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Informal market grows in Buenos Aires 46 % March 2012

“The growth of informal marketsin the third month of the year sparked a new alert.” The Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CAME) warned that the illegal sale in the City grew by 46% during March compared to February. Still, highlighted the “satisfactory progress” achieved in the evacuation of the street vendors from Florida Street. Read Article

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Sexual exploitation cases of women increase but numerous crimes go unreported

So far this year, the National Police has detected 120 victims of sexual and labor exploitation in the country and, of these, 117 are women, accounting for 94.74%. Moreover, in the first three months of the year there were 46 reports of trafficking in persons in all Peru: 37 of them in the capital and […]

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Peru: Half ton of pure cocaine hidden among potatoes discovered warehouse with stamp of the “Red Dragon”

Police found a half ton of cocaine marked with symbol Red Dragon East and camouflaged between chicken and potatoes. An unsolved mystery. This is the first time police confiscated a shipment of cocaine with the seal of mythological Red Dragon. The data of the informants was necessary. Half a ton of pure cocaine was hidden […]

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Nogales Mexico: 4 detained with AK-47s, over 900 rounds of ammunition

NOGALES, Sonora (PH) A total of four subjects were arrested in possession of AK-47 type weapons, two squads and over 960 rounds of ammunition, after an operation in Nogales by the so-called Joint Operation. Were captured at 20:15 pm on Friday March 20, 2012, when attending a report of a pick up white in speeding […]

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More than 10,000 rounds of ammunition seized Nogales Arizona, destination Mexico

Incident March 29, 2012 More than 10 thousand rounds of ammunition were seized in southern Arizona in a truck bound for Mexico, federal agents reported. Agents of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection examined the passengers on Thursday night at the Nogales station. A 47 year old Mexican driving a big rig reported the […]

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Man detained smuggling ammunition, arms into U.S. at Nogales border

A strong assurance firearm cartridges, achieved official U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English) in Nogales, Arizona. A total of 10 ammunition seized as .9 mm caliber, 38 caliber 45, and multiple weapons magazines. In the event arrested a resident of Nogales, Sonora, whose identity was not revealed, but has 47 […]

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Sexual Predators Targeting Mexico as Destination for illegal activities

Sexual predators from around the world looking for victims in Mexico Mexico is accounted one of the most attractive countries in the world for child sex trade. This is because Mexico has a high accessibility to children and a low risk of being identified by authorities. Pedophiles and Sex tourists from around the world travel […]

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Mexico: Member of child pornography ring detained in Campeche

Child pornography maker detained in Campeche On March 28th in San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche agents of the delinquency investigation team and federal forces detained Roberto Roman Cantun Huitz. He was acknowledged to be part of a child pornography team. 80 Agents completed a 7 hour search in his house and evidently found child pornography […]

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Mexico: business man in Valle de Chalco murdered for not paying rent

VALLE DE CHALCO, State of Mexico. – The owner of a water purification was executed with bullets by two men who escaped heading to Mexico City aboard a late-model truck, it is said that protection would not pay and so they killed him. The incident took place in the street Ninos Heroes of the colony […]

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Peru: member of Shining Path arrested Cusco, wanted since 2001

With an arrest warrant on 25 September 2001, last Friday the National Police arrested Onofre Mamani Pereira, a member of Shining Path under the alias “Coliton” Southern Regional Committee of that subversive group. At the time of his capture, “Coliton” sector was near Cerro Acllayoc Espinar province of Cusco, in whose division of Warrants being […]

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Amnesty Internationa: Urges Honduran authorities to address prison problems

Honduran authorities must urgently tackle chronic problems in their prisons, Amnesty International said after at least 13 inmates were killed in the latest tragedy to hit the country’s troubled jails. The prisoners died during unrest in San Pedro Sula prison after fighting broke out and a fire started inside the overcrowded jail on Thursday. The […]

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Chile authoritities investigate alleged attack of minor lesbian by neo-Nazis

A minor lesbian 16 years ensures that after participating in an activity in memory of Daniel Zamudio , young gay massacred by neo-Nazis, was attacked by the same ideology undesirable. She filed a complaint at the Office, accompanied by her mother. Read Article

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Mexico: Bodies located of child, teenager, woman killed by Satanic Sect worshipers (Santa Muerte), Agua Prieta and Nacozari Mexico

Ireport.cnn.com reported on March 30th, 2012, authorities discovered the bodies of a little boy, a sexually assaulted teenage girl and an elderly woman in Nacozari and Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. The victims were found to have been sacrificed in satanic rituals by a group of the “Santa Muerte” sect and by the victim’s own family […]

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Romanian criminal group investigated for money laundering, ATM fraud in Mexico, U.S.

Criminal organized network from Romania investigated for ATM fraud Six members of a Dolj County criminal organized group are being investigated for money laundering and ATM theft. Most members of the organization operate in Romania, while a few operate in United States and Mexico. The money stolen from US and Mexico’s ATMs is ultimately sent […]

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Argentina: twelve year old gives birth to baby, stepfather arrested for abuse

A child under 12 years gave birth to a baby prematurely in the maternity of Mar del Plata and after initiation of an investigation, was arrested the girl’s stepfather, accused of “” sexual intercourse with the situation exacerbated by coexistence. ” The birth occurred on 12 March, but recently became known today as judicial officers […]

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Mexico: Cab driver declared Innocent of Kidnapping Charge

Mexico: Cab driver declared Innocent of Kidnapping Charge After being detained for 24 hours in Atlixco, Puebla, Cab driver, Daniel Cortez was declared innocent for the charge of kidnapping a female passenger Sunday March 25th. Daniel Cortez was instantly accused, violently abused and almost killed by the female passenger’s family until she reappeared declaring that […]

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U.S. tourist found murdered in apartment, Puerto Vallarta Mexico

A macabre scene was found by the ordinary soldiers Olas Altas, Puerto Vallarta, discovering the body of Fred Felch, an American who had his residence in the resort and it is presumed was beaten to death in a robbery. The incident took place at 19:44 am on Monday, when the owner of the apartment rented […]

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Peru: prison system highly corrupt and over crowded according to chief

The head of the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE), José Luis Pérez Guadalupe , today recognized the corruption that exists between people who work in prisons and warned of the high level of overcrowding. Read Article

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Brazil: Courts determine only breathalyzer or blood tests can determine if driver is intoxicated

Prohibition in check. Decision of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) in Brasilia, limits the powers of operation excluding use for medical or testimonial evidence against motorists stopped on blitzes. According to the text adopted yesterday by five votes to four, only the breathalyzer test and blood tests can attest to a drunk driver. The […]

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Paraguayan detained transporting baby Ocelot into Brazil for sale

A baby ocelot was found by the Federal Highway Police (PRF) in a backpack with a Paraguayan, on the afternoon of Saturday, the Friendship Bridge, the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The man wanted to sell the animal. Read Article

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Mexico: The Zetas, respond to the Message left by El Chapo

Mexico: The Zetas, respond to the Message left by El Chapo. On the Morning of March 28th in Sinaloa, the Cartel members of Los Zetas answered to the threat messages left by El Chapo in Tamaulipas. The answer message by the Zetas was accompanied by the dismembered bodies of five male individuals. This message accused […]

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Mexico: At least 10 policemen Killed in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.

Mexico: At least 10 policemen Killed in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. On the afternoon of March 28th, a minimum of 9 cops and a 1 police chief were killed in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua during a social party event. The attackers consisted of at least 20 armed individuals wearing black clothes. Read Article

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Ecuador: Woman detained for making obscene gestures during President Correa’s visit to Esmeraldas

The arrest of a woman and the attempted assault of the mayor of La Concordia, Walter Ocampo, among other incidents, left last Tuesday’s visit of President Rafael Correa and several secretaries of state to the canton Quinindé (Esmeraldas). The detainee would niece of the late politician Jorge Chiriboga Guerrero, which seems to have made obscene […]

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Band of assassins captured in Quito Ecuador

“Listen now to the point of change commands (kill) some of them all, but fast.” That was one of the found text messages on cell phone Luje Paul Villegas, one of the four detainees for research, the last Monday for the murder of Daniel Soria, which occurred the morning of December 9, 2011 in the […]

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Prosecutor Medellin Colombia closes case against Chiquita Brands, victim of extortion

A prosecutor closed the investigation of Medellin exejecutivos against several of the banana, which admitted to the Department of Justice of the United States for several years paid ‘vaccines’ for paramilitaries in Urabá and Magdalena. Read Article

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49 women murdered to date Antioquia Colombia in 2012

A gunman killed Wednesday afternoon in urban Sunna Amagá, Southwestern Antioquia, Joana Leidy Moncada, 23 years old. The girl, who was resident in the village Station of Angelopolis, was attacked in the San Fernando de Amagá, by a man captured by police after. The deceased will be buried Thursday in the cemetery of Amaga. In […]

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Maldives authorities suspend rescue operations of kidnapped Bolivian cargo ship

The Maldivian authorities confirmed that operations were suspended rescue of a cargo ship flying the flag of Bolivia, who was kidnapped by pirates because it was away from the guarded waters. In a statement from the Maldives National Defense learned that the ship MV Eglantine sailing the Indian Ocean on Monday, when he was approached […]

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Theft of oil, gas in Baja California Mexico persistent problem, risk to public safety

Theft of fuel is an ongoing problem in the energy sector of the state of Baja California and throughout the country, said the professor of Colef, specializing in economic issues, Alejandro Diaz Bautista. He indicated that over the municipalities of Baja California in 2012 were located clandestine footage of Pemex pipeline, like pipes with thousands […]

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Five killed in armed attack La Mesa Mexico

A killing five people, left a shooting attack between a person who was allegedly kidnapped and his captors this morning at Lomas Residential development of the delegation La Mesa. According to preliminary information, a man who had kidnapped and was in a safe house in Mount Lebanon Street, escaped on board a black van, killing […]

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Belize: Guatemalan arrested trying to recruit minor female into prostitution

53 year-old Jose Alfaro, a Guatemalan businessman of Ladyville, was arraigned for attempting to commit human trafficking when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. It is alleged that sometime between February 22 and March 16 of this year, and on March 17, he tried to recruit a 16 year-old female minor to become […]

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Prostitution gang dismantled in Guanajuato Mexico

Mexico: Prostitution gang dismantled in Guanajuato The Mexican Federal police and the Navy dismantled a gang dedicated to the prostitution of girls and in Leon, Guanajuato on March 24th. According to officials there were 15 detainees that are linked to be members of the zetas cartel. Four people were freed including a 12 year old […]

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Two U.S. soldiers arrested, offered assassination services to Zetas Mexican Cartel

Mexico: 2 USA soldiers were accused facilitating their services to a Mexican Cartel Sargent Samuel walker and former lieutenant Kevin Corley were detained by undercover officers when they attempted to be part of a Mexican organized crime cartel named the Zetas. Their plan was to charge the cartel members 50 thousand dollars for killing a […]

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Inciting messages by “El Chapo” discovered in Tamaulipas Mexico

Mexico: Provoking Messages by El Chapo found in Tamaulipas In Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, El Chapo, leaves challenging messages accompanied by dismembered bodies of some of the members of the rival cartel the Zetas. The messages incite the opposing cartel letting them know that el Chapo will be in charge […]

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Santiago Chile: Young gay male dies after beating by suspected neo-Nazi group

At 19. 45 hours of the Tuesday afternoon died Daniel Zamudio, a young gay man who suffered a brutal beating of a suspected neo-Nazi group on 3 March at the Park San Borja, Santiago. The information was confirmed by the director of the Central Hospital, Emilio Villalon. The physician said that “in the afternoon was […]

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Ecuador: President of CONAIE states Chevron using violence, intimidation, espionage in recent days in oil case

Humberto Cholango, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), expressed its solidarity with all the equipment that accompanies and leads the case against the company Chewron-Texaco and claims that the acts of violence, intimidation, espionage that have occurred in recent days will not stop their actions until justice is done in this […]

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Arrests of child “mules” increase at U.S. Mexico border

In 2011 there were 190 arrests for minor drug trying to cross the San Diego | Agency Reform The number of children carrying drugs across the border, mainly methamphetamine, continues to rise, which is coupled to the growth of cases of “blind mules” carrying drugs without their knowledge, activists complain. In 2011 there were 190 […]

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Cuenca Ecuador, residents of Ciudadela del Chofer ask for more police patrols

Juan Perez, a resident of the sector,Ciudadela del Chofer said it requires the continued presence of law enforcement. Some houses have alarms and electric fences to prevent theft in homes, the neighborhood policy rarely meets the industry to address security issues, he said. Read Article

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Cuenca Ecuador: Young man suspected of murdering Colombian in brothel

Luis Miguel Chilán Macias, 20, a native of the province of Los Rios, was arrested on suspicion of murdering the Colombian Victor Arias Alfonso Salazar, 24, on Thursday night, inside the brothel ” Girls Girls “, installed in the neighborhood Cayambe. Javier Barrera, Chief Political Basin, said the arrest took place in the hostel Nice, […]

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Television station RTU assaulted by armed assailants in Guayaquil Ecuador

RTU channel facilities in Guayaquil were attacked today. This happened about two o’clock, when three men posing as painters who engaged in the place surprised the security guard and entered the offices where they stole editing equipment, plasma and computers. Read Article

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Colombian authorities seize 752 kilos cocaine near border with Panama, belonged to Los Rastrojos

The drug was withdrawn on Friday by the occupants of a vessel without registration or name that had been detected in the sea by a maritime surveillance aircraft of the Navy The Colombian authorities seized a stash of 752 kilos of cocaine had been hidden by some sailors on the beach in the Pacific coast […]

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Brazil will investigate murders of three activists

Brazilian police are investigating whether the fatal shooting of three rural activists was tied to their effort to win rights to land also contested by owners of a sugar mill, officials said Monday. Investigator Samuel Barreto told reporters in Minas Gerais state there was no doubt the three activists were executed, shot down as they […]

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Argentina: Member of Airport security detained while involved in network shipping drugs to South Africa

Drug gang fell while trying to send drugs to South Africa from Ezeiza He was arrested a member of the Airport Security Police and a former member of that force. A member of the Airport Security Police (PSA) and a former member of that force were arrested along with three others on charges of creating […]

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Mexico: Minor rescued from prostitution network

Mexico: Minor is rescued from prostitution Networks On March 25th Juarez, Chihuahua police department detained three people, two females and one male, accused of forcing a minor into child prostitution. The victim was found after authorities stopped Rodolfo Lopez driving a green ford, as a result of a traffic violation. Read Article

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Mexico: Chihuahua 60 Murdered Women so far 2012

Mexico: In Chihuahua there has been 60 Murdered Women this Year While traffickers continue to operate in Chihuahua the number of women murdered continues to increase. So far in 2012 60 women have been murdered. The failure of the authorities to take action has contibuted to the escalation of murders, according to the activist Norma […]

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Mexico: Murder rate of Females in Durango Rises

The murder cases of women in Durango have increased from 9 cases reported in 2007 to 55 cases reported last year. The Center for the Advancement of Women stated that the violence against women has increased because of the lack of care from government agencies towards drug trafficking female victims. Read Article

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Ecuador: Prosecutor investigating importation of vehicles illegally

The prosecutor investigating alleged irregularities vehicle registration in the National Transit Agency (NTA) of Santo Domingo. According to information provided by the judicial body, there are vehicles that would have legalized imported with false invoices, contracts questioned and tampering with the serial frame. On Friday afternoon, the Judicial Police along with the tax shift, Victor […]

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Costa Rica: Five Ecuadorians rescued from human trafficking ring

The Costa Rican police rescued four children and a young Ecuadorian who were victims of a trafficking network and that were in the custody of a Colombian and Dominican, said the judiciary. The children, two sisters aged 7 and 8, and two cousins ​​aged 11 and 16 and an 18, were rescued by police officers […]

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Corruption and illegal mining devistates corridor across Peruvian Amazon

A trail across contaminated and sterile clay mark the passage of corruption and illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest was once the Madre de Dios, in southeastern Peru. Over tens of kilometers between the new Interoceanic Highway that links Brazil and Peru, and Manuani river, a tributary of Malinowski that marks the boundary of the […]

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Venue of Chevron case Brazil may be changed

The Chevron corporate logo is displayed at a Washington D.C. gas station January 11, 2010. A judge in Campos, Brazil, could shift the criminal charges filed against Chevron and drill-rig operator Transocean to Rio de Janeiro, a decision that would remove a crusading prosecutor from the case. Eduardo Santos de Oliveira, a federal prosecutor based […]

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Urdesa Guayaquil Ecuador: Intense firefight between police and malefactors

After an intense firefight in the area of ​​Las Lomas Street, between Third and Fourth in Central Urdesa, police failed to stop at approximately 20:45 on Thursday, three suspects, including a disabled person. Although no one was injured nor among the officers or the suspects, the police patrol UVC 179 of the citadel Kennedy received […]

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Mexico: Found Seven Bodies dismembered in Central Mexico

On Wednesday the 22nd Mexican police found seven dismembered bodies hidden in barrels inside a van in Metepec, State of Mexico. The identity of the bodies is still unknown by authorities. Read Article

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Mexico: Chihuahua Government Officials Meet with the International Organization on Human Rights

Guachochi, Chihuahua government officials will attend the International Organization on Human Rights meeting in Washington addressing the high levels of violence in the state. One important topic they will address is the area of attention of violent crimes against women. Read Article

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Drug traffickers infiltrate Ecuador security forces

The arrest of Juan Carlos Calle Serna is not an isolated event. Official figures indicate that their ties are linked to criminal cases dating, for example, 2009. On 2 October of that year, drug agents staged a raid in four provinces, seized 3.8 tons of cocaine and arrested two soldiers: one sergeant and a former […]

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Cubans using Ecuador as transit route to US, 160 arrested Costa Rica this week

Authorities in Costa Rica in a week arrested about 160 illegal Cuban migrants who traveled from Ecuador to the United States who sought refuge, said Thursday the Director General of Immigration, Kathya Rodriguez. The Cubans, who entered into several groups, were arrested mostly in areas near the southern border of Costa Rica and Panama, said […]

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French tourist stabbed to death February 8, 2012 at Plaza San Martin Buenos Aires Argentina

A French photographer was stabbed to death Wednesday (Feb. 8, 2012) morning in Buenos Aires Plaza San Martin, after thieves tried to steal his camera while he was taking pictures of the monument honouring the Argentine Malvinas War memorial. Read Article

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2500 coca plants destroyed Ecuador near border with Colombia

Eluniverso.com reported that 2,500 of coca plants were located by narotics police on two small islands in the Putumayo River in Sucumbios along the border with Colombia. The plants were destroyed by the armed forces of Ecuador.fternoon by members of the Narcotics Police, in collaboration with the Armed Forces of Ecuador. Read Article

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Home robberies on rise in Guayaquil Ecuador

Sauces, Samanes, Guayacanes y Alborada in 2011 were reported as being the most insecure areas of Guayaquil. Stealing home was one of the major crimes reported in the Prosecutor attached to the Judicial Police in Guayaquil during the first two months of 2012, where 260 cases were reported, equivalent to 4 burglaries a day in […]

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Insecurity issue for residents of La Hoyada area in Cuenca Ecuador, high crime area

The district’s Hoyada is northwest of the city, in the parish Bellavista. There live about 200 families, most people have their own home. Being located in a top, overlooking the city from one end, while from the other side shows the Milchichig gorge and surrounding neighborhoods, which are in the midst of green areas and […]

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Insecurity issues continue on Avenida 9 de Octubre in Cuenca Ecuador

Cuenca. – Occupation of sidewalks by vendors of meat, food and farm products, plus dozens of street vendors offering all kinds of trinkets, create an atmosphere of disorder which is used by anti-social to commit their crimes in the area known 9 de octubre. The crime committed last Friday morning, revealed that more disorder and […]

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Cuenca Ecuador: no let up in criminal activity

Unknown after breaking the windows of a vehicle that was parked on First Avenue May and Philip II, was seized two cell phones. A resident reported that apparently the sound of the alarm was activated immediately, antisocial hurten prevented a personal computer that was inside. However, what worries them most is that this type of […]

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Former Colombian governor arrested for homicides and links with paramilitaries

A former governor of the department of Caquetá (southern Colombia) was arrested for his alleged role in the murder of two teachers and links to paramilitary groups, prosecutors said Wednesday. Medina Germain Triviño (governor from 2010 to 2011) “is identified as allegedly responsible for the deaths of two teachers,” said Attorney in a statement. The […]

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Three bodies found in Chiapas near Guatemala border, stuffed in Volkswagen

The Attorney General of the State (PGJE) investigates the murder of three people located within a compact car that was abandoned in a city in Chiapas bordering Guatemala border. The three bodies were in a Volkswagen sedan vehicle, license plates DRM-55-29 of the state of Chiapas, on the road “Hill Party” May Flower of the […]

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Brazil, National Security Force to remain another 90 days on border

Starting on Tuesday, began extending for 90 days in the presence of members of the National Public Security Force at the border. According to the authorities concerned to support the actions of other entities organized crime. According to Justice Minister José Eduardo Cardozo, the presence of this force will be kept National Amazonas, Acre, Amapá, […]

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COYHAIQUE CHILE: Night of violence results in arrests, injuries

COYHAIQUE. – Buildings damaged, looted shops and the center of Coyhaique invaded by barricades is the balance of the serious incidents in that city last night when dozens of people clashed with police, after the arrival of a strong police contingent to the Region of Aysen. This was stated to Coyhaique Emol Governor Nestor Mera, […]

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Ecuadorian fishing vessel detained in Colombian waters

The Navy of Colombia held a Ecuadorian-flagged fishing and four fishermen of that country, which operated in Colombian territorial waters on the coast facing the border state of Nariño, said here Tuesday that institution. The Ecuadorian fishing, the second held in a week, was intercepted in the area of ​​Natural Park Gorgona, when fished illegally, […]

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Chinese mafia in Argentina (Video Report Spanish)

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Mexico: Drugs seized at Mexico-Guatemala Border

Mexico: Seized Drugs at the Mexico-Guatemala Border Federal agents discover 295 packages of cocaine and glass at a checkpoint in Huehuetan, Chiapas. The drugs were being transported into the center states in Mexico inside a false compartment in a tractor. Read Article

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Mexican Army strengthens border surveillance Belize

On March 19th Quintana Roo, Mexico armed forces reinforced the surveillance in the border with Belize to prevent criminal activity. Residents of the border have reported the presence of armed strangers in the area. The check points operate 24 hours a day using sophisticated monitor equipment. Read Article

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3.7 million cellphones in Ecuador remain unregistered in effort to curb thefts

For nearly nine months into this process, which began on July 5, 2011, more than 3.7 million prepaid mobile lines still must comply with the registration and that if they do will limit their services from April 5. Otras 9,03 millones ya están registradas, según datos de las telefónicas privadas. Others are already registered 9.03 […]

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Mexico: Anonymous Hacks Archdiocese Website

Mexico: Anonymous Hacks Archdiocese Website The Archdiocese website was hacked by Anonymous protesting the Pope Benedict XVI visit to Mexico. Hackers have named this operation as #opFariseo and #opGorron in their @MexicoSystem Twitter account. Read Article

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Mexico: Car Bomb Explodes In Front of Newspaper Express in Tamaulipas

Mexico: Car Bomb Explodes In Front of Newspaper Express in Tamaulipas On March 19th the explosion of a Car Bomb took place in front of the Express newspaper building in Victoria City, Tamaulipas. The Explosion only caused damage to the newspaper building’s workshop, setting on fire only part of the building. Read Article

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Sonora Mexico: Two women die of AH1N1 Virus

Mexico: Two Women Die from Influenza Health officials in Sonora have registered 294 cases of influenza and a total of 8 deaths. The two latest death cases consisted of two women containing the AH1N1 virus. The last victim was a 43 year old woman who was hospitalized ever since March 5th in Obregon Sonora. Read […]

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Mexico: 12 Policemen murdered in Teloloapan, Guerrero while investigating beheading cases

Mexico: 12 Policemen Killed in Teloloapan, Guerrero Investigating those responsible for the murder of the 10 human heads left in Teloloapan, Gerrero, 12 policemen were ambushed and killed and 11 were injured by gun fire. Authorities have not yet located the rest of the beheaded bodies. During the past 24 hours a total of 21 […]

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South American drug traffickers ship cocaine through Guinea Bissau in West Africa

Meanwhile, the tiny coastal nation has fallen to ruins. Two-thirds of its inhabitants live in poverty. Corruption runs rampant. South American drug traffickers ferry as much as $1 billion worth of cocaine each year through the un-patrolled islands that dot the country’s Atlantic coast. Read Article

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Three of ten decapitated in Mexico have been identified, two were police

Recognize three of those beheaded in Teloloapan, 2 were police The ten human heads were found in Teloloapan are in Semefo of Iguala. Still can not find the bodies CHILPANCINGO. – Of human heads were found in the center of the municipality of Teloloapan, were identified as three, two of which belonged to elements of […]

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Uruguay: One out of three murder victims had criminal record

In 29% of the homicides recorded in Montevideo and Canelones the author was not a person known to the victim. This says a report by the Director of Strategic Analysis and Statistics Division of the Ministry of Interior, the sociologist Javier Donnangelo. This report was prepared by the expert in January this year when the […]

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Dominican Republic: Study reveals 2,000 women murdered in eleven years

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic. – Family violence continues to reach outrageous numbers and moving to the point that in the past 11 years, some 2 000 95 women, mostly mothers of families have been brutally murdered in the Dominican Republic and more than 7 000 400 children orphaned. Similarly, 698 men have taken their lives […]

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Mexico: Police Brutality in Monterrey (Video)

Mexico: Police Brutality In Monterrey Nuevo Leon federal police agents were accused of beating and leaving unconscious a Youth for no apparent reason. Later a man appears in the scene, violently kicking the youth in the head while the federal agents only observe the vicious events. Read Article

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Mexico: 739 Kilos of Marijuana Seized in Sonora

Mexico: 739 Kilos of Marijuana Seized in Sonora On February 24th Federal Police agents discovered 739kilos of marijuana inside an abandoned dark blue Chevrolet truck. The truck contained 76rectangular marijuana packages and was found in Agua Prieta Sonora. The vehicle was reported stolen on October, 10, 2010 in Douglas Arizona. Read Article

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Mexico: Narcocorridos Singer Executed in Sinaloa

Mexico: Narcocorridos Singer Executed in Sinaloa When Rodolfo Gomez Valenzuela and his Band rehearsed in a house in San Pedro, an armed group arrived and fired their weapons against them. Two members of the band were injured and Rodolfo Gomez Valenzuela died. Read Article

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Mexico: City Hall in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico attacked with grenades

Mexico: City Hall in Cd Victoria Receives Grenade Attacks. Public safety authorities reported no casualties after grenade attacks in Cd Victoria’s City hall. The explosions took place Saturday, shortly after 9 am however since it was holiday nobody was injured. Read Article

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Ten Human Heads Discovered Telopan Guerrero Mexico

10 Human Heads Found in Guerrero On Sunday March 18th at 5:30am at least ten human heads were discovered in Telopan, Gerrero; these consisted of six male and three female. Two cardboards were found beside the row of the human heads, with hand written messages. The severed bodies have not been traced despite the search […]

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Failure in security protocols blamed for FARC ambush and 11 military deaths

This was acknowledged on Sunday President Juan Manuel Santos after assessing the situation in Arauca. This failure in the security protocols of the National Army guerrillas allowed the company ‘Drigelio Almarales’, the tenth head of the FARC ambushed troops Energy and Roadway Battalion No. 16, killing 11 soldiers dead and two wounded. “By not following […]

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DEA infiltrated the organization responsible for constructing submarines for Colombian and Ecuadorian mafias

Clan members are originally from Puerto Asis, but established themselves as lords and masters throughout the southern Pacific coast from the 80’s. Gradually extended their dominions from Tumaco (Nariño) to the border and set up clandestine shipyards in Ecuador. The patriarch of the network, Mauner Mahecha, the ‘Old’, was a partner of drug traffickers as […]

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Uruguay: Three nurses accused of murdering 16 patients

Two men are accused of murder and concealing a woman for murder. Three nurses (two men and a woman for murder cover-up) were processed by the death of patients who were in intensive care at two medical institutions in Montevideo (Uruguay). The charge was “especially aggravated homicide in reiteration real” murders of 16 recognized by […]

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Mexico-Guatemala-Belize, the other forgotten border

In the Mexico and Guatemala border there are 123 uncontrolled border entries. These invisible locations have been used by narcotic traffickers who have installed money laundering and drug trafficking businesses. This southern border reports a monthly circulation of about 300 million dollars and a thousand kilos of cocaine. Read Aerticle

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Mexico: Transforming Public Safety Strategies

As criminal activity has spread over Mexico, criminal organizations began to manage minor- criminal groups preparing them to be high-impact criminals. The requirement for the implementation of a new security model has been crucial. The new strategy model includes fighting and preventing crime through citizen participation.Read Article

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Agents detain nine people manufacturing ammunition cartridges Tijuana Mexico

Municipal agents early today arrested nine people in a household where apparently manufactured cartridges for firearms. The incident took place around 4:00 am when they responded to a report which indicated a fight in a home located on the streets of the colony Tomas Ornelas Francisco Villa. Once in place the officers met with the […]

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Dismembered body of female found in Xalapa Veracruz Mexico

Veracruz, Mexico-An unknown woman was dismembered and thrown, last night in one of the Progress of the colony Macuiltepetl Xalapa. On the remains were found two posters that were covered by the Police, The discovery was made by the residents of the street of that colony Irapuato, who alerted the police. Elements came to the […]

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Ecuador: link to Colombia group “Los Rastrojos” arrested in Quito and extradited to Bogota Colombia

Link from Ecuador Juan Carlos Calle “was considered the international link of the criminal gang Los Rastrojos in the trafficking of cocaine from Ecuador to markets in Europe, Mexico and Central America”, said Sunday the press Luis Alberto Perez, director of the police narcotics. Perez also announced the arrest of two women and a man […]

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Head of crime group accused of trafficking cocaine from Venezuela while in Romanian prison

Utu Rohozneanu, head of an organized crime group in Romania is now charged with running an international drug trafficking network while in a Romanian prison. A member of the syndicate was recently arrested in Madrid while two other suspects were arreste at the Romanian/Hungarian border with cocaine valued at 400,000 euros. The cocaine had been […]

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Uruguay: Human remains discovered in military area

The Uruguayan authorities found the remains in military area, anthropologists working in the search for missing during the military dictatorship in the 70’s. The remains were found in Battalion 14, north of Montevideo. teleSUR

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FARC ready to begin release of hostages, demand humanitarian groups visit guerrillas in prisons

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced they are ready to begin the process of release of 10 of their hostages, but insisted that the national government allow humanitarian activists to visit the imprisoned guerrillas in the country’s prisons. Through a statement, the FARC claimed to have all the logistics to implement the process […]

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Brazil using Batman to combat crime (Video)

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With US. border tougher to cross, Guatemalans being scammed with fake job opportunities in Spain

In the wave of violence in Mexico and tightened security measures at the border with the United States may trafficking to the north and not the best option, some networks have identified Spain as an unbeatable destination, by language and migratory access, despite the crisis facing the country. We offer a fake U.S. visa to […]

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Tepic Mexico: Factory closed down due to using illegal harvested pine wood

A factory has been shuttered due to manufacturing items with illegally harvested pine wood. The factory was using the illegal wood to build crates for fruit.

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City treasurer of Apazco Magdalena Mexico assassinated

The City Treasurer Apazco Magdalena, Joe Roque Jimenez was killed, apparently by 2 shots from a firearm in this municipality. The victim was part of the City Council president, Enrique Martinez Chavez, who disputes the Municipal Presidency Antonio Perez Montes. Roque Jimenez, after being attacked, was rushed to Civil Hospital, but on reaching the hospital, […]

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Ecuador: Canadian husband complains of poor emergency medical service after assualt of his wife

They came for a few days off and took the shock of their lives. Eso le aconteció a la pareja de canadienses Laura Milcawich y Stephen Aube, quienes arribaron a este país y fueron asaltados mientras visitaban el cerro Mandango, en la parroquia de Vilcabamba, el 8 de marzo. That’s what happened to the pair […]

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Man detained Quito Ecuador with $100,000 counterfeit bills

table full of counterfeits was presented as evidence at the hearing of indictment against Mario Javier Villamarín Correa, 31, currently faces as a precautionary measure not to leave the country for the duration of the police investigation, led by the prosecution. Villamarin was arrested in possession of fake $ 100 000, Police presumed, would be […]

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Mexico: Four soldiers under investigation for bribery in Sonora

The Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) reported that four soldiers assigned to this county are investigated by allegedly received bribes from organized crime. XLV controls the Military Zone in the region disclosed the information during the First Regional Meeting with Opinion Leaders 2012, performed in 22 Motorized Cavalry Regiment. Since last December, described the federal […]

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