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New taxi service for women, Medellín, Colombia

As of Tuesday, a brand new cab service Will Be in the city operating, one geared Exclusively Towards women. May request to customers Female Fem Taxi At Any time, day or night, and travel Safely on the city’s streets. The Idea Came from the private sector, backed by But Being is the Secretariat for Women of Medellin and transportation company, Cootransmede. INITIALLY, one hundred vehicles operated by drivers Will Be Trained well available. They Can Be Identified by a sticker and a screen on Which Can customers view ads and advertisements Educational Aimed at the female Population. The Employees Were Selected For This campaign Carefully screened and Have a clean record. Read Article

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Counterfeit cellphones a growing problem in Argentina

The Manufacturers Association Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF) warned that “in emerging markets recently experienced a large increase in the sale of fake phones.”Bonturi Aderbal Pereira, MMF director for Latin America, said in an interview with Clarin that although it is difficult to give precise figures on the black market of cell phones have phony 200 […]

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Taxi driver Guayaquil, Ecuador accused of robbing and raping three passengers

A taxi driver was arrested yesterday afternoon, Monday, after being accused of stealing and raping several women in Guayaquil. The man, who lived in Duran, worked in Guayaquil and seized the races had to abuse his passengers.According to the version of the complainants, the driver hit the women several times in the face and back […]

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More Americans being killed in Mexico

Two Americans were shot several times inside his car while waiting to cross the San Ysidro border crossing in Tijuana, three teenagers from El Paso were killed while eating tacos in Ciudad Juarez, and another American was shot on a road in San Luis Potosi, although his murderers identified himself as a broker in the […]

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ARC New Report: 5,100 children in U.S. foster care, parents detained or deported

Key Findings: There are at least 5,100 children currently living in foster care who are prevented from uniting with their detained or deported parents. If nothing changes, 15,000 more children may face a similar fate in the next 5 years. This is a growing national problem, not one confined to border jurisdictions or states– ARC […]

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Honduras, organized crime groups threatens attack of prison

Armed groups belonging to organized crime and drug trafficking, have threatened to attack the facilities of the National Penitentiary Marco Aurelio Soto (PNMAS) to try to free his cronies who are imprisoned in the jail, said yesterday the center’s director, Marvin Rajo. The police and military who protect modules are very high security alerts about […]

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Mexico, proposals made to eliminate baby stealing in hospitals

In denouncing the existence of criminal gangs to steal your babies in public and private hospitals, the Chamber of Deputies, will try to become law, the installation of surveillance cameras in operating rooms and corridors of the hospitals, as well as placing electronic bracelets the little ones. In the analysis prepared by the advisory bodies […]

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Informal vendors selling fake police uniforms to criminals in Mexico City

Informal businesses engaged in selling or similar copies of police uniforms and insignia, in many cases, the institutions surrounding streets as the Public Security Secretariat (SSP), the Attorney General of the Federal District (PGJDF ) and the Auxiliary Police (PA), among others, without the law regulating the same premises granted and political delegations. As a […]

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Mexican government aims to stop smuggling on the Suchiate River

The government of the state and federal security agencies, continue with the relocation of traders work irregular kept sales of contraband into the country on rafts down the river Suchiate. In an operation took peaceful possession of federal lands bordering the river Suchiate, to prevent the transit of goods to evade taxes when entering and […]

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Argentina, Chinese market owner shot in neck, suspected Chinese Mafia hit

The owner of a Chinese supermarket was shot in the neck and was taken to Emergency Hospital Clemente Alvarez (HECA) in the reserved state. The incident occurred Tuesday morning in a shop located in the street Arévalo 6200, at the height of Eva Peron to 6200, on the west side of town. Commissioner Arismedi Nestor, […]

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Anonymous suspected of attacking government sites in Nicaragua

The official site of the Supreme Electoral Council ( www.cse.gob.ni ) was allegedly attacked by Anonymous surfer movement in Nicaragua and a few minutes ago is not online. The same has happened to the official website of the Municipality of Managua ( www.managua.gob.ni) Read Article

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Six students expelled in Chihuahua, Mexico for bullying

Due to the increasing incidence of bullying, known as bullying, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of the State in this city, drove the first two students from the basic level. The head of the agency, Jorge Mario Quintana Silveyra, reported that the state’s six primary school students expelled for that reason, two in […]

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Chile, man dressed as clown on Halloween assaults casino, captured

The guy who dressed as a clown and attacked the Monticello Casino on the night of Halloween , on the morning of Tuesday, fulfilled work as a security guard on site. Image Cristián Poblete assaulted 27 years collectors that casino bingo, subtracting nearly nine million dollars, in addition to firing a gun blanks into the […]

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Manta, Ecuador – six police detained in disappearance of two youths

The death of young Danilo B. and Louis J. splashes to the police. Yesterday, Judge Jose Pillasagua ordered six police custody for investigations, after the prosecution considers, at the arraignment hearing in the Judicial Police, that there would be evidence of stakeholder involvement in the disappearance of young on 16 October in Manta. Read Article

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House bomb set off by FARC, wounding ten

The military have the activation of a pump house by FARC guerrillas in Puerto Toledo area known as the municipality of Puerto Rico (Meta). The fact he left ten people injured. Troops of the Omega Joint Task Force attributed this to the Front 43 of FARC who have activated an explosive device in a dwelling […]

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Police commander in Cabo San Lucas murdered

The commander of the state police killings in the south of this entity, Martin Marquez Ruiz, was shot dead this morning by hooded individuals who fled, said the Attorney General of the State. Read Article

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Two killed in shootout in resort city of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

A Marine and a suspect were killed and three policemen were injured in a clash in the resort of Los Cabos, in Baja California, northwestern Mexico, officials said. The Department of the Navy said in a statement that the confrontation occurred yesterday when Navy personnel supported police state of Baja California Sur facing a group […]

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Anonymous hacks site of Mexican official with alleged Zeta ties

As we warned yesterday the U.S. agency Stratfor and El Universal, the hacker group Anonymous activists, launched after a second warning against the drug cartels that restrict freedom of expression, this time specifically against “The Zetas “, this day was allegedly hacked the site of the former attorney of Tabasco, Gustavo Rosario Torres: www.gustavorosario.com which […]

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155 complaints filed across Colombia for election violations

At the end of election day, the Attorney General received a total of 155 complaints nationwide about possible election crimes or difficult to exercise the right to vote for logistical reasons. Of these 140 were for complaints regarding the conduct of the elections, while 15 were questions about voter registration and polling place.Discriminated Public Ministry […]

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Bank Robbery exposes continued security flaws in Brazil

Near midnight on a Saturday a group of men in overalls entered a bank in the Brazilian equivalent of Wall Street, saluted the guard and said they were there to fix the alarm. More than 10 hours later they had perpetrated one of the largest bank robberies in Brazil, pouring more than 100 safety boxes […]

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Woman arrested selling antibiotics, other medicines from Central America, in California

A woman was arrested Friday afternoon after she was found selling antibiotics out of her minivan trunk on a San Rafael street, police said. Around 12:30 p.m. police received a complaint about a woman selling items from the back of her car in the 300 block of Canal Street. When police arrived at the location […]

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Notorious “Rambo” of gang Los Rastrojos taken down in Cartagena

In just twelve hours, Hector Salcedo Torrenegra, aka Rambo, killed five people in Cartagena and Barranquilla. The offender, aged 21, is identified as the most bloodthirsty killer in the service of criminal gang ‘Los Rastrojos’ in the Eroica. His extensive criminal record including, police, murder, theft, illegal possession of firearms and conspiracy. Read Article

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Colombia, two members of ‘Los Urabeños’ detained for murder of 10 people

The authorities confirmed the arrest of two persons belonging to the criminal gang ‘Los Urabeños’ among those arrested are known as “Lucho”, second leader of the organization, accused of being the perpetrator of the disappearance and subsequent murder of 10 people on 24 April in the municipality of Sopetrán. Read Article

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Two soldiers killed, 11 wounded in minefield Cauca, Colombia

There are two soldiers are missing in rural area of Caldono. The incident occurred at 11:15 am on Friday, when the troops landed at the village of La Palma in Caldono, to register a FARC camp that was bombed. According to General Miguel Ernesto Perez Guarnizo, commander of the Third Army Division, the troops entered […]

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Cocaine, methamphetamine arrived in Australia in Mexican beer shipment

Federal police say they’ve broken up an international drug syndicate after discovering 55kg of cocaine and methamphetamines in a shipment of beer from Mexico. The drugs, with an estimated wholesale value of up to $14 million, were concealed as liquid in 44 cartons of Cucapa beer in a shipment that arrived at the Port of […]

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Cocaine being shipped in steel tubes, Santa Cruz Bolivia

The second phase of the investigation of white Ivory operating a deposit of 14 th Street neighborhood of La Colorada was surprising to the agents of the Special Force to Fight (FELCN), because they found cocaine hidden in export through tubes difficult to penetrate steel. A week ago in the same place, where a giant […]

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Police seize 300 kilos of high grade cocaine in Cali, Colombia

The National Police intercepted a shipment of 300 kilos of cocaine of high purity which belonged to the gang of ‘combo’. The drugs were hidden in a compartment immersed in the cooling system of a tourist bus. Upon inspection the bus, DIJIN staff discovered a mechanism by which packets of cocaine were driven one after […]

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Mexican family attempts to enter U.S. with other birth certificates of other individuals

Federal agents arrested in the input port of Santa Teresa, New Mexico, a Mexican family who tried to cross the border with U.S. birth certificates, but not corresponded to its members, it was reported today. The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), who described the arrest as “unusual,” he said in a statement that […]

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Gang of police officers arrested for assaults on 9 banks, Chihuahua, Mexico

The band of robbers who commanded the state police Marco Antonio Muñoz Rodriguez attacked at least nine bank branches in recent months, which won a prize of half a million pesos, according to the Directorate of Security Municipal Public. Read Article

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Chilean pilots aquitted after flying near Peruvian air base, suspected of spying

Chilean pilots Hernan Alberto Robledo Jequier and Arnaldo Gilberto Roa, arrested on August 25 in Arequipa helicopter overflight near the air base of La Joya, were acquitted. As reported by the Bío-Bío radio, and Robledo Jequier Roa, who were investigated by the Attorney General for the alleged crime against national security, in the form of […]

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Peru, four youths detained performing satanic rituals while desecrating graves

Daniel Julio Chavez, Carlos Olivares Lopez and two other children were a kind of ritual at the cemetery. Without respect for the dead bodies of four youths were discovered while niches desecrated cemetery of Huaral. The detainees chose none other than the flag of the children to start a kind of ritual. Niches broke and […]

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Officials believe members of Sinaloa Cartel working in Ecuador

In the different operations carried out last week to dismantle a drug gang attended by alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel found a white truck, PZP-531 plate, which was seen during the time of the surveillance operation “Pacific “. Hidden compartment located in vehicle used for drugs. No drugs located in the vehicle. Read Article

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Argentina using satellites to locate drug and human smugglers

NASA LAUNCH. The Argentine satellite SAC D, placed in orbit THIS YEAR. ITS IMAGES ALSO BE USED IN THE AREA OF SECURITY. Satellites used against drug traffickers and trafficking Enlarge If not enough is done from earth will have to try it from space. That seems to be the spirit of the agreement signed by […]

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Merchant murdered in Ambato Ecuador for $10,000 dollars

Oscar Daniel had walked a block from the bank to where parked his car when a man surprised him. “Give the money you got from the bank,” demanded the offender. Oscar would not have said nothing and refused the guy fired. The crooks could not take the $ 10,000 he had retired, but life. Upon […]

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Six Judicial Police in Santo Domingo Ecuador arrested, linked with criminal gang

Six members of the Judicial Police in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas were arrested for allegedly being linked with a band of robbers cargo transport. Manuel Chacón agents, Jorge Guajara Buenaño Charles Darwin Arias, Luis Cabrera and Jose goodness is held at the Provisional Detention Center of Santa Martha, and envidencias after complaints that were […]

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BACRIM is threat in Pereira, Colombia

Serious complaints about alleged threats from the self-styled criminal band ‘La Cordillera’ have been given in Pereira, where they assure that the members of this criminal group are forcing citizens to withdraw neighborhoods political propaganda. So says the senator and president of the Party of the U in Risaralda, Carlos Enrique Soto, who had expressed […]

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UN urges stronger protection of Mexican journalists after another three murders

Condemning the murders of three women journalists in Mexico over the past month, the United Nations agency that defends press freedom today pressed for stronger measures to halt the frequent violence against reporters in the Latin American country. “I urge the authorities to take all possible measures to improve the safety of journalists and bring […]

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Evolution of Narco-Submarine in Colombia

Although the Navy considers the semi-submersibles and “submarines” to transport cocaine and heroin as “death chambers” drug dealers every day looking for new technologies that allow them to circumvent national and international authorities. In 1993, the intelligence services of the Navy laid bare the first semi-submersible used to transport cocaine, Much time has passed and […]

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Colombia: BACRIM selling adulterated liquor to finance activities

Emerging criminal gangs forcing shop owners to buy their liquor. The extortion and even threaten them with death. This business allows them to finance other criminal activities. A study by the University of Antioquia, released by El Tiempo revealed that these criminal groups from Colombia promoted the sale of adulterated drinks. “The shopkeepers and traders […]

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Cusco Peru: Italian man dies with 103 capsules of cocaine in his stomach

An Italian citizen died in Cusco for a respiratory cardiac arrest, probably because of the 103 cocaine hydrochloride(cocaine)pills inside his stomach, said sources with the Public Ministry. Roberto Palazzotti, 44, was admitted to the hospital emergency room Cusco Regional October 19, and died two days later. On Sunday they performed the autopsy determined the presence […]

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Mexico: illegal logging considered organized crime by authorities

Illegal logging of timber is now comparable to organized crime , as well as transport and transformation in irregular sawmills, and who become involved can receive up to nine years in prison, said Samuel Ibarra, head of the Office of Environmental Crimes (FEDAPUR ) of the Attorney General of the Federal District (PGJ-DF). Delegations Milpa […]

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Jalisco, Mexico: Clandestine group transporting 15,000 liters stolen fuelto

After continuing with the investigation of an anonymous tip reported in which several vehicles were parked heavy in an area to remove what was presumed hydrocarbon Ayotlan municipality. Military personnel entered through a gap that was surrounded by corn fields near the entrance of the town mentioned, where a truck located Torton white type, which […]

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Zacatecas, Mexico: third body found in triple homicide, buried 100 meters

In the pit of about 100 meters deep in the Linnet I was rescued a third body, who, according to state police reports the state of Zacatecas (PME), by the name of Ruben Esquivel Pacheco 40-year-old native of the town of Calera de Victor Rosales. Although everything seems that this triple murder was the work […]

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Bogota, Colombia: explosive device kills two police officers

Caracol.com.co reported that an explosive device detonated this morning in the Avenida Carrera 80 with Villavicencio, south of Bogota, which killed two policemen dead. The area has been cordoned off and cuased panic among residents of the Kennedy sector. Incident happened at 12:30 am according to other sources.Read Article

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Colombia, 41 killed in political violence before upcoming local, regional elections

With 41 candidates in local and regional elections killed, Colombians go the polls next Sunday after one of the most violent campaigns of recent years and the first with Juan Manuel Santos as president the country. The cases were documented by the Electoral Observation Mission (EOM), a private organization that collected in a report to […]

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Argentina, Chinese Mafia demanding protection money of $70,000, “or we will kill you”

Just as our country entered the drug cartels, the Mafia also entered China. The police has not taken much. As entrepreneurs and business extortion, shot and killed citizens of that country or Taiwan. It seems that this is not enough reason to seriously address. What will happen when the Mafia, wild and violent, grow and […]

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Armed force to remain in favelas of Rio de Janeiro until June 2012

Brazil extended until June 2012, the Armed Forces operations in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, military occupation for almost a year in order to ensure security in these areas before the 2014 World Cup, the government said Monday. “We know that the work of pacification of the communities is among the primary tasks of […]

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Colombia, suspected FARC communique threatened University Presidents

The presidents of six public higher education institutions in Antioquia were threatened in a statement allegedly made by the FARC, in which the declared military targets continue working and teaching against the various student assemblies to protest against the reform education. Read Article

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Texas Border Security: A Strategic Military Assessment

Gen. McCaffrey and Gen. Scales – Prepared Report for the Texas Department of Agriculture During the past two years the state of Texas has become increasingly threatened by the spread of Mexican cartel organized crime. The threat reflects a change in the strategic intent of the cartels to move their operations into the United States. […]

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Argentina, Peruvian transvestite dies after being set on fire in dispute with partner

A Peruvian travesti 38, who was facing death from the 16th of October, when he was doused with fuel and set alight in a house in Berisso, died yesterday at the Hospital San Martin, told this newspaper sources courts. Recall that the victim, identified as Luis Chichay Cano, aka “The Key”, had 60 percent of […]

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Guayaquil, Quito, survey of 1200 shows all were a victim of some type of crime

A survey of 1 200 people showed that in the last 12 months, all met a victim of crime. Guayaquil has staged sit-ins against the insecurity and violence for more than four times. The last one took place last Friday at Centennial Park. However, the circle of people who have been victims of both phenomena […]

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Chinese Mafia in Argentina

In the anti-Chinese western media like to talk about “Chinese mafia” to create a bad image of the great emerging power. Meanwhile, “pro-Chinese” (those who do good business with China) prefer to avoid that word. Yuri Doudchitzky of Zaichina, tells us not mince words how the oriental underworld does exist and is out of control […]

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Arsenal of weapons and amunition discovered by Mexican navy in Colima and Navojoa

The Sixth Region Secretary of the Navy Navy of Mexico, located in Manzanillo, in an operation involving more than 100 items, armored vehicles and a helicopter, secured in the town of Cerro de Ortega, a town of Tecoman, Colima, an arsenal and arrested six alleged members of the New Generation Jalisco cartel, which had been […]

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Nine tons of marijuana belonging to FARC seized in Cauca

Colombia Police seized 9 tons of marijuana in the department of Cauca (southwest), which he said belonged to the Sunday Marxist FARC guerrillas and were to be transported to Central America. The drug was found on Saturday in a house in a rural area of ​​Corinth (Cauca) and have a black market value of $ […]

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Military Batallion to arrive in Arauca Colombia to combat insecurity

President Juan Manuel Santos, sent his greetings of condolences to the families of soldiers killed and wounded and admitted that there were flaws in security protocols, both in attack in rural area of ​​Tame, Arauca, and Tumaco, Nriño, the last Friday. “These facts, in Tumaco, on Friday and yesterday Arauca, which left 20 soldiers dead, […]

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Woman attempts to smuggle date rape drug into U.S. at Nogales entry

Nogalesinternational.com reported a Nogales woman was arrested Wednesday on charges that she tried to smuggle an animal tranquilizer that’s also used as a date-rape drug into the United States from Mexico.The unidentified 25-year-old woman was trying to enter the United States through a pedestrian lane at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry when U.S. Customs […]

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Border Bandits Strike Again, Arizona – Mexico Border

Nogalesinternational.com reported, migrants crossing illegally into the U.S. from Mexico were once again the target of borderland bandits, who this time struck near the abandoned mining town of Ruby in western Santa Cruz County. Nine alleged victims told sheriff’s deputies that they were traveling with four other undocumented immigrants on the night of Oct. 17 […]

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Caracas, last weekend 32 people murdered including a police officer

During this weekend at least 32 bodies entered the morgue de Bello Monte, according to unofficial data. Among them is the body of Richard Manuel Suarez Ospino 33, who served as a corporal II in the Metropolitan Police. He was on Sunday at his residence in Sector El Campito Petare, when a subject known as […]

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Negotiations between inmates at Tocuyito and Venezuelan government, at standstill

Tocuyito paralyzed Dialogue is broken in case of kidnapping Tocuyito jail between prisoners and authorities. Prisoners say the Ministry of Corrections and President Chavez as responsible for the situation. This Friday were frozen the negotiations between the inmates Tocuyito and national authorities. A total of 52 workers remain in captivity, as leverage to ensure compliance […]

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Ecuador, low numbers from the coast choose law enforcement as a career

This makes it difficult to run the presidential decree to end the so-called ‘pass’, and the gendarme work in the same city where he resides with his family. To reverse this trend, the Police made a new call to graduate students in the coastal province of Guayas, interested in joining the police ranks. The idea […]

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New anti-trafficking in humans office opens in Tijuana, Mexico

Human trafficking, also known as trafficking and exploitation of human beings, was hardly considered a crime when he entered the penal code in 2007.In July came into effect a new law that makes the research, who are responsible for the victim and the creation of special units, among other legal elements.Last spring, the City of […]

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Mexico, increase in highway robberies

MEXICO DRIVERS RECOGNIZE THAT CROSS ROAD EXPERIENCE IS A HIGH RISK Navigating the roads of the country can be a high risk experience for drivers, which even may cost them their lives. According to information from the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions (AMIS), the cargo theft had a 70 percent surge over the past four […]

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Adulterated liquor continues to be problem in Barranquilla, Colombia

Snow and Rebolo, two populous neighborhoods southeast of Barranquilla, have continued to be the epicenter of the underground factories of adulterated liquor, according to reports from the Metropolitan Police. The remark was made evident a couple of days ago when researchers Sijin, in coordination with the prosecutor, made operational in two houses accurate, achieving seize […]

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U.S. Intelligence group hopes to predict revolutions in Latin America

Some hedge funds already use Twitter and other social networks to ‘predict’ fluctuations in the stock market. Now a U.S. government agency is to use the social network to attempt to predict revolutions. Iarpa – the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity – hopes to be able to predict ‘unexpected’ events such as revolutions using a […]

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80 border crossings used by drug traffickers between Paraguay and Argentina

There are over 80 border crossings used by traffickers. Until the end of August there were 650 drug raids. Seized 25 tons of cannabis and arrested 42 people. 90% of prison inmates Candelaria are “mules”. At that time the Paraná mirror reflects only shade, water boatmen earn sheer necessity. Rowing load hurry and fear, unable […]

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Drug Trafficking in the Triple Frontier is a cultural problem according to Argentine Federal Judge

The federal judge who succeeds to Eldorado Posadas, Jose Luis Casals, says there is a miscommunication of what is done in the area and swears he did well in the fight against drug trafficking, but said that the true origin of all there is defined in the Penal Code. “Drug trafficking is a cultural problem. […]

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Study reveals a woman is murdered every thirty hours in Argentina

An NGO in Rosario made ​​a statistic based on femicides in the newspapers. There were 23 murders of women every month. In the province of Buenos Aires there were 65 events in Santa Fe, 21. Were between 14 and 44. The Institute for Legal and Social Studies of Women (undesirable-Woman), Rosario, recorded so far this […]

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Veracruz Mexico, kidnapping statistics revised to 29

The Government of Veracruz corrected figures on kidnappings that had been forwarded to the National Public Security System (SNSP) and admitted that from January to September this year in the state have committed plagiarism and 29 non-zero, as had notified. The Executive Secretariat SNSP said Wednesday that Veracruz authorities reported new figures by electronic delivery […]

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Anzoategui Venezuela, 2000 firearms to be destroyed, 248 criminal gangs dismantled

These weapons will be melted soon in a public The Bicentennial Security Device (Dibis) has seized 2017 firearms in the state of Anzoategui, as reported by the Deputy Minister of Public Safety, Nestor Reverol, from Simon Bolivar Sports Complex in the city of Barcelona. “We are receiving today, while delivering to the Department of Arms […]

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Peru, 2000 prisoners serving for minor offenses may be deported because of prison overcrowding

About 2000 foreign prisoners serving sentences in different Peruvian prisons for committing minor crimes would be granted the commutation of sentence or enforcement of the penalty in their native country, in order to ease prison overcrowding, Justice Minister Francisco Eguiguren said. Read Article

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Peru is largest producer of pure cocaine

Peru is at a critical time in their fight against drug trafficking to overcome for the first time in a decade in Colombia, which became the leading producer of pure cocaine, U.S. officials said at a legislative hearing in Washington. Appearing before the committee for the international drug control in the U.S. Senate, the intelligence […]

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Acapulco, 2000 teachers demonstrate, demand for security

More than two thousand teachers in the region Acapulco Coyuca Benitez made this morning a march to the Acapulco International Center demanding more security in areas where its campuses are located. During the trip safely carried banners demanding the state authorities claim that there are no guarantees for back to school, but clarified that this […]

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U.S. Naval Petty officer arrested in Bogota Colombia with 5.4 kilos of cocaine

302 At the Prosecutor’s Office with assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating the case of Petty Officer U.S. Navy Deion Lemar Burton, who was caught with 5.4 kilos of cocaine on 12 October in the El Dorado airport in Bogota. The arrest took place when the military, 26, and commission in Italy, was […]

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La Paz Bolivia, thieves act as perfume demonstrators using product laced with scopalmine

The crime was committed in a house in the area of ​​Miraflores. The victim, LAV, 25, prefers not to publish even the street where the incident occurred for fear that criminals return for revenge. Neither filed a complaint in anti-crime force because he believes that would be a waste of time. Read Article

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Violent outbursts continue to rock Santiago, Chile

The day of marches CONFECH convened today by the College of Teachers and the United Workers Central (CUT), was marred by incidents near the main event with Beaucheff Blanco. Was injured, arrested, attempted looting and clashes between protesters wearing hoods who wanted to avoid further violence. Read Article

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Guadalcázar, Mexico seized peyote and 343 birds of different species in operation

Federal environmental inspectors and elements of the State Police secured 139 and 343 heads of peyote birds of various species protected alleged, among other pieces, for 3 days of joint operation in 3 municipalities in the state. Also rose 6 minutes circumstances (with view to another federal authority) and 2 administrative proceedings (fines). Read Article

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Colombia, 18 arrested for illegal mining, probable financial source for BACRIM

The police captured 18 people for illegal mining retroexcavadoras inmovilizadas por la Policía. They said that among the transactions that took place during the weekend highlights the capture of 18 people who are linked to illegal acts. These arrests have been made official since the national government declared a military target this activity to consider […]

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Argentina , couple detained for trafficking Peruvian and Bolivian babys

Formed a band dedicated to newborns buy Bolivian and Peruvian women without resources to deliver adoption in urban centers in the country. They used as a photo album catalog. The investigation is being presided by Judge Norberto Oyarbide. A baby-smuggling ring was broken in the last hours by La Federal Police, through multiple raids in […]

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New book on Hitler claims he died in Argentina

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did not kill himself in Berlin in 1945 but ended his days in Argentina, a new book has claimed. British journalist Gerrard Williams has told Sky News he and co-author Simon Dunstan found an “overwhelming amount of evidence” to suggest Hitler died an old man in South America. Read Article

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Cali Colombia ranks high in crimes of passion

Cali and Bogota top the list of cities with more crime partner, according to a report by the Institute of Legal Medicine. So far this year there have been seven cases each of these cities. Trends continue, the figure could be lower than last year. In 2010, the report of the National Reference Center on […]

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Costa Rican fishing vessel apprehended by U.S. officials in Pacific waters off of Costa Rica

An entrepreneur of 27 years, resident of San Jose, is the owner of the fishing vessel Miss Jacky Guard that the United States on Friday seized 250 kilos of cocaine in Pacific waters. Mojica’s wife name, is adjacent to the citadel of Puntarenas November 20 and owner of three other boats.The Miss Jacky was captured […]

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90 kilos of cocaine discovered in KLM luggage container, Quito Ecuador airport

At about 7:30 yesterday a routine narcotics canine group Mariscal Sucre airport in the capital, allowed the discovery of about 82 packages of pure cocaine hidden in a false bottom in the roof luggage container number AKE 93,280 KL of the airline KLM. Read Article Read Artticle

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Fifty percent of sexual abuse cases in Quito are committed in victim’s home

The perpetrator of a rape is a person known to the victim in 61% of cases, according to the Metropolitan Public Safety Observatory (CSOM). Of that percentage, 21% corresponds to an acquaintance, 9% to a relative, 7% for the stepparent, 5% of the bridegroom, 3% to the parent, and so on., As the 15 th […]

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Venezuela, two workers at Tocuyito prison held hostage, prisoners demand ministers’ attention

Two workers held hostage for more than 72 hours in jail Tocuyito, in Carabobo state, reported that they are running out of food and asked for the presence of the Minister of Corrections, Iris Varela. Read Article

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Tingo Maria Peru, truck apprehended with 2.5 tons of chemicals for manufacturing drugse

Speakers truck with 2.5 tons of chemical inputs in Tingo Maria,The Huallaga Police Front Chief, General Ríos Whitman reported that early Sunday, police intervened a truck with 2.5 tons of chemical inputs used in the manufacture of drugs, in Tingo Maria, Huanuco. The police chief explained that they captured three people: Read Article

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Peru, owner of large hacienda denies presence of Shining Path on his property

The owner of the Hacienda Louisiana located in the district of Santa Rosa in the VRAE, William Parodi, denied that their properties have appeared in red cloth with symbols of the hammer and sickle, alluding to the Shining Path, as some media Huamanga, Ayacucho. Read Article

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Hato Mayor, Dominican Repubic, thefts of cattle putting some cattelmen out of business

MAYOR .- HERD grouped Cattlemen Cattlemen’s Association and Cooperative Livestock and deputies Christopher Castillo Liriano (PRD) and Jose Alberto Vasquez (PLD), called the head of the National Police, the immediate transfer of the number of police in Hato Mayor, with the increase in robberies and murders of cattle in cattle farms and churches in this […]

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Narcochefs from Peru operating in Chile

A form of the drug trade seems to expand more and more in Chile and would involve a number of compatriots, according to a local television report. This is the ‘narcochefs’ Peruvian or cooks’ who make cocaine paste (PBC) at home and with a special technique.According to a report of the National Television of Chile […]

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Honduras reels from extreme violence

While the persistent rain fell on Tegucigalpa, the body of a young woman employee of the Tax Office, lay in a car, in a quiet street in the capital. It took more than five hours since he was gunned down by suspected assassins acting on a motorcycle, before the arrival of prosecutors and forensic to […]

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Largest clandestine market in Latin America, La Salada, Argentina

The numbers are not surprising but nonetheless impact: the largest illegal trade fair in the country and Latin America, which employs 7 000 people and has nearly 39 thousand jobs and bill “between 150 and 200 million pesos.” Currently, the Salada houses about 30 000 jobs about 3 or 4 m2, and each tenant must […]

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Crime numbers down in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Three key indicators of reduced crime in Rio de Janeiro in the first seven months of this year, reflecting an improvement in security conditions in the city prepares to host the 2012 Olympics and the World Football 2014. Read Article

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Investigation continues in missing Colombians arrested by Ecuadorian police in 1988ppol

The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, announced Saturday that the investigation will resume the disappearance of Colombian brothers James and Andrew Restrepo, which occurred in 1988 after being arrested by police and whose bodies were thrown presumed in the lagoon of Yambo. The announcement was made during the weekly report to work at the premiere […]

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Ecuador to increase police force by 30,000 officers

Ecuador plans to increase to 69,000 the number of police officers dedicated to crime prevention through 2017 as part of a process of strengthening the institution of the order, said the Ecuadorian Minister of Interior, Jose Serrano. “Nationally, in 2017, there must be 69,000 policemen Preventive Police,” Serrano told the press the point that now […]

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Brazil draws tough line on corruption

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff wasted little time firing her top aide in May when the country’s biggest newspaper reported that he had received $4 million in unexplained income. Rousseff didn’t stop with her chief of staff. In quick succession, she let go of three other ministers publicly accused of everything from receiving kickbacks to charging […]

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Bolivian woman arrested in Spain for transporting cocaine using new modus

Spanish police arrested a young man who had come to Madrid from Bolivia in your body carrying 11 bags of cocaine mixed with oil, said on Sunday the Ministry of Interior. The woman, identified as BR Nely Cinda 24, was detained along with Carlos SC 34, who is charged in addition to an alleged illegal […]

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“Mega” Laboratory for the production of cocaine found in Colombia

Colombian Counternarcotics Police deployed a major operation against the business of the criminal gang, Anti-Subversive Popular Revolutionary Army of Colombia, ERPAC, whose leader is Eberto Lopez Montero, alias ‘Caracho’, El Espectador reports. According to the official report, the “mega” laboratory, located in Guaracu, Meta, was used mainly for the processing of cocaine. Read Article

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Colombia, student group claims student was murdered during protest march

The National Student Expanded Bureau reported that the crime was part of a strategy of stigmatization, intimidation and persecution of the student movement, whose primary goal away to students of all Colombian society.The National Student Expanded Bureau (NSAIDs) in Colombia reported that the boy died on Thursday during one of the protest marches was killed, […]

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Mexican police chief attacks his former partner

A female federal police officer in Quer é taro, central Mexico, has been physically assaulted and threatened by her ex- partner , who is the federal police chief for the state. The authorities have refused to take action against him. She is at risk of further attacks, as are the women’s rights organizations that have […]

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Barbados, death penalty to be abolished by end of 2011

Amnesty International positively noted reported statements that the mandatory death penalty will be abolished in Barbados by the end of 2011 and urged the county’s authorities to swiftly move to turn these affirmations into reality. Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs Adriel Brathwaite was reported in local newspaper The Barbados Advocate on 2 October […]

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Venezuela: Politics and Violence

Caracas beat another unenviable record in August 2011, when 563 dead bodies were carried into the city’s Bello Monte morgue. 85% of them were murder victims. On the last weekend of the month, Venezuela’s capital saw one violent death an hour on average. While Latin Americans are shocked about massacres in Mexico and used to […]

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