A band of Colombians was shattered when he escaped after wresting a lawyer briefcase with 20 thousand dollars and personal property in the neighborhood of Palermo. However, the purpose of the subjects were different, and while both spoke with the lawyer of 60 years, others took advantage of the distraction and stole the briefcase with […]
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A combined operation of the police forces of Colombia and Ecuador to the rescue of an Ecuadorian child aged 13, who was detained with his mother on 25 April in Majagual, in the Ecuadorian province of Esmeraldas. The mother was released a month after the kidnapping. The operation that led to the release of children […]
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Mexico’s justice on Thursday approved the extradition in the next few days a significant drug trafficker Sandra Avila Beltran, known as “Queen of the Pacific”, United States, a country who is wanted for cocaine trafficking. Avila Beltran, who was arrested in 2007 for being considered an important link in the drug trafficking between Colombia and […]
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The Colombian mafia has been spreading its influence throughout Latin America, the Colombian Ministry of Justice and Law reports. Many mafia members flee to other countries in Latin America, especially Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Chile, in order to evade law enforcement or to protect their families. Such criminals perceive these countries to have legal […]
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The Narcotics Division of the National Civil Police in El Salvador and the Attorney General’s Office have reported the discovery of two kilos of cocaine in a JetBlue plane in the Comalapa airport on June 6, 2012. The captain, first officer and two crew members were all U.S. citizens. The aircraft was an Airbus A320 […]
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Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Carlos Pinzón said that at least 8 guerrillas belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) group died during a military operation in Nechí, Antioquia, to the north of the country. According to BBC Mundo, Admiral Roberto Garcia, head of the Navy, stated that the deceased individuals belonged to […]
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Police have successfully infiltrated the Colombian Los Rastrojos gang, which led to several recent arrests of central leaders and members, as well as the seizure of weapons and illegal materials. Authorities had been working for several months to investigate the structure of criminal gangs, El Heraldo reports. Their intelligence led to the capture of 15 […]
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Police discovered 693 kilos of marijuana in the Primero de Marzo school in the city of Caaguazú, Paraguay, about 175 kilometers east of Asunción, on June 6, 2012. The drug was divided into 47 packages and stored in a closed restroom, La Nueva reports. Alcadio Ramírez, director of the school, was arrested during the seizure. […]
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The Bolivian government denies it is persecuting the family of René Sanabria, ex-general of the police. Sanabria was sentenced to 14 years in prison in the United States for intending to traffick drugs into the country. Sanabria had denied links to drug activity within the government, Hoy Bolivia reports.The Bolivian government says it is not […]
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Foreign Minister of Colombia María Ángela Holguín warned on June 5, 2012 that Colombian cartels are operating in Bolivia. According to Erbol Digital, she hopes to launch a joint effort to curb their activities. The names of the trafficking organizations were not specified; however, she did state that detrimental consequences would arise if efforts are […]
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The criminal chamber of the Supreme Court of Colombia agreed to extradite Argemiro Sierra Pastrana (70), alias “El Canoso” to Argentina, where he is wanted for crimes associated with drug trafficking throughout Central and South America, as well as Europe, in addition to human smuggling. He is one of the most wanted narco-traffickers in South […]
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Edgar Rolando Acute Alfaro (27), alias “El Chino,” was captured June 5, 2012, in a raid in San José Pínula, Guatemala. He was wanted for murder and attempted murder, Prensa Libre reports. He is accused of leading an armed attack on April 5 that occurred on the road to Mataquescuintla, Jalapa, in which two people […]
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Anti-narcotics experts have closely watched drug activity in the Cancun, Mexico airport to determine how traffickers attempt to smuggle drugs to destinations such as Europe. According to Sipse, drug mules arrive in Cancun about 3 days before the scheduled departure flight and often stay in a hotel to prepare the drug. Many of the traffickers […]
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The infantry brigade of the army in Ecuador discovered 1,047 sticks of dynamite, 533 detonation capsules, 1,250 meters of fuses, and 450 pounds of aluminum nitrate. 245 of the dynamite sticks are thought to originate in Bolivia. They were discovered in the Chuquiribamba parish, as well as the Chaguarpamba county in Ecuador, La Hora reports. […]
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Mexican authorities returned ten of the eleven abducted babies kidnapped by an illegal adoption network that provided Irish families with children. Babies were taken to Irish families who believed they were legally adopting children. The Illegal network deceived biological parents by telling them that their children were only going to be photographed for a propaganda […]
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Four houses were estruchadas in the city between last Saturday and Sunday, according to allegations in the prosecution resting. At 17:00 on Saturday in the cdla. Miraflores, unidentified men entered the home of Marcelo Izquierdo, from which it stole a laptop, $ 1,200, checks and documents.The same day, at 21:02, in the area of Lomas […]
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MOVING TO ECUADOR – READ THIS REPORT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ONLY $1.99 ——————————————————- As if they were policemen, two criminals stopped their victim at a red light and subjected to over firearms placing handcuffs on hands. Then they took him uncertain due to strip him of his vehicle and other belongings.Carlos Proaño denounced […]
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Police seized more than 900 kilos of dynamite in Chilca, Peru, along with several tons of supplies, including fuses and detonators. Two people, Efraín Vásquez Palomino and Ricardo Obregón, were arrested in the home raid, Peru 21 reports. Both suspects work for the company JHK. The bomb disposal unit arrived at the location of the […]
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Five Spaniards, one Italian and one Peruvian were arrested in Lima, Peru, while attempting to fly to Spain with 17 kilos of cocaine. According to El Correo, the Spaniards taken into custody were Otilio R.S. (51), with 3.9 kilos of cocaine hidden in wine bottles; Eludina R.P. (42), with 2.2 kilos stuffed inside a suitcase; […]
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Javier Ramirez Rojas (34), alias “El Tinpan,” was arrested by state police in Tijuana, Mexico, after officials discovered 80 kilograms of marijuana hidden in his Ford F150. According to Agencia Fronteriza de Noticias, the marijuana was worth 3,200,000 pesos. El Tinpan was stopped after police saw him walking with a package that resembled those used […]
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The Anti-Drug Association of Argentina visited the Arauco area in the La Rioja province and discovered various clandestine airstrips thought to be used by drug traffickers. One of the runways was discovered 300 meters from a rock representing the face of Jesus Christ, an area where people also like to practice the sport of “kite […]
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Yepes Yesiker Antonio Aponte (24) died after retaliating against hitmen that shot Brave Daniel Arrieta (32) in the Lipaya neighborhood of Barranquilla, Colombia. Yesiker Aponte had left his residence on June 3, 2012 in order to watch a soccer game on a public screen. Around 6:30 p.m., two men appeared on a motorcycle and shot […]
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Eight individuals have been arrested for participation in international drug trafficking, two of which were stopped in the Dublin airport in Ireland for carrying 500 grams of cocaine hidden in their clothing. Five of the suspects were Colombian, two were Spanish, and one was Ecuadorian. The two arrested in Dublin were women. Police raided two […]
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Drug control police arrested Italian citizen Pironti (35) at the Juan Santamaría airport in Costa Rica on May 4, 2014. The suspect was arrested when officials discovered a plastic bag of cocaine stuffed into an empty shampoo bottle inside his suitcase. The cocaine weighed 724 grams, according to Telenoticias. Pironti had been flying from San […]
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has provided the Dominican government the names of 60 suspected Mexican narco-traffickers operating between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. These traffickers are thought to be working along a route that transports drugs from Latin America into Puerto Rico or Europe, specifically Spain, Italy, and Germany, Acento reports. The suspects […]
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The Superintendency of Banks (SIB) in Guatemala revealed on Friday that so far this year received 53 reports of possible cases of money laundering amounting to 212.29 million quetzals.The head of the SIB, Victor Mancilla, said those 53 cases are directed against 684 people. Read Article
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Early Saturday morning, members of special units of Narcotics, Judicial Police, Immigration, Traffic Circuit Jepropena and the Marshal, in conjunction with the Prosecutor, Municipality, Police Stations and Fire conducted a security operation in the La Mariscal in Quito called “Alliance”. As a result of it registered a total of 19 offenders, eight bars were closed, […]
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Officials are investigating a group of suspicious Arabs in the tri-border area of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, ABC Color reports. Investigations began last year, when security agents began to suspect the Arabs of piracy, drug trafficking, and weapons trafficking. The proceeds of their activity were then transferred to banks in the Middle East. Argentine intelligence […]
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General Raul Salazar, on behalf of the police in Peru, agreed to an interview to discuss cocaine production in the country. While he admits cocaine production does occur in Peru, he states the same occurs in Bolivia, and that cocaine in Bolivia does not necessarily originate in Peru. Officials had discovered a cocaine route from […]
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In an operation called “Maraya,” the anti-narcotics brigade in Tacuarembó, Uruguay broke up a drug trafficking gang by arresting five suspects on May 30, 2012. A trial is pending for the arrestees, Eric Paul Bravo Dos Santos (21), Enri Franco Bravo Dos Santos (27), a woman with the initials B.G.D.M (29), Julio César Techera (48), […]
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More Colombian drug traffickers are turning to Argentina as a sanctuary, La Nación reports. These criminals have been increasingly participating in real estate business and money laundering in Argentina, as well as using the country as a shelter for family members. Diego Murillo Bejarano, alias “Don Berna,” a former Colombian paramilitary-turned-drug trafficker arrested in the […]
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The southern coast of Guatemala, as well as the capital city, is seeing heightened drug activity due to the mobilization of the Mexican drug trafficking organization Los Zetas. The exhaustion of resources and power in the Petén, Izabal, Zacapa and Huehuetenango areas, which were locations of serious conflicts over the last five years, is blamed […]
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Diego Pérez Henao, better known as “Diego Rastrojo,” was captured early on June 3, 2012 in the Rojas municipality in Venezuela. The operation was coordinated by the National Drug Office in Venezuela with the support of Colombian authorities. He was the head of the Colombian drug trafficking organization Los Rastrojos and is accused of trafficking […]
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Arizona police discovered five charred bodies in a white SUV on June 2, 2012. The SUV was found 100 miles from the Mexican border in the Vekol Valley, south of Phoenix. Experts believe this represents an extension of Mexican drug violence into the United States, according to El País. The bodies had been burned so […]
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According to local police, the attack was carried out around 21:30 am Sunday by a group of armed men Eleven people were killed and ten wounded in an armed attack on a drug rehabilitation center in the city of Torreon, officials said. According to local police, the attack was carried out at about 21.30 local […]
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On June 1st a police officer Alejandro Antonio Cordero Valdez was detained and accused of assaulting three Dairy Lucerne truck drivers in the Benito Juarez district located in the City of Juarez. According to authorities the assaults occurred on May 23rd, 24th and 25th. Cordero robbed a total of approximately twelve thousand seven hundred pesos. […]
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In Chetumal, Quintana Roo , Radiologist David Nestor Quijano was charged with prostitution and child pornography. The accused was denounced to the authorities for presenting pornographic material to his daughter during a consultation. Authorities discovered that the aggressor had previously wedded three girls under the age of 15 years old. Quijano tried committing suicide by […]
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Declared the authorities caught Pueblo Rico, Western Cape, for the mass detention of 10 people. Among them are a former candidate for mayor, accused of the crime of rebellion and alleged ties to the FARC. Read Article
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Insecurity on the roads. Several people injured was the balance left a vandalism attack from a group of gang members against various interprovincial buses covering the route Lima – Ayacucho. The attack occurred on the road Via The Liberators, height and Canan Humay locations in the Ica region juridisción d ela. The incident occurred around […]
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Five thousand board feet of Shihuahuaco timber were found in a clandestine mill along the Fernando Belaúnde Terry highway in the Puerto Inca province of Peru, Diario Correo reports. Commissioner Victor Leon Garcia said officials arrived at the mill and found the timber covered with black drapings. The total value of the timber is estimated […]
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Police in Santa María, California were surprised when they received a text message about an upcoming drug deal directly from the dealer, El Porvenir reports. The text contained details about a delivery of synthetic drugs. A spokesperson for the sheriff confirmed that the dealer and the buyer were apprehended at the location indicated in the […]
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Jan Cornelis Hendril Hovenkamp of the Netherlands was arrested May 30, 2012 in Chiriquí, Panama, close to the border with Costa Rica, for trafficking marijuana. He was wanted by Dutch authorities for bringing marijuana into the Netherlands, El Informador reports. Hendril was taken into custody in a shopping center, where the National Police served him […]
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After the arrest of a Mexican at the Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome, Italy on May 8, 2012, it appears the international Cancun airport is a major stopping point along a drug route from Latin America to Europe. The Mexican suspect had travelled from Cancun to Rome with 14 kilograms of high-purity cocaine in […]
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On May 31, 2012, the Ministry of the Interior and Justice of Venezuela together with the National Armed Forces of Bolivia destroyed a clandestine airstrip that was used to traffick drugs in the Apure state. The government also claimed to have dismantled an additional 35 illegal runways along the border with Colombia, AVN reports. Since […]
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The anti-narcotics department in Ecuador has released statistics that show an increase in drug trafficking in the country. U.S. officials from the Department of State agree, Noticias Montreal reports. They claim many exterior criminal organizations are operating in Ecuador, such as Los Zetas and the Sinaloa cartels from Mexico, Russian and Chinese groups, and Colombian […]
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Drug traffickers Jose Velazco, and Miriab soberanis were accused of kidnaping and mutilating a child in the neighborhood of Los Angeles in Hildalgo. Both of the accused are affiliates of a group of six assassins in Tizayuca Hidalgo. The two aggressors mutilated the child’s finger in order to pressure his parents to pay a ransom. […]
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Mexico: child abductors were detained in Michoacan During the past recent weeks there were a total of four kidnaped children in Morelia Michoacan On May 30th police officials were able to detain 2 child abductors when driving a suspicious vehicle. Irritated Morelia residents demanded the authorities to lynch or let them lynch the abusers. Read […]
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The Colombian Navy found a semi-submersible water vessel in a jungle area 64 kilometers south of Buenaventura, buried under thick vegetation near the mouth of the Cajambre river. The device is thought to have been used for trafficking drugs along the river, the Colombian Ministry of Justice and Law states. It is about 7.5 meters […]
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A police force of at least 150 people and 40 trucks surprised the San Germán community in Colombia around 6 a.m. on May 30, 2012, where they had organized a strike against narcos. The armed police began by entering residences they considered to be suspicious. The preliminary report states that 17 people were arrested, many […]
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Huaquillas, El Oro At 02:00 yesterday two gunmen on a motorcycle fired on the home of Omar Demera, director of the Machala Rehabilitation Center, and left damage. According to the complaint made to the prosecutor concerned, two bullets shattered the glass of an automobile and other missiles struck the house at the neighborhood Patria Nueva. […]
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On Memorial weekend a man, resident of Sonora, was apprehended by Border Patrol officials when he attempted crossing 200,000 dollars into Mexico. The 37 year-old man was detained in the Dennis DeConcini Border Station, where officials found numerous packages, containing money, hidden in various compartments inside his vehicle. The suspect was incarcerated in the Santa […]
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On May 30th, Michoacan’s Director of Public Safety, Antonio Ruiz Acosta, was detained by army officials in the community of Barranquillas, Michoacan. After a traffic stop officers found approximately 465grams of Methamphetamines, a .223 caliber AR-15 rifle, three magazines with 78 rounds of ammunition, a 0.9mmgun with 11 rounds of ammunition and 9,250 pesos inside […]
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The humanitarian mission led by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported that the narco-guerrillas of the FARC complied with the agreement and gave the French journalist, Romeo Langlois, who had fallen into his power in late April. Before traveling to their country, the victim will give a press conference at the embassy […]
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The United Nations (UN) announced to the press on May 29, 2012 that the Los Zetas cartel in Mexico uses blatant violence not only to control drug routes, but also to control entire territories. According to the UN, this criminal organization uses a different, more aggressive form of violence because it hopes to operate as […]
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In 2005, the Southern Command of the United States began monitoring air and sea traffic to determine where illicit trafficking occurs in Latin America. It has determined that Ecuador and Colombia have seen the most maritime activity and claims these countries have more ships that are likely to be carrying drugs to Central America. In […]
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Officials with the anti-narcotics division in Peru arrested Julio Cesar Jinnpe Castilla, a truck driver found to be transporting drugs. The drugs originated in Valle de los Ríos Apurímac and Ene, Diario Correo reports. The driver argued that the truck had been taken to the San Francisco locality in order for him to transport goods. […]
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Two people were arrested and 180 kilos of marijuana were seized after a police operation in the Tocopilla, María Elena and Calama communities in Chile, La Tercera reports. The drug bust began May 25, 2012, when police were patrolling route 240. At around kilometer 10, police spotted a vehicle travelling west at 126 kilometers per […]
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An assassin entered the Pan Suizo bakery in Fontibón, Colombia and fired three shots, thus killing his victim. The killer, estimated to be 18 years of age, attempted to flee the scene after the incident by running, but was caught by police, El Espacio reports. Before the assassination, the victim had been sitting and drinking […]
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On May 28th, five members of a taxi driver criminal band devoted to sexual abuse, kidnapping and assault crimes were dismantled by police officials in Mexico City. The pseudo cab drivers were involved in at least 48 cases of which 10 they committed sexual abuse towards the victims. Aggressors would take their victims to little […]
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The 5 year-old victim will be discharged and transported from Legaria Hospital to a DIF (Institution for the development of the family) location where he will receive psychological therapy. The child will be awarded with a monthly allowance of six thousand pesos for the rest of his life by the Mexican government. Read Article
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On May 28th, a woman known as of Patricia Antuna Zuniga was found dead underneath a bridge at the Nazas neighborhood in Durango. The 39 year-old woman’s body was found with traces of strangulation at about 3:30am by State Attorney General. Agencies such as the Homicide Division Detectives and Attorney General staff will continue to […]
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Minors who are abused increased from 40 to 42% in the last 21 years and there is almost double of teenage mothers 15 years ago. Meanwhile, mortality rates, child labor and improved access to education for this sector of the population, the report “State of the rights of children and adolescents in Ecuador 1990-2011”. According […]
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Ecuadorinmediato.com reported: 1. Owner of canopy company (Hosteriá Mindo Ropes and Canopy) remains in custody after accident. 2. The company has been suspended from operations. 3. U.S. tourist died after cable carrying canopy broke half-way on its route. 4. The tourist (Julia Musailova)fell 40 meters. 5. Guide was seriously hurt and is hospitalized. 6. Preliminary […]
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From January to May of 2012, the anti-narcotics police force in the Quito area seized one ton and 603,858 grams of drugs. This is a result of 250 operations. This amount represents 13 percent of the national amount of seized drugs and includes 11 cases of significant quantities in Quito, El Comercio reports. Smaller quantities […]
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José Serrano, Interior Minister of Ecuador, admitted in a public news interview that his country serves as an intermediary along an international drug route operated by exterior narco-traffickers. Serrano stated the drugs arrive from the north or south of the country and are then directed toward Mexico, Diario Norte reports. Many members of the cartels […]
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The Public Security System Agency reported a total of 30 percent of more than 170 000 officers failed the control and trust examinations. Federal Deputies recognized that there is a lot of work that needs to be administered into the police of the country. Read Article
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The Department of Public Safety (SSC) seized 30 kilos of marijuana, numerous doses of narcotics in operatives done in eastern towns of Mexico City. There were a total of four people arrested containing an equivalent of 10 000 drug cigarettes and 200 thousand dollars. Read Article
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On May 24th a voluntary firefighter and two of his friend, reported the municipal police for abuse of authority, brutality and aggression. The victims reported that after bumping into a police vehicle in Delicias, Chihuahua they received nothing more than violent attacks from the peace officers. Read Article
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Two men have been arrested for selling drugs near a school in Los Guaricanos, Santo Domingo. Luis José Betancourt Vizcaíno had been registered in the criminal tracking system seven times previously, while the other suspect, in the criminal tracking system seven times previously, while the other suspect, Carlos Manuel Mercedes Barbosa, had been a known […]
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The family of Javier Antonio Calle, head of the Norte del Valle cartel in Colombia, has been granted asylum in Spain. This results from an agreement between the U.S. DEA, Spanish authorities, and Calle himself. Because he agreed to turn himself in to U.S. authorities, Spain has agreed to allow Calle, his parents, two sisters, […]
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Criminal youths fit a different profile than their adult counterparts, experts claim, leading some officials to push for a youth-only detention center in Peru. This center would house minors that have been convicted of serious crimes, especially for those under 18 years of age, according to La Republica. Adult prisons often breed or encourage the […]
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“El Gringo,” Mexican assassin for hire, detained in Cuautitlán Izcalli A Mexican assassin for hire known as “El Gringo” (30) was arrested in Cuautitlán Izcalli, El Sol de México reports on May 25, 2012. El Gringo preferred to decapitate his victims, who were mostly members of rival narcotrafficking gangs. Police have linked him to the […]
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The Attorney General of Chihuahua, Carlos Manuel Salas, has revealed that there is a large portion of youths involved in criminal activity in the state. In the past 19 months of the current administration, 4,000 people have been imprisoned for various crimes, including extortion, kidnapping, and murder, according to El Mexicano. Of this number, 15% […]
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After evading authorities for one year and eight months, José Misael Rodríguez Cisneros (36), alias “Medio Millón” was captured by police May 27, 2012. Medio Millón has been linked to the Texis Cartel and has been monitored by the U.S. DEA, Cosecha Roja reports. He participated in the movement of illegal goods such as drugs […]
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Around 2:30 a.m. on May 28, armed groups stormed into the Esmeralda colony of the Las Flores neighborhood in Zacapa and fired weapons for six minutes. Zacapa is home to 232,667 residents and is one of the country’s drug entry points. Officials believe the shootout is related to a dispute over drug routes in the […]
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A serious accident suffered a 12 year old boy, identified as Alvaro Tolaba, who manipulated a kneading machine inside a bakery in San Antonio de los Cobres, owned by a teacher, which was already at work for three months said one of his brothers. Read Article
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The project coordinator’s Work Grow MLAL Progettomondo Bolivia, Marco De Gaetano, reported that according to the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF for its acronym in English) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) The country has around one million child laborers. “An estimated one million children and adolescents at the Bolivian workers and global estimates […]
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On May 26th, sixteen men and three women, members of criminal group “Zetas”, were detained by elements of the State Investigation Agency in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon. The accused were known to be watch keepers and drug distributors working for the Zetas group. Read Article
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A young man who had just turned 18 he joined the evening of Wednesday, the long list of crimes in Manta. Juan Carlos Lopez Honey, alias ‘John Charrasqueado’ or ‘Black’ was more than six bullets from two individuals on a motorcycle, who intercepted the youth in the Continental school sector in the Altamira neighborhood. Honey’s […]
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Elements of the State of Mexico state police, detained near the township of Cuautitlan Izcalli, Julius Caesar “N”, which is known by the alias “El Gringo”, 30 years old, who apparently is a murderer for hire organization of a major drug dealers, operating in the region north of the Metropolitan Area of Mexico. This guy […]
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The Peruvian police captured after years of searching for a suspected member of the Shining Path guerrilla group that appears involved in 50 murders, 31 of them police and military officials said. Leoncio Ruiz, “Hector”, fell in the city of San Miguel, Department of Cajamarca, in an operation that went beyond the details, appropriated the […]
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Blanca Denis, councilor of the Front for Victory (FpV) political party in the city of Formosa, was rescued by the Justicialist Party (PJ) when it rejected a request in the Legislative Council for her suspension. Urgente24 reports Denis’s vehicle was found containing 2 kilos of cocaine and a package of marijuana. She denied ties to […]
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Félix Alberto Isaza Sánchez, alias Beto, was arrested by Colombian Police in Rionegro. Beto is accused of trafficking drugs and is suspected to be the the second in command of the Oficina de Envigado, a group of assassins created in the 1980s by the narcotrafficker Pablo Escobar, who headed the Medellín drug cartel. This gang […]
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Paraguay: Narcotrafficker caught with crack, cocaine, and marijuana Edgardo Anastacio Benítez Gill, 34, was arrested with 485 grams of crack in the form of three large, five medium,and 62 small stones. He also possessed 25 grams of cocaine and 15 grams of marijuana, according to ABC Color. Authorities also found 15,687,000 guaranís in small bills, […]
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The Bolivian National Guard has recently taken measures to crack down on drug trafficking organizations attempting to bring drugs into the country. Within the first 24 hours of the intensified security operations, officials seized 114 kilos of marijuana and 40 kilos of cocaine. The first discovery occurred in the Santo Domingo airport, where two citizens […]
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Alirio Rutdy Moreno Zarate, alias “Runcho,” was arrested in a hotel room in Asunción, Paraguay by the Department of Criminal Investigation and Interpol. Runcho is known to be a main partner of the narcotrafficker Daniel “El Loco” Barrera. After the arrest, Runcho was deported to Colombia, CM& reports. Runcho became involved with El Loco in […]
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A group of religious fanatics held a ritual to prevent a major earthquake and its ritual physically assaulted a minor. Mexico State’s over! It is the end of the world, “said Carmen, 23, and asked his family to close their eyes, and with prayers and supplication to God, his hands pulled her eyes to his […]
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On May 24 members of a rescue team transferred by helicopter a 5 year old victim to the emergency Red Cross hospital in Polanco, Mexico City. The victim had his eyes pulled out by seven individuals, including his parents, during a Satanic Ritual. Read Article
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Money laundering in Peru moves some $6 billion per year, with two-thirds of that amount coming from the illegal gold industry, Peru’s attorney general, Jose Pelaez, said. Illegal gold mining moves around $4 billion a year, while drug trafficking moves the rest of the $2 billion per year, Pelaez said. Elmer Cuba of Macroconsult, puts […]
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Nilo Cachay Ojeda, the leading drug supplier in Alto Huallaga, was captured by national police in an operation that took place along the Fernando Belaúnde Terry highway between the cities of Aucayacu and Tocache in Peru. He is known to supply drugs to cartels in Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil, reports Info Región. He was captured […]
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Arturo Santamaría, researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, has written a book that reveals women are increasingly moving into leadership positions within Mexican drug cartels, according to Noticias 24. Because death statistics among men in drug-related incidents have risen over recent years, women have been given greater opportunity to fill roles formerly reserved for […]
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Luz Espinoza, head of ticket sales, was unable to explain how 600 sticks of dynamite found their way onto an Arequipa charter bus headed toward Chala. According to the RPP Nacional, the dynamite was accompanied by other types of explosive materials. This discovery has resulted in the adoption of new security measures, including increased supervision […]
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Mexico: a Woman accuses her husband of committing child abuse On may 18th a 30 year old man, Arcadio Ruiz Patino, was detained by authorities facing child abuse charges against his six year-old son in Nogales, Sonora. At 7:46 pm authorities were contacted by the mother of the child, she reported that Arcadio Ruiz physically […]
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On May 22nd a sixty two year-old man was detained by federal border agents when he pretended to cross bullets illegally into Nogales Sonora. During the inspection of the man’s vehicle, resident of Nogales Arizona, federal agents found gun ammunition in hidden compartments of the vehicle. Read Article
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U.S. DEA assists in Mexico-Italy drug trafficking ring bust El Sur reports 34 people have been arrested in Sicily in an operation labeled ‘Monterrey’ in relation to a drug ring operating between Italy and Mexico. 11 of those detained belonged to the Brancaccio mafia clan in Palermo. The remaining individuals were Italians residing in Mexico. […]
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Mexico: Nine assassins taken into custody in Ojocaliente, Zacatecas After a Federal Police operation on the morning of May 22, 2012, nine assassins were taken into custody in Ojocaliente, 14 miles from the city of Zacatecas, the Milenio reports. Two of the nine apprehended were women. Together, the suspects possessed eight rifles with extensive ammunition, […]
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Two vessels seized in Colombia carrying 71 tons of illegal timber The Colombian Navy intercepted two vessels carrying a combined amount of 71 tons of illegal timber on May 22, 2012, according to Radio Santa Fe. The ships were stopped in the Buenaventura Bay and are thought to have been travelling toward Satinga, Nariño. The […]
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One Out of 50 Youths in Central America Predicted to be a Homicide Victim El Periodico USA reports that one out of 50 young adults under 20 years of age in Central America will be assassinated because of organized crime activities, particularly that of narco-trafficking. The Central America region has the highest homicide rate in […]
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In a joint effort between Honduran police and U.S. Drug Enforcement Office officials, four people died after a shooting intended to intercept what was believed to be a drug transfer on May 11, 2012. The Diario Las Americas reports the shots were fired by Honduran police from U.S. helicopters at a passenger ship traveling on […]
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