In a report this afternoon before Congress, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) reported that at least 43 innocent people were killed in armed clashes in 2011 between the crime organized and law enforcement as part of the war on drugs waged by the government of Felipe Calderón. Raul Plascencia, owner of the agency, said last year that also saw a 50 percent increase in complaints received, a total of 29 000 439 – against public servants of the three levels of government. Read Article
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Elements of the Mexican Army seized two narcolaboratorios Tlajomuco in the municipality of de Zúñiga, bringing the total to five such facilities dismantled so far this year. Through the Command of the 15 / a. Military Zone, the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) reported that the first laboratory was located on the ranch “The Gale” […]
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The Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón, and his pair of Peru, Alberto Otárola, agreed today after a meeting in Bogota that both countries will increase joint operations and cooperation to cope with crime transnational border area between the two nations. “We will schedule joint and combined operations in coming months will be conducted, both […]
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One person was killed during a chase naval personnel to a group of men in the town of Amatlán. During the securing of 15 suspected criminals in the state of Veracruz, one person was killed and an element of the Secretary of the Navy of Mexico was injured yesterday. The institution reported that naval personnel […]
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A Mexican Army soldier was wounded police duties after a group of subjects threw two fragmentation grenades at the police headquarters town of Matamoros. The soldier, whose identity was not released, was hospitalized due to injuries he sustained and threatening his life. The assailants traveling in several vehicles from which threw the two grenades at […]
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Deputy Minister of Finance Why is there no control on the southern border? For December, operating as part of Nicholas, reinforce the Fiscal Police presence there. In the second half of last year, established a series of measures to improve the operation. He appointed a new manager of the customs for the contest. Fiscal Police […]
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Growing tension and conflict militarized gas in Bolivia Tarija airport Before the announcements of a possible takeover of Tarija International Airport, Oriel Lea Plaza, by those who support the indefinite strike in defense of the Margarita field, Armed Forces authorities decided to hide these facilities, resulting in the suspension of all flights air. Troops have […]
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A Brazilian drug dealer is giving free cocaine to addicts in exchange for tattooing his name on their body, police said Monday. About 70 people in the village of Itapetinga have tattooed the name “Freudenthal” in the body, authorities said in the northeastern state of Bahia. Read Article
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The Venezuelan government today deported three Colombian drug traffickers-one, one Canadian and Puerto Rican-requested third with Interpol red notice for Colombia, Canada and the U.S. respectively, and announced the capture of another required by Greece. Read Article
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The prosecution succeeded against the custodial guardian of Sabaneta Penitentiary, Melvin Ocando (54), who was arrested on January 17 this year, when he allegedly extorted to the board of a line of taxis located in that prison in Maracaibo. Read Article
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Three suspects were captured apartamenteros by police in the La Ceiba in Tulua. They seized firearms and items to subdue their victims, such as masking tape, and latex bands. Those arrested were a woman, a professional soldier and the caretaker of a renowned shopping center Tuluá, who apparently, according to authorities, were part of a […]
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The bodies of two children were found in the domestic sector “Hex” rehabilitation center under Resume (San Salvador), this morning, with apparent signs of torture, confirmed Inspectorate of Prisons. Around 7:00 in the morning reported the fact, after a routine surveillance conducted by security personnel. Until the end of the report, know the cause of […]
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W1420.com reported that the United States Consulate General in Matamoros was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a bomb threat at its facilities, officials said. The threat was received by an anonymous call to the 066 Emergency Services Command Center, Computer, Control and Communications (C-4), which states that a bomb would explode in the U.S. office located […]
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Border Patrol to build a substation in New Mexico Some landowners in the area did not want the Border Patrol was established on that site that is private land, but the place was built on federal lands closest to the border. The U.S. Border Patrol will open a new post in southwestern New Mexico, just […]
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Officers of the Municipal Public Security Ministry and the Attorney General, a red alert live after a series of attacks by gunmen in the latest attack caused the death of ministerial commander, José Luis Ruelas Arriaga. The police chief, was commissioned in the town of Guerrero on the western area of the state and came […]
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The first procedure was performed in the La Mina district of Santa Cruz, after detectives from the FBI in Santa Cruz conducted an intensive search in a private estate, alerted by residents of the area, finding in an inaccessible island five plantations of Cannabis Sativa, with a total of 456 plants to 2 meters 20 […]
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A couple was arrested by police in Ciudad Juarez on the border between Mexico and the United States, forcibly prostituting four children under 15 years old, said Friday the local government. The detainees, a 31 year old man and a woman of 28, “were accused of forcibly retaining several underage girls, to whom they forced […]
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Mapuche community members complained that the Chilean police force acted with tear gas and used s during a raid in the south of the country in which the officers arrested a 18 year old accused of theft. Police said the device was deployed special police in the region of Araucania, Mapuche conflict zone called, and […]
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The guerrilla incursion occurred in the hills of Santa Ana in the municipality of El Tambo.About five o’clock on Friday afternoon about 100 FARC guerrillas attacked members of the National Police and attacked the aviation infrastructure in this area, since there is located a radar encentran Aerocivil and some communication towers .According to the police […]
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The UN special mission is investigating a possible coup organised by Ecuadorian opposition parties in the chaotic events that happened on the 30th of September 2010 in the capital city of Quito. During a protest, president Rafael Correa was hospitalised after being hit by tear gas, at least one person died and 250 were wounded. […]
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The governments of the United States, Brazil and Bolivia signed in La Paz yesterday finally to verify agreement with the UN as an observer, the destruction of illegal plantations of coca leaves to manufacture cocaine base, after several failed attempts to sign it for almost a year. Read Article
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The organization led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman uses the control of the runners on both sides of the border between Mexico and the United States to extend its dominance in Arizona. And as with Texas, the level of violence and attacks on law enforcement is increasing, according to a report of the Department of […]
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Before the São Paulo Police operation that surrounded the ‘Crackland’ last week, Folha checked neighborhoods such as Vila Mariana, Bixiga, Paraíso, Penha and Bela Vista, in the past six months. In those places, Folha reporters found houses and apartments where a scheme, unknown to authorities till then, took place – the private ‘Cracklands’. Read Article
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Three suspected members of organized crime died in a confrontational fight with Mexico’s military in the municipality of Susupuato, Michoacan. According to cronica.com the fight lasted over 3o minutes and was followed by a car chase that ended when the escaping vehicle plummeted into a ravine. It is estimated that at least five other suspects […]
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According to eluniverso.com, 28 years old Cesar Alfonso Flores was found dead in his prison cell in Garcia Moreno this Sunday afternoon 1/15/2012. Flores was found with several stab wounds, two stab wounds in the neck and four in the chest. According to official Jose Serrano, the alleged leader of assassins Cesar Alfonso Flores Sarzosa, […]
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One policeman was killed during a FARC attack in Algeria (Cauca), where a phantom aircraft flying over the area to support the work of the authorities against the guerrillas of the FARC.The attack comes from the Wednesday morning in the village of El Mango. The police commander in Cauca, Col. Ricardo Alarcon, said the guerrilla […]
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A bomb threat was reported at about 2:00 pm, in the building of Triple S that lies on Roosevelt Avenue, in front of Borinquen Towers in San Juan. An employee of the insurer who was on the street after being evicted from the building indicated that a subject allegedly put a suspected explosive device in […]
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The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, denied that the Government has begun a dialogue with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) aimed at reaching a peace agreement, as noted by former President Andres Pastrana, while urged stop the speculation. Read Article
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Ecuador will culminate today the destruction of eleven U.S. bombs from World War II, most of them of more than 200 kilos, which were found in 2010 by fishermen in the Galapagos Islands, the Ministry of Defence. The delegate of the Minister of Defense to destroy Galapagos pumps, Xavier Drouet, told Efe that exploded yesterday […]
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As identified by pulso360.com, seven contract killers were killed during a confrontational clash with federal police agents in Morelos, Cuernavaca. The shootout occurred Monday January 16, 2012 where one of the aggressors was captured. According to states authority the gunmen belonged to an unidentified organized crime group. The investigation is ongoing as the seven dead […]
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Peru’s attorney general, Jose Pelaez Bardales, has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to consider returning to a visa requirement for Mexican citizens wishing to visit the country, a requirement that was eliminated in 2009. The reason, he explained, is the growing presence and activity of drug cartels in that country in Peruvian territory. According […]
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The hit will put your complaint stated that on this day ministerial against those responsible, because ultimately to crime dealt blows to several businesses, the lack of patrols to stop the former mayor Rafael Pacheco, in addition to the current mayor found no money to the town hall, unable to buy more patrols and hire […]
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he Mexican traffickers continue to enjoy commercial success by introducing more drugs in the U.S., despite the country spent the last decade nearly 90 billion dollars in border security, reported on Friday a report from a coalition border. The report, prepared by the Texas Border Coalition (TBC), consisting of mayors, county officials and economic development […]
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The border is Colombia with Ecuador and Venezuela are the two main strategic rear areas of the Colombian guerrilla groups operating in this country. The Ecuador Defense Minister Javier Ponce, admitted today in the central Colombian town of Villa de Leyva’s presence “occasional” from FARC rebels in Ecuadorian territory. “We have always recognized an intermittent […]
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According to Caracol.com, on January 11, 2012 in Colombia the director of Inpec, General Gustavo Ricaurte has stated that an excessive 25,000 prisoners are being held in prison for illegal possessions of firearms. According to the General, the prison population of inmates charged with illegal possession or trafficking of weapons represents 25% of both men […]
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Police discovered 21 minors during a lightning operation on a dangerous location in Bogotá, Colombia. According to eltiempo.com, they also arrested 4 individuals for drug possession and also confiscated weapons, IDs rented for criminal acts and other equipment. The police were also able to take down a site manufacturing adulterated alcohol. Read Article
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Mexico’s government allowed a group of undercover U.S. anti-drug agents and their Colombian informant to launder millions in cash for a powerful Mexican drug trafficker and his Colombian cocaine supplier, according to documents made public Monday. The Mexican magazine Emeequis published portions of documents that describe how Drug Enforcement Administration agents, a Colombian trafficker-turned-informant and […]
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Tingo Maria – Huanuco Labs discovered in the area of the waterfall “Catarata Sol Naciente” which is located 300 meters from 3 de Mayo where a large number of both national and foreign tourists visit. Land in a police operation against trafficking interdiction of illicit drugs, agents Tactical Operations Group in Jungle (GOATJ), Unit-PNP DIRANDRO […]
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EMOL.com reported, according to Mexican government official’s data released January 11, 2012 indicates more than 47,000 deaths were associated with criminal organization groups in Mexico since 2006. The total number of deaths represented an increase of 11% since 2006, which ultimately gave birth to an outstanding 47,515 deaths.From January through September of 2011 more than […]
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Although the Resource Center for Conflict Analysis (Cerac) estimates that in Bogotá is a record of between 200,000 and 250,000 legal firearms, authorities have not specified the exact number of weapons circulating pass in the city. As security expert Jerome Castillo says “It is strange that the authorities do not give a reason about statistics,” […]
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The inhabitants of the area’s Spring Nelson Mandela, yesterday staged a protest against the company busy Electricaribe, which reported cost overruns on electricity bills, in addition to continuing power outages, ensuring they have led to major losses in their appliances.During the day, in which protesters burned tires and the energy meters detached from their homes, […]
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Santa Catarina, NL • The holder of the Private Secretary of the municipality of Santa Catarina, Raul War denied this afternoon that municipal police officers have been arrested Monday morning for alleged links with Baltazar Saucedo, alias “El Mataperros”, arrested the week last.In an interview, War Novelo said the arrival of military and ministerial to […]
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Two Argentine citizens were arrested accused of four robberies committed on tourists Uruguayan resort of Punta del Este and Solanas in the past two days, and seized power in a booty estimated at $ 10,200, sources with the Uruguayan police. The prisoners stopped at a campsite in the town of Atlantis, and from there traveled […]
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The National Guard and the Army took control of New Bulla mine, located in the town of Paragua in southern Bolivar state, after the death of 6 miners in a clash between gangs “24” and “Marcopolo “for control of the place. This was announced by Secretary of Public Safety of the region, Julio Cesar Fuentes […]
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A special group of the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) of the Attorney captured 21 members of the Anti-Revolutionary Army, ERPAC, which had been brought to trial on 23 December, which were released by not having a background in against him.According to the report of the Attorney General, 4 of those involved were arrested in raids […]
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Argentina to the United Nations reiterated its willingness to resume negotiations with Britain to resolve the sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands, according to a letter distributed today the UN headquarters. The letter was sent to the organization’s secretary general Ban Ki-moon, upon completion of the Jan. 3 179 years of occupation of the southern […]
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A Military Air Transport plane (TAM) landed “panzazo” Monday morning at the airport Guayaramerín Beni population and all its occupants were not injured, reported the radio “Bamboo” Erbol Network.The incident occurred at about 07.20, when the TAM plane, registration FAB-96 MA-60, from Riberalta, suffered the incident after landing his train did not open, according to […]
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The Mexican Army spotted three clandestine laboratories for synthetic drugs in the western state of Jalisco where they seized more than four tons of narcotics and precursor chemicals, officials said. The Secretary of Defense (SEDENA) said in a statement that the January 4 soldiers found in the town of Tlajomulco de Zuniga a laboratory in […]
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According met this writing, the town of Arenal, on Thursday morning full of pamphlets signed by a group calling Gaitanistas Self, which challenged the national government and security forces for the death of top leader of the “Urabeños” alias “Giovanni” , which occurred in the department of Chocó. Read Article
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The National Human Rights Commission (CND) warned that more than 12 million indigenous people in our country are exposed to discrimination, abuse, maltreatment and abuse. Through the Program for Promotion of Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples, the CNDH from January to June intensified their actions. Conducted 230 activities in the states of the Republic to […]
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President Hugo Chavez named a powerful general and close ally as his defense minister Friday, an officer accused by Washington of aiding drug traffickers and arming rebels in neighboring Colombia. Read Article
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Two people arrested and seized three kilos of cocaine was the result of an operation in the parking lot of a mall in this city last Tuesday. The action performed by personnel of Narcotics and elite police groups was held at the Paseo Shopping, located on the November 4th Avenue, where Loor arrested Eduardo Cesar […]
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Peruvian State will strengthen its presence in the Amazonian Trapezium, in the frontier with Colombia and Brazil, aiming to face drug trafficking, which has gone up in said area, Peru’s national commission for the development of life without drugs (Devida) stated Thursday.Devida’s President Ricardo Soberon said that there is a strong multisectoral commitment to correct […]
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She takes over a month prey and Ambassador believes he is innocent. In cell 58 of the prison courtyard 5 of the Good Shepherd in Bogota over a month full Raphaela Nathalie Hofer, a young Austrian, 23, captured in the Eldorado airport with about 5 kilos of cocaine in his suitcase. Nathalie’s story would be […]
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In southern Florida, an elite group of U.S. attorneys is assigned a goal: to help disrupt the criminal gangs (BACRIM) in Colombia. In fact, the capture of 30 people this week in Colombia, linked to the organization of ‘Loco Barrera’ is the first result of this mission, which, according to the prosecutor for the Southern […]
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The border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua has become the new drug route. They loaded buses and trucks traveling from south to north, in the strategic post of Peñas Blancas, billed as the first (or last) border between Colombia and the United States. That is, one point that connects the north and south America. The […]
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U.S. authorities on Tuesday acquired a new unmanned aircraft for tasks of high-tech surveillance overflights and the Arizona border, looking for drug traffickers and illegal immigrants crossing from Mexico.The Predator drone-B is located in the Security Operations Center Air National Sierra Vista, a few miles north of the border with Mexico to southeastern Arizona, the […]
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Demonstrations against the project began today Conga gold mining in the North Andean Peruvian region of Cajamarca, confirmed the regional president (governor) of that territory, Gregory Santos. In statements to Prensa Latina, Santos stressed the peaceful nature of the protest, which will continue tomorrow and requires a restart real dialogue between the government and social […]
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Last night, a 17-year-old boy held his mother and sisters hostage threatening to kill them in their home in Bogotá, Colombia. According to the video posted by El Espectador, the authorities attended to the situation, and the boy will undergo psychological care. The rest of the family will receive counseling.
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A forest fire has affected the hill this morning Caracol, located in the city of Concepción. The fire was visible from several points of the city. Three fire companies in the capital of the Bío Bío Region attended to the scene to perform control tasks.The volunteers were supported by off-road vehicles and a tanker truck, […]
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It is the municipality of Valle Nacional which has so far registered more cases of child sexual abuse, taking into account those that have been reported and also those who remain anonymous, as reported by the President Regional Commission on Human Rights “Mahatma Gandhi”, Graciela Sanchez Zavaleta. He noted that Valle Nacional was a municipality […]
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More than 5,400 migrants were rescued in Mexico in 2011 A total of 5.423 migrants in distress were rescued by members of a group of special protection in Mexico Migration Institute (INM) between January and November this year, said the institution. Read Article
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A boy of 12 years and two children under 15 and 17 were rescued this morning on a sweatshop where they made cartridge with children and football grounds in operating conditions, in a house in La Plata. There are two adults in custody, a man and a woman, presumably the owners of the place, judicial […]
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A supposed prank reporting a paseo millonario mobilized 1500 Colombian police officers of Bogotá to search for Karen Gamba, a reporter, as revealed by semana.com. The taxi driver José Castro was arrested and made to search for Gamba with the police who found her safe at home. Gamba denies having made such a report and […]
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A 32 year old man accused of exploiting workers Bolivian nationals in a clandestine workshop in Villa Madero, was arrested by police, who rescued 17 people, police in Buenos Aires. The man, shop owner, identified as Alfredo Canaviri Mamani, Bolivian nationality, was arrested by the Department of Investigation (DDI) of La Matanza, which rescued 17 […]
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The Highway Police (Polka) today seized 45 kilos, 360 grams of cocaine base paste (PBC) and arrested a suspected drug dealer at the 1.020 mile road Cusco-Arequipa, Cusco in the province of Quispicanchi. During the review of the vehicle, the effects found in hidden compartments in the front 80 brick-shaped packages wrapped in packing tape […]
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As the New Year approaches, FARC has released 3 names of the 6 hostages that they will soon release. According to latribuna.hn, they are part of 11 military and police officials who have been held hostage for 12 years. FARC does not want the government to make any attempts to find and rescue these individuals. […]
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Found hanged in Bolivia to Argentina Deputy Consul Bolivian police found dead yesterday Argentina Deputy Consul Antonio Deimundo Escobal in the border town of Yacuiba, police said in this town in the extreme south of Bolivia Bolivian police found dead yesterday Argentina Deputy Consul Antonio Deimundo Escobal in the border town of Yacuiba, police said […]
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The victim was identified as David James Baker, a 28-year-old from the United States. The lifeless body of a U.S. citizen tourist was rescued Tuesday by Coast Guard personnel after being spotted by fishermen when it floated in the bay of Santa Marta, near the Port Society. The incident occurred at 2:30 pm. Coast Guard […]
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The second defense industrial conglomerate in the world has ratified the contract announced in the last LAAD to update the M-113 of the Brazilian Army. The amount to invest seems to have descended from the original $ 48 million to about 42 in the end, but basically modernizing about 150 vehicles, of the 376 initially […]
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Near ATMs, squares, intersections, park passes behind Calderon and the Child Jesus, were placed several uniformed to provide security to the citizens who attended the Historical Center during the weekend. The control on the main streets to avoid traffic congestion to the Past, was the work of higher concentration. While some side streets remained isolated […]
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As Congress, Republican presidential candidates, and much of the U.S., South American, and European media are sounding the alarm on suspicious activities by Iran and Hezbollah in Latin America, the State Department is hitting the snooze button. State also has turned a blind eye to abuses of the administration’s liberalized rules for traveling to Cuba, […]
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Ecuadorian President also said that relations with Colombia are at their best. Ecuador employs about 10,000 uniformed personnel to guard the boundary with Colombia, where he faces a “most serious problem” of security, said Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Saturday. On the edge with Colombia is “the most serious security problem facing the country, is […]
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A total of 5216 there were brawls in the country during the celebrations of Christmas and the early hours of Sunday, as authorities said they also highlighted that there was a reduction of 5% of cases compared to same period of 2010. The figure gave the Director of Public Safety, General Rodolfo Palomino, who reported […]
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The British Prime Minister David Cameron , yesterday closed the door to negotiations with Argentina over the sovereignty of the Falklands and harshly criticized the decision of the Mercosur block access to its ports of ships under the flag of the islands. In his Christmas message to the Islanders, Cameron described as “unjustified and counterproductive” […]
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The Ambassador of Ecuador in Peru, Diego Ribadeneira, considered necessary for increased international support to complete the work of humanitarian demining in the common border, where there are still explosive devices planted in the conflict that had both countries in the past. “We are doing this work with great enthusiasm, but we need more international […]
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The Army and Air Force bombed the last hours the camp considered the mother of the People’s Liberation Army, PLA in the province of Ocaña in Norte de Santander. The authorities revealed that an operation to terminate drawn the most subversive leader of that organization, Victor Ramon Navarro, “Alias Megateo” left a toll of seven […]
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Men of ERPAC been delivered three tons of weapons and ammunition From Thursday, judicial authorities are in Villavicencio (Meta) members of this criminal gang who chose to willingly submit to justice, as announced in an interview with Semana head of this group, alias ‘Caracho’ last November. Caracho’, who inherited the leadership of the Anti-Revolutionary Army […]
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Between January and October of this year in Bogotá, Colombia, the frequency of paseo millonario type thefts has increased by 17.04 from 2010 according to noticias.terra.com.co. 75% of the city has experienced a case of this kind of theft. The police have classified the types of paseo millonario into three categories: paseo millonario clásico, paseo […]
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Seven people were killed in an attack on three passenger buses by a group of armed men in the Municipality of Panuco, north of the state of Veracruz, on the border with Tamaulipas.The same group killed four people just before the municipality El Higo, Veracruz, the government said. Read Article
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United States today announced a joint venture of seizures of more than 327 000 articles in 66 piracy cities and in 55 of Mexico and the South Korean capital, worth more than $ 80 million. The operation “Fraud Christmas 2”, made in a period of six weeks, included raids on shops, street markets and other […]
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The Government awaits with anticipation and caution the release of approximately 300 members of the gang ERPAC (Subversive Popular Revolutionary Army of Colombia) which begins today. Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón said that the Public Force is attentive support the process of bringing to justice members of the ERPAC. Erpac (Ejército Revolucionario Popular Antisubversivo de […]
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Ecuadorian authorities arrested five suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in a border area between the two countries. The commander of the Navy of Colombia, Roberto Garcia, said the operation led to the arrest of five subjects with “200 kilos of explosives, 25 improvised explosive devices, radios, all black uniforms and […]
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Among those captured are the successors of drug traffickers captured and extradited to the United States. In compliance with the corporate strategy against criminal gang, the Criminal Investigation Department and Interpol DIJIN-captured in the town of Zarzal, department of Valle del Cauca, the ringleader of the criminal organization ‘los machoss’ and three key members of […]
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The Attorney General of the State (PGJE) is investigating two suspected individuals engaged in theft of vehicles, which also could be related to the murder of an alien, which occurred in Ajijic, Chapala Township. The ministry said that it is Samuel Ramos Alejandro Padilla, aka “The Backpack”, 23 years old, and Alvaro Alfonso Arceo Spirit, […]
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Eurocopter has delivered the first two of nine AS350 B2 Ecureuil helicopters contracted by the Ecuadorian Armed Forces. The two Ecureuils were delivered to the Army Aviation Brigade at La Balvina, Sangolquí in the presence of the Ecuadorian Defence Minister Javier Ponce, the Head of Armed Forces Joint Command Ernesto González, Army Commander Patricio Cárdenas […]
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Dogs “hounds” that uses the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) to combat capital flight are trained in Canine Training Unit is located in Bahia Blanca. It is the only training ground for some 300 beagles AFIP and Customs is in the country and work in an area of Pronsato at 1,400. “The dogs are […]
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The Buenos Aires Federal Court did not accept appeals by the defense of Richard Bruno, owner of the drugstore Arcasel, partner and employee. The company used to sell stolen or adulterated drugs. The Buenos Aires Federal Court rejected the releases of three defendants in the case called the “drug mafia” is Richard Bruno, owner of […]
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WARNING … A terrorist threat caused panic in the Andean Trade Center area north of the city, and through the police line 123 of income a call stating that within the establishment had an artifact edse about to detonate. Police units to scroll past the place and then the respective inspection, knew it was false […]
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Staff dismissed UDEX terrorist attack. Served as a reservoir property hotel.A sudden explosion in a building caused alarm in Miraflores locals, who for a moment thought it was a terrorist attack such as occurred in 2002, with the destruction of other property in the street Tarata. This time the escape of a gas balloon 100 […]
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The Air Forces of Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras made “multinational exercise” aimed at controlling drug trafficking through the Caribbean, an official source said today. Colombia’s Air Force (FAC) indicated that the exercises, which began last December 16 and will end tomorrow, Wednesday, aims to “close the airspace of the Caribbean Sea to the flights of […]
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Today, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia passed 5 decrees in regulation of the Law of Victims to come into effect January 1st of next year. According to prensa-latina.cu, the reparations will particularly go to those planning to invest in education, living, or other productive endeavors. The law hopes to convince victims to cooperate with […]
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Federal agents and the Department of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will arrive in the coming hours to the Dominican Republic to inquire with the authorities here, the death of Puerto Rican pilot Santos Rodriguez Silk.It was learned also that the pilot’s family found dead yesterday, a company owned aircraft in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, […]
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For the rest of December, the police of Gómez Palacio will be setting up patrols throughout the city Gómez Palacio in Mexico to find anyone driving under the influence or without the proper documents or plates. This effort hopes to reduce transit accidents. Read Article
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Elnorte.ec reported that policein Otavalo have laid out a work plan to prevent assaults and robberies at financial institutions. Coordination. Betancorth Major Telmo, head of the Second District, said that was coordinated with the managers and presidents of commercial and financial entities, in order to make them aware of certain guidelines to prevent assaults and […]
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Police took another blow to the organized mob to seize about half a ton of drugs intended to send from Manta abroad by sea. The operations carried out by elite groups such as the Unit for Combating Organized Crime (ULCO) and the Intervention and Rescue Group (GIR) was held on Saturday in the parish of […]
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The official, public agency quoted Andes, said the crop was located in the San Lorenzo, a village in the coastal province of Esmeraldas (northwestern), inhabited by the Awa indigenous community, also present in the Colombian side. Read Article
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An explosion rocked on Saturday a military ammunition depot but no one was injured, Venezuelan authorities said. The Defense Minister Carlos Mata Figueroa, said the army was investigating the causes of the explosion in the ammunition depot in the western state of Zulia. Read Article
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The National Police launched a crackdown last aparatamenteros bands in the country, especially in this time of year when families come out to enjoy muchasd end holiday of the year. In the nationwide raids were captured 41 apartamenteros, whom they were seized 27 firearms, likewise, they were immobilized 24 cars and 6 motorcycles they used […]
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