Two Tourists From Argentina murdered in Montanita, Ecuador found to have Scopolamine in their systems according to toxicology reports.
may/2016
radiocentrodolores.com.ar… Last Friday transpired that toxicology tests performed on samples of the bodies of Marina Menegazzo and Maria Jose Coni, the mendocinas(Argentinans) killed in Ecuador, resulted in the presence of burundanga (scopolamine).
“It’s absurd. But unfortunately the use of burundanga also spread in our country. Here it occurs in nightclubs. So we are always asking that awareness in homes, so the girls go to have fun, but do not accept drinks from strangers. He is under much risk, “advised Leuzzi.
The girls who were abused under the influence of burundanga “can tell when the abuse was happening” given that they are aware at all times but can not move or defend themselves. Read Article
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK dossierpolitico.com reported México.- Federal Police agents discovered a tunnel in Sonora just over 31 meters in length crossing the border into Arizona, United States, the National Security (CNS) reported. The agency stressed that the action was achieved as part of the strategy of cooperation in crime prevention, in […]
Venezuelans suffering from hunger and shortages in their struggling country broke into Caracas zoo and pulled a black stallion from its pen, butchering it for the meat. The crime occurred late last month, in the small hours of the morning at Caracas’ Caricuao Zoo. A gang of people sneaked into the state-run park under the […]
nytimes.com reported President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico fired the commissioner of the country’s federal police force on Monday in response to a recent report that the police had summarily killed at least 22 suspects in a raid last year on a drug gang hide-out. The government has argued that the killings, at a remote […]
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theguardian.com reported that two days after the head of Unesco demanded an investigation into the murder of a Brazilian journalist a second man was arrested for the crime. Irina Bokova, Unesco’s director-general, condemned the killing of João Miranda do Carmo, saying: “I call on the authorities to investigate this crime and bring its perpetrators to […]
larepublica.pe REPORTED Justice and truth for the disappearance of Peruvian businessman Jorge Vasquez Durand in Ecuador, sued his wife Maria Esther Gomero judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, on the first day of hearings this supranational body made in Mexico. The Peruvian citizen was arrested in Huaquillas on January 30, 1995, in the […]
eltelegrafo.com.ec reported the report of the Department of Information Analysis and Public Safety (Daisc) notes that Loja recorded favorable indicators, which is considered one of the safest provinces of Ecuador. In the first half of this year it dropped to 43% robberies homes. That is, muggings 184 less than in 2015 when there were 428 […]
bbc.com reported Peruvian officials say there are “strong indications” that a rogue group of officers within the country’s police force has carried out illegal killings. Deputy Public Order Minister Ruben Vargas said an investigation had identified at least 18 members of the force who were allegedly involved. The investigation suggests the group was behind the […]
Prima and Gina Montalvo were arrested by agents of Terna squad after he robbed a cell phone to an Irish tourist. Two women were arrested by agents of the squad Terna Police Cusco , after they are discovered in flagrante stealing the belongings of some Irish tourists. They were identified as Prima and Gina Montalvo, […]
peru21.pe reported the owner of the premises, located in the district of Pisac, was arrested and is under investigation for the crime of manslaughter after Ernets Villaroman from the Phillipines, 33, is the Filipino tourist who died in a locale where ayahuasca sessions practiced in the sector Taray district of Pisac, in Cuzco. As reported […]
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT OF RECORDED DEATHS OF U.S. CITIZENS IN MEXICO FROM NON-NATURAL CAUSES – JANUARY – JUNE Mexico Date City Cause of Death 05-08-2016 Baja Californa Sur Homicide 01-08-2016 Baja California Homicide 01-18-2016 Baja California Drowning 01-18-2016 Baja California Suicide 02-01-2016 Baja California Other Accident 02-04-2016 Baja California Homicide 02-13-2016 Baja California Other […]
SOURCE: UNODC/UNITED NATIONS Definitions for kidnapping differ from country to country. No information received from Argentina or Uruguay. Statistics are from 2014 or earlier depending on reporting from each country. GUATEMALA 2014 0.3 PER 100,000 46 KIDNAPPINGS BELIZE 2011 0.9 PER 100,000 3 KIDNAPPINGS HONDURAS 2013 0.9 PER 100,000 51 KIDNAPPINGS EL SALVADOR 2014 0.9 […]
Guayaquil Ecuador – U.S. citizen critically wounded last week while playing Pokémon Go Eluniverso.com reported ten days after the attempted assault of a foreigner who was shot while playing Pokémon Samanes Go, the police managed the arrest of two suspected involved in the case. The commander of the Police Zone 8, Edisson Barrera, reported Thursday […]
Dan Collyns/bbc.com reported…José Isidro Tendetza Antún’s battered body was found in an unmarked grave and loved ones blame his death on his opposition to $1.4bn Chinese-backed mine Dark clouds loom over the Tundayme bus station where José Isidro Tendetza Antún said goodbye to his family for the last time. The moody skies above the Cordillera […]
sputniknews.com reported European Olympic Committee and Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) President Patrick Hickey, who has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro on suspicion of illegal Olympic ticket sales, was transferred to Brazil’s largest prison complex located in West Rio de Janeiro, media reported Friday. Read Article
Sex Extortion cases on the uptick using social networks to capture their victims, says Polivio Vinueza, head of the Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion (Join) Unit. Eluniverso.com reported that according to the Interior Ministry, in recent months there have been several complaints of sectorition. The modus modus operandi begins with alleged foreign models who send friend requests […]
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK bbc.com reported Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission said 22 people were executed by federal police during a confrontation on a ranch in the western state of Michoacan last year. The commission had investigated the clash, which took place at a ranch in the town of Tanhuato in May […]
theguardian.com -8-15-16 reported armed men burst into a restaurant in the Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta and abducted as many as 16 customers early on Monday, according to local authorities. Prosecutors in the western state of Jalisco said that around 1am local time, the gunmen entered a restaurant called La Leche on the resort […]
Many Ecuadorean women have been forced to carry pregnancies that are the product of rape. telesurtv.net reported the Ecuadorian National Assembly received on Thursday a petition asking it to decriminalize abortion in the country. The Bar Association in Quito presented a text in which they ask the assembly to analyze the decriminalization of abortion in […]
eltelegrafo.com reported that the two men accused of murdering two Argentine tourists in Montañita have been found guilty. They were both sentenced to 40 years prison. The tourists María José Coni and Marina Menegazzo were killed in February of 2016. One of the accused’s DNA was found on the clothes of the two women. The […]
On or about August 9th, 2016, a senior expat asleep with his wife heard noises in their house located near “La Mirage Hotel and Spa”. The expat observed what he thought was a light from a flashlight in the hallway at which time he got up to investigate. He discovered that a new laptop and […]
SAFETY, HEALTH, SECURITY IN ECUADOR – ONE BOOK THAT YOU SHOULD READ
Published May 1, 2016 by Interior Minister of Ecuador SAFETY, HEALTH, SECURITY IN ECUADOR – THIS IS ONE BOOK YOU NEED TO READ
ACAPULCO TURNED INTO A WAR ZONE dailymail.co.uk reported that Extreme and gruesome violence has turned a city once beloved by holidaymakers from around the world into a war zone. Acapulco, on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, has been gripped by such bloody chaos in recent years that it has been dubbed one of the most dangerous cities […]
telesurtv.net reported nearly two months since police left ten demonstrators dead in Oaxaca, officials still don’t know who gave police the order to fire. Lawmakers from Mexico’s leftist parties accused the Office of the Attorney General of trying to perpetuate impunity in the deaths of several people at the hands of police in the town […]
telesuretv.net — According to the Honduran Human Rights Commission, 94 percent of the over 100 deaths of lawyers since 2010 have not been punished. Three lawyers have been killed in one day in Honduras in the latest spate of fatal violence against political activists, journalists, human rights defenders, and legal representatives that has seen over […]
Freerepublic.com reported An ISIS operative arrested and criminally charged in Ohio this month has confirmed that the terrorist group has cells in Mexico, according to federal authorities. Judicial Watch has reported this for years, documenting it in a series of articles as part of an ongoing investigation on the connection between drug cartels, corruption and […]
Improve security measures against a new form of theft Elizabeth Miranda what worries the residents are recent cases of thefts that have occurred with mode enter houses making holes in the walls of the adjoining enclosures; before more robberies were seen by scaling, says José Pacheco, head of Juan Bautista Aguirre circuit. Eluniverso.com reported John […]
Guayaquil: Increases stolen cell by playing Pokémon Go Robberies are made for people between 18 and 24 years. metroecuador.com.ec reported Pokémon Go has become the fashion game in Ecuador. Going with the cell phone in hand in a kind of virtual hunting has made the thieves have a field day. According to the report of […]
OSAC – Ecuador 2016 Crime & Safety Report: Guayaquil Travel Health and Safety; Transportation Security; Stolen items; Theft; Kidnapping; Rape/Sexual Violence; Murder; Financial Security; Narcoterrorism; Drug Trafficking; Political Violence; Aviation; Riots/Civil Unrest; Oil & Energy; Volcanoes; Earthquakes; Floods; Employee Health Safety; Fraud Western Hemisphere > Ecuador; Western Hemisphere > Ecuador > Guayaquil 5/3/2016 Overall Crime […]
Fernando Medina August 9, 2016 / Elcomercio.com He was kidnapped in the Ecuadorian jungle for 20 days. His captors were presented as members of the so – called “guerrilla ecuatoriana”, a group that for a month frightens border communities of Sucumbios. Victor M. is 66 years old and since it was released has not returned […]
People worried about an alleged armed group canton of Sucumbios ILLEGAL GROUP CALLS THEMSELVES(M.R.A. Comuneros del Ecuador) Eluniverso.com reported the bombing at a shop of Puerto El Carmen de Putumayo, occurred early Friday, it publishes a fact that a few months ago has been rumored in Ecuadorian rural communities in the border with Colombia on […]
NOTE: nzherald.co.nz reported the victim’s name as Mitchell Cleve William ELUNIVERSO.COM reported CW Mitchell, a US citizen who was walking Sunday night with his wife, Emilia M .., by Teodoro Alvarado Avenue, a few meters from Samanes park, was seriously wounded after resisting a robbery. It happened about 21:00, when the US citizen was playing […]
thesun.co.uk reported tWO British backpackers have been raped while on holidays at a surfing destination in Ecuador at the same resort where two young women were murdered earlier this year. A man has been arrested on suspicion of the rape after the two British women were targeted while staying at a hotel room in the […]
American was seriously shot and robbed in Guayaquil near park U.S. citizen just left park while playing Pokémon Go on his tablet Victim fought off robbery attempt – shot twice – once in the stomach Wife received head wound by being hit in head with pistol Eluniverso.com reported Michael W. a U.S. citizen arrived in […]
Spanish Vocabulary Intermediate/Advanced Level: A Guide To Enrich Your Spanish Vocabulary Peruvian Airline Owner and Drug Kingpin Continues Criminal Activity From Prison fairshareonline.org/Written by: Nathan Proctor and Julia Ladics Although in prison in Peru, Fernando Melciades Zevallos Gonzalez’s criminal network continues to operate. Since the 1980s, Zevallos has operated a drugtrafficking organizationand used two anonymous […]
insidecounsel.com reported as the world’s attention turns to the South American nation of Brazil this summer as it hosts the Olympics, those who follow the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) have long been watching the region. Spanish Vocabulary Intermediate/Advanced Level: A Guide To Enrich Your Spanish Vocabulary Even the Olympics themselves — […]
telegraph.co.uk reported the eve of the Olympics in Rio witnessed a dramatic fatal shooting on Thursday after a man reported to be the Russian vice-consul killed an armed mugger just after the torch relay had passed by. Marcos Cezar Feres Braga, described by local police as a Brazilian lawyer who works at the Russian consulate, […]
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK panamapost.com reported after a group of taxi drivers turned aggressive toward a driver suspected of working for Uber, the taxi union in Bogotá, Colombia has announced prices for cab fare will rise. Several taxi drivers beat a man driving a special service van July 31. The white vans […]
Three mayors have been killed in 10 days in México. panampost.com reported the first was the Mayor of San Juan Chamula, Chiapas Domingo López González on the morning of July 23, and the second was Pungarabato, Michoacan Mayor Ambrosio Soto Duarte, who was killed the same day. Following those events, Huehuetlán El Grande Mayor Santa […]
plenglish.com Quito, Jul 29 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian National Police Units dismantled recently five groups devoted to drug trafficking, robbery and extortion, as part of the struggle against the organized crime, currently in effect in this South American country. By means of the actions Tsunami 2 and Tempestad Azul 12 (Blue Storm 12), the authorities put […]
Chris Bodenner/theatlantic.com Back in 2008, after completing college, I went on a backpacking trip through South America. Best time I ever had. But it didn’t end well. I was in Quito, Ecuador, and I returned late to my youth hostel after getting lost. I’m a rather huge fellow, so I wasn’t much nervous about it. […]
xinhuanet.com reported Interpol Office in Ecuador on Saturday highlighted good cooperation with its Chinese counterparts in deporting a Red Notice fugitive back to China. “This is the first ‘red notice’ case (involving a Chinese citizen in Ecuador). As soon as we received the information, we began our cooperation (with Chinese side) on this case,” Wilson […]
Expat was known for helping the poor and disadvantage: Victim shot through the neck. Machine Translated from French to English journaldequebec.com reported the death of a Quebecer in Ecuador who spent her life helping the poor remains unclear, although his friends believe it could be a robbery gone bad. Yvan Dionne owned for eight years […]
NOTE: Since the original report of Mr. Dionne’s death, Journaldequebec.com reported that the victim was killed in Puerto Quito, Ecuador. mondaymag.com reported relatives of a Quebecer living in Ecuador say he has been killed under suspicious circumstances. Yvan Dionne was shot in the back of the neck and killed at his cocoa and coffee plantation […]
dailymail.co.uk reported massive security in Rio de Janiero with a week to go until the start of the Olympic Games Brazilian army and navy have been deployed over fears of terror attack with an alleged ISIS plot already broken up 88,000 military personnel and police are involved in security operation – double the level at […]
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS SAVE THE DAY Eltiempo.com.ec reported this afternoon an assault will fustró in a laundry in the streets Mexico and National Unity. Date: 20/07/2016 18:00 The incident occurred at 15:43 when an emergency call to ECU-911 Austro indicated that some people tried to rob the premises. According to the report of the ECU-911, theft […]
eltelegrafo.com.ec reported: The “in situ” investigation is the strength of the National Office for Crimes Against Life, Violent Deaths, disappearances, Extortion and Kidnapping (Dinased) Police Ecuador. So says Colonel Victor Araus, national head of the special unit. This action allowed the Dinased, created in 2014, halving the violent crimes that occurred in the country. The […]
Blog Post from Gringopost.com 1. I was robbed Two days ago, my El Centro apartment was robbed during the hours of 10:45 and 11:30 AM, while I was at the dentist. They had to have already scoped out my place and knew when I left my apartment (creepy to think I am being watched), most […]
telegraph.co.uk reported Police hit by Rio de Janeiro’s cash crisis have threatened to strike during the Olympics, warning tourists that they are at risk in the city as officers and firefighters are not being paid. Amid demonstrations across Rio, officers rolled out a banner reading “Welcome to hell” in the arrivals hall at the international […]
EFE/7dias.com.do/ reported PUERTO PLATA (Dominican Rep.).-A court in the Judicial Department of Puerto Plata imposed a financial guarantee as a precautionary measure for three Americans who were arrested last Friday along with a Canadian model when supposedly filming pornographic scenes in a public square sector The Batey, municipality of Sosúa. Judge Adriana Vasquez decided the […]
AMBULANCE IN ROUTE TO San Miguel Arcangel Hospital of San Miguelito PRENSA.COM REPORTED / According to information provided by the Sume 911 itself, the incident occurred at the intersection of Chilibre and motorway on June 13, 2016. On board were three ambulance Emergency Medical staff and a patient injured during a traffic accident, accompanied by […]
Nancy Thorton/nancythorntonwriter.com wrote: i’m safe. alive. and have all my body parts.close to an hour ago i was robbed at the bus stop. i was waiting for the #16 to take me to Otorongo Plaza for my biweekly Spanish class. usually several people are waiting with me but today i was alone. i pulled out […]
theglobeandmail.com/Kayla Cotton wrote: At the exact moment that I realized the beach looked different, deserted, I heard the distant purr of a motor. I glanced back and in the moonlight saw an ATV creeping toward me along the shore. From Day 1, my exchange leaders had drilled the mantra “don’t walk on the beach alone […]
dailymail.co.uk reported: Colombian authorities say they’ve made the biggest cocaine seizure in the history of a country long plagued by traffic in the drug. The National Police agency said Sunday that 50 commandos backed by helicopters seized about 8 tons of cocaine on a banana plantation in the northwestern department of Antioquia. It said the […]
GENEVA, May 13 (UNHCR) – Armed clashes between illegal groups fighting for territory in western Colombia are driving a growing number of mostly Afro-Caribbean and indigenous peoples from their homes in Chocó department, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has warned. In the past two months alone, more than 6,000 people have fled the fighting, as […]
telegraph.co.uk reported Colombian police have in the past 48 hours found two home-made submarines in their waters, used by drug traffickers to move cocaine up to the United States. On Friday they announced the discovery of a 45-foot semi-submersible craft off the coast of Candelilla de la Mar, in the far south, close to the […]
LATIMES.com reported – Police in Sao Paulo have begun forcibly removing young students who are occupying a number of schools and public buildings to protest a scheme that investigators say diverted funds from their public school lunch programs. Before sunrise in South America’s largest city, a wave of police vehicles blocked off roads downtown, and […]
Elcomercio.com reported a spark sufficed for the 208 sticks of dynamite being transported illegally in a private vehicle to explode and cause damage in about four blocks around. The material for military use circulated by the Pan American Highway, in Imbabura, heading Carchi. Army intelligence indicates that the cargo apparently was aimed at irregular armed […]
Three men were arrested in a police operation for allegedly selling drugs in a shelter. eldiario.ec reported – The Interior Ministry said the operation was carried out in Libertad 2 citadel, in Portoviejo. The police report states that the suspects used six nearby homes to shelters Coliseum California and the airport to keep the drug, […]
cbc.ca/Susan Burgess reported the beheading of Canadian hostage John Ridsdel this week in the Philippines has brought back disturbing memories for one member of Parliament. Nathan Cullen, the NDP MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley, was kidnapped at gunpoint while working with a small NGO in Ecuador more than 20 years ago. Cullen and his colleagues were […]
wradio.com.co reported Colombian police, together with the Ecuadorian authorities seized 230 kilos of cocaine in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador, in an operation that left two Ecuadoreans and Colombian captured. Dijin said: “The operation, coordinated from Bogota, allowed the National Police of Ecuador capture three people when a vehicle carrying 230 kilograms of cocaine.” […]
By Kevin G. Hall and Vera Bergengruen/ McClatchy Washington Bureau In the weeks after the release of the documents now known as the Panama Papers, Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa called out his country’s journalists and boasted that, unlike other countries, he and his government weren’t found in the leak. However, the secret documents show that […]
You often hear the advice to expats and travelers to Ecuador “use common sense and you will be fine” regarding avoiding crime in this lovely country. However, I have a different perspective about criminal activity in Ecuador. That is, what may make common sense to you in your home country may not be the same […]
(PORTOVIEJO, ECUADOR) According to an anonymous source in Portoviejo, Ecuador there is now electricity and water in sectors of the city after the city was pounded by a massive earthquake last Saturday. While there is military and police presence, occupants are fearful that neighborhoods away from the city center are extremely vulnerable to criminal activity. […]
Video of suspected thieves helping themselves to donations for earthquake victims. Ecuatoriano De Corazon 4 hrs · Estos desgraciados no tienen madre, los filmaron mientras se robaban donaciones para la gente en necesidad…. Amigos necesitamos de ustedes compartan este video para que llegen a manos de las autoridades..!!!! Hay que hacer respetar a los Ecuatorianos […]
24 YEAR OLD FRENCH TOURIST FOUND MURDERED IN ATACAMES RIVER, ESMERALDAS lahora.com.ec (JANUARY 2016) reported…. “I pulled her neck with my hands, then plunged her into the water and left her totally naked corpse in the river , ” was the chilling tale that gave the confessed murderer of French tourist Helene Derouault, who was […]
01-09-16 lahora.com.ec reported”From a young age , her growing passion for learning Spanish and South American culture have led Hélène in his life . ” With this sentence begins a letter from the parents of French tourist, Helene Derouault, found dead last Sunday in Atacames. After hearing the chilling way in which her daughter was […]
TUCSON (CN) courthousenews.com reported – A former Border Patrol agent claims the FBI entrapped and indicted him on bogus charges of money laundering and bribery to try to rescue their undercover operation at a Southern Arizona port of entry, ruining his life and career. Seeking $5.5 million in damages, Lauro Tobias and his wife sued […]
Mexico tortures migrants – and citizens – in effort to slow Central American surge Theguardian.com reported a growing number of indigenous Mexicans are being detained by agents looking for Central American migrants, amid a crackdown driven partly by aid from US The trend comes amid a crackdown on migrants driven in part by political pressure […]
HRW.ORG special report on Venezuela Summary Since July 2015, Venezuelan security forces have conducted more than 135 operations, including sweeps through low-income communities, as part of a program known as the “Operation to Liberate and Protect the People” (Operación de Liberación y Protección del Pueblo, OLP). Participating security forces have included the Bolivarian National Guard, […]
theguardian.com reported…Sale of 700 black market Olympics tickets halted by Brazilian police The suspects bought the tickets legally and used social media sites in an attempt to resell them for up to 10 times the original price. razilian police have broken up a black-market ring that tried to illegally sell more than 700 Olympic tickets […]
dailymail.co.uk reported Panama ‘tax scam’ lawyer is son of Nazi SS officer from dreaded Death’s Head division who fled to South America then SPIED on Cuba for the CIA, brother reveals Horst Mossack is German half-brother of Panama lawyer Jürgen Mossack Told MailOnline unmasking of his sibling is ‘shocking news, astounding’ Father was in the […]
dailymail.co.uk reported / President Putin is the victim of a Western plot designed to topple him through allegations members of his inner circle used an offshore tax haven, the Kremlin has claimed. It insisted that ‘Putinophobia’ has become so great in the West that if there is nothing bad to say about the country it […]
PANAMA CITY (AP)/earthlink.net — Panamanians have long shrugged off their country’s checkered reputation as a financial haven for drug lords, tax dodgers and corrupt oligarchs. If they’re crooks, they’ve learned from the world’s wealthy nations, they like to joke. That same defensiveness has re-emerged amid the fallout from the leak of 11.5 million confidential documents […]
ET reported Social network users alarmed by the reckless and dangerous driving of an agent of the Metropolitan Transit Agency, released a video in which it observed driving a pickup truck with badges that municipal agency. Comments are diverse in social networks. Many also criticize the lack of monitoring of Mayor Mauricio Rodas to the […]
El Salvador declares state of emergency at seven prisons in gang crackdown Theguardian.com reported ‘Extraordinary measures’ include transferring of 299 high-ranking gang members, putting inmates on lockdown and suspending family visits for 15 days/ El Salvador has declared a state of emergency at seven prisons and transferred 299 high-ranking gang members at the start of […]
Interview with Dana Frank, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, conducted by Scott Harris btlonline.org — The Central American nation of Honduras is well known for having one of the highest murder rates in the world that includes violence attributed to narco-trafficking, gang conflicts and street crime. But Honduras is also […]
ECUADOR REJECTS FINDINGS Insightcrime.org/Lucia Bird reported Ecuadorian authorities have lashed out against the recently published US State Department’s drug report, suggesting its findings were politically motivated and baseless. The State Department’s 2016 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report — which is part of annual compendium of drug trafficking trends around the world — noted the continuing […]
Authorities seize 10 million counterfeit dollars to the southeast of Quito / two cops detained eluniverso.com reported police seized more than 10 million fake dollars Rumiñahui sector Tuesday. The money was distributed in 21 packages. During the operation, the officers arrested seven people, including two police officers linked to the case of counterfeit dollars. Colonel […]
Lucia Bird/insightcrime.org reported an estimated 300 Ecuadorian fishermen have been arrested on drug trafficking charges by foreign authorities in the last three years, highlighting the country’s role as a regional hub for maritime trafficking. The Northern Operations Command of Ecuador’s Armed Forces estimate that at least 300 local fishermen are currently in custody in the […]
Applauding a Protest in Ecuador Could Land You in Prison By Gaston Cavanagh/VICE.COM February 25, 2016 Francisco Endara Daza is hiding because he applauded, though he says he didn’t even do that. “I am not considering giving myself up because what we have in Ecuador is not justice, just a group of judges acting to […]
May 30th 1997 University of New Mexico librarian her husband and children with a group of study abroad students were ambushed by bandits. The librarian was killed in the assault by gunshot. Study abroad programs have been popular for many years for college students. Most fortunately have an enjoyable, memorable, and safe experience. However, there […]
MONTANITA ECUADOR: argnoticias.com reported the mother of one of the two young tourists murdered in Ecuador does not believe the official version of the murder provided by Ecuadorian authorities. She also believes officials have detained the wrong men. Gladys Steffani, mother of Maria Jose Coni, one of the women killed in Montanita, said she did […]
20minutos.com reported the alleged murderers of two young Argentineans who were at a popular surfing beach in Ecuador were apprehended and confessed to the crimes, the interior minister said Monday. In his Twitter account Minister Jose Serrano said that “we have apprehended the two authors of the murder of young Argentine Navy Menegazzo and Maria […]
Dinased within Argentine citizen missing Twittear Print Send February 28, 2016 – 2:14 pm Sunday afternoon February 28, José Serrano, Interior Minister confirms the finding of the two young Argentine disappeared last February 22 in Montanita, Santa Elena. According to information provided by agents of the National Directorate of violent deaths, disappearances and Extortion (Dinased), […]
UPDATE FROM DINASED: BODIES OF TWO MISSING TOURISTS FOUND WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND GUNNY BAGS IN REMOTE SECTION OF BEACH READ ARTICLE ecuadorinmediato.com The two young women from Argentina who were vacationing in Ecuador in Montanita have been found dead. Interior Minister reported both young women were found with trauma injuries to the head. The […]
ticotimes.net (Dece 31, 2015) reported a U.S. woman, age 27, filed a criminal complaint against a man who she says raped her last Sunday on a beach in the southern Caribbean town of Puerto Viejo, according to the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ). On Tuesday night, National Police officers in Limón province arrested a local resident […]
Chiapa de Corzo 2-13-2016 esdiario.com.mx reported a young tourist from Switzerland was raped and her two companions, of Argentina, were seriously injured by two men in the ecotourism center of Chiapa de Corzo, they reported police and the Public Ministry sources. They explained that last Thursday, two men armed with knives intercepted foreigners when they […]
24 of Januaryde enero del 2016- elcomercio.pe reported…Suspect has at least two other previous sexual abuse complainsts by tourists. A 20 year-old tourist 20 years of age from France and visiting Peru in January 2016, reported she was raped by a man who claimed he was an owner of a hostel in Nazca. Apparently the […]
tn.com.ar reported the last contact was in Montanita, Ecuador, on 22 February. There he was told the mother of one of them leaving for Lima and they would not have a sign for a few days. That was the last that was heard of Marina Menegazzo (21 years) and Maria Jose Coni (22), two mendocinas […]
February 27, 2016 riviera-maya-news.com/Cozumel, Q.R. – Two American tourists were jailed on Thursday after store security caught them shoplifting. The pair, who arrived on the island of Cozumel via Carnival Cruise Line, were seen stealing from three different stores at Royal Village Shopping Plaza, a popular tourist district where cruise ships disembark. Around 3:00 p.m., […]
FROM FACEBOOK: Anubuddha Lee February 23 at 2:29am With a very heavy and shaky heart I share this latest tragic news. At 8;30 pm last night, Joshua’s rented house in the Hacienda San Joaquin was broken into by 5 masked thugs. He was alone, and found them in his basement where he exercises daily. They […]
Rash of Attacks on Expats over the last several months in Vilcabamba, Malacatos Ecuador Crime lurks in southeastern parishes lahora.com.ec (machine translated) reported that expats and foreigners are becoming targets. Yesterday a group of expats met with authorities calling security and justice. Monday night Feb. 22,2016) another assault was reported in the parish Vilcabamba neighborhood […]
According to Globo, Brazilian military police opened fire in the capital city São Paulo this Tuesday (23), breaking up an attempted armed assault. The victim, a non-Brazilian tourist, was walking along Rua Oscar Freire in the upscale Jardins neighborhood when two men reportedly arrived on a black motorcycle and attempted to steal the tourist’s watch. […]
Extracted from the book “100 Points to Consider Before Moving or Retiring in Ecuador 139. Safety Protocol – Think like a Criminal: Luckily, most of us don’t have a criminal mind. However, to help in staying safe and when conducting threat assessments it is important to think like a criminal or how a criminal group […]
2/17/2016 AFP/eluniverso.com reported a tourist from Argentina was stabbed to death in an assault on Wednesday on the beach at Copacabana, a postcard of the city and site of several competitions of the Olympic Games in August. “Argentina A tourist was wounded by robbers. He was rescued and taken to the Miguel Couto hospital where […]
cleveland.com reported — A man charged in an Eastlake child obscenity investigation was arrested in South America. marshals-fugitive-taskforce-logo.JPGU.S. Marshals and Eastlake police have tracked down and arrested a man in Ecuador who was wanted for pandering obscenity involving a minor and tampering evidence in connection with an August 2015 incident.U.S. Marshals Owen Newland, 29, was […]
ENGINEER ALLEGES BEING HELD BY LOS ZETAS AT GUNPOINT, FIRED AFTER REQUESTING HE NOT TRAVEL TO MEXICO GUIDETRAVEL.BIZ REPORTED a Chicago engineer is suing his former employer for allegedly firing him after he had a bad run-in with Los Zetas. A Chicago-based engineer claims his employers showed him the door after he plead with his […]