nypost.com reported aA prominent American expatriate lawyer was slain and his companion was wounded in an attack at their home in the Venezuelan capital, authorities and family members said Monday. John Ralston Pate, 70, was found dead Sunday in a well-to-do neighborhood of eastern Caracas, the South American country’s public prosecutor said. He had lived in Venezuela since the 1970s and helped build up a once-thriving expat community. Read Article
yahoo.com/AP reported…Human rights activists say it could be the biggest mass grave ever in Colombia and the dig represents a glimmer of hope that justice will be realized. But the search will be complicated. Despite more than a decade-long clamor by victims’ families that the landfill be closed and excavated, giant trucks have continued to […]
Kléver Muñoz has been held the last two months/ Failed to report his cellphone had been stolen. lahora.com.ec reported…Provided there is a settlement today July 16, 2015 Kléver Muñoz was presented through the media nationwide, offer a public apology to President Rafael Correa, the people of Tabacundo and local authorities of the canton. This after […]
telesurtv reported: The attack took place at a time of high tension for the government. Authorities say the bomb was well-made and thoughtfully planned. A bomb damaged the headquarters of the ruling PAIS Alliance party in the coastal city of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, late Monday night, which a PAIS legislator has labeled a “message […]
(Reuters) reported – Mexico’s most notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman broke out of a high security prison on Saturday night for the second time, escaping in a tunnel built right under his cell, and heaping embarrassment on President Enrique Pena Nieto. The kingpin snuck out of the prison through a subterranean tunnel more […]
irishtimes.com/Rachel Creane… four hours after she arrived in Ecuador and experienced every tourist’s nightmare I felt sick. I wanted to vomit all over the police officer’s desk. Travelling, you are mentally prepared for more ‘manageable’ emergencies. A stolen wallet, a snatched camera, a bout of traveller’s diarrhea. You always have backup – and Imodium. These […]
Eluniverso.com reported three shots to the head received yesterday Carlos Enrique Castro Jaramillo, 32 years after, according to reports from authorities and relatives, I had an argument with the owner of a dog that had been hit accidentally by the driver of a tricimoto.. The owner of the dog was responsible for the crime. That’s […]
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK REPORTED: Diego Mino was among one million people attending the mass in Quito He used a GoPro camera and selfie stick to the film himself in the crowd Suddenly a man wearing a black jacket can be seen trailing the musician He jogs to keep up with Mr Mino before eventually stealing his mobile […]
Elcomercio.com reported Police arrested a woman past noon on Sunday July 5, 2015, in northern Quito. The reason: she is investigated for allegedly illegal marketed safe conduct(passes) authorizing the movement of vehicles in restricted during the visit of Pope Francisco in Quito areas. This was confirmed to this newspaper Dario Tapia, director of the Metropolitan […]
telegraph.co.uk reported after a series of child rapes, La Asunta has taken the drastic action “for the good of all”, says community leader, Jorge Mendoza. Villagers in a small community in Bolivia have implemented a dry law and curfew to try to cut crime after a spate of child rapes. La Asunta, a coca-growing neighbourhood […]
liveleak.com/ kpistolas – June 27, fight breaks out at bar zone in downtown Guayaquil named “Zona Rosa” All the girls fighting are allegedly escort models, but this hasn’t been confirmed. At least not by me. One of the attackers uses a sharp object to cut the defenseless victim, Angie Silva aged 21, in her face, […]
officer.com reported a Houston man on the run for more than seven years has been taken into custody for the alleged murder of his pregnant girlfriend whose body was found in a shallow grave in Walker County in 2008. Neriah Louis Roberts was booked into the Walker County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder […]
elcomercio.com reported hundreds of kilometers away in the Peruvian cities of Callao, Tumbes, Lima or Cuzco, the path of the counterfeit dollars that come to Ecuador starts. Smugglers, ‘tourists’ or carriers are behind this powerful illegal activity. Since 2000, following the dollarization, foreign mafias consider the country as a key point for this business. Banknotes […]
panampost.com/Rebeca Morla reported students of the traditional Mejía Institute in Quito, Ecuador, have joined the nationwide protests against the government of President Rafael Correa that have gained momentum over the last two weeks. Three of those young protesters, however, have been accused of “sabotage,” and face up to seven years in jail if convicted. During […]
telesurtv.net reported figures show a drop of 20 percent in the country’s homicide rate. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa lauded the gains made in improving safety and security in the country. Speaking during his weekly television program Saturday, Correa announced a 25 percent drop in the homicide rate for the period from January to April of […]
qz.com reported The Court of Thugs, or Corte Calé, belongs to the cult of goddess María Lionza, one of the popular expressions of the most widespread magical-religious beliefs in Venezuela. These practices are based on the veneration of miraculous spirits and are divided into groups classified under certain hierarchies known as The Court of Thugs […]
You hear it often when discussing crime in forums about traveling or living in foreign locations – “Stay Alert”, Use Common Sense”, “Be Aware of your Surroundings”. All good advice but what it does not instruct you on, is how to develop those skills. How do you learn those things? It is similar to baseball, […]
Friday, July 13, 2007 lahora.com.ec reported Although six months have passed intensive search, the family of John Thomas Ham Devoto not lose perseverance and hope to find as soon as possible to his relative, who disappeared on January 14 last. Ham Devoto is an American farmer who lived for 25 years in Quinara parish located […]
ARE YOU TRAVELING OR LIVING OVERSEAS? BE SURE TO READ TOURISTKILLED.COM TO MONITOR WORLDWIDE EVENTS processo.com.mx reported that a US citizen who attempted to stop a gang from stealing his scooter outside a bar in San Miguel de Allende, was beaten to death. Oliver Daniel Caraco, 53 years -agent real estate in this city-from the […]
Network of Human Smugllers to the U.S. broken up in Cuenca eluniverso.com reported two Ecuadorian and Mexican arrested in the police operation called American Illusion, were prosecuted for alleged involvement in the illegal transfer of migrants. Criminal Judge of Cuenca issued Unit them custody for 90 days. The action, which had the support of the […]
AFP yahoo.com reported…Jose’s scars are a constant reminder of the day gang members set him on fire for failing to pay their “war tax” — a daily nightmare for bus drivers in Honduras. Jose says he was never warned he had to pay the “tax,” imposed on bus and taxi drivers, small-business owners and ordinary […]
Teenager from Oklahoma visiting Ecuador with his family disappeared on a hike in Banos Ecuador on Fathers Day 2013. August Reiger a teenager from the U.S. was visiting Ecuador with his family in 2013 after having graduated from high school. During a hike in Banos with his family he went ahead a short distance from […]
QUITO (AFP) reported that a woman who strangled her three-year-old daughter to death in Ecuador for knocking over a television has been sentenced to 34 years and six months in jail, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The woman, identified only as Rosa L., choked the little girl and killed her after she accidentally knocked down the […]
ECUAVISA.COM REPORTED….Private financial institutions must inform the Superintendency of Banks on withdrawals from savings of $ 5,000 on, for individuals. As indicated by the Superintendent of Banks, Christian Cruz, it is part of a regular process of monitoring and control to prevent crimes. “It is only for cash transactions if you make a deposit check […]
theguardian.com …. 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 del Condor would have been a familiar sight to the indigenous leader as he set out on 28 November to join a protest meeting against […]
(BERNAMA-NNN-EFE) Reported that two hard drives containing confidential studies done by Spanish oil company Repsol were stolen from the National Hydrocarbons Agency, or ANH, headquarters, Colombian Energy and Mines Minister Tomas Gonzalez said Monday. The theft of the information was discovered on Friday and prosecutors were notified so they could open an investigation, Gonzalez told […]
capitalfm.co.ke reported Ecuador seized around 200,000 shark fins and arrested three suspected traffickers at the country’s main fishing port, the government said Wednesday. Interior Minister Jose Serrano announced the seizure on Twitter, posting pictures of rows, piles and bags of the dark-colored shark fins. Shark fins are coveted in Asia for medicinal and cooking uses. […]
Elcomercio.com reported that data provided by mobile phone operators, more than 50,000 people reported their phones stolen last month (1,667 phones daily). The number reported stolen is down as compared to January of 2013,when approximately 2,395 phone thefts were reported daily. Many phones are sold to individuals with no idea they are stolen.. Between 2013 […]
noticiascaracol.com reported itt is worth wondering where your car parked at this time, has criminals take advantage any time that you neglect to take it. Noticias Caracol arrived videos in where even during the day, at 8:00 a.m., take a car that is parked on the street while its owner bought something to eat. Theft […]
GROUP OPERATING FROM JAIL USES FOREIGN WOMEN TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION ON VICTIMS Eluniverso.com reported …. From jail and using social networks three criminal organizations conducting extortion in Manabi and Esmeraldas. Operating Link XXIX, held between Tuesday and Wednesday, left 16 detainees. According to the police investigation, in Esmeraldas three foreign women had dedicated to collecting […]
Villagers and police strive to reduce theft in Montanita Santa Elena eluniverso.com reported about thirteen robberies in hotels so far this year and an average of fifteen thefts of vehicle accessories in recent weekends concern to the inhabitants and tourists Montañita commune in the province of Santa Elena. The figures were confirmed by Colonel Bolivar […]
The leader of a human trafficking organization was arrested March 31 in Tenancingo, State of Mexico, United States authorities announced yesterday. Paulino Ramírez Granados was on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) list of 10 most wanted human traffickers. An investigation into the Granados organization began in 2000 when a victim who had been […]
Mexico (AP) — At least seven people died as flames and gunfire erupted around the western Mexico state of Jalisco on Friday when a military operation targeting a violent drug cartel was launched at the start of a three-day holiday weekend. Suspected cartel members stopped buses and trucks to block key highways in the state […]
Guadalajara (Mexico) (AFP) – Gunmen forced down a military helicopter in western Mexico on Friday killing three troops, as deadly violence erupted across Jalisco state during a new operation to capture drug cartel leaders. Seven people were killed across Jalisco, including the three soldiers, two gang suspects, a state police officer and a civilian, the […]
Elcomercio.com/Diego Bravo reported: The ads are broadcast on the Internet. Substances that are used by criminal gangs to lull people and commit crimes are promoted freely. “Buy scopolamine or burundanga by the pound …” says one of the messages through the network. In other websites chemicals that act like are offered scopolamine and causes victims […]
June 28, 2013 What Happens to Leakers in Ecuador? By Juan Carlos Hidalgo and Gabriela Calderon de Burgos cato.org With the political asylum request by Edward Snowden to Ecuador—which hasn’t been approved yet—and Julian Assange’s one-year ordeal in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, there is a lot of self-righteousness coming from the administration of Rafael […]
Authorities in Colombia have arrested 298 people in a nationwide operation against child sex offenders, prosecutors said. More than 1,180 arrest warrants were issued for the April 20-21 operation, and 298 people have been detained so far, the office of the country’s top prosecutor said. This year, authorities have received 11,729 reports of such crimes […]
iexpats.com reported in the past two years, 181 US visitors have been murdered in Mexico. Lawless organised crime gangs are preying on tourists and business travellers in some areas of Mexico, according to a warning from the US State Department. Criminals are targetting American and European tourists in several states, says the alert. Crimes include […]
ticotimes.net reported the deaths of Tico environmentalists Jairo Mora Sandoval and Diego Saborío González have earned Costa Rica a spot on the list of most dangerous countries for environmental activists. The list is compiled each year by U.K.-based non profit Global Witness, which keeps tabs on environmental conflicts worldwide. The group found a 20 percent […]
elcomercio.com reported a two-year investigation led Thursday April 16, 2015 to the arrest of eight people in Quito, The Core, Ambato and Tulcán. This was announced by the Ministry of Interior of Ecuador. The suspects, Pakistan and Ecuador, are the alleged leaders of a network of trafficking, said State Portfolio. According to research, citizens of […]
iaftica.com AFP reported authorities issued an alert for several Mexican states Wednesday after thieves snatched potentially deadly radioactive material used for industrial radiography. The iridium-192 source, marked X-571, was inside a container when it was stolen on Monday from a truck in Cardenas, a town in southern Tabasco state, the interior ministry said in a […]
(CNN)Colombia’s President ordered military airstrikes on the country’s largest rebel group to resume Wednesday after an attack that killed 10 soldiers. The attack, which also injured four soldiers in the southwestern Cauca province, “will not go unpunished and requires action,” President Juan Manuel Santos said, accusing guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia of […]
The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens about the risk of traveling to certain places in Mexico due to threats to safety and security posed by organized criminal groups in the country. U.S. citizens have been the victims of violent crimes, such as kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery by organized criminal groups in various Mexican […]
laprensasa.com (EFE) REPORTED – Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Tuesday denounced an apparent threat to attack him while he was making a tour of projects in the Tabacundo zone, some 60 km (37 mi.) north of Quito. The president, in remarks to journalists, said that, after visiting several projects, he was scheduled to have lunch […]
foxnews.com reported Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa says a telephoned death threat forced the abrupt cancellation of a presidential lunch with citizens in a town near Quito. Correa read aloud a threat at a news conference that he said the town’s mayor received via text message on his cellphone. Read Article LEARN SPANISH SLANG OF ECUADOR […]
inquisitr.com reported the Islamic State (ISIS) reportedly is operating in northern Mexico, just minutes from the U.S. border and a few miles from El Paso, Texas. If this latest report from Judicial Watch is accurate, ISIS is working alongside drug cartels and human traffickers to penetrate the U.S. homeland from a dangerous, gang-controlled staging area […]
elcomercio.com reported the women were deceived by false promises. Caribbean native, traveled to find opportunities in Ecuador. You hopeful. Borrowed hundreds of dollars needed to obtain letters of invitation and undertake to pay airfare foreign funded by unknown men, Ecuadorians and. But the debt and the trip were his trap. On reaching the country, those […]
(Reuters) Reported, the United States on Wednesday deported Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, El Salvador’s former defense minister, accused of involvement in torture and killings 30 years ago during the Central American country’s bloody civil war, U.S. officials said. Vides Casanova was defense minister from 1983-89, a brutal period during the conflict between leftist rebels and […]
japantimes.co.jp reported a robbery of $8.5 million in gold from a mine refinery in Mexico’s western Sinaloa state was likely an inside job, authorities said Wednesday. Sinaloa’s interior minister, Gerard Vargas Landeros, told reporters that the caper at the facility of Canada-based McEwen Mining Inc. had to have been pulled off by either employees or […]
TheGuardian.com/ Nina Lakhani reported….Méndez, like thousands of other vulnerable women in Mexico, was hoodwinked by a family of traffickers in Tlaxcala, the country’s smallest state just two hours south of Mexico City. This is a deeply religious place, where the indigenous Nahua people united with the Spanish to conquer the mighty Aztecs, but which over […]
elcomercio.com reported a 21-year-old woman seduced a 39 year-old man through Facebook and then robbed him along with two accomplices Buenos Aires, Argentina. The police said that Sofia Dávila contacted her victim, identified as Diego, on Facebook and in less than two weeks agreed to a sexual encounter in the home of man. Sofia went […]
Police detained 8 people dedicated to express kidnapping in Quito eluniverso.com reported that criminals used a unique communication system that was used by alleged members of a gang of express kidnapping operating in Quito was discovered by the Judicial Police (PJ) of Pichincha who followed their trail about four months ago. The early Thursday were […]
themoreheadnews.com / Shayla Menville reported after several delayed hearings, an Ecuadorian court has sentenced Dennis Walling of Morehead to 10 years in prison for possession of cocaine. His story began when he flew to Ecuador last year for what he said was a job interview. He was arrested April 21 at the airport as he […]
eltiempo.com.ec reported (machine translation) Known to the victim identified him as Henry Driker M., 64, a US citizen. Preliminary data on the murder, given by the provincial fiscal Lizandro Martinez, the victim was at least 30 stab wounds from the offender who fled. The alleged murderer was captured at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, where […]
Thomson Reuters Foundation reported – Colombia’s criminal gangs pose the biggest threat to Colombians and are responsible for human trafficking, rights abuses and for forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes each year, the United Nations said. While the government holds peace talks with leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of […]
nationalost.com reported a 50-year-old Canadian tourist is the latest victim of violence in Mexico. The body of Marty Gary Atwood was found at a secluded beach at the southernmost tip of Baja California Wednesday, Mexican state prosecutors said. The man, who reportedly had family in Cape Sable Island, N.S., had a fractured skull and appeared […]
gringotree.com reported an auditor and two officers of the Sumak Yari Cooperative have been held in custody since last Wednesday by members of the banking institution, who are demanding the return of their savings in exchange for releasing the woman and two men. According to co-op members, the damages at present amount to $485,000, but […]
telesurtv.net reported newly revealed documents show that the Ecuadorean military was part of Operation Condor. After reviewing declassified CIA documents, the Ecuador’s Attorney General Galo Chiriboga revealed Wednesday that former Ecuadorean President Jaime Roldos could have been murdered, a theory that has surrounded the 34-year old case. President Roldos was the first democratically elected president […]
Rebeca Morla/Panampost.com reported Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior has issued new regulations forcing businesses that cater to the local nightlife to install security cameras within their facilities. The measure, adopted January 30, stipulates that video surveillance systems must be in place by the end of March for business owners to receive operating licenses for nightclubs, bars, […]
Sources report that defendants in the assault, robbery, and kidnapping of U.S. expat couple in August of 2014, were sentenced to prison in Loja Ecuador before a court. Two of the Ecuadorian kidnappers received a prison sentence of 17 years. A third culprit received 5 years. On Tuesday Auguust 12, 2014, a couple from the […]
couriermail.com.au reported infrastructure consultancy Cardno has raised the alarm that one of its subsidiaries could be entangled in a corruption scandal involving Ecuador-government contracts. Contracts with state-owned businesses in the South American nation are also under investigation by “independent external advisers” appointed by Cardno, the Brisbane-based company told the stock exchange on Monday afternoon. The […]
EFE/elcomercio.com reported The regional government of Amazonas warned the central government of Peru on the hostility that is recorded in northern Peru among the Pueblo Indians Aguaruna and illegal miners entering Ecuador Peruvian territory, said Wednesday February 25 regional institution a statement. The vice president of Amazon, Carlos Navas, met in Lima with officials of […]
radiosantafe.com reported six heavily armed men entered at 3:00 am on Wednesday at a gold mine located in the village of Las Animas, municipality of Santa Isabel, and stole more than 200 million pesos in gold. The mine is in charge of the company Risources Limited. (Risources Limitada) According to early reports from authorities, hooded […]
ecuavisa.com/afp reported a video showing a group of children and youth while they are trained, allegedly by the FARC, was released Tuesday by the Army of Colombia, two weeks after the guerrilla group renounce recruit children under 17 years. In the images, the group of children-where there children- runs a series of exercises in a […]
ecuavisa.com reported the government plans to neutralize air operations drug gangs from Ecuador is a government priority. The Interior Ministry has a plan that will be launched in the coming days. The Secretary of State shall destroy clandestine airstrips that could be used for aerial drug trafficking operations. This was announced by Minister José Serrano. […]
Connection with Sinaloa Cartel: The Office of Ecuador reported yesterday that two tons of cocaine found in a fishing sailing near the Galapagos Islands and had sailed a week of Manta port area in the west of the mainland of the country makes. The drug allegedly was bound for Mexico, informed the prosecution in his […]
GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press/ An Ecuadorean satirist whose biting online political humor provoked the ire of President Rafael Correa announcing on Friday that he’s ceasing and desisting after receiving anonymous death threats. The man known as Crudo Ecuador directly addressed Correa on his website. “You won,” he said. “My family comes first and I don’t […]
By Erica Illingworth Currently, Belize is struggling with an onslaught of drug trafficking, a common theme experienced by many Latin American countries, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. You can now add Belize to the list that is now caught up in the “War on Drugs.” Geographically, Belize shares a northern border with […]
Quito, February 19 (Andes) reported that the Ecuadorian police on Sunday arrested a Chinese citizen Hexiang Z., 59, who tried to leave Ecuador carrying 220,000 euros (equivalent to 250 540) without having declared, so it is assumed it is a case of money laundering, the Ministry of Interior. The Asian national was arrested at José […]
infobae.com reported the government of Ollanta Humala claimed that three sailors leaked information to the neighboring country. Since the administration of Michelle Bachelet said they have no information. The president of Peru , Ollanta Humala , warned today that if it is found, confirming the alleged espionage case by three non-commissioned officers of the Peruvian […]
radiohcjb.org/ElTelégrafo.com reported the Monitoring Unit Adverse Event (Umeva) of the Department of Risk Management (SGR) reports 47 deaths in various events during the Carnival holidays, according to the authorities said Wednesday. At the press conference it was reported 652 wounded, 14 affected by intoxication and 7 missing in the aquatic environment. Authorities said the fatalities, […]
On 06-25-2014, Patrick R. Minga, plead guilty to attempting to induce and facilitate, for his own financial gain, the travel of an individual from Florida, to Quito, Ecuador for the purpose of that individual to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minor girls. Sentencing was scheduled for November 20, 2014 and continued to February 5, […]
expreso.ec reported The operating nine of the Link Chain left eight detainees, weapons and other items seized, early yesterday morning in Sucumbios. It was the result of more than five months of investigation and allowed the dismantling of a criminal group involved in crimes of sabotage, terrorism, kidnapping and extortion, Diego Fuentes, deputy interior minister […]
reported that two Cuban nationals detained crossing the border from Mexico have been deported to Ecuador. They are wanted for smuggling women from Cuba and forcing them to work as prostitutes to pay off debts. They had tried to enter the U.S. through Laredo, Texas. Read Article
peru21.pe reported Since more than one year ago, 5 priests of Callao come claiming that they are harassed and threatened with death. They have carried out three complaints before various bodies, which have not been heard. Among them is the father Gilberto Silva, Chaplain of the police of Callao, who broke his silence and told […]
radiohcjb.org reported…Quito seeks to break the silence and denounce sexual harassment in public transport and to this end, the City has installed booths where professionals listen and provide psychological and legal support for victims, said in an interview with Efe Deputy Mayor of the capital, Daniela Chacon. Victim of sexual harassment on public transport, Chacón […]
eluniverso.com reported.. Legal reforms and readjustments operating arises the national police in Quito to reduce the theft of cars that, according to official figures, rose last year by almost 6%, with relation to 2013. According to figures that manages the headquarters of the district Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ) the year ended was recorded, between January […]
spiegel.de reported —- it started as a routine charter flight. But when the business jet landed in Venezuela, armed men loaded 47 sacks of cocaine on board and forced the crew to fly the cargo back across the Atlantic. Since then, the German pilot has been living under an assumed identity. There aren’t too many […]
elcomercio.com.ec reported the Interior Ministry confirms the woman was not beaten. Authorities say they have videos showing she was hit by a motorcycle. Several days ago, the woman’s father claimed she was assaulted and all her belongings were taken. The Ministry of Interior through his Twitter account said that she discarded Argentina, Ana Paula Chalela, […]
perfil.com/other news sources reported a young Argentine tourist suffered a brutal attack in Ecuador, where she was hospitalized and remains in an induced coma since Friday. Ana Paula Chalela, 24 years old was on an extended trip throughout Latin America when tragedy hit last week in Portoviejo. She was working and living in a camping […]
eltiempo.com.ec reported four armed criminals robbed Monday night bus passengers cooperative San Luis, AAA-1303 plates covering the Cuenca-Guayaquil route. According to the complainants, the bus was full of passengers, including students from the Catholic University, who carried computers, tablets and other digital equipment used for their academic activities. They said that when they were in […]
elciudadano.gob.ec reported “62% of Ecuadorians are happy and feel safer in the country, because the public trust policies that have been implemented, which has also led to lower rates in almost all crimes” said the Security Coordinator, César Navas Vera, Minister referring to the report 2014 Americas Barometer, which takes place every two years crime […]
theguardian.com reported Argentina’s supreme court has ruled that an American who took refuge and started a new life in the South American country can be extradited to face charges that he killed his wife more than a decade ago, a court spokeswoman confirmed on Saturday. Kurt Sonnenfeld moved to Argentina in 2003, after prosecutors in […]
telegrafo.com.ec reported: 91% of disappearances was resolved during 2014 The Dinased statistics recorded an increase of 2.315 reports of people missing this year compared to 2013, which was of 2.277. Thousands of families do not lose the hope of finding alive to their lost loved ones, some for days, other months and in some cases […]
theguardian.com reported…Clearly the murder of José Tendetza is a very serious matter (Ecuador indigenous leader found dead days before planned Lima protest, theguardian.com, 6 December). In order for those responsible to be brought to account, it is crucial that the investigation is rigorous, evidence-based and transparent. Contrary to the allegations reported in this article, Ecuador’s […]
laht.com reported that the head of the Firearms Team of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, or UNODC, said Tuesday in Quito that Latin America is the region that most uses guns to commit violent crimes. “Latin America is the region where guns are most frequently used to commit violent crimes,” Italy’s Simonetta Grassi […]
telesurtv.net reported as victims and activists converge on Quito for the International Day of Human Rights, Ecuador is demanding justice and repatriation for all those who have been subject to state terror. Coinciding with the International Day for Human Rights, victims and analysts from around the world have converged in Quito for the “Truth, Justice […]
france24.com reported Venezuelan prosecutors charged a prominent opposition leader with conspiracy Wednesday in relation to an alleged plot to assassinate leftist President Nicolas Maduro. Maria Corina Machado, a vocal supporter of anti-government protests that rocked the country earlier this year, vehemently rejected the charge as she left the attorney general’s office after questioning. “Today they […]
theguardian.com reported…. Ecuador indigenous leader found dead days before planned Lima protest Shuar leader José Isidro Tendetza Antún missing since 28 November Activists believe death linked to opposition to state-Chinese mine project The body of an indigenous leader who was opposed to a major mining project in Ecuador has been found bound and buried, days […]
miamiherald.com reported a former Ecuadoran municipal official who was arrested earlier this year at Miami International Airport (MIA) for failing to declare gold and cash she was carrying struck a deal with prosecutors that would spare her trial and prison, a federal prosecutor said in court Monday. “It [the deal] has been agreed to and […]
On 06-25-2014, Patrick R. Minga, pleaded guilty to attempting to induce and facilitate, for his own financial gain, the travel of an individual from Florida, to Quito, Ecuador for the purpose of that individual to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minor girls. Sentencing was scheduled for November 20, 2014. However, a motion to continue […]
en.rsf.org reported the journalist Oscar Castaño Valencia was assaulted and threatened by armed men four days ago as he was investigating the involvement of criminal gangs in child sexual exploitation in Antioquia department in North-West Colombia. For the past three months Castaño, director of the program “Oriéntese” on the TV station Cosmovisión, has been carrying […]
theguardian.com reported…Two weeks before Peru hosts a key global climate conference, the country has come under fire for failing to protect activists who were murdered trying to defend the country’s rapidly diminishing rainforest and other ecosystems. The South American nation has become the fourth most dangerous state in the world for environmental and land defenders, […]
abcnews.co.com/AP reported A massive search operation was under way for a Colombian army general whose surprise capture by leftist rebels prompted President Juan Manuel Santos to suspend two-year-old peace talks. Gen. Ruben Dario Alzate, dressed in civilian clothes and without his normal security detail, was snatched Sunday by gunmen along with two others while surveying […]
lahora.com.ec reported three people were charged by the prosecution. There is evidence that incriminarían them. After the accusation made by the public prosecutor in Loja against Adrián M. O., Rafael M. C. and Eli V. G., alleged involved in the abduction of S. Y., U.S. citizen, is expected that Loja guarantees Criminal Court set the […]
elespectador.com reporte that was what generated the capture in Colombia’s Rodolfo Orellana Rengifo, the man most wanted in that country for being the leader of a criminal enterprise involving 52 people, including notaries, judges, lawyers and police officers, and that it appropriated more than $100 million cheating dozens of people, falsified documents to appropriate land […]
ntn24.com reported Brazil police informed on Wednesday of the arrest of a convicted murderer who fled from authorities in his native country, New Zealand, and who was wanted by Interpol. Philip John Smith, 40, was arrested the night before in Rio de Janeiro and now face an extradition. Smith, sentenced to life imprisonment in 1996 […]
danoinec.blogspot.com reported…When I got home, Gracie (my dog..but you should know that by now) ran out to greet me with her ‘squeaker’ toy. I thought…odd….she’s not allowed to have her toys outside. Then I spotted Chip (my cat…again you should know my kids names by now) saundering outside. What? He’s not supposed to be outside, […]
System to begin in Quito elcomercio.com reported….ourists can report assaults, loss or theft of documents, baggage, etc., on the website of the Office. The initiative was launched today, November 11, by the State Attorney General, Galo Chiriboga, Patricio Ubidia president the Tourism Commission of the Metropolitan Council of Quito. Visitors can access the system at […]
ksl.com/AP reported two gunmen shot and killed a journalist for Peru’s leading news magazine who had been investigating contract killings in a province south of Lima. Caretas magazine editors say the gunmen shot 22-year-old Fernando Raymondi in the chest on Sunday night in his father’s small grocery in the town of Canete. They gunmen arrived […]