Coca business booming in Peru (Video)
Coca farmers say government’s lack of financial support forces them to work in the illegal drug trade.
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Colombia: Leader of “Los Machos” criminal gang captured along with others
The top leader of the gang of “los machos” and three of his lugarteneintes, were captured in the last hours by the National Police in the department of Valle. This is known as “Penguin”, who became head of the band after falling into the hands of the authorities thirteen members of the organization last month in the city of Pereira. Penguin alias capture was carried out in an operation conducted by the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Interpol DIJIN-in the town of Zarzal and which were also arrested three leaders and key pieces of “Taps.” Read Article
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Brazil, military security along borders
During the year, the Brazilian Armed Forces covered a swath of 6,000 kilometers long and 150 kilometers wide (an area of approximately 900,000 square kilometers, equivalent to one third of the continental Argentina) on the borders with Bolivia, Paraguay and part of Peru. “Agata 3 is a deterrent to show that the Brazilian state exists […]
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Tension persists in Los Altos, Jalisco Mexico after grenade attack
Tensión en Los Altos tras ataques con granadas Three civilians and an equal number of municipal police officers were injured after the attacks that occurred overnight Thursday in the towns of Lagos de Moreno, San Juan de Los Lagos and San Miguel El Alto, Jalisco. After the attack was organized a major operational deployment which […]
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Peru, terrorist ambush leaves one dead five injured
A terrorist ambush left a soldier died today and another five wounded in the province of La Mar, in the southern region of Ayacucho, officials said. A statement from the Joint Command of the Armed Forces said the attack occurred at 15.00 local time (20.00 GMT) today, a military patrol to provide security for vehicles […]
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Russian mafia presence in Santa Cruz Bolivia
There is presence of the Russian mafia in Santa Cruz. This was stated yesterday by the head of the Special Force to Fight Crime (FELCC), Antonio Ovando, to take for the murder of Igor clarified Gorelkin Perez and submit to the alleged perpetrators of violent act attributed to an adjustment related to accounts drug trafficking. […]
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Leader of “Los Zetas” cartel captured
The alleged leader of Los Zetas cartel in the state of Veracruz and one of the “37 most dangerous criminals” from Mexico was arrested today in the city of Córdoba, reported the Ministry of the Navy (Semar). Lettuce Raul Lucio Hernandez, aka “Lucky”, was captured in a ground operation in Cordoba, in the eastern state […]
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FARC manual on handling hostages discovered
A manual with instructions for “the management of hostages” was found by Colombian security forces near the place where FARC rebels killed four soldiers who were holding hostages, regional police said Monday. The booklet, which included aid illustrated, was part of a series of documents prepared by teaching the insurgent group, told Efe Colonel Carlos […]
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Brazil: 50 tons of corn stolen from moving train
Brazilian police investigating the theft of 50 metric tons (55 U.S. tons) of corn that were stolen from a moving train in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo. Thieves smeared grease on the tracks, which caused it to spinning the wheels of the carriages 54 and that it lost speed as the criminals removed the […]
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Mexican military recovers stolen trucks
The Mexican Army recovered in the municipality of Villa de Arriaga two trucks stolen in Zacatecas, after they were abandoned by criminal suspects, after detecting the presence of military forces. According to information from the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA), was a citizen’s report that revealed the theft of two trucks, so began a coordinated […]
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Authorities conduct 57 raids south of Buenos Aires, large seizures
A total of 57 raids conducted in various parts of the south of Buenos, Buenos Aires policemen managed to seize a large quantity of weapons of all kinds, drugs ranging from marijuana to paco, and stolen cars, as confirmed by the Governor Daniel Scioli. The procedures were conducted by police personnel attached to the South […]
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Venezuela investigates black market in selling babies
A woman took her niece 8 months White neighborhood, west of Maracaibo. The girl was rescued by the Cicpc, on the island of San Carlos.: We investigate this network of child trafficking, said Commissioner Robinson Castillo, head of Cicpc-Zulia. With Aunt arrested the husband and suegraTras remain kidnapped by more than 10 hours by his […]
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Palestine and Iran in Latin America
The growing involvement in Latin American affairs was a while back mesoorientales evidenced by the various formal expressions of support provided by all South America, except Colombia, through official statements to an eventual unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state. By Julian Schvindlerman Brazil, surprisingly, that trend started responding to a key interest Palestinian obtain formal […]
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Mexico: Authorities seize 205 tons of precursor chemicals in various operations
Mexican soldiers seized 205 tons of a chemical precursor used for the manufacture of synthetic drugs in one of the Pacific Mexican ports from China, the government reported Thursday.The monomethylamine was found in 11 containers seized at various events during the first days of December in the port of Lazaro Cardenas (Michoacan, west), the attorney […]
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Soldier and civilian injured when explosive device detonates in center of Corinto Colombia
A soldier and a civilian were seriously injured.The accident occurred after an explosive device detonated in the center of that municipality. When the people of Corinth celebrated the day of the candles, they were surprised by a loud explosion that besides injuring a soldier and a woman, leaving destruction in several homes. Read Article
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Argentina, tranvestites in Federal Police, security forces permitted to dress as women in uniform
The Security Minister, Nilda Garre, instructed, through a resolution, the police and security forces to respect federal gender identity adopted by transvestites, transsexuals and transgender people.Since the resolution 1.181/11, people “trans” should be recognized by the appropriate gender identity to their perception, both in the personal as any type of transaction, communication or publication within […]
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Israel firm upgrading Argentina tanks
In Arsenals Command units, located in the locality of Boulogne, held an exhibition to formally present the project to modernize the Argentine Medium Tank, according to the Argentine Army. This presentation was attended by the Director of Research and Development, Gen. Carlos Ignacio Barchuk Br, the CEO of Material, Br Gen. Carlos Federico Peretti, Director […]
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Iran seeks alliances in Latin America
Iran an alleged plot to hire a hitman for a Mexican cartel has shed light on Iran’s growing presence in Latin America and the difficulties the United States.Since long before October, when two officers of an elite Iranian military, the strength of Al Qods, were indicted for allegedly plotting to assassinate the ambassador of Saudi […]
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Weapons taken off the street of Belize City
The trove of deadly weapons includes a grenade – different from the British ones found before. It also includes twelve 40 millimeter rounds – which are almost as deadly as grenades. Indeed they are weapons of destruction made for war zones – but they were on the Belize city streets. We questioned CYDP’s Edward Broaster […]
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Three skeletons found in narcofosa in Mazatlan Mexico
A narcofosa was found with three bodies of male persons in an area of Ejido El Venadillo.It was the morning that an anonymous caller alerted the police forces on the discovery of human remains on the surface out of a plot.When they arrived the police and prosecutors to make the investigations found skeletal remains on […]
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Police detain for several hours leaders of mining protests, Cajamarca
Peruvian police arrested on Tuesday for more than ten hours to six people who are leading protests against a huge mining project from U.S. company Newmont Mining in the department of Cajamarca, in the north. The president of Environmental Defense Front Cajamarca, Wilfredo Saavedra, one of the people who were trapped in a building of […]
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Bolivia, cocaine lab closed down
Special Force to Fight (FELCN) seized at least 17 kilograms of cocaine in a laboratory crystallization of cocaine base found in the community of Morocoro (jurisdiction of Cabezas), a distance of about 122 kilometers south of the city of Santa Cruz. No one was arrested. Read Article
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FARC attack leaves a wounded policeman in Morales, Cauca
A tense situation occurs in the morning on Tuesday in the municipality of Morales, department of Cauca. The FARC attacked, from 6:15 am, police station with gunfire and tatucos. So far the balance is a soldier wounded, the day of the great mobilization in the country against kidnapping and violence by illegal armed groups. Read […]
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Pictures of Peru police in Lima not following traffic laws
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Hostal owner in Cajamarca claims beaten up by police
An embarrassing incident involving this morning a group of police who was staying at the Hostal El Dorado, in the city of Cajamarca.The local owner, Edwin Diaz, reported on the news first news that five of them full drunk beat him by asking to turn off their lights and do not make noise, because their […]
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Mine protest leader criticizes Cajamarca state of emergency
The regional president of Cajamarca, Gregorio Santos, criticized President Ollanta Humala’s announcement Sunday evening of a 60-day state of emergency in four of Cajamarca’s provinces in order to bring under control protests against a multi-billion dollar gold and copper project. During an interview with Ideeleradio on Monday, Santos said that Peru’s new government “is lying […]
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China, Bolivia pledge to strengthen military ties
Senior Chinese and Bolivian military officials pledged here Monday to strengthen bilateral military ties. The pledge came during the meeting between Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission Xu Caihou and Armando Pacheco Gutierrez, the visiting Commander of the Armed Forces of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. Read Article
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Argentina begins naval campaign to isolate Falkland Islands
Argentine patrol vessels have boarded 12 Spanish boats, operating under fishing licences issued by the Falkland Islands, for operating “illegally” in disputed waters in recent weeks. Argentine patrol commanders carrying out interceptions near the South American coast told Spanish captains they were in violation of Argentina’s “legal” blockade of sea channels to the Falklands. Read […]
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Peru to review mining projects that are involved in conflicts
Multinational companies, especially mining, are on alert for new conditions in Peru. The Ministry of Environment of Peru (Minam), together with the Ministry of Energy and Mines and other industries, announced today they will review all mining projects that can generate social conflict. The announcement comes after four investment projects were suspended for social protest. […]
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U.S. Border Patrol arrests gang members
Tucson Sentinel.com reported: Arrests Douglas Station agents apprehended a 15-year-old Mexican boy for illegally entering the United States Friday night. He admitted to being a member of the Sureños 13 gang. He was held pending removal. Naco Station agents apprehended a Mexican man Friday for illegally entering the United States. The man claimed to be […]
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Mexico: Gang apprehended with females posing as customers, seducing taxi drivers, then kidnapping them
ESTADO DE MEXICO – Authorities announced that during the operation was managed to arrest five members, which were identified as Hector Facundo Martínez “El Jarocho” 39 years of age, Tomaino Gabriel Cyril “The Gaby “of 27 years, Miriam Hernandez Ana Soriano” The Miriam “of 37 years, Coral Montoya Anaya, 27, Pablo Reyes Martinez, 36, Maria […]
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Bodyguard of President Correa’s mother shot in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Marine Sergeant Louis Botto, is recovered in the Naval Hospital, Guayaquil, after receiving a bullet this weekend in an attempted assault on the citadel Nine of October, south of the city, while escorting the mother of President Rafael Correa. Botto, along with Ronny Rodriguez, Norma Delgado escorts, waiting for it while she was on a […]
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State of Emergency Cajamarca Peru
Given the intransigence of the regional leaders and local authorities to end the strike and blockades that affect the main access roads to Cajamarca, the government decided to declare from the OO: 00 am today a state of emergency for 60 days in the provinces of Cajamarca, Celendín, Hualgayoc and Contai. Read Article
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Increased drug use in Jalisco Mexico
According to the National Survey of Addictions (ENA) 2008, in Jalisco lowered the prevalence of snuff from 27.5% to 21%, still below the national average, which is 23%, the Director of Epidemiological Surveillance System of the State Board of Control of Addictions in Jalisco (CECAJ), Luis Robles Javier Arellano. He indicated that passive smoking issue […]
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Russian tourist attacked in Barranco Peru
A Russian national tourist and guest Peru, were attacked on a street in Barranco by two criminals. Read Article
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Tensions persist in Cajamarca Peru
“Cajamarca is kidnapped and helpless, no one to turn to at this time because we have no authorities, the regional president, the mayor, the governor and lawmakers are leading the protests,” he lamented yesterday Teresa Cave Carriers Organization of Cajamarca. Although the release of the roads to the city of Cajamarca has met after the […]
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Bomb threat at Peruvian University
Nerves were students yesterday at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC), at the headquarters of Surco, were not for the final exams they have to pay but by the news that he had a bomb in that location. Just started college the day, it was reported placing a bomb on the campus of Spring […]
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Two police killed in ambush with grenade while pursuing stolen truckiminals
Two policemen were killed after confronting a group of criminals during an operation conducted in the district of José Leonardo Ortiz, at the height of AA.HH. Paraiso del Norte in the residential Magisterial, at kilometer 773 of the Highway Chiclayo-Lambayeque. The victims were identified as Francisco Pacheco and Jesus Balcazar Gadea Soto, members of the […]
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El Salvador: Murder numbers this year already surpass 2010
When only one month remaining to the end of this year, El Salvador has been the scene of 4.005 murders in different parts of the country. The figure reinforces violent deaths until 30 November, and also shows that victims will be more murders this year, which occurred in 2010 (4.004 in 12 months) Victims of […]
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Two arrested in Mexicali, marijuana, arms, cash
A joint operation between the State Preventive Police (PEP) and the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA), culminated with the arrest of two individuals associated with organized crime, as they were caught with kilos of marijuana, firearms, cartridges and cash, also thanks to this arrest military elements managed to seize a ton of marijuana in Sonoyta. […]
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U.S. embassy in Dominican Republic receives bomb threat
The United States Embassy in Santo Domingo confirmed in a brief statement, which received a bomb threat by telephone. “As is routine in these cases, the Dominican National Police was notified and immediately increased patrols around the embassy and the consulate as a precaution.” Read Article ———————————————— Open Source Intelligence Tool for Latin America ———————————————— […]
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Honduran Air Force officers arrested for threatening citizen with guns while intoxicated
Two officers assigned to the Honduran Air Force (HAF) were arrested by the police while drunk with guns threaten a citizen in an American neighborhood gas station, authorities said.The incident occurred on Thursday night. The detainees are aviation lieutenant, René Reyes Alfonso Romero (25) and Osmin Morales Neptalí Nufio (28). The spokesman of the Ministry […]
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Sonoita, Mexico: Mexican Army seizes 510 kilos of marijuana
The National Defense Secretariat reported that the incident occurred on Thursday, December 1, in the municipality of Plutarco Elias Calles, the second seizure occurred when the soldiers were on a tour of the Cologne Ford, in the town of Sonoita, where they found 100 packages of marijuana weighing 366 gave kilos. The Army did not […]
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Two clandestine oil connections off PEMEX pipeline discovered, Querétaro Mexico
In a span of 48 hours were located two clandestine connections off the pipeline of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in the municipality of San Juan del Rio, qualifying them a high risk, as it was connected to a gas pipeline branch LP. With this pair, add 25 shots that have been uncovered in the course of […]
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Mexico: Large cache of communications equipment confiscated, believed to belong to Zetas
Mexican authorities found 167 antennas, radios 1446 and 1,306 cell phones in a network covering four states dominated by Los Zetas. The equipment was located and seized in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas, and several “members of criminal groups,” those who did not specify details, were arrested. The Department […]
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Mexico: Another narcolaboratory taken down in Jalisco
Military personnel said a clandestine laboratory to manufacture synthetic drugs during a raid in the town of Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, reported the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA). According to research, the events occurred in addressing a citizen’s report stating that in the Palo Colorado ranch were made illegal activities, dependence on a detailed statement. Read Article
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Police force resigns in Caracuaro Mexico, Military seizes control
Effective police of Caracuaro, Michoacan, resigned due to the strong violence in the town, as well as constant threats to the total of the items, so that the Mexican Army seized control of security in this municipality. After the resignation of 14 municipal police, having been ambushed by organized crime and then rescued by military […]
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Peru: Twelve year old girl raped for six years by uncle commits suicide
A 12 year old girl committed suicide by hanging herself with a scarf at her home in Rimac. Before he left a letter in which he said he took that decision because his maternal uncle raped her since she was 6 years and even on one occasion he would have an abortion. Read Article – […]
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Former director of Peruvian airline pleads guilty in U.S. Court for price fixing
A former director of a Peruvian airline pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to integrated a price-fixing with competitors in shipments from the U.S. to Latin America , after the hurricane “Katrina” and “Rita”. George Gonzalez, who was chief Skies Airlines commercial, pleaded guilty in Federal Court Southern District of Florida , which will help you […]
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Cajamarca Peru: Tourists, students and emergency patients evacuate city on military aircraft
On the seventh day of protests against the Conga project in Cajamarca , several tourists, students and people with medical emergency flight civic use military aircraft to leave the city while on the road, food is rotting in trucks stranded. Read Article – Video
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Thousands continue sixth day of protests in Cajamarca, Peru
Thousands of people participated in the seventh day of unemployment in Cajamarca continued despite Yanacocha announced the suspension of Minas Conga project . The regional president, Gregorio Santos, and Wilfredo Saavedra, head of Environmental Defense Coalition, reiterated its hope that the work is declared unfeasible, as they had reported a day earlier. Read Article – […]
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Peru: tourist from Slovenia claims sexual assualt by two shamans (healers) during Ayahuasca ceremony
A tourist from Slovenia claimed she was sexually assualted when she went to a session of Ayahuasca. She assured the police that 2 Atalaya shamans used the ceremony to sexually assaulting her. She and her partner were contacted over the Internet with traditional healers, who were invited to the native community in October Nine Watchtower […]
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Peru, Anti-drug police may suspend efforts to capture two terrorists
The head of the Police Anti-Drug Directorate (Dirandro), Dario Hurtado Cárdenas, would be to order the cessation of intelligence operations carried out from 2007 to capture the terrorist leaders Florindo Flores Hala ‘Artemio’ (which operates in the Alto Huallaga ) and Victor Quispe Palomino “Jose” (which is in the valley of the Apurimac and Ene […]
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Two FARC members killed in clash with Colombian Army
The clashes occurred Sunday night in the canyon country of Tetuan, the township area of San Antonio (South of Tolima). The Sixth Brigade, based in Ibague, reported that the security lent subversive alias ‘Marlon’, leader of the front 21 and were surprised when they planned to install epxlosivos to attack the security forces. Read Article
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70 individuals arrested in mass robbery attempt of market in central Lima
This morning he went to San Andres police station more than 70 people, after being detained by police while attempting to steal the gallery “Los Reyes del Huallaga” in downtown Lima. Read Article – Video
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Mobile phones, laptops major theft items in Quito, Ecuador
Last September, the Metropolitan Council of Quito in the middle received the Minister for Coordination of Internal Security and the Interior, Homero Arellano and Jose Serrano, respectively, to explain that the main concerns on the issue of security are: the escalation of violence in the commission of the robbery at home, the appearance of unusual […]
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La Mariscal tourist district of Quito Ecuador, haven for counterfeit bills and adulterated liquor
Police in Quito have made a recent arrest in the Mariscal district which involved the sale of counterfeit U.S. bills and adulterated liquor which mimics in appearance expensive brands. There has been an influx of counterfeit $5.00, $10.00, and $20.00 denominations being sold for about half of the stated currency. Furthermore in many of the […]
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Brazil military conducting operations along borders with Bolivia, Peru, and Paraguay
Some 6,500 Brazilian soldiers and ships supported by aircraft launched a major operation against illegal drug trafficking, weapons and goods at the borders with Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay, an official confirmed Thursday. Read Article
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Mexico, governor of Sinaloa children taken abroad because of threats
The governor of Sinaloa, Mario Lopez, admitted yesterday that their children brought the country to avoid reprisals from organized groups. “Those who face crime must take risks and take” preventive Valdez Lopez said, noting that the “exercise government today is difficult and dangerous.” Read Article
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Hundreds protest Newmont gold mine in northern Peru
It paralyzed the trade and transport, also canceled classes in the school. The refusal of the people of the mining region of Cajamarca to the operation of a millionaire gold mine for its environmental implications is causing serious problems for the government of Peruvian President, Ollanta Humala. Read Article
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Peruvian soldier killed in narco terrorist attack
A soldier died and two were injured by a terrorist attack on the Union Mantaro base, located in the province of Huanta, Ayacucho. The attack by a column narcosenderista against military post was recorded about 12:45 pm today, according to the Joint Command of the Armed Forces (CCFFAA). Read Article
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Intelligence reports indicate Chavez may be sicker than he admits
Documents from the intelligence services of two countries suggests that cancers of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has spread to his bones and is more aggressive than the government reported. The reports, based on interviews with people who have had access to medical equipment Chavez, probably fed recent rumors that the man who led Venezuela since […]
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Ghost of girl appears in Bogota police department office (Video)
A photo taken by a commissioner of police, caused a stir because he sees the face of a girl. The photograph was taken with the camera of a cell on the morning of Monday, when several police Bosa Station were on duty.Within hours of the morning and review photos in uniform were met with surprise […]
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Colombian troops killed in while protecting coca erradicators
Another of the soldiers was injured after falling into a minefield. The incident occurred in the village of La Onda, rural zone of Tumaco (Nariño). The fact was attributed to Daniel Aldana mobile column of the FARC, which operates in the Pacific region of Nariño, although there are also regional paramilitary groups and drug traffickers. […]
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12,000 poppy plants destroyed by government forces in Ecuador
On Saturday morning, there was the elimination of about 12 000 poppy plants. The illicit cultivation of 5 acres, was located in the community Gustavo Iturralde, Canton Salcedo, Cotopaxi. The Fatherland Special Forces Brigade, along with the National Police Office and proceeded to eradication. Read Article
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President Correa receives death threats via Twitter
The government says it is investigating the death threats that President Rafael Correa said on Saturday to be getting through the social network Twitter.”Yes, we are working on is a topic that is coordinating security minister and obviously is doing coordination between military intelligence with the Ministry of Intelligence and National Police,” said interior minister […]
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Criminal gangs, thieves operating outside of Mall areas in Quito Ecuador
The assaults in and around shopping centers are recurrent in Quito, especially for users who withdraw money from the banking agencies (sacapintas). The Metropolitan Public Safety Observatory (CSOM) reports that this year there were more complaints in the city of sacapintas. From January to September 2009 81 events were reported, while in the same period […]
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A story of growing financial crimes in Central America
BEWARE OF CERTIFIED CHECKS FOR PAYMENT This story tells of a real case. They have changed names and some details have been omitted. THE COMPLAINT. The woman, a woman of small stature, plump, white, freckled cheeks and stained by the sun, sat in front of the detective Financial Crimes Section National Directorate of Criminal Investigation […]
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Open Source Intelligence tool for Latin America, Crowder’s Black Book Spanish Glossary
If you or your firm are involved in foreign media monitoring, analysis or open source intelligence, this tool is designed for your needs. Unless you know what you are looking for you are hampered in your efforts to locate information. Crowder’s Blackbook will provide you the terms and phrases in Spanish and continually updated to […]
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Members of FARC captured in Tolima, Colombia
Thanks to the intelligence work of the National Army troops of the Sixth Brigade in coordination with the National Police and the Attorney General’s Office, captured five individuals who were part of the network of the gang 21 of the FARC in the department Tolima. The military action took place simultaneously in the town of […]
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Mexico, Cuba, Brazil: Why Latin America matters for U.S. national security
It used to be said that if the American economy sneezed, Latin America and the Caribbean would catch a cold. Not so anymore. Despite the great recession of 2008, the region has kept growing and avoided, largely unscathed, the troubles that still ail the United States. Read Article
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Mexican military dismantles Zeta’s communication system
Elements of the Army dismantled a sophisticated communication system of the criminal group Los Zetas, worth around $ 350,000 and arrested four people who were in charge of its operation, according to the National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA).The communication network was in a building of the colony Residencial La Hacienda in Torreon, Coahuila, and was assured […]
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Felon from Guatemala receives two years U.S. Federal Prison for illegal reentry
A Guatemala man arrested earlier this year for attempting to re-enter Arizona illegally has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. Federal prosecutors say Allan Yair Najera-Valenti was apprehended by Nogales Station Border Patrol agents on May 12.Read Article
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Paraguay, 421 kilos of marijuana hidden on barge
The 421 kilos of marijuana were distributed in 17 bags and hidden in the boat 455, a convoy of the international company “ADM,” which was carrying soybeans and corn to the port of Nueva Palmira, Uruguay. Read Article
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Chile: Student protests on Thursday result in nine arrests
The protests of students and teachers held on Thursday in the city of Valparaiso (central Chile) led to the arrest of nine people – two of them minors – while a policeman was injured as a result of the riots that occurred in some areas. Despite these incidents, the governor of Valparaiso, Arturo Longton, called […]
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Tucumán, Argentina bomb threat a hoax at Hotel Savoy
During Thursday night, police were alerted by an alleged bombing of a hotel located in pedestrian Tucumán. After carrying out preventive work claimed that only it was a false alarm. According to sources, Savoy hotel staff received a call at 20.15 on Thursday, warning of a bomb in the building. Given immediately to the police, […]
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Ecuador submarine to go through modernization process in Chile
The B.A.E. “Huancavilca” will undergo modernization. Under a contract signed in January 2008 between the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Ecuador and Shipyards and Arsenals of the Army, Asmara, on 15 November Industrial Plant arrived in Asmara in Talcahuano, the Navy submarine BAE Ecuadorian “Huancavilca”, the second of two class submarines U-209, […]
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13% of FARC members demoblized over nine years are minors
A total of 2962 children, who were part of illegal armed groups in Colombia, were demobilized in the last nine years, revealed today the Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón. According to figures from the Program of Humanitarian Attention to the Demobilized (PADH) of the Government, in these 9 years, a total of 24,303 demobilized […]
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Family of Colombian man extradited to U.S. claims negligence in his death while incarcerated
The family of Sincelejo merchant, John Alexander Mejia Gallego, extradited in May this year the United States, reported on his death in a Florida prison, and denounced the lack of medical care by the system, as responsible. John Alexander Mejia, 29, law student at a university in the capital of Sucre, was captured in May […]
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Ecuadorian soldier killed, two wounded during river operation on border with Colombia
The three soldiers were shot when they spotted a boat carrying fuel tanks presumably, said on Wednesday the Ministry of Defense of Ecuador. The incident occurred at 06.10 local time (11.10 GMT), when the patrol was on a river control at the intersection of the Putumayo and San Miguel. The crew spotted the boat did […]
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Panamanian deported back to Panama from U.S. after 34 year prison sentence
United States extradited to Panama to Louis Robinson, who in 1977 hijacked a bus and tried unsuccessfully to fly to Cuba from New York, but not before killing two people, said Thursday the agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Panamanian Robinson, 61, was taken to his home country on Wednesday by ICE agents after […]
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FARC member suspected of terrorist attacks Bogota, apprehended
Jose Carvajal Patiño, who had at least thirteen years in the Farc and is currently serving as the second leader of the front ‘Antonio Nariño’, which has influence in Bogotá and surrounding areas. Patiño Carvajal, known by the alias of ‘Alda’, is linked in the investigations being conducted by the attacks against Blockbuster video store […]
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Santos warns ‘Timoshenko’ that will suffer the same fate as ‘Alfonso Cano’
The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has warned the new leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry, alias ‘Timoleon Jimenez’ or ‘Timoshenko’, which will suffer the same fate as his predecessor, Guillermo León Saenz, ‘Alfonso Cano’. “I tell the new ‘number one’ of the FARC soon or it will […]
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U.S. authorities discover 370 meter tunnel linking Tijuana to U.S.
U.S. authorities have discovered Wednesday a tunnel of 370 meters used by traffickers to transport drugs from the Mexican city of Tijuana (Baja California) to the U.S. city of San Diego (California), as reported by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The discovery occurred after U.S. authorities arrested the two occupants of a truck that had […]
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Colombia, more than 10,000 arrested to date 2011, for theft and extortion
Dijin director of police, General Carlos Ramiro Mena, said that this year have been captured around 10 thousand 500 people were engaged in theft and extortion of merchants around the country. 24 criminal gangs have also been dismantled.
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Presidents of Colombia and Ecuador to meet in December, security issues
The presidents of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, and Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, will meet on December 19 in Quito to discuss, among other issues, security in the long common border shared by the two South American nations, has confirmed this Wednesday Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin. Read Article
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Colombia, government begins to revoke mining permits from protected areas
The Government started debugging mining rights have been granted in protected areas such as wilderness and national parks.The director of the Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining (Ingeominas), Oscar Paredes Zapata, revealed that he ordered the evacuation of all activity on the Natural Park Yaigojé Apaporis (Amazon and Vaupés), for which a permit was granted […]
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Members of Bulgarian clan taken down in Madrid, large importer of drugs from Latin America
Efectos incautados a las mafias del ocio nocturno en Madrid. 1 Photos The National Police dismantled given by mafia clans who controlled the nightlife within a much larger device launched in 2008 and has dealt a severe blow to organized crime in Spain. In total, as detailed on Thursday Directorate General of Police and Civil […]
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Huge cache of weapons discovered in Favela, Rio de Janeiro
The Special Operations Battalion Brazil Police (BOPE, for its acronym in Portuguese) has arrested nine suspected drug traffickers in the favela of Rocinha, the largest of Rio de Janeiro, where he seized a large arsenal of weapons. Read Article
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Institution reports that security in Colombia is deteriorating
Security and Democracy Centre also ensures that military forces reduce their operations. “The floor of ‘Alfonso Cano’ should not obscure the complex and paradoxical situation of security in Colombia , however, that continues to fall slowly murder, guerrilla actions increase, the operations of the armed forces and most reduced urban safety indicators are deteriorating. ” […]
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Thieves evade police by throwing over 200 caltrops on road, puncturing tires
Three police cars and six passenger cars were the bursting of one of its wheels by the presence of more than 200 miguelitos(caltrops)in Costanera Norte, at the height of the bridge I Saldes launched by criminals who wanted to evade police after a botched robbery to an ATM from a supermarket in Vitacura. Security personnel […]
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Mexico, journalist requests protection from police who assualted, threatened him
Daniel Dominguez, a reporter for El Diario de Juarez and who was beaten by municipal police for taking photographs of a police operation, the authorities demanded guarantees for their safety during the lawsuit filed against their attackers. On Friday, November 11, about 9:40 am, Dominguez left the headquarters of his newspaper to the offices of […]
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140 Central American immigrants discovered truck trailer, Chiapas Mexico
Crammed. The 140 immigrants traveled in crowded box trailer. A group of soldiers on Sunday found 140 Central American immigrants hidden in a truck traveling in the town of Tonala, Chiapas, southern Mexico, the National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA). The military stopped the truck at a checkpoint for a review and, when inspecting the vehicle, they […]
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Meth lab taken down in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico
Camouflaged as livestock, for a year and a half to process narcolaboratorio operated a methamphetamine, at Rancho San Francisco in Almoloya de Juarez, which was dismantled on Saturday morning by the Mexican Army and where did the arrest of a person originating Michoacan. Read Article
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Anonymous continues attack on Ecuador other Latin American nations
President Rafael Correa was about to start your link citizen when his presidential website was attacked. Like thousands of people went to see his speech broadcast live, the site was down for over two hours. August 10 was the first time the government of Ecuador was attacked by Anonymous, hacker group, police said. Cybercrime has […]
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Bolivian police in 20 hour firefight with Colombian narcos in National Park
Elite troops of the Mobile Rural Patrol Unit (UMOPAR) yesterday took control of a narcolaboratorio was found a day earlier in the Isiboro Secure park in Beni territory, after 20 hours of combat with Colombian drug traffickers. There they found the body of a sniper. Drug Trafficking. Take narcolaboratorio obtained yesterday in Santa Rosa del […]
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Former member of Shining Path captured using false identity
After three months of painstaking research, the police Special Operations Division, Directorate Against Terrorism (DIRCOTE) were able to identify, capture location and Philip Corn Corn (42), former member of Shining Path. The hiker had been a long time to evade capture have changed identity. Now Robinson called himself Hector Robles Díaz, and had even registered […]
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Police destory fifteen hectares marijuana in Chinchao, Peru
Marijuana crops were burned by the police drug The plantations were ready for harvest Police destroyed 15 hectares of marijuana in Chinchao In a well-posed and operating huge three-day, which mobilized more effective than thirty specialized Drug Tactical Operations Department (depot) of Tingo Maria, the police destroyed 15 hectares of marijuana (cannabis sativa) the variety […]
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Colombia: Narcotics police destroy 24 drug processing laboratories
The narcotics police destroyed 24 laboratories for processing cocaine base belonging to criminal gangs and guerrillas of the FARC and ELN, the official said on Monday. General Luis Alberto Perez, commander of the Narcotics Police, said at a news conference that the laboratories were located in the northern departments of Antioquia, Bolivar, Cordoba and Sucre, […]
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Mexico, politicians urge review of safety protocols for official travel
As an “unfortunate coincidence”, “bad luck”, something they hope to “be an accident”, “a fact that only God knows what was” rated air event where Francisco Blake Mora and 7 people, including his communications director Alfredo Garcia Medina, were killed. This context calls for an examination of various officials, who consider it urgent to review […]
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