telesurtv.net reported Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto spent more on the military budget in 2014 than any other previous Mexican government, Sin Embargo reported Tuesday.
Analyzing the Swiss-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s Military Expenditure Database, the Mexican news outlet revealed that Peña Nieto’s administration closed 2014 with a record military budget reaching US$8.66 billion, along with a spike in weapons purchases.
Accusations of torture and kidnappings committed by the police and the military have also risen 600 percent from 2003 to 2013. This amount represents 0.7 percent of the Mexican gross domestic product – while Mexican investment in science in technology, for instance, never exceeded 0.5 percent.
Although the proportion of military expense related to GDP has remained at the same level over the past 20 years (since the Zapatista conflict started in 1994), per capita this amount has more than doubled – from about US$30 to $70 per Mexican in…. Read Article
This criminal organization was led by alias ‘German’, who also was engaged to collect extortion and arms trafficking in the localities of Kennedy, Tunjuelito, South San Cristobal, Puente Aranda and Bosa. The Head of the Narcotics Group Dijin greater Villarte Marcel Ricardo said that this action was seized drugs which were marketed by children and […]
rcnradio.com reported the National Police revealed that the Group attached units against nuclear, biological, chemical and radioactive threats Dijin identified a company in the town of Engativá in which it was stored radioactive material without authorization as Iridium 192 and depleted uranium. The soldiers moved to a house in that area of the city and […]
rcnradio.com reported the Attorney General’s Office reported the capture of the last 5 members of the criminal organization known as ‘The Canaries’ “Los Canarios” who used to ride the millionaire(kidnap Express) committing capital. Bogota This was said Patricia Conejo Mery, director of the Specialized Police Organized Crime who said that these new arrests are now […]
Two tonnes of illegal fireworks accidentally explode in Peru The Guardian.com reported ….Dozens take cover as a cache of illegal fireworks destined for Christmas celebrations suddenly detonates in Chiclayo on Thursday. Authorities had called journalists to cover the destruction of the confiscated fireworks when, without warning, the stockpile suddenly explodes into an impromptu pyrotechnic display, […]
theguardian.com reported that 18-year-old Ethan Couch and his mother had been missing since 10 December, when Couch broke his probation for killing four people while driving drunk “Crossing over to Mexico is not a difficult thing to do,” Anderson said, pointing out that US authorities do not check who is leaving the US and instead […]
eldiario.ec reported a sergeant was killed and six others were injured by alleged criminals on Sunday night released a Granada against a group of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, militarized police) in central Caracas, he reported the prosecution. “According to preliminary information, at about 22.30 local time (03.00 GMT Monday) several people descended from a […]
vallartadaily.com reported the Attorney General’s Office (FGE) confirmed that a unit of the Puerto Vallarta police department was ambushed killing one policeman and injuring another in an area that leads from the community El Colorado to El Veladero. FGE reported that the police officers were on regular patrol when they were attacked by an armed […]
The convoy of three buses with gendarmes officers was traveling near Salta By AP/telegraph.co.uk 14 Dec 2015 At least 41 police officers were killed Monday when a bus in a convoy in nothern Argentina went off the side of a bridge and fell 65 feet (20 meters). Rescuers work at the site of an accident […]
Three out of 10 fail confidence, honesty assessments elpais.com reported the Mexican Army is in deep crisis. The Tlatlaya case and the disappearance of the normal school of Ayotzinapa have questioned the efficiency of military security tasks. We now know that in their internal evaluations have not been as successful. In the last decade three […]
ministeriointerior.gob.ec reported sources reported that the investigations were conducted by the Unit Against the Crime of Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants of the Directorate of Judicial Police (DNPJ) in coordination with the Attorney General. The operation took place after four months of investigation, the morning of Friday, December 11, simultaneously in Carchi, Guayas, […]
ministeriointerior.gob.ec reported sources reported that the investigations were conducted by the Unit Against the Crime of Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants of the Directorate of Judicial Police (DNPJ) in coordination with the Attorney General. The operation took place after four months of investigation, the morning of Friday, December 11, simultaneously in Carchi, Guayas, […]
copblock.org reported a criminal complaint filed in federal court shows Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers stopped agent Juan Pimentel, 47, on Nov. 18 near Marana, just north of Tucson. The complaint says Pimentel was driving a rental car and identified himself as a Border Patrol agent when he was pulled over. He consented to […]
TURTLE EGGS WERE OBTAINED IN Nayarit, Mexico, Tried to enter U.S. via San Diego reuters.com reported a Southern California couple has been indicted in San Diego federal court on charges of smuggling sea turtle eggs into the United States from Mexico, officials said on Wednesday, a first for prosecutors in the border region. Jose Jimenez, […]
Security Agencies Mexico and EU dismantles women trafficking network operating from Tlaxcala; arrested eight people. The Attorney General’s Office broke up an international network of sexual exploitation, composed of 9 people operating in different states and New York City in the United States. The agency reported that the Attorney General of the Republic, Arely Gómez […]
TENSE SITUTION AFTER APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMMENDMENTS teleamazonas.com reported….The National Assembly, which became the stage of the adoption of constitutional amendments the government.That process was not without strong protests, clashes, injuries and arrests, carried out by those opposed to the amendments and the National Police. Read Article THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR – READ THIS […]
amsterdamnews.com/ Karen Juanita Carrillo reported: Ecuador and Peru – first imprisonments for racial discrimination Ecuador: An anti-racial discrimination decision was handed down Nov. 19, 2015. This case involved Michael Arce, who entered Ecuador’s Escuela Superior Militar—the nations’ premiere military college, known as ESMIL—in 2011 in hopes of becoming Ecuador’s first Black army officer. Arce was […]
telesurtv.net reported Ecuadorean authorities announced Tuesday plans to destroy hundreds of weapons seized during anti-smuggling operations over the past year. Over 200 illegal firearms and more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition will be destroyed by the military by the end of the month, state media has reported. Over 1,000 weapon accessories will also be destroyed, […]
elcomercio.com reported the authorities of Colombia dismantled in Caqueta (south) and Nariño (southwest) a network dedicated to trafficking operating in the Colombian Pacific and Ecuador, reported today, November 23, 2015, police said. The organization moved by deception to Florence, capital of Caqueta department, to underage girls who promised to join the “Summer Girl” competition taking […]
cuencahighlife.com reported… Protesters opposed to proposed constitutional amendments, including one that would allow President Rafael Correa to seek another term, clashed with police Wednesday night at the Parque Calderon glorieta. Police and protesters in a shoving match Wednesday night in Parque Calderon. Photo credit: El Tiempo Police and protesters in a shoving match Wednesday night […]
bbc.com reported Colombia has said that two Venezuelan military jets entered its airspace without warning or authorisation. The planes encroached into Colombian airspace twice on Saturday morning, according to the defence ministry. They reportedly flew over a border military base in the Alta Guajira region before returning to Venezuela. Colombian officials have demanded an explanation […]
sputnkiknews.com reported Peruvians marched in the capital city Lima to protest the planned arrival of more than 3,000 US military personnel and the continued US military intervention in the South American country, local media reported on Thursday. The march began from the Plaza San Martin in central Lima and moved to the US embassy. Demonstrators […]
caracol.com.co reported there were clashes with protesters in the south of the country by blocking roads and government supporters in Quito focus on Carondelet. At least five policemen have been slightly injured after a clash with protesters blocking a road in southern Ecuador, Azuay area, this part of the anti-government protests that advance indigenous and […]
Ecuador’s President Calls On Military, Police to Prepare for Turmoil Telesurtv.net The call for the loyalty from the armed forces comes amid political tensions in the country. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa called on the police and military Monday to be prepared for destabilizing attempts by opposition groups ahead of a national strike set for mid-August. […]
panampost.com/Rebeca Morla reported on Sunday, July 5, hackers infiltrated the Italian information-technology company Hacking Team (HT), which sells offensive intrusion and surveillance software to government clients all over the world. The data breach revealed 400 gigabytes worth of company documents, emails, and invoices — many of them billed to Latin-American governments, including Ecuador. According to […]
POLICE PAYING AS MUCH AS 5,000 USD FOR DESIRED ASSIGNMENTS elcomercio.com reported Police in few data have transpired since Friday announced two facts: a possible case of corruption in the countries of the gendarmes and the voluntary resignation of the commander Fausto Tamayo. Yesterday, this newspaper spoke with a senior official and confirmed that the […]
lahora.com.ec reported Police Major General Fausto Tamayo resigned in the institution, they confirmed today, July 3, 2015, Interior Minister Jose Serrano through his Twitter account. “We started an administrative investigation for corruption in countries of Police. So Major General Fausto Tamayo has presented its low, “wrote the minister. Around 19:00 social networks had great movement […]
(AFP) An Ecuadoran policeman who found $60,000 in a backpack and handed it in to his bosses received an honor Tuesday from the national police force. William Alvarez was leaving for work last week when he noticed a strange bag sitting near his doorstep in the port city of Guayaquil. He thought it might be […]
presstv.ir reported thousands of striking teachers have taken to the streets in the Chilean capital Santiago to protest against education reform plans. The peaceful rally held on Wednesday turned violent when clashes erupted between riot police and a group of protesters, which led to the arrest of a number of people. The demonstrations against the […]
telesurtv.net reported The PAIS Alliance Party confirmed that a group of opposition demonstrators were able to enter the headquarters of the governing party. Hundreds of opposition and pro-government protesters took once again to the streets of Quito Wednesday evening, staging two high-tension parallel demonstrations in one of the city’s main roads, Shyris Avenue, which began […]
PANAMPOST.COM / OPINION – In 2014, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa gave an awkward interview at Harvard University in Massachusetts, with a level of English that belied his four years as a student in Illinois. Beyond the distraction of his nervous demeanor, though, one passage should have set alarm bells ringing. The United States is a […]
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 […]
(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 […]
Belén Marty/panamapost.com reported… On his first day in office, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa vowed to wage a war on the media, a promise which his critics claim he continues to keep today more than ever. His administration’s latest moves towards censorship include launching a criminal investigation against cartoonist Xavier Bonilla, a new website designed to […]
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 […]
telegraph.co.uk reported the Honduran president has dispatched troops to protect a “lost city” rediscovered deep in the jungle amid fears that looters could pillage ancient artefacts from the abandoned home of an unknown civilisation. There were deep divisions among the expedition team that found the site in the Mosquitia rainforest about whether to remove ancient […]
newsmax.com reported Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa on Saturday accused the United States of trying to destabilize his government, by infiltrating it with spies. The 51-year-old economist trained in the US has faced opposition protests as he seeks constitutional changes that would allow him to seek re-election next year to another four-year term. “There has […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
lanacion.com.ar reported security cameras recorded the moment of arrest of Antonio Ledezma; Leopoldo López’s wife, Lilian Tintori, warned on Twitter that the opposition leader can be sequestered to be moved to another prison. CARACAS, Venezuela Latest hours have elapsed tip of nervousness. The opposition politician and mayor of the Metropolitan District of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, […]
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 […]
bbc.com reported Colombia’s largest rebel group, the Farc, says the unilateral truce it declared last month is being threatened by the army’s continuing attacks. The Colombian government and the Farc have been engaged in peace talks in Cuba since November 2012. The rebels have called for a bilateral ceasefire during the talks, which are aimed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
israelnationalnews.com reported Hezbollah terrorist arrested with weapons and explosives right before launching attack on Israeli and Jewish targets. Over the past several days a Hezbollah terrorist attempted to murder Israelis in Peru only to have his plots foiled by local authorities, revealed Channel 2 on Thursday. The terrorist, a member of Hezbollah’s international arm, was […]
voxxi.com reported Police in Peru have arrested Muhammad Amadar, a Lebanese citizen who lived in the Surquillo district of Lima. Ordinarily, this type of event would not raise an eyebrow in the international media, except that the charges against him are particularly dire. He is accused of manufacturing explosives and is a suspected member of […]
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 […]
bbc.com reported a Mexican security chief has been shot dead in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas, officials have confirmed. They said Ricardo Nino Villarreal and his wife were killed on Saturday as they drove in the neighbouring Nuevo Leon state, but their bodies were only found by passers-by the following day. He was one of […]
bbc.com reported authorities in Brazil say they are investigating reports that off-duty policemen killed nine people on Tuesday night in the northern city of Belem in revenge attacks. The incidents happened hours after a policeman was shot dead by unknown gunmen outside his home. Witnesses say men on motorbikes went on a six-hour killing spree, […]
andes.info.ec reported…As a “totally inadequate” response scored Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino the explanation secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Roberta Jacobson gave, on that country’s military involvement in the bombing on the Colombian border in March 2008. During the bombing, 26 people were killed, including the number two of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia […]
hrw.org reported sSecurity forces used excessive force to disperse largely peaceful demonstrations in Quito, Ecuador on September 17 and 18, 2014, arbitrarily detaining and beating protesters, Human Rights Watch said today. Based on interviews and written testimony, dozens of detainees suffered serious physical abuse, including severe beatings, kicks, and electric shocks, during arrest and in […]
latinao.foxnews.com reported a Spaniard wanted by authorities in his home country in connection with a shipment of 7,680 kilos of hashish found on his yacht in 2008 was arrested in Guayaquil, a city in southwestern Ecuador, Ecuadorian officials said. The suspect, identified only as Antonio Manuel C.G., was captured in Guayaquil by agents from the […]
latino.foxnews.com/EE reported Nuevo Leon, once considered one of the most dangerous and violent states in Mexico, has reduced its crime rate by using a security model that supporters contend can be implemented across the country. The northern state’s security model has focused on coordinating the actions of the security forces, increasing the level of professionalism […]
Thomas Reuters Foundation/YouGov conducted surveys of 15 capitals and New York City regarding women’s overall safety on public transportation. Mexico City ranked 2nd worst after Bogota Colombia in the world. Here are the specific rankings for Mexico City. Confidence in Authorities How confident are you that authorities would investigate if you were to report harassment […]
GUADALAJARA, JALISCO (01 / NOV / 2014) .-informador.com.mx reported tTwo policemen injured, four arrested four burning vehicles, looted convenience store, service of Macrobús suspended … and Historical Center in chaos for three hours. It is the balance after a crackdown on piracy is out of control yesterday Guadalajara Police and the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) […]
trust.org reported Mexico has questioned local police over the disappearance and killing of three U.S. siblings in the troubled northeastern state of Tamaulipas, the state attorney general said on Saturday. Erica, 26, Alex, 22, and Jose Angel Alvarado, 21, went missing on October 13 from the cartel-riddled border city of Matamoros. Their decaying bodies were […]
Venezuela’s president promises to revamp country’s police force Nicolás Maduro announces measure after two police were incriminated in murder of pro-government politician. Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has promised to launch a thorough purge of the country’s police force after two of its members were incriminated in the gruesome murder of a pro-government politician earlier this […]
Witnesses assert that the three U.S. citizens were arrested by agents controlled by the mayor of Matamoros. A Matamoros police squad which is in charge of the security of the mayor of Matamoros, Leticia Salazar, kidnapped three young U.S. citizens, asserted the mother of the victims on Tuesday. Raquel Alvarado asserts that her sons and […]
telesurtv.net reported Four policemen were found guilty of involvement in the 2010 attempted coup against Ecuador’s President. On Wednesday, an Ecuadorian Criminal Court denied an appeal made by four policemen who were charged for their involvement in an attempted coup against President Rafael Correa on September 30, 2009. The policemen received sentences of 12 years […]
telesurtv.net reported the Ecuadorian government is challenging a lawyer cited in a Human Rights Watch report to prove his allegations and cites political motivations. The Ecuadorian government hit back on Tuesday against a report claiming it repressed protestors during a recent demonstrations. The Ecuadorian government is challenging a lawyer cited in the report to prove […]
hrw.org reported Security forces used excessive force to disperse largely peaceful demonstrations in Quito, Ecuador on September 17 and 18, 2014, arbitrarily detaining and beating protesters, Human Rights Watch said today. Based on interviews and written testimony, dozens of detainees suffered serious physical abuse, including severe beatings, kicks, and electric shocks, during arrest and in […]
elpais.com.uy reported police captured a gang of drug traffickers with thousands of dollars and weapons Police seized $84.203, cocaine, base paste, cars, a pistol, a rifle, a shotgun, a professional bow after a major raid carried out on a farm in Canelón Chico. Five detained. After several months of surveillance and investigation procedures, the Montevideo […]
The Netizen Report originally appears each week on Global Voices Advocacy. Mahsa Alimardani, Juan Arellano, Ellery Roberts Biddle, Lisa Ferguson, Bojan Perkov, Sonia Roubini and Sarah Myers West contributed to this report. Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. This week’s […]
DAVID GALVEZ SR. WANTED AS SUSPECT IN CALIFORNIA MURDER BELIEVED TO BE HIDING IN ECUADOR ECUADOR HOTELS AND LODGING nbcbayarea.com reported…This is the second dismissal the DA has issued in less than a week. Dr. Baldeon was arrested in June and accused of hiring his friend, David Galvez Sr., of Tracy to kill his […]
laht.com reported Ecuadorian police have arrested 14 people allegedly belonging to the country’s most dangerous drug-trafficking network which smuggled narcotics to Guatemala and Panama for transport to Mexico and the United States, officials said. In a statement on Monday the Interior Ministry said the sweep, codenamed “Pacifico” involved 22 simultaneous search operations early Monday in […]
telesurtv.net reported Protests will be held throughout Mexico in response to the alleged disappearance of student by police officials in collusion with organized crime. Students from the Teacher Training College of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, alongside family members of the 43 disappeared students, have issued a call for nation-wide protests and demonstrations for October 8 organized under […]
telesurtv.net reported the officers were arrested after officials exposed them for orchestrating a drug trafficking network between Peru and Bolivia. A band of Peruvian police officers involved in drug trafficking with ties to Bolivia was disjointed in Puno, announced the Minister of Interior, Daniel Urresti. The network was headed by commander Carlos Herrera and was […]
EFE/Focnews.com (latino) reported Seven National Police officers were killed and one was injured when the pick-up truck they were riding in went off a rural road and plunged into a ravine in Julcan, a province in Peru’s La Libertad region, officials said. The officers were traveling from the coastal city of Trujillo to the Andean […]
xn-elislo-9za.com reported in a joint operation between units of the Navy, the Colombian Air Force and coordinated with CTI OTP, developed in the area of Arroyo de Piedra, located 13 kilometers north of Cartagena, was found a logistics hub for traffic of drugs to Central America. This important result because investigations conducted for several months […]
telegraph.co.uk reported Argentina uses drones to root out wealthy tax evaders Drones deployed by tax inspectors near Buenos Aires found 200 mansions and 100 swimming pools that hadn’t been declared. The Argentine government has used drones to catch out wealthy tax evaders who had not declared mansions and swimming pools. Unmanned aircraft were dispatched over […]
theguardian.com reported a Texas girl reported kidnapped 12 years ago was found near Mexico City with her mother after authorities received a tip, and the mother was quickly flown to Texas and jailed on kidnapping charges, investigators said Wednesday. The FBI and Mexico authorities said 17-year-old Sabrina Allen, whose case was twice profiled on the […]
bbc.com reported Mexican authorities say they have captured the head of a drug crime syndicate, Hector Beltran Leyva. They say DNA testing is being done to confirm his identity. This is the latest in a string of high-profile drug arrests in the country and if confirmed will be seen as a victory for…Read Article
Counterfeit Bills Being sent to the U.S. policiaecuador.gob.ec reported Fighting sending drugs or counterfeit money hidden in parcels continues by the National Police in Azuay, through its Chief of Narcotics, which carries out inspections daily emails parallel city. The hard work stopped as a result, the finding of fake $ 21,150, ranked 100 $ 100 […]
plenglish.com reported Ecuador”s ambassador to Cuba, Edgar Ponce, today highlighted here the role played by the Ecuadorian people in the failure of the coup d”etat perpetrated four years ago against President Rafael Correa. This attempt was frustrated thanks to the mobilizing will of a people that has taken control of its choices, rights and wealth, […]
plenglish.com reported Ecuador”s ambassador to Cuba, Edgar Ponce, today highlighted here the role played by the Ecuadorian people in the failure of the coup d”etat perpetrated four years ago against President Rafael Correa. This attempt was frustrated thanks to the mobilizing will of a people that has taken control of its choices, rights and wealth, […]
Fann.com.mx reported…… Will be composed by specialized cells of State and federal officials to investigate cases already reported.City of Mexico.-the Attorney general of the Republic, Jesus Murillo Karam announced that the unit in charge will continue with the signature of agreements so that the country’s universities are specialists in forensic areas, as well as to […]
hispantv.com reported the Colombian army ended on Sunday with the lives of two members of the revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (FARC) in a military operation in the southwest of Colombia and rescued a child kidnapped by the guerrillas in turn. The operation was carried out in the Department of Cauca, in the South-West of […]
CONCERNING SEPT 17TH, 2014 PROTESTS/REPORTS 120 DETAINED/34 POLICE INJURED telesurtv.net reported at the celebration for workers rights in Independence Plaza, President Correa said that destabilization attempts in Ecuador are “similar” to what has occurred in Venezuela and in Argentina. Unidos is an effort by Correa’s government to broaden its base by bringing the left together […]
elcomercio.com reported Villagers blocked with large stones, the Pan American Highway connecting Imbabura and Carchi. September 22, 2014 19:07 From 06:10 until 19:00 today, September 22, the c arretera Panamericana, connecting Imbabura and Carchi in northern Ecuador, remained closed. The reason? Inhabitants of afros Chota Valley communities placed tires, rocks and logs, to prevent the […]
telesurtv.net reported the artwork seized from drug lords and other criminals is supposed to be auctioned, but on their way to the auction house, hundreds have gone missing. The Mexican Office of the Attorney General (PGR) seized and then lost one thousand 120 works of art and archeological artifacts from 2006 to 2013, during anti-crime […]
The Minister of national defence, María Fernanda Espinosa, held last Wednesday, August 27, 2014 a briefing with media that explained the process of modernization and strengthening of the armed forces, the cooperation South – South and the world Cadet II, which will be held at the Ecuador. The Minister Espinosa was accompanied by the Chief […]
lainfo.es/AFP reported The Ecuadorian Interior Minister Jose Serrano, confirmed that 15 policemen were injured and at least eight people were arrested for violence at a march in favor and one against the government of Rafael Correa. The head of the ministerial portfolio reported that police officers were attacked with timbers and Molotov cocktails, as Public […]
ecuavisa.com reported the army discovered plants coca and a clandestine base of processing of drug in the Yasuni National Park. The finding was in Orellana province, canton Aguarico sector Nuevo Rocafuerte, where most of the 980 thousand hectares comprising the Yasuni National Park, is one of the most important ecological reserves of the planet. According […]
infodefensa.com reported the Alliance was signed by the Minister of the Ecuadorian defense, María Fernanda Espinosa, and Ambassador in Ecuador of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Shi Xiong. It includes the provision by the Asian country of 4.8 million dollars to the South American nation. Resources will be used in clothing for the staff […]
diario.mx reported Distrito Federal- The Attorney General of the Republic (PGR), through the specialized attorney in investigation of organized crime (SEIDO), with the support of the Agency’s Criminal investigation and in coordination with the Federal Police dismantled in Nogales, Sonora, a network dedicated to United States from high-powered arms. In a statement the PGR explained […]
the armed forces of Bolivia today premiered six Z9-H425 model helicopters purchased from China, ships that will have multiple uses, including support in natural disasters, security citizen and fight against smuggling. At a ceremony in a military base in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba in Bolivia China’s Ambassador, Li Dong, presented the keys to the […]
lainormacion.com reported an Italian citizen accused of being a capo of the Calabrian mafia, known as Ndrangheta, and wanted by Interpol was arrested today in Puerto Iguazú, Misiones province (to 1,300 miles from Buenos Aires), sources of the national gendarmerie. The detainee, identified as Pantaleone Mancuso, 47 years old, was caught when he tried to […]
telesurtv.net reported a Mexican attorney alleges that Silao´s police chief was behind the attack on 24 year old journalist Karla Silva. Carlos Zamarripa, Attorney General in the Mexican states of Guanajuato has signalled the local police chief as the one of the assailants in the attack of journalist Karla Janeth Silva. Silva was hospitalized after […]
KPHO.com reported two people were arrested and 16 vehicles valued at more than $400,000 were seized after search warrants were served in three Valley communities Wednesday morning. Nine of the vehicles were stolen in Mexico. The six-month investigation uncovered a criminal organization that would carjack high-end vehicles in Mexico, switch the Vehicle Identification Numbers and […]
nerope.eu/ AP reported the seizure of 1,639 coca plants in southern Mexico marks the first known instance of the raw ingredient for cocaine being cultivated in the country, Mexican and U.N. officials said Wednesday. Mexico is home to various drug cartels that traffic large quantities of cocaine toward the United States, but coca itself is […]
elnuevoherald.com/AP reported Ecuador plans to invest eight million dollars to create a command of cyber defense unit for the country that he expects to be completely operable by mid 2015. General Luis Garzón, head of the joint command of the armed forces, said he expects the project to begin within 30 days. They are in […]
elnuevodia.com reported in the most serious attack occurred in years in Chile, a bomb detonated Monday in a shop of one of the main stations of the metro of Santiago and caused ten wounded, two of them serious. Francisco Bravo, which investigated 29 bombings that took place this year in Santiago, told reporters that the […]
eluniverso.com reported Costa Rica police found 27 undocumented citizens of Nepal in an area of Paso Canoas, border with Panama, joining other intercepted seven Nepalese weekend, in operations against the trafficking, officials said Monday. The regional director of the police in the South, Commissioner José Domingo Cruz, pointed out that the undocumented were found in […]
larepublica.pe reported “La Gran Familia” extends its tentacles to Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia. Criminal gang would have signed alliances with important national and international criminal gangs. “Old Paco” would still be leading. The criminal organization “La Gran Familia” would operate with its full might and apparently until recharged, since successfully extended its tentacles to Ecuador, […]