The Fuerza Pública has 556 officers ready to stop vandalism and riots during the Quema de Judas ((burning of Judas), which is tradition in several Costa Rican communities on Saturday. José María Tijerino, ministro de Seguridad Pública, is making available as well ten lawyers, seven police analysts police, 61 motorized, eight vehicles to transport those detained and 10 mounted police units. Read Article
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Authorities reported the seizure of 512 kilos of cocaine, in the area Cape Shark Acandí township area in the Chocó Urabá. The drug was hidden in a false bottom of the fishing boat, named “Light”, which contained 520 packets with the cache, according to the official report. The anti-narcotics police said the drug would presumably […]
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A new citizen complaint in Medellin involving Metropolitan Police Aburrá Valley in crime and as members of criminal gangs in this city. A family living in the rural municipality of Envigado reported to the Office of Medellín the assault on the farm in which they live by a gang of several men, including several policemen […]
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The police reported the capture of 740 suspected members of criminal gangs operating in the country for so far this year. De los detenidos, 378 estaban vinculados con la estructura criminal de los llamados ‘Urabeños’, Of those arrested, 378 were linked to the criminal con structure of so-called ‘Urabeños’, 246 ‘Los Rastrojos’ y 69 con […]
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Reporters and photographers working for several news media were attacked by police at Apacheta (20 km outside La Paz) on 15 April while covering clashes between police and members of the Bolivian Workers Federation (COB), which is demanding a wage increase. Read Article
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The capital of our country has about 25 stolen vehicles every day, mostly for being parked on the street. De esta cifra, solo el 79 por ciento son recuperados. Of this number, only 79 percent are recovered. Read Article
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This video shows a young boy, age 10, how to steal from stores. Video shows boy going into a story and stealing money from the cash register as the family works as lookouts.
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El Salvador has issued temporary ban on firearms in 27 municipalities as part of its efforts to reduce violence and criminal rates provided that 70-75% the homicides involve firearms. Justice and Security Minister Manuel Melgar told the press the decree will remain in force in 20 such places until June 15 and till May 15 […]
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Officers from Spain’s National Police force confiscated over 200 kg of cocaine that was hidden in a shipment of pineapples imported from Costa Rica. The police operation culminated in the arrest of 12 people embroiled in transporting the drugs from the port of Valencia to Talavera de la Reina (Toledo). Using officers on the ground […]
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More than 7.000 kg of sailfish meat bound for Peru were seized from a seafood exporter, say Costa Rican government officials. Sailfish are a protected species in the popular Costa Rican fishery. Read Article
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According to authorities in Mexico, robberies and sexual abuse charges continue to rise in Mexico City. 2010 – 2,617 robberies in taxis. 2,446 sexual abuse complaints in taxis The three areas of the city with a pattern of continued problems are: Cuauhtemoc, benito Juarez, Miguel Hidalgo The allegations piled up. Entonces la fiscal en Investigación […]
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Three men executed and at least six wounded, including two musicians and two children, is the result of an attack by an armed commando for a fellowship that played a band in the colony Humuya Meetings. One victim was identified as Oscar Leyva Rochin, 49, resident of Sesame Street, of that sector, which is a […]
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The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said in an interview that justice in a country is “priceless” and “No justice, no development”, in reference to the restructuring of the judicial system in the Andean nation to be held through a referendum on 7 May. Read Article
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German radio correspondent based in Buenos Aires Gabriela Weber, who is investigating the alleged theft of children by a US diplomat during the Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983) apparently has been permanently denied her request for an entrance visa. Read Article
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The Minister of Justice and Security in El Salvador, Manuel Melgar, announced that two bills to curb the activities of organized crime in the country are being analyzed. One of the projects seeks to enable the confiscation of illegally acquired properties, and the second, to achieve the prohibition of weapons, according to the official. Read […]
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Efren Meneses Hector Yela is trusted man Calle Antonio Javier Serna, better known as the “Fighter” and head of the criminal gang Los Rastrojos, who also established a criminal alliance with the FARC. Caracol Radio reported, the drug had arrested more than two decades devoted to organized crime. As heir to the criminal, Serna Street […]
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While the perception of growing insecurity among Colombians and some indices on the situation of armed conflict, crime and violence show a clear deterioration in the interior of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence revive old personal rivalries and body, presumably overcome, which will hinder the government and the military to adapt its […]
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After receiving a report of a clandestine laboratory in Acoponeta, Nayarit, Mexican troops closed it down. They secured 82 kilos with 780 grams of powder with the characteristics of gum opium, 58 kilos with 640 grams of opium gum, 200 liters of processed opium gum and 9 kilos with 890 grams of a chemical compound […]
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Battalion ‘Juanambú’, belonging to the XII Brigade of the Army, defused in a controlled manner a house-bomb had been placed by FARC guerrillas in the village of redfish, a rural area of San José del Fragua, south of Caquetá . General Fabricio Cabrera Ortiz, commander of the XII Brigade of the Army, said the guerrillas […]
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A network of human traffickers was broken up by the national government. Six people who headed (five Pakistanis and one Ethiopian) were deported because they were wanted by the Interpol, national media reported, the Agency detailing the Andes. Read Article
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According to secret reports sent to Washington by the embassy in Ecuador there are 4 “terrorist groups.” The data contained in one of the secret information he got the news agency Wikileaks over Ecuador and were filtered from the State Department. Read Article
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Spanish to English translation The drugs were transported in a suitcase on a bus from San Cristobal line, covering the Santa Barbara del Zulia route to Caracas / Five people were arrested later / OS “Madrugonazo the Underworld” dismantled dangerous gang “The Zulianos” Officials of the National Drug Commission of the Body of Scientific, Penal […]
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Maria del Pilar Mite, 35, was killed with a machete in her sleep and before her sons, 18 and 10 years. The crime occurred at 04:00 yesterday in the block 8 of the cooperative’s Orchards in the north of Guayaquil. The main suspect in the murder would Agapito Chamaidán Gabriel Bohorquez, 42, exconviviente of Mite, […]
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After a year of research and monitoring, staff of the Administrative Department of Security, DAS, captured 15 people who were involved in smuggling of migrants in the cities of Ipiales, Pasto, Cali, Bogota, Medellin and San Andres. Among those captured in this operation, is a former DAS official who was assigned to the Group Migration […]
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The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ecuador will investigate the veracity of a recently publicized WikiLeaks cable that claims Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa received campaign funding from the FARC and Venezuela, El Espectador reported Friday. Read Article
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The members of the Mexican Electricians Union (SME) staged riots and various other acts of violence when confronted with riot police, burning vehicles, damaging facilities of the Commission Federal de Electricidad (CFE) and physically assaulting the parastatal workers, firefighters and representatives of media. Read Article
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Elements of the capital’s Police Investigation Unit to disrupt a gang of five youths, who are related to the killings of at least six taxi drivers in the south of the city. Read Article
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The former head of chancery of diplomatic representation in the United Kingdom, Abel Abarca Ayala, was admitted to the South Prison, to be processed by the Ninth District Court Federal Criminal Proceedings in the Federal District for the crime of rape. According to the Federal Public Ministry assigned to the Special Prosecutor for Crimes of […]
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At least 15 percent of the population over 18 years in the state of Oaxaca, Oaxaca 331 000 557, has been victim of bribery by members of various security forces, mainly identified a number of cameras business, based on the Seventh National Survey on Insecurity (ENSI) 2010. Canacintra Coparmex and revealed to news that the […]
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The Federal Environmental Protection (Profepa) reported that in Oaxaca were arrested two suspected smugglers in possession of 208 wild birds breeding of parrots against atoleros orange or guava and 71 parrots. In a routine inspection, Federal Police personnel arrested two men traveling in a vehicle reported to the Profepa in Mexico City and Oaxaca as […]
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Amnesty International has urged the Mexican government to thoroughly investigate links between drug and criminal gangs and public officials, following the arrest this week of 16 police officers accused of working with gang members responsible for mass killings near the US border. Read Article
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The municipalities of Juchipila and Nochistlán, southern Zacatecas, remain virtually turned into ghost towns, after repeated warnings from Monday night until dawn on Tuesday, about violent clashes between rival groups allegedly linked to organized crime. Read Article
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A man was discovered stealing tombstones from a cemetery in the small hamlet of Bitaco, in La Cumbre Colombia. When apprehended by police he was carrying six tombstones. The criminals motive was to sell the copper and aluminum for scrap. Read Article
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The doctor there performed cosmetic surgery in which a patient died. In a divided local home that even had a sign identifying Matallana attended Dario Galvis, who was arrested last Saturday in the U.S., presumably made after cosmetic surgery in which the patient died. Read Article
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The Colombian authorities captured one of the political leaders of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) known by the alias “Simon Bernart ‘, official sources said. Troops of the fifth division of the Army of Colombia guerrilla arrested in the southwestern department of Tolima and, according to security agencies, the rebel had direct […]
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On April 5, Mexican newspaper El Universal reported that a row of concrete Jersey barriers was being emplaced in front of the U.S. Consulate General in Monterrey, Mexico. The story indicated that the wall was put in to block visibility of the facility, but being only about 107 centimeters (42 inches) high, such barriers do […]
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For ¢500.000 colones (us$1.000) for hiding a file in a murder case, a Fiscal de Juicio (trial prosecutor) in Limón found himself behind bars following a detention by judicial officials. The misplaced file led to the case being thrown out of court. The Fiscal General (Attorney General) personally coordinated the capture of the fiscal identified […]
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Claude and Gerard Debois, both 65, disappeared March 31 after leaving the hotel they were staying at in Puerton Quepos (150 km southwest of the capital), heading to Sunday, a resort located 15 km south. Costa Rican police believe the couple may have drowned in the ocean. Read Article
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Assailants disguised as electrical workers. Deceived 73 year old homeowner, stormed home. Four men posing as electrical workers in the Orchid neighborhood of Guayaquil. The offense took place on Monday morning at 10:30, when the four thieves arrived at the house in a van with a logo of the electrical company, wanting to check the […]
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One ton and three hundred ten kilos of cocaine hydrochloride were seized by the Narcotics Police of Guayas in two operations in the seaport of Guayaquil. Read Article http://www.eluniverso.com/2011/04/13/1/1422/13-toneladas-droga-platanos-pinas.html?p=1422&m=948
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Irma Parra, Pika distribution manager in Riobamba, was arrested this morning by order of President Rafael Correa, called for making obscene signs and demonstrate for the not in the office when the president was in the promotional trailer for the Yes vote. According to the police, Police Corporal Chele Nelson Cortez, a member of the […]
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Indian detectives have left for Chile to verify reports that a man held by police in Santiago was linked to the 1999 hijack of an Indian passenger plane, officials said today. Read Article
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Bus travel is becoming very risky in Mexico for Americans. Recently an American is known to have been forcibly removed from a bus and kidnapped by criminals. His whereabouts are still unknown. Consequently, the US Consulate at Matamoros is once again cautioning the US citizens, through a warden warning message, from the dangers of bus […]
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According to the latest National Survey on Urban Safety, the Region of Tarapaca is the only one representing a rise in the percentage of households vistimizados nationwide, up 38.7% (2009) to 46.8% ( 2010). However, in contrast with that level of victimization, the study indicates that this area is the least complaints made to police. […]
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Traveling from Santiago del Estero to Buenos Aires, a man on a micro bus was apprehended when it was discovered he was transporting nearly 700 snakes and reptiles. He had plan to sell the animals. Read Article
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The undersecretary of state for Mexico and Canada, Roberta Jacobson, said yesterday that the violence caused by criminal organizations in Mexico and 230 cities has impacted the United States. Read Article
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The agent of the Federal Public Ministry opened a preliminary investigation against Vladimir Gálvez AP/PGR/SON/STA-I/132/2011 Robledo, Carmelo Díaz and Carlos Gómez Corrales Cortez for his alleged role in committing the crime of violation of General Population Act, after being arrested with 25 Mexican Sonoyta. In response to a citizen’s complaint. Read Article
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With the equivalent of a dollar, without any official document can easily cross the border between Mexico and Guatemala, which Washington notes with growing concern about drug trafficking and undocumented and fear of terrorist infiltration. Read Article
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Three “narcopintas” yesterday evening and other more this morning, were left and where threats to the police leadership and the Delta of the Municipal Group. Read Article
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Analysis of the expanding police warn that gangs operating in the country seeking to exercise, as in provinces bordering with El Salvador have seen graffiti that announce the arrival of these groups. The Development of National Unity against Criminal Gang (PANDA) will implement the Plan Panda in the east of the country in May. The […]
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I wanted so badly to include some other photos with this blog item. Our files are full of the most gruesome photos imaginable. There are dismembered corpses dumped on the sidewalk. There’s one of a mother and her child dead on the floor, their bodies bloodied and pockmarked by bullets. This one is the least […]
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The arrest of a former health minister on corruption charges is shaking the country. Guillermo Maza, health minister in the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)-led administration from 2004 to 2009, and eight others were accused of defrauding the state of more than three million USD in the reconstruction of a hospital damaged by the 2001 earthquakes. […]
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The Secretary of Public Security, Damián Canales confirmed the arrest of suspected members of criminal group “Los Zetas”, operating in the municipalities of Tula Tulancingo and at least one of the insured is part of the important structure of this organization in the state, stressed the police chief. Read Article
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Another heavy blow to a group effective criminal law enforcement, intelligence work it through and derived from another arrest was achieved ensuring three criminals operating in the state, who include a woman, girlfriend “Commandant Molo” Manager Tulancingo Square Los Zetas. Read Article
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Equipment, connected to a central, lets you compare the images captured by the device to a database of those wanted by the Justice Department. Do not be surprised to find police officers wearing glasses with highly futuristic technology in the coming concerts, religious gatherings, festivals or football games opened in Sao Paulo. It is with […]
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Hundreds of international fugitives wanted for serious offences including murder, rape, child sexual abuse, kidnapping and drug trafficking who are believed to be hiding in South America are the focus of an INTERPOL operation which is now appealing for the public’s assistance. Read Article
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Would you stop for traffic officer not in his patrol car? That is the question posed by many during the last few days following the announcement of the policy of the Policia de Tránsito for the use of unmarked vehicles to surprise drivers. Read Article
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Mexican drug gangs branching out into new criminal activity are earning a steady stream of cash from the mass kidnapping of migrants, making the already arduous journey to the United States even more lethal. Read Article
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The death of Yves Le Brass raised to four the number of tourists killed in Margarita Island in the past seven months, two of which took place in March. Read Article
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In separate incidents, two municipal police officers were shot and killed yesterday bringing the total to three casualties of elements in the Ministry of Public Security within 48, after the threats made in three narcopintas appeared in different parts of the city last Thursday. Read Article
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The murderer Realengo School in Rio de Janeiro, Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, said “Muslim”, but the Islamic religious authorities denied any link with the 23 year old man killed 12 children on Thursday, according to reports from local press. Read Article
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This balance between the need for secrecy and it is breached which could be broken with the new intelligence law has just been filed in Congress, which raised a cloud of dust among journalists, it provides for increased penalties for “disclose” classified information. This law is so new. In fact, it is a revised version […]
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Lara Muñoz Gemner alias ‘Lucio 40’ accused of being the leader of the FARC’s Front 22, which operates in La Macarena and Vistahermosa, – was arrested by the Police Sijin in suburbs of the capital of Meta, near of a chain store on the road that leads to Catama. Read Article
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Three remain in custody Brigade sub-inspectors of Police Narcotics Investigation Iquique, for his alleged involvement in an armed robbery against two Bolivians. The incident occurred in the border sector Colchane far as 263 miles inland from Iquique. According to initial investigations, the police controlled the foreigners who were waiting for a bus and forced them […]
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Police arrested a man 19 years after arrange a telephone scam a woman domiciled in Vitacura. Luis Riquelme Maldonado was arrested for being the main suspects called the victim of 36 years, who said he was participating in a contest. To access a $ 150 000 for 12 months, should withdraw amounts of money not […]
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The Venezuelan goverment demanded the U.S. extradition of fugitive terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, who was acquitted on immigration fraud charges by a court in El Paso, Texas, in a trial described as a farce. Read Article
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Nochistlán shootout, confirmed three dead NTRzacatecas.com NTRzacatecas.com Sábado 9 de abril de 2011 Saturday April 9, 2011 Un violento choque entre bandas rivales del crimen organizado tuvo lugar la tarde de este sábado, en las inmediaciones de la comunidad de El Sitio, municipio de Nochistlán de Mejía, en la franja limítrofe de Zacatecas y Jalisco, […]
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On a sunny afternoon last week, when the streets of this mountain mining city were filled with schoolchildren and parents hurrying home from work, gunmen entered a tiny apartment and started firing methodically. Read Article.
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Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said Saturday that 14 suspects are being held for investigation into organized crime, kidnapping and weapons violations in connection with the kidnapping of bus passengers March 25 and the subsequent discovery of clandestine graves near San Fernando, Tamaulipas. Read Article
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Due to the climate of insecurity and increasing stolen on some roads in the country, the states of central detailing a strategy to shield themselves and their tourism and trade flows are not affected, said the governor of Zacatecas, Miguel Alonso Reyes. A month ago, the official met with representatives of San Luis Potosí, Querétaro […]
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In the last hours of the OS-7 police nationwide made various micro-traffic control actions, making the arrest of more than 60 microtraficantes, paving more than 40 buildings and making the confiscation of a large amount of drugs. In several raids carried out in major cities of our country, police in the OS-7 carried out raids […]
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The U.S. denounced today deaths and tortures at the hands of the police forces, and the terrible conditions persist in Dominican Republic’s prisons in 2010. In its annual report on the world’s human rights situation, the State Department affirmed that people trafficking, violence against women, discrimination against minorities and little enforcement of the labor laws […]
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On the day that Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, 23, shocked Brazil by causing one of the greatest tragedies ever known in the country , an administrative assistant with a similar name and also a resident of the western zone of Rio de Janeiro, in the studied area, now has his Orkut profile hunted by netizens […]
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Yesterday, the Bolivian anti-drug police (Felcn) shot a killed a 13 year old boy, Ricardo Cruz, and wounded five other teenagers near Yapacaní on the Cochabamba-Santa Cruz road. Family members of the victims said that the boys were traveling in a car when the police opened fire on them, apparanently confusing them with drug traffickers. […]
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Warning: Graphic Video of Shooting today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The shooting took place at: Tasso da Silveira school.
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Two women were arrested last night by stealing a backpack from a couple of Spanish tourists which was committed a few days ago. The tourists had been on a bus to Lima from Guayaquil.Read Article
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A second person died Thursday following a clash between Peruvian police and protesters who were demonstrating against the stalled Tia Maria copper project owned by Southern Copper Corp. (SCCO), TV station Canal N reported. Read Article
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Telesur correspondent in Mexico, Aissa Garcia, reported through their social network account on Twitter that”the state of Tamaulipas Attorney advises that there are 59 dead bodies found in clandestine grave.” This new discovery coincides with a massive demonstration that took place in several locations in the North American country to protest the violence. Read Article
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More than 40 000 people dressed in white marched Wednesday chanting “We want justice!” To demand that Mexican President Felipe Calderon and other authorities of the country put an end to violence and insecurity that has claimed thousands of lives the last four years. The march was called by the poet and writer Javier Sicilia, […]
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Costa Rica spends about us$790 million annually as a result of crime and violence, says a report from the World Bank (WB), to be presented today in Washington D. C. The document entitled “Crime and Violence in Central America: a challenge for development”, seeks to go beyond the social impact and find ways to quantify […]
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A man was the victim of a gang of robbers who stripped him of $ 3 million 200 thousand, represented in money and jewels was supplied after scopolamine, popularly known as burundanga. This substance, which experts say causes the body a state of passivity and complacency, was used by criminals to steal all belongings of […]
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A young man identified as Cesar Callejas Ricardo Peña, is the latest victim of poisoning reported by scopolamine in Barranquilla, the novelty of which was moved under its effects, to Bogota. Read Article
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At the request of Attorney General, was detained a 17-year-old allegedly linked to the murder of French tourists, Yves Le Brass (63), which occurred on March 28, in Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta state. Presentation at the hearing, prosecutors 41 ° with national and 7 of that jurisdiction, Franklin Nieves and Zaribel Chollett, respectively, the young […]
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Bad reception. On Monday evening, a few minutes after arriving in Panama, three Venezuelan tourists and tour bus driver they were riding was ambushed by robbers as they moved from Tocumen International Airport to the capital for the South Corridor. The assault was foiled by the Tourist Police, who managed to capture Manuel Serrano, 18, […]
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Ramírez, a member of the Union of Banana Workers of the northeastern province of Izabal, is seeking justice for the September 2007 killing of his brother Marco Tulio, who also belonged to the union. “No progress has been made” in the investigation of the murder,” he told IPS. Read Article
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In order to curb crime in Juliaca , capital of the Province of San Roman, Puno , the city’s jurisdiction install 30 surveillance cameras later than 15 days. Cameras will be placed in areas where crime has been mapped. Read Article
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The political leader, Wilson Merino adds to the list of victims of violent crime living in Ecuador, where mayors have also fallen. Merino, who was Secretary General of the Administration’s interim government and legislature Fabián Alarcón Radical Alfarista Front party was found dead after being reported missing 60 days ago. Read Article
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The activity of social media and journalists is becoming weaker and more restricted in Ecuador.In the first three months of the year, supporting media and journalists were attacks and pressures from different sectors of the country.The restrictions and insecurity include criminal prosecutions, threats, intimidation, insults, physical attacks. The violence reached a TV presenter who was […]
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The Minister of Interior and Justice of Colombia, Germain Vargas Lleras, the Army reported that prison authorities prevented him from inspecting a military prison located on a base of the center-west. The authority made the revelation in the midst of a controversy following an article published in the magazine “Semana”, according to which there have […]
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The Department of the Navy Navy Mexico informed through a statement that was seized nine tons of marijuana in the border town of Puerto Peñasco, in northwestern Sonora.The report states that they were elements of Marines who claimed the drug on Thursday night at a home in the town of that name of the municipality. […]
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Mexico – An increase in convictions for trafficking, 27 to 58 years in prison on anyone who commits this crime, was the result of reforms at the federal Act approved by the House of Representatives, and will be applied in this state that already has its own rules for trafficking in persons, as announced on […]
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The first question a traveler asks these days when considering a trip to Mexico is not the time-honored “How do I avoid getting turista?” or “How many pesos will I get for my dollar?” but “Is it safe?” Until recently, the answer was easy: Yes, if you keep informed and stick with the popular tourist […]
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he most dangerous city in Mexico — Ciudad Juarez — suffered one of its bloodiest stretches this year finishing with 41 homicides in a four-day period, among them a 10-year-old boy who was shot and killed during an attack meant for his father, the spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutors office told CNN. Read Article
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Two men killed by a gunman who opened fire while they waited at a Tijuana border crossing were U.S. citizens, a U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, and their San Diego employer described them as diligent workers who had moved to the border city so they could afford to live on the beach. Read Article
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Mexico announced a plan Monday to reward people who report suspected money laundering, under a program that will allow them to get up to one-quarter of any illicit funds or property seized. Read Article
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Corruption is widespread “in the ranks of the National Police of Ecuador and who was their commander, Jaime Aquilino Hurtado, used his power as the ultimate authority to extort body, accumulating money and property, facilitate the trafficking and obstructing investigations against corrupt colleagues. These are the conclusions drawn by the U.S. Embassy in Quito, citing […]
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Mining Minister Jose Pimentel, began yesterday at the National Customs responsibility to respond by leaving the country in September 2010 of a container loaded with 10.5 tonnes of zinc and shipped to Miami, United States, through Coz Igreda company Roberto Orlando and, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), containing 144 kilos of cocaine […]
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The inhabitants of the districts described as disturbing the affected security in the area, due to the presence of the guerrillas. “Since last year, when he left here the Mobile Brigade 20, the FARC came back and now feel very afraid,” said one citizen, who preferred anonymity. Read Article
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