A group of 30 Brazilian tourists were assaulted in the early hours of Friday for more than a dozen armed men who entered the inn where they were staying in the famous Margarita Island, northeastern Venezuela, officials said.”We’re talking about 30 to 35 (…) Brazilian national tourists that at two in the morning were submitted by a group of subjects carrying firearms,” the Commissioner Luis Monroy, the Corps for Scientific Penal and Criminal Investigations (CICPC) to the press. Read Article
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As reported by the complainants, who were asked by security to protect their identity, a woman who calls Gloria Rodriguez, and who identifies himself as REDP officer (agency responsible for the information systems of the SED), contact people by ensuring that the children of the victims have priority in the allocation of subsidies and quotas […]
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Developments pirate, counterfeit and informal writings have been common farm and even Bogota traditional, and generally in cities of rapid urban growth. Bogota has seen increasing these actions in the last decade, in general situations seeking to extract urban rents. These phenomena in other countries are classified as “urban crime”. However, the Colombian Criminal Code […]
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The guerrilla incursion occurred in the hills of Santa Ana in the municipality of El Tambo.About five o’clock on Friday afternoon about 100 FARC guerrillas attacked members of the National Police and attacked the aviation infrastructure in this area, since there is located a radar encentran Aerocivil and some communication towers .According to the police […]
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The governments of the United States, Brazil and Bolivia signed in La Paz yesterday finally to verify agreement with the UN as an observer, the destruction of illegal plantations of coca leaves to manufacture cocaine base, after several failed attempts to sign it for almost a year. Read Article
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The organization led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman uses the control of the runners on both sides of the border between Mexico and the United States to extend its dominance in Arizona. And as with Texas, the level of violence and attacks on law enforcement is increasing, according to a report of the Department of […]
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Before the São Paulo Police operation that surrounded the ‘Crackland’ last week, Folha checked neighborhoods such as Vila Mariana, Bixiga, Paraíso, Penha and Bela Vista, in the past six months. In those places, Folha reporters found houses and apartments where a scheme, unknown to authorities till then, took place – the private ‘Cracklands’. Read Article
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Three suspected members of organized crime died in a confrontational fight with Mexico’s military in the municipality of Susupuato, Michoacan. According to cronica.com the fight lasted over 3o minutes and was followed by a car chase that ended when the escaping vehicle plummeted into a ravine. It is estimated that at least five other suspects […]
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A man attacked two expat surfers with a machete in an incident caught on videotape in the southern Pacific beach town of Pavones. A U.S. family on vacation recorded the attack by a man in a kayak against two stand-up paddle surfers at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 1. The attack took place on the beach […]
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All three bodies were without arms, without legs and without their heads. Three mutilated bodies were found in a grave drug in the Sierra de San Sebastian del Oeste, in the limits of the municipality of Puerto Vallarta. The bodies of three people are male and were mutilated, ie, they took away the legs, arms […]
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According to rpp.com, 20 million soles equivalent to 7 million dollars, have been stolen by criminal gangs through false business scams and internet fraud in 2011. The criminals posed as representatives of large companies in order to trick the victims into their private banking information by providing cloned websites of financial institutions by using viruses. […]
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According to rpp.com, during broad daylight in downtown Lima, Dutch tourist, Denis Poma and his wife, Peruvian Maria Mayta while at an intersection were assaulted by a group of thieves who took their money and personal affects including credit cards. While in an intersection in Surco, Russian visitor Aleksander Morozov boarded a taxi to his […]
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According to eluniverso.com, 28 years old Cesar Alfonso Flores was found dead in his prison cell in Garcia Moreno this Sunday afternoon 1/15/2012. Flores was found with several stab wounds, two stab wounds in the neck and four in the chest. According to official Jose Serrano, the alleged leader of assassins Cesar Alfonso Flores Sarzosa, […]
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A small pipeline was blown up in an area of Colombia’s northeastern border with Venezuela, an attack attributed by the authorities of the FARC guerrillas, according to sources in the oil sector in the region. The attack occurred in the rural area of El Tarra, a town bordering department of Norte de Santander, and caused […]
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One policeman was killed during a FARC attack in Algeria (Cauca), where a phantom aircraft flying over the area to support the work of the authorities against the guerrillas of the FARC.The attack comes from the Wednesday morning in the village of El Mango. The police commander in Cauca, Col. Ricardo Alarcon, said the guerrilla […]
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A bomb threat was reported at about 2:00 pm, in the building of Triple S that lies on Roosevelt Avenue, in front of Borinquen Towers in San Juan. An employee of the insurer who was on the street after being evicted from the building indicated that a subject allegedly put a suspected explosive device in […]
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Man assaulted by five suspects near Morazán Park reported to be in stable condition.Police are looking for five suspects in relation to a robbery that a sent a German man to the hospital early Saturday morning with stab wounds, according a report issued by the Judicial Investigation Police. Read Article
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A participant in the Brazilian version of reality TV show Big Brother is being investigated for allegedly raping a fellow housemate while she was apparently asleep during the taping of the program. Police have questioned male model Daniel Echaniz, 30, who was shown in live images in bed with 23-year-old Monique Amin apparently having sex […]
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#taxistastwitteros de Bogotá A number of taxi drivers in Bogota have joined together to use Twitter as an improved tool for safety and service for customers.
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According to noticias.terra.com Canadian citizen Salid Abdulacis Sabas was found dead the morning of January 16, 2012 in an intersection of avenues in Culiacan Sinaloa. The body was found with several bullet holes in which the majority of impacts where to the head. Precise reasons for the murders are unknown, but experts believe the Canadian […]
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As identified by pulso360.com, seven contract killers were killed during a confrontational clash with federal police agents in Morelos, Cuernavaca. The shootout occurred Monday January 16, 2012 where one of the aggressors was captured. According to states authority the gunmen belonged to an unidentified organized crime group. The investigation is ongoing as the seven dead […]
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Inhabitants of the Bay Islands urge the authorities of the Special Prosecutor for Ethnic and Cultural Heritage to investigate people who perform from the previous month, probably, extraction of archaeological artifacts from a Spanish galleon submerged in the Caribbean Sea. The news Teleprensa Roatan Channel 27 reported in the last days of the galleon objects […]
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According to elcomercio.com, on January 16, 2012 at least one indigenous inhabitant of Colombia is dead while 10 others are hospitalized after drinking a fermented beer mix made from bananas. Apparently a banana plantation located in the southern department of Guaviare was accidentally sprayed with glyphosate, an element used to exterminate illegal harvests. According to […]
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Peru’s attorney general, Jose Pelaez Bardales, has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to consider returning to a visa requirement for Mexican citizens wishing to visit the country, a requirement that was eliminated in 2009. The reason, he explained, is the growing presence and activity of drug cartels in that country in Peruvian territory. According […]
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Homicides against children – 1,248 Interpersonal violence – 23, 587 Domestic violence cases – 13, 731 Sexual abuse – 17, 318 Source: Fuentes Forensis – Date: 2010
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The hit will put your complaint stated that on this day ministerial against those responsible, because ultimately to crime dealt blows to several businesses, the lack of patrols to stop the former mayor Rafael Pacheco, in addition to the current mayor found no money to the town hall, unable to buy more patrols and hire […]
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Recent research investigations conducted by member of The Observatory on Femicide Civil Society, Marisel Adriana Zambrano, has discovered a large number of women and girls murdered in domestic violence situations in 2011. 282 women and girls died of victims in domestic violence situations in the hands of their boyfriends, spouses, or partners. According to Univision.com, […]
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According to informe21.com, on January 11, 2012 a woman attempted to kill her husband in a particularly unique manner. The woman residing in Rio Petro, Brazil attempted to poison and kill her intimate partner by putting poison in her vaginal area while seducing the man to perform oral sex thus ending his life. The husband […]
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According to Caracol.com, on January 11, 2012 in Colombia the director of Inpec, General Gustavo Ricaurte has stated that an excessive 25,000 prisoners are being held in prison for illegal possessions of firearms. According to the General, the prison population of inmates charged with illegal possession or trafficking of weapons represents 25% of both men […]
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A Guatemalan congressman was shot dead in his car within blocks of the legislative assembly on Friday, one day before a new president and new body of lawmakers take power. Valentin Leal, who defected on Wednesday to the party of incoming President Otto Perez, was killed when two assassins on a motorcycle pulled alongside his […]
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According to El Espectador’s video, a man brutally murdered a 28 month old baby while under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs in Fusagasugá, Colombia. He was arrested and is currently in the custody of the authorities. Despite the efforts of San Rafael de Fusagasugá Hospital, the child died from the sustained injuries. Read Article
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Police recover stolen ammunition and vests after an assault on police station in Jaen. Specialized police arrived from Lima continue to research to find those responsible for the attack. Specialized police arrived from Lima continue to research to find those responsible for the attack. He explained that there are two bulletproof vests, in addition to […]
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Mexico’s government allowed a group of undercover U.S. anti-drug agents and their Colombian informant to launder millions in cash for a powerful Mexican drug trafficker and his Colombian cocaine supplier, according to documents made public Monday. The Mexican magazine Emeequis published portions of documents that describe how Drug Enforcement Administration agents, a Colombian trafficker-turned-informant and […]
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Tingo Maria – Huanuco Labs discovered in the area of the waterfall “Catarata Sol Naciente” which is located 300 meters from 3 de Mayo where a large number of both national and foreign tourists visit. Land in a police operation against trafficking interdiction of illicit drugs, agents Tactical Operations Group in Jungle (GOATJ), Unit-PNP DIRANDRO […]
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EMOL.com reported, according to Mexican government official’s data released January 11, 2012 indicates more than 47,000 deaths were associated with criminal organization groups in Mexico since 2006. The total number of deaths represented an increase of 11% since 2006, which ultimately gave birth to an outstanding 47,515 deaths.From January through September of 2011 more than […]
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A medicine man was shot yesterday at the pier Samborondón when moving across the sector, a situation that is in distress to the inhabitants. Alfredo Cevallos Hector Roman, 35, came at 06:00 from his home in the parish of Mount Victoria, the canton Salitre, with one of his two daughters to take to a local […]
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Although the Resource Center for Conflict Analysis (Cerac) estimates that in Bogotá is a record of between 200,000 and 250,000 legal firearms, authorities have not specified the exact number of weapons circulating pass in the city. As security expert Jerome Castillo says “It is strange that the authorities do not give a reason about statistics,” […]
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The attackers were four criminals who held them captive and an employee of the fifth site, which required them to give you information and give them half a million pesos that the family was supposed sale of materials. When they discovered that the father of the young people had taken the money, were released unharmed. […]
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Santa Catarina, NL • The holder of the Private Secretary of the municipality of Santa Catarina, Raul War denied this afternoon that municipal police officers have been arrested Monday morning for alleged links with Baltazar Saucedo, alias “El Mataperros”, arrested the week last.In an interview, War Novelo said the arrival of military and ministerial to […]
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Two Argentine citizens were arrested accused of four robberies committed on tourists Uruguayan resort of Punta del Este and Solanas in the past two days, and seized power in a booty estimated at $ 10,200, sources with the Uruguayan police. The prisoners stopped at a campsite in the town of Atlantis, and from there traveled […]
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The National Guard and the Army took control of New Bulla mine, located in the town of Paragua in southern Bolivar state, after the death of 6 miners in a clash between gangs “24” and “Marcopolo “for control of the place. This was announced by Secretary of Public Safety of the region, Julio Cesar Fuentes […]
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A special group of the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) of the Attorney captured 21 members of the Anti-Revolutionary Army, ERPAC, which had been brought to trial on 23 December, which were released by not having a background in against him.According to the report of the Attorney General, 4 of those involved were arrested in raids […]
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CBS program Sixty Minutes conducted an investigation on stem cell fraud concerning a company operated by a former U.S. physician in Ecuador. Dr. Dan Ecklund MD is operating a company called Stem Tec Labs. The video explains that it is illegal to export to the U.S. stem cells. Dr. Ecklund’s firm sent the cells purchased […]
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The Mexican Army spotted three clandestine laboratories for synthetic drugs in the western state of Jalisco where they seized more than four tons of narcotics and precursor chemicals, officials said. The Secretary of Defense (SEDENA) said in a statement that the January 4 soldiers found in the town of Tlajomulco de Zuniga a laboratory in […]
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According met this writing, the town of Arenal, on Thursday morning full of pamphlets signed by a group calling Gaitanistas Self, which challenged the national government and security forces for the death of top leader of the “Urabeños” alias “Giovanni” , which occurred in the department of Chocó. Read Article
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The National Human Rights Commission (CND) warned that more than 12 million indigenous people in our country are exposed to discrimination, abuse, maltreatment and abuse. Through the Program for Promotion of Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples, the CNDH from January to June intensified their actions. Conducted 230 activities in the states of the Republic to […]
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The region of Latin America was in 2011 the world’s most dangerous region for the integrity of journalists, and especially Mexico, according to a report of the entity International Press Institute (IPI), which listed 103 media professionals killed in the year. “With 36 journalists killed in Latin America is the world’s deadliest region for journalists […]
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The Attorney Yolanda Guzman Verduzco announced the dismantling of a gang of rapists who last year made at least seven sexual abuse of women. In the last week, said the state official, were arrested three suspected members of the group of individuals who, armed and masked, committed between December 2010 and January 2011 a series […]
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Two people arrested and seized three kilos of cocaine was the result of an operation in the parking lot of a mall in this city last Tuesday. The action performed by personnel of Narcotics and elite police groups was held at the Paseo Shopping, located on the November 4th Avenue, where Loor arrested Eduardo Cesar […]
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The study by the NGO Active and the Chilean Association of Municipalities commune revealed that the greatest number of offenders under 18 years is Antofagasta. An increase of 10.4% experienced the participation of minors in murder offenses during 2011, according to a study by the NGO Active and the Chilean Association of Municipalities. Read Article
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As soon asked by imports from China, the face of Luis Gustavo Florez gets tense. The president of the Colombian Association of Manufacturers of Footwear, Leather and Articles Thereof (Acicam) makes it clear that illegal purchases from the Asian giant is mainly responsible for employment in the sector has suffered a fall of 7.6% between […]
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They released new data on the investigation into the attack on an Australian tourist in the area of Cajon Blue River Black River, and according to surveys the young woman was allegedly raped. Through a statement, the judiciary of that province reported that Emma Kevky the medical examiner underwent a gynecological medical reexamined in which […]
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She takes over a month prey and Ambassador believes he is innocent. In cell 58 of the prison courtyard 5 of the Good Shepherd in Bogota over a month full Raphaela Nathalie Hofer, a young Austrian, 23, captured in the Eldorado airport with about 5 kilos of cocaine in his suitcase. Nathalie’s story would be […]
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This was announced by the commander of the Sixth Brigade, Colonel Martin Sandoval. Clashes occur between men of the Task Force South of Tolima and 21 against the FARC, the main security ring Central Block of the guerrilla group. The official said the fighting taking place in Rioblanco rural sector, sector high subversive presence, leaving […]
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In southern Florida, an elite group of U.S. attorneys is assigned a goal: to help disrupt the criminal gangs (BACRIM) in Colombia. In fact, the capture of 30 people this week in Colombia, linked to the organization of ‘Loco Barrera’ is the first result of this mission, which, according to the prosecutor for the Southern […]
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The border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua has become the new drug route. They loaded buses and trucks traveling from south to north, in the strategic post of Peñas Blancas, billed as the first (or last) border between Colombia and the United States. That is, one point that connects the north and south America. The […]
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Fear and anxiety seized dozens of residents of mountain communities of this county and its neighbor Uruachi, when they saw off planes full of armed men took over roads and trails, ostensibly to guard a new route to get shipments of marijuana and poppy produced in the Upper and Lower Tarahumara. “Since last week fell […]
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U.S. authorities on Tuesday acquired a new unmanned aircraft for tasks of high-tech surveillance overflights and the Arizona border, looking for drug traffickers and illegal immigrants crossing from Mexico.The Predator drone-B is located in the Security Operations Center Air National Sierra Vista, a few miles north of the border with Mexico to southeastern Arizona, the […]
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Piura. The district of Las Lomas in Piura and the toad in Ayabaca, have changed their face. It looks more dynamic and expanding trade grows as informal mining. Las Lomas is the center of this growing activity carried out thousands of Piura, who a few years ago clung to defend the land for agriculture, but […]
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Last night, a 17-year-old boy held his mother and sisters hostage threatening to kill them in their home in Bogotá, Colombia. According to the video posted by El Espectador, the authorities attended to the situation, and the boy will undergo psychological care. The rest of the family will receive counseling.
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On board a station wagon, four masked criminals assaulted a group of foreign and domestic tourists in the National Reserve of Paracas in Pisco, Ica region, as they headed to the beach to the beach Yumaque Cathedral. As narrated the affected subjects, who were carrying guns, forced the driver of the bus company to divert […]
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Local history Argentina is the second country in South America with more exchange of files of child pornography on P2P (Peer to Peer), while Uruguay appears first in the regional ranking, according to a study by the Spanish foundation Alia2. Read Article
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It is the municipality of Valle Nacional which has so far registered more cases of child sexual abuse, taking into account those that have been reported and also those who remain anonymous, as reported by the President Regional Commission on Human Rights “Mahatma Gandhi”, Graciela Sanchez Zavaleta. He noted that Valle Nacional was a municipality […]
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A boy of 12 years and two children under 15 and 17 were rescued this morning on a sweatshop where they made cartridge with children and football grounds in operating conditions, in a house in La Plata. There are two adults in custody, a man and a woman, presumably the owners of the place, judicial […]
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A 32 year old man accused of exploiting workers Bolivian nationals in a clandestine workshop in Villa Madero, was arrested by police, who rescued 17 people, police in Buenos Aires. The man, shop owner, identified as Alfredo Canaviri Mamani, Bolivian nationality, was arrested by the Department of Investigation (DDI) of La Matanza, which rescued 17 […]
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A head of the guerrilla National Liberation Army (ELN) is designated as responsible for the kidnapping of an Ecuadorian citizen. The incident occurred around 13:30 on the last Tuesday in the town of Saravena, department of Arauca in the northeast of Colombia and Venezuela border. The Government of Arauca told El Comercio that the investigations […]
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The Highway Police (Polka) today seized 45 kilos, 360 grams of cocaine base paste (PBC) and arrested a suspected drug dealer at the 1.020 mile road Cusco-Arequipa, Cusco in the province of Quispicanchi. During the review of the vehicle, the effects found in hidden compartments in the front 80 brick-shaped packages wrapped in packing tape […]
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The knowledge acquired in school lounge have been captured on a website through which it seeks to identify areas of highest incidence of crime in the country. The proposal has arisen on the initiative of two young students of the race computer Regional University Center of the Pacific Coast (CURLP). “Our only desire is to […]
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Three months ago Danlí Correctional Facility does not receive state financial outlay must receive each month. Lack of funds has forced prison officials to postpone payment of providers, who now refuse to continue the credit. Ramon Garcia, director of the prison, said the current debt is 600,000 lempiras. Read Article
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Beginning in January 2012, the murders caused by traffic accidents will be included in the Electronic Data Collection, the SSP (Department of Public Safety) of São Paulo, as a new criminal modality. According to the department, the move sets a new methodology in the civil police units, as fatal crashes, caused by drunk drivers, began […]
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Maldonado Police investigating the theft of nearly $ 26,000 in a house in Punta del Este, where a married couple from Canada were staying. According able to know the country, the theft occurred on the morning of December 25, when unidentified men entered the house taking advantage of the occupants of the house slept. No […]
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Found hanged in Bolivia to Argentina Deputy Consul Bolivian police found dead yesterday Argentina Deputy Consul Antonio Deimundo Escobal in the border town of Yacuiba, police said in this town in the extreme south of Bolivia Bolivian police found dead yesterday Argentina Deputy Consul Antonio Deimundo Escobal in the border town of Yacuiba, police said […]
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Police closed borders Maldonado at noon on Tuesday, seeking to catch up with the thieves of two vehicles, one in Piriapolis, and another farm in a remote Italian tourists who rent. This last case is being investigated by staff from the branch of the Bar to which he is striking that the theft has been […]
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When convoys of soldiers or federal police move through the scrubland of northern Mexico, the Zetas drug cartel knows they are coming. The alert goes out from a taxi driver or a street vendor, equipped with a high-end handheld radio and paid to work as a lookout known as a “halcon,” or hawk. Read Article
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The Chihuahua state ranks first in incidence of reported kidnappings, with E103 so far this year, while the business of extortion is in ninth place in the “Top Ten” national, according to the National Public Security System ( SNSP). Meanwhile, capital Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua are also among the 14 cities that concentrate most of […]
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Near ATMs, squares, intersections, park passes behind Calderon and the Child Jesus, were placed several uniformed to provide security to the citizens who attended the Historical Center during the weekend. The control on the main streets to avoid traffic congestion to the Past, was the work of higher concentration. While some side streets remained isolated […]
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Ibarra. The Health Commissioner on a complaint basis reserved proceeded to close a pharmacy that operated illegally in the street entrance Tungurahua Alpachaca Parish are informed in a statement. Operational and decommissioning. During the operation of control found lots of expired drugs and medical samples that are prohibited for sale to the public. In addition, […]
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A Czech national was nabbed in Argentina for trying to board a transatlantic flight with 247 live animals including poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles packed in a bulging suitcase, reports said Monday.The man identified as Karel Abelovsky, 51, was caught while trying to board a flight for Madrid when shocked baggage X-ray technicians and staff […]
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The United States Embassy in Mexico confirmed that three of the victims of the assault on passenger buses in Panuco had dual nationality. Three of the seven people killed in Thursday’s attack by gunmen on passenger buses in Veracruz and Mexico had the nationality of the United States confirmed Friday state and the U.S. embassy. […]
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A total of 5216 there were brawls in the country during the celebrations of Christmas and the early hours of Sunday, as authorities said they also highlighted that there was a reduction of 5% of cases compared to same period of 2010. The figure gave the Director of Public Safety, General Rodolfo Palomino, who reported […]
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The zones are marked. Each criminal group has a “square” (space for distribution and sale of narcotics) and nobody, absolutely nobody, can violate the other’s territory. If you do, sign your passport to death. There is no doubt that now these organized groups that handle the drug are acting more violent. While their victims have […]
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The Army and Air Force bombed the last hours the camp considered the mother of the People’s Liberation Army, PLA in the province of Ocaña in Norte de Santander. The authorities revealed that an operation to terminate drawn the most subversive leader of that organization, Victor Ramon Navarro, “Alias Megateo” left a toll of seven […]
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Paseo millonario is a crime that involves theft of a taxi passenger by the driver and accomplices in different ways depending on the type of paseo millonario. The classic paseo millonario involves accomplices of a driver entering the vehicle en route to a destination. The accomplices then violently force the passenger to take money from […]
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Between January and October of this year in Bogotá, Colombia, the frequency of paseo millonario type thefts has increased by 17.04 from 2010 according to noticias.terra.com.co. 75% of the city has experienced a case of this kind of theft. The police have classified the types of paseo millonario into three categories: paseo millonario clásico, paseo […]
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Amid criticism of the judiciary, the president of this branch of government, César San Martín , justified travel permits granted to Lori Berenson MRTA members (the U.S.) and Lautaro Mellado (Chile), who traveled to their countries of origin despite having parole. San Martin denied that there is a “soft hand” with the terrorists, and denounced […]
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Seven people were killed in an attack on three passenger buses by a group of armed men in the Municipality of Panuco, north of the state of Veracruz, on the border with Tamaulipas.The same group killed four people just before the municipality El Higo, Veracruz, the government said. Read Article
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United States today announced a joint venture of seizures of more than 327 000 articles in 66 piracy cities and in 55 of Mexico and the South Korean capital, worth more than $ 80 million. The operation “Fraud Christmas 2”, made in a period of six weeks, included raids on shops, street markets and other […]
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During conjugal visit on Wednesday, at approximately 5:30 pm a group of inmates of halls 1 and 3 of prison Plant, located in the urbanization El Paraíso de Caracas, faced gunfire and detonated two grenades that caused the death of two inmates and wounding nine others. The deceased were identified as Erick Jimenez and Hector […]
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The Government awaits with anticipation and caution the release of approximately 300 members of the gang ERPAC (Subversive Popular Revolutionary Army of Colombia) which begins today. Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón said that the Public Force is attentive support the process of bringing to justice members of the ERPAC. Erpac (Ejército Revolucionario Popular Antisubversivo de […]
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Ecuadorian authorities arrested five suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in a border area between the two countries. The commander of the Navy of Colombia, Roberto Garcia, said the operation led to the arrest of five subjects with “200 kilos of explosives, 25 improvised explosive devices, radios, all black uniforms and […]
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Brazilian Federal Police concluded in a probe on the November 8 oil spill that the local president of US oil giant Chevron and 16 other oil executives committed environmental crimes, according to local media. Read Article
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Among those captured are the successors of drug traffickers captured and extradited to the United States. In compliance with the corporate strategy against criminal gang, the Criminal Investigation Department and Interpol DIJIN-captured in the town of Zarzal, department of Valle del Cauca, the ringleader of the criminal organization ‘los machoss’ and three key members of […]
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In Bogota were reported 103 cases of theft mode ‘paseo millonario’ or ‘express kidnapping’ from January 2011 ocubre, ie there was an increase in 17.4 percent compared to 2010, where 88 cases were filed in the tolalidad the year. According to information provided by the Center for Study and Analysis on Coexistence and Citizen Security […]
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The Attorney General of the State (PGJE) is investigating two suspected individuals engaged in theft of vehicles, which also could be related to the murder of an alien, which occurred in Ajijic, Chapala Township. The ministry said that it is Samuel Ramos Alejandro Padilla, aka “The Backpack”, 23 years old, and Alvaro Alfonso Arceo Spirit, […]
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Dogs “hounds” that uses the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) to combat capital flight are trained in Canine Training Unit is located in Bahia Blanca. It is the only training ground for some 300 beagles AFIP and Customs is in the country and work in an area of Pronsato at 1,400. “The dogs are […]
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The Buenos Aires Federal Court did not accept appeals by the defense of Richard Bruno, owner of the drugstore Arcasel, partner and employee. The company used to sell stolen or adulterated drugs. The Buenos Aires Federal Court rejected the releases of three defendants in the case called the “drug mafia” is Richard Bruno, owner of […]
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WARNING … A terrorist threat caused panic in the Andean Trade Center area north of the city, and through the police line 123 of income a call stating that within the establishment had an artifact edse about to detonate. Police units to scroll past the place and then the respective inspection, knew it was false […]
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Staff dismissed UDEX terrorist attack. Served as a reservoir property hotel.A sudden explosion in a building caused alarm in Miraflores locals, who for a moment thought it was a terrorist attack such as occurred in 2002, with the destruction of other property in the street Tarata. This time the escape of a gas balloon 100 […]
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The Air Forces of Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras made “multinational exercise” aimed at controlling drug trafficking through the Caribbean, an official source said today. Colombia’s Air Force (FAC) indicated that the exercises, which began last December 16 and will end tomorrow, Wednesday, aims to “close the airspace of the Caribbean Sea to the flights of […]
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Today, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia passed 5 decrees in regulation of the Law of Victims to come into effect January 1st of next year. According to prensa-latina.cu, the reparations will particularly go to those planning to invest in education, living, or other productive endeavors. The law hopes to convince victims to cooperate with […]
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