […]
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Customs of the Central American country confirmed many products enter illegally into Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Salvadoran police intelligence has identified blind spots in the country. At seven vans that were parked last Monday along the dusty road that surrounds the rear of the stores located in the Corozal Free Zone in Belize […]
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The National Defence Minister, Miguel Carvajal with his counterpart Ahmed Security Vice Admiral Homero Arellano in service passive, and the general commander of the Navy, Admiral Jorge Gross, met to discuss the workshop ” Strategies to Combat Crimes at Sea “. Read Article
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Guanajuato, Gto. – The Comptroller Municipal liability found against three public officials of the Directorate of Enforcement, among them is the owner Gennaro Barba Uribe authorized to be organized cockfighting underground. After the Mayor Edgar Castro Cerrillo asked the Municipal Comptroller to investigate the Directorate of Enforcement, it was determined that there is accountability between […]
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Drug traffickers have reportedly been using old airstrips, as well as forest areas near Galicia, Spain to receive drug shipments from Morocco. According to Faro de Vigo, this area lacks law enforcement presence, making it easy for narco-traffickers to operate. To test exactly how easy it would be to traffick drugs into the country, reporters […]
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The anti-narcotics police in Quito, Ecuador admit there are at least 76 sectors within the capital where micro-scale drug trafficking is rampant. From January to May 2012, 250 anti-drug operations took place in the capital, during which 349 suspects were taken into custody, including 22 foreigners. During the same period in 2011, 40 people were […]
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The Colombian Air Force detected an unidentified plane that resembled one found in a hangar in Santa Elena, Ecuador. One official stated the plane was sighted June 8, 2012, while another report claims the illegal flight was spotted June 2, according to El Commercio. An investigation officially began after Minister of the Interior José Serrano […]
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National police captured a family running drug trafficking operations in Sahagún, Colombia. Jorge Eliécer Basilio Giraldo (44) was arrested, as well as his wife, Mary Luz Berna Flórez (36), and son, Yeferson Basilio Bernal (20). Many people in the Sahagún community knew of their drug activity but refrained from reporting them out of fear, El […]
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Walter Alirio Montejo Mérida, alias “El Zope,” a Mexican narco-trafficker associated with smuggling operations involving the Sinaloa Cartel, was captured in Guatemala City. According to Provincia, he is one of the most active drug traffickers in Guatemala and is reported to be the link between the Sinaloa Cartel and the Familia Lorenzana, a narco group […]
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522 kilos of cocaine were found hidden in four containers at the Moin port in Costa Rica. The Ministry of Public Security confirmed that the shipment was intended to be sent to Europe, La Nación reports. The seizure occurred after receiving confidential information regarding a ship arriving from Colombia that was carrying the drugs. 129 […]
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Two men carrying 395 kilos of cocaine were caught attempting to transport the drugs to the Caribbean, El Heraldo reports. The stash originated in Medellín and was in route to the Gulf of Urabá. From there, the drugs were to be transported to the Turbo port, in Antioquia. Urabá police report a vehicle carrying the […]
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On June 8th a narcotic laboratory located in between 2 grade schools exploded in Culiacan, Sinaloa. The explosion happened at approximately 2:30 pm when an employee fixing the roof triggered a spark that fell on an ammonium gas tank used to develop synthetic drugs. There were a total of 3 injured individuals receiving severe burns. […]
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“Almost no one assault per day at the same time and for the same area,” and referred yesterday the driver of a truck that came to show solidarity with a merchant who denounced the prosecution that on Tuesday night was assaulted and his wife became wound. According to victims, the assaults occur between 21:00 and […]
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Mexico: Police officers are discharged for corruption in Juarez, Chihuahua On June 7th three police officers were discharged when they were found guilty of abuse of authority acts and corruption. The officers were sanctioned when they were trying to bribe a woman, who had minor collision damages, to hand over 3 thousand dollars. 62 police […]
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On June 6th, attacks took place in front of two different car-dealerships in the City of Victoria, Tamaulipas at around 7:30pm. There was a car-bomb that exploded in front of the “Renault” car agency causing minor injuries to 3 people. There was another occurrence in the Volkswagen dealership, where there was property damage to the […]
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Wilmar Mosquera Palacios, alias “Niche Visaje,” was captured by National Army soldiers in the Barranco Loba municipality, south of Bolívar in Colombia. Niche Visaje is known to have worked as an assassin before becoming the head of the Los Urabeños criminal group in Colombia, El Universal reports. He was one of the 20 most wanted […]
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What was described as the most important drug discovery in the history of Chubut, Argentina occurred during a raid on June 6, 2012. Almost 40 kilos of marijuana were found buried on the property of a former pork butcher shop, El Patagónico reports. Four defendants have been identified in the case, including one individual suspected […]
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John Darrel Krokos, 30, of the United States, was arrested in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico by state police. The Jornada reports that Krokos was wanted in the United States for drug trafficking, and Mexican authorities plan to extradite him to the United States. He was also arrested on counts of conspiracy and crimes against health. Krokos […]
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Ernesto Simeón, of Cuban origin, was arrested in Cancun, Mexico on June 7, 2012 by state police. He was wanted by the U.S. DEA and the FBI for participation in a drug ring responsible for the largest pharmaceutical theft in U.S. history. Zócalo Saltillo reports the ring had stolen over $100 million in goods, including […]
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Judge Eduardo Valiente decided to permit the 3 youths discovered in possession of two kilos of cocaine and several grams of marijuana to be freed without a prison sentence. After reviewing the case, the judge decided to change the original charge of drug possession with the intention of marketing purposes to the transport of drugs, […]
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The Secretary of Public Security in Mexico has announced the discovery of a clandestine airstrip in Sonora. According to La Jornada, the runway was found on the state route to Cucurpe around kilometer 9, in the town of Magdalena de Kino. 38 packages of marijuana were found inside the plane, which was a Cessna model. […]
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Federal U.S. agents launched a surprise anti-narcotics operation on June 6, 2012 in the San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín airport in Puerto Rico. 33 suspects were taken into custody, including airport workers, airline employees, and other suspicious individuals who were attempting to smuggle millions of dollars of cocaine onto commercial flights for at least a […]
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