Alien filmed in Brazil

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Mexico: visibility due to cloud cover may have contributed to helicopter crash, killing Interior Minister and others

President Felipe Calderon said that due to cloudy conditions prevailing at the time was flying the helicopter, where he traveled the Interior Minister, Francisco Blake Mora and six other officials, could be the cause of an accident. In a message from Los Pinos, the president said the helicopter “was always guarded at all times and […]

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Venezuela, authories rescue catcher from Washington Nationals

Venezuelan authorities said Friday the rescue of the player Major League Baseball, Wilson Ramos. Justice Minister Tarek El Aissami, state television said Ramos is “safe.” The catcher of the Washington Nationals was kidnapped on Wednesday in the family home located in a working class neighborhood in the state of Carabobo, about 150 kilometers west of […]

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Colombia, Cofán Indigenous group threatened

In a case reminiscent of the movie Avatar, a tree symbolic to the Cofán people of southern Colombia is threatened by construction of a military base. The base is the latest in a string of incursions that have squeezed the Cofán into a smaller and smaller area in the Guamuez Valley region of Putumayo, near […]

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Peru, police destroy bunker of drug chemicals in Tingo María(Video)

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Argentina: three pilots remain in custody over “death flights”

The Federal Court of Buenos Aires on Friday confirmed the order processing and detention against three pilots and a lawyer for his involvement in so-called “death flights,” a strategy of extermination of opponents used in the last military dictatorship in Argentina ( 1976-1983). The expilotos Alejandro D’Agostino, Enrique José de Saint Georges and Daniel Mario […]

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Russian citizen wanted by Russian authorities arrested Guayaquil, Ecuador

The National Police reported the arrest of a Russian citizen Igor Pribytkov, 50, who is wanted for extradition by the Russian authorities. INTERPOL had issued a Red Notice for the Russian. Col.. Marcelo Tobar, Head of the Judicial Police (PJ) of Guayas, said Pribytkov was arrested at 13:30 yesterday, Wednesday, at Avenida Francisco de Orellana, […]

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Man from the United States arrested for hydroponic marijuana lab, Costa Ricao

Costa Rica U.S. stops hydroponic marijuana laboratory A Costa Rican court issued four months of preventive detention for an American arrested on suspicion of maintaining an advanced laboratory hydroponic marijuana production, reported local media on Thursday. The American, identified by the surname Sage-Rodger by the authorities, operated the laboratory in a house located in a […]

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Costa Rica: police break up drug trafficking group

Judicial officers raided a house Thursday night in Guápiles Pococí, in order to dismantle a drug trafficking group operating in the canton of Limón. Although officials sought to capture three men, in the end they only arrested one because the other two escaped. Read Article

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German company investigated for arms sales to Mexico

Notisistema.com reported a German prosecutor is investigating the company Heckler & Koch for allegedly corrupt Mexican and German authorities for selling weapons to Mexico. This morning we were raided the offices of the arms manufacturer to check for possible corruption. This is the second investigation in one year. Read Article

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Quito, Ecuador: bomb threat, government building evacuated

Eluniverso.com reported that occupants were evacuated today from a government building (IESS)on Avenida 10 de Agosto, a main thoroughfare in central Quito. There are reports that the alarm came on floors 5 and 7 of the institution, in the Ecuadorian capital. Police closed the street traffic Juan Salinas due to bomb alert, so around the […]

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Nuevo Laredo, Mexico: Man beheaded for reporting against crime on social networks

A man who allegedly used the Internet to make complaints against organized crime was found beheaded today, handcuffed and with signs of torture in the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo, police said.This is the fourth person who is murdered in this city bordering Texas (United States) to use online social networks to denounce the activities […]

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Brazil, most wanted drug lord in Rio de Janeiro captured

Brazil Police on Thursday seized Bonfim Antonio Lopes, alias Nem, the drug kingpin “most wanted Rio de Janeiro” the sources said security force. Nem served as the leader of Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio, in the southeast. Through a statement, the Brazilian police confirmed the arrest of Nem, 35, around midnight on Thursday “in […]

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Colombia, 1200 guerrillas captured during Santos term in presidency

The President Juan Manuel Santos, highlighted the results achieved by the institution in the fight against the guerrillas, criminal gangs and crime in the past 15 months. According to the president, from the August 7 last year the police have captured 1,247 fighters in total, and stressed that police operations have been neutralized as an […]

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Colombia, employees riot at Ecopetrol facilities

The peaceful day of protest by workers of the state oil degenerated into riots in Barrancabermeja and Cartagena, leaving a toll of 26 people injured, three of them seriously. The employees, alleging breach of employment agreements, called a paralysis of 24 hours nationwide. In Barrancabermeja, around 9 am, clashed with riot squads of police throwing […]

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14 fake ballots found on the streets of Morelia, Mexico

Were found yesterday in the streets of Morelia, 14 ballots apocryphal. Dicho evento ya ha sido discutido por los funcionarios electorales y partidistas de la entidad de Michoacán , descartando cualquier posible irregularidad. This event has already been discussed by partisan election officials and the institution of Michoacan , ruling out any possible irregularity. The […]

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Bogota Colombia: Man arrested transporting counterfeit HIV drugs

The alleged seller was arrested at the Mall Hayuelos when carrying, authorities say fake drugs for patients of HIV / AIDS. On Tuesday night October 18, 2011, a man was captured in Bogotá a person of 43 years that supposedly marketed fake drugs for patients with HIV / AIDS. According to Major Jose Luis Palomino, […]

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Sinaloa Mexico, authorities have confiscated 360,000 pirated CD,DVD’s in 2011

According to debate.com.mx, authorities to date in 2011, have confiscated 360,000 pirated CD’s and DVD’s, in the Mexican State of Sinaloa. Read Article

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Argentina, man taken into custody,suspect in possible pedophile ring

The operation was carried out this morning Buenos Aires and the Metropolitan Police. They kidnapped a computer and a host of CD and DVD.The case began in Maharashtra and investigate whether it is part of a pedophile ring and corruption of minors.An elderly man was arrested this morning in Berisso suspected of pedophilia, while we […]

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Ecuador to add 4000 police to ranks in 2012

Finance Minister, Patricio Rivera, reported that a large part of the increase in personnel costs for next year is explained by an increase of 4 000 police officers to the ranks of security. According to the pro forma 2012, submitted by the Executive to the Assembly, the personnel costs (payment of salaries to bureaucracy) will […]

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Mexico, number of deaths of children alarming in war against organized crime

More than a thousand children under 18 have died in the fight against organized crime, denounced the executive director of the Network for the Rights of Children in Mexico (Redim), Juan Martín Pérez García, who stressed that the figures have increased, for while in 2007 there were 5.3 homicides of children per 100 000 inhabitants […]

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Mayor suspect in assault on newspaper “El Buen Tono”, Mexico

Excelsior published today that the owner of El Buen Tono, Cordoba, Veracruz, Jose Abella Garcia, said that three people have identified the group of arsonists who attacked the premises of the newspaper during the early hours of Sunday. In an interview in Image Group, Abella said the journalist had “a private television circuit, and the […]

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Argentina to begin biometric identification program for all Argentines January 1, 2012

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced yesterday that from 1 January next year all babies born in hospitals in the country not only be identified through fingerprints and toes, but also by the biometric system with photos of the face. In addition, he announced that in future the process will be mandatory for all citizens, […]

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Counterfeit Euros showing up in Formosa, Argentina

elcomercial.com.ar has reported that there are cases of counterfeit Euros being reported to police in Formasa, Argentina. Read Article

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Guatemala using technology to fight narco-trafficking

The government is taking its fight against narco-trafficking to the sky. The C4i (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence) system will have the ability to take aerial shots, which will assist law enforcement officials to identify areas that are hotbeds for drug activity. But it also will assist meteorologists because the system will help them […]

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Armed group assaults newspaper premises in Veracruz, Mexico

A group of armed people stormed the premises on Sunday in a newspaper of the state of Veracruz, sprinkled petrol and set on fire in an incident that left only property damage, state officials reported. The fire in the newspaper “El Buen Tono”, the city of Cordoba and newly opened, damaged some interior areas and […]

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Venezuela, prison employees banned from using cell phones

As of NOvember 7, 2011, employees within the national prison system will be prohibited from using their cell phones. The inter-relations director of the agency, Francisco Solorzano said the administrative action seeks to create greater peace in prisons. “We all know that cell phones are a distraction for the job. I am a director in […]

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Chile begins program to make stealing of cell phones less attractive

The campaign, conducted in conjunction with phone companies Claro, Entel and Movistar, are four TV spots and three radio to be played on media. The measure, which was adopted by all companies for the category by a decree coordinated by the Government, aims to inhibit the cell phone theft, a crime which in 2010 reached […]

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Morelos Mexico: Increase in number of assaults, robberies by pirate taxis

Leaders confirmed that transport has increased the number of users who are assaulted by illegal cab drivers. Dealers without fixed route public transportation (taxi) alerted the public on criminals posing as drivers to rob people and let them run in remote areas. Lara Victor Alarcon, president of the Confederation of the State of Morelos Taxis, […]

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Cameraman killed in police operation in Favela, Rio de Janeiro

A cameraman for the Brazilian TV network Bandeirantes died on Sunday shot dead in a police operation in a slum in the western suburbs of Rio, the group said in a statement. Wounded in the chest, Gelson cameraman Domingos, 46, who covered the operation of the Special Operations Battalion (Bope) in the favela of Antares, […]

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FARC vows to continue armed struggle despite death of Cano

The death of alias “Alfonso Cano” has been described as the heaviest blow they have received the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). However, experts on the subject Colombian rule out that the attack was the final blow on the guerrilla group in the midst of great uncertainty, struggle to be reconfigured.Indeed, yesterday cleared the […]

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Buenos Aires Argentina, nine arrested in taxi scam involving counterfeit currencyging counterfeit currency for

Justice and the Federal Police arrested nine people accused of falsifying notes and introduce them to market via taxi passengers, who were exchanged for real dollars. Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio raided 11 homes this week in the Federal Capital and Greater Buenos Aires where the defendants were arrested in the seizure of spurious notes and […]

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Colombia, large counterfeiter of U.S. currency shut down, over two million dollars in circulation

Although the facade was a modest business printing of flyers and calendars, in fact it was one of the most powerful dedicated illegal printing counterfeit U.S. dollars and documents. During the raid conducted at the place, located in the neighborhood of Las Acacias of Suba, the DAS managed the seizure of more than two million […]

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Colombia’s exports up substantially in September compared to 2011

According to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, Dane, revealed yesterday, exports in September amounted to U.S. $ 4,481.8 million, while in the same month last year the amount was U.S. $ 3,291.2 million. The 56.3% increase in traditional exports from U.S. $ 1,968.3 million in September 2010 to U.S. $ 3,075.6 million in […]

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Colombian Navy in joint operation takes down semisubersible craft off of Cartagena

The Navy reported yesterday the seizure, 50 miles off the coast of Cartagena, a semisubmersible capable of loading up a ton of cocaine. The ship’s captain, Andrew Vasquez, Chief of Naval Force in the Caribbean, said the seizure was possible thanks to a joint operation between the navies of the United States and Colombia. Read […]

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Alfonso Cano, leader of FARC dies in bombing by Colombia troops

BBC reported that Defense Minister of Colombia, Juan Carlos Pinzón, confirmed in the early hours of Saturday at a news conference in Bogota the death of Alfonso Cano, top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). According to Finch, the guerrilla leader of 63 years died after a bombing in a mountainous region […]

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Human Rights Watch expresses concern of ex paramilitary who made statements about President Uribe

In a letter to Justice Minister Juan Carlos Esguerra, Jose Miguel Vivanco requests protection for those who have given statements against the president Alvaro Uribe.In a letter to Justice Minister Juan Carlos Esguerra, director of Human Rights Watch, José Miguel Vivanco, expressed concern about the safety of P aul Hernan Garcia and Juan Guillermo Sierra […]

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Arms dealer convicted of attempted arms sales to FARC

Following a three-week trial, a federal jury in New York City convicted a top international arms dealer, Viktor Bout, yesterday for conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) — a designated foreign terrorist organization based in Colombia. The trial revealed that the weapons were to […]

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Operation Against FARC in Panama

A camp was destroyed and two narco-terrorists suspected of belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were arrested as the result of two clashes between units of the Panamanian National Border Service (Senafront) and Colombian irregulars. The clashes took place near the Tuira River in the jungle community of Madugandí, in the province […]

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Colombia, students protest education reform

Total support college students were calling for the withdrawal of the Congress of the law reform bill 30, 1992, at the hearing of political control that Senator Alexander López cited to know the reasons that the community has to reject the proposal that was filed by the Government. For more than two hours, the Education […]

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Taxi driver Guayaquil, Ecuador accused of robbing and raping three passengers

A taxi driver was arrested yesterday afternoon, Monday, after being accused of stealing and raping several women in Guayaquil. The man, who lived in Duran, worked in Guayaquil and seized the races had to abuse his passengers.According to the version of the complainants, the driver hit the women several times in the face and back […]

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More Americans being killed in Mexico

Two Americans were shot several times inside his car while waiting to cross the San Ysidro border crossing in Tijuana, three teenagers from El Paso were killed while eating tacos in Ciudad Juarez, and another American was shot on a road in San Luis Potosi, although his murderers identified himself as a broker in the […]

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ARC New Report: 5,100 children in U.S. foster care, parents detained or deported

Key Findings: There are at least 5,100 children currently living in foster care who are prevented from uniting with their detained or deported parents. If nothing changes, 15,000 more children may face a similar fate in the next 5 years. This is a growing national problem, not one confined to border jurisdictions or states– ARC […]

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Argentina: Train strikes school bus, at least 7 dead

Tragedy strikes the town of Zanjitas, in San Luis. A train crashed this afternoon against a bus that had about 42 girls between 10 and 12 years and caused at least seven people, six students and the rector of St. Mary’s parochial school in the capital of the province, according to the channel C5N Carlos […]

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Honduras, organized crime groups threatens attack of prison

Armed groups belonging to organized crime and drug trafficking, have threatened to attack the facilities of the National Penitentiary Marco Aurelio Soto (PNMAS) to try to free his cronies who are imprisoned in the jail, said yesterday the center’s director, Marvin Rajo. The police and military who protect modules are very high security alerts about […]

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Mexico, proposals made to eliminate baby stealing in hospitals

In denouncing the existence of criminal gangs to steal your babies in public and private hospitals, the Chamber of Deputies, will try to become law, the installation of surveillance cameras in operating rooms and corridors of the hospitals, as well as placing electronic bracelets the little ones. In the analysis prepared by the advisory bodies […]

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Mexican government aims to stop smuggling on the Suchiate River

The government of the state and federal security agencies, continue with the relocation of traders work irregular kept sales of contraband into the country on rafts down the river Suchiate. In an operation took peaceful possession of federal lands bordering the river Suchiate, to prevent the transit of goods to evade taxes when entering and […]

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Chile, man dressed as clown on Halloween assaults casino, captured

The guy who dressed as a clown and attacked the Monticello Casino on the night of Halloween , on the morning of Tuesday, fulfilled work as a security guard on site. Image Cristián Poblete assaulted 27 years collectors that casino bingo, subtracting nearly nine million dollars, in addition to firing a gun blanks into the […]

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Manta, Ecuador – six police detained in disappearance of two youths

The death of young Danilo B. and Louis J. splashes to the police. Yesterday, Judge Jose Pillasagua ordered six police custody for investigations, after the prosecution considers, at the arraignment hearing in the Judicial Police, that there would be evidence of stakeholder involvement in the disappearance of young on 16 October in Manta. Read Article

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Police commander in Cabo San Lucas murdered

The commander of the state police killings in the south of this entity, Martin Marquez Ruiz, was shot dead this morning by hooded individuals who fled, said the Attorney General of the State. Read Article

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Two killed in shootout in resort city of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

A Marine and a suspect were killed and three policemen were injured in a clash in the resort of Los Cabos, in Baja California, northwestern Mexico, officials said. The Department of the Navy said in a statement that the confrontation occurred yesterday when Navy personnel supported police state of Baja California Sur facing a group […]

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155 complaints filed across Colombia for election violations

At the end of election day, the Attorney General received a total of 155 complaints nationwide about possible election crimes or difficult to exercise the right to vote for logistical reasons. Of these 140 were for complaints regarding the conduct of the elections, while 15 were questions about voter registration and polling place.Discriminated Public Ministry […]

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Woman arrested selling antibiotics, other medicines from Central America, in California

A woman was arrested Friday afternoon after she was found selling antibiotics out of her minivan trunk on a San Rafael street, police said. Around 12:30 p.m. police received a complaint about a woman selling items from the back of her car in the 300 block of Canal Street. When police arrived at the location […]

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Notorious “Rambo” of gang Los Rastrojos taken down in Cartagena

In just twelve hours, Hector Salcedo Torrenegra, aka Rambo, killed five people in Cartagena and Barranquilla. The offender, aged 21, is identified as the most bloodthirsty killer in the service of criminal gang ‘Los Rastrojos’ in the Eroica. His extensive criminal record including, police, murder, theft, illegal possession of firearms and conspiracy. Read Article

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Colombia, two members of ‘Los Urabeños’ detained for murder of 10 people

The authorities confirmed the arrest of two persons belonging to the criminal gang ‘Los Urabeños’ among those arrested are known as “Lucho”, second leader of the organization, accused of being the perpetrator of the disappearance and subsequent murder of 10 people on 24 April in the municipality of Sopetrán. Read Article

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GREEN ALERT Antioquia, Colombia for October 30th with elections

Declared today, the Green Alert Antioquia hospital as emergency response plan to accompany the electoral exercise next Sunday October 30. In addition, in coordination with the Administrative Department for Prevention, Care and Disaster Recovery-DAPARD, were put in place contingency plans for health emergencies winter and criminal acts, to respond to emergencies, emergencies and disasters that […]

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Two soldiers killed, 11 wounded in minefield Cauca, Colombia

There are two soldiers are missing in rural area of Caldono. The incident occurred at 11:15 am on Friday, when the troops landed at the village of La Palma in Caldono, to register a FARC camp that was bombed. According to General Miguel Ernesto Perez Guarnizo, commander of the Third Army Division, the troops entered […]

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Raul Castro meets with Chinese military leader

Cuba’s President Raul Castro and Vice President of the Central Military Commission of China, Col. Gen. Guo Boxiong, emphasized the excellent state of the relationship between the two nations, state television reported today. Castro received Thursday at the Palace of the Revolution Guo Boxiong, who was accompanied by Ambassador of China in Cuba, Liu yugin […]

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Paraguay orders halt to start of airport workers strike

The Paraguayan government ordered a halt to the start of an airport workers strike scheduled for midnight on Thursday to ensure traffic to the Ibero-American Summit at the weekend. However, unionists who reject a law authorizing the granting of the major airports said they will proceed with the measure and would appeal against the official […]

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Cocaine, methamphetamine arrived in Australia in Mexican beer shipment

Federal police say they’ve broken up an international drug syndicate after discovering 55kg of cocaine and methamphetamines in a shipment of beer from Mexico. The drugs, with an estimated wholesale value of up to $14 million, were concealed as liquid in 44 cartons of Cucapa beer in a shipment that arrived at the Port of […]

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Cocaine being shipped in steel tubes, Santa Cruz Bolivia

The second phase of the investigation of white Ivory operating a deposit of 14 th Street neighborhood of La Colorada was surprising to the agents of the Special Force to Fight (FELCN), because they found cocaine hidden in export through tubes difficult to penetrate steel. A week ago in the same place, where a giant […]

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Argentina diplomat tells UN body that Great Britain defies South America

UK “defies South America” when it denies Argentina Malvinas sovereignty “Great Britain defies the whole of South America not allowing Argentina to patrol its own waters and denies South America the right to exercise sovereignty over a space which naturally belongs to her”, said ambassador Argüello during a conference at an Italian university to celebrate […]

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Police seize 300 kilos of high grade cocaine in Cali, Colombia

The National Police intercepted a shipment of 300 kilos of cocaine of high purity which belonged to the gang of ‘combo’. The drugs were hidden in a compartment immersed in the cooling system of a tourist bus. Upon inspection the bus, DIJIN staff discovered a mechanism by which packets of cocaine were driven one after […]

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Tension heats up between Argentina and Britain over Falklands(Malvinas)

In a new episode of tension between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the Falklands, the Government reiterated tonight his “rejection of the British military presence in Argentine territory and maritime areas of the South Atlantic,” after he knew about the displacement of a warship to the area. Read Article

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Gang of police officers arrested for assaults on 9 banks, Chihuahua, Mexico

The band of robbers who commanded the state police Marco Antonio Muñoz Rodriguez attacked at least nine bank branches in recent months, which won a prize of half a million pesos, according to the Directorate of Security Municipal Public. Read Article

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Chilean pilots aquitted after flying near Peruvian air base, suspected of spying

Chilean pilots Hernan Alberto Robledo Jequier and Arnaldo Gilberto Roa, arrested on August 25 in Arequipa helicopter overflight near the air base of La Joya, were acquitted. As reported by the Bío-Bío radio, and Robledo Jequier Roa, who were investigated by the Attorney General for the alleged crime against national security, in the form of […]

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Officials believe members of Sinaloa Cartel working in Ecuador

In the different operations carried out last week to dismantle a drug gang attended by alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel found a white truck, PZP-531 plate, which was seen during the time of the surveillance operation “Pacific “. Hidden compartment located in vehicle used for drugs. No drugs located in the vehicle. Read Article

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Six Judicial Police in Santo Domingo Ecuador arrested, linked with criminal gang

Six members of the Judicial Police in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas were arrested for allegedly being linked with a band of robbers cargo transport. Manuel Chacón agents, Jorge Guajara Buenaño Charles Darwin Arias, Luis Cabrera and Jose goodness is held at the Provisional Detention Center of Santa Martha, and envidencias after complaints that were […]

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BACRIM is threat in Pereira, Colombia

Serious complaints about alleged threats from the self-styled criminal band ‘La Cordillera’ have been given in Pereira, where they assure that the members of this criminal group are forcing citizens to withdraw neighborhoods political propaganda. So says the senator and president of the Party of the U in Risaralda, Carlos Enrique Soto, who had expressed […]

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UN urges stronger protection of Mexican journalists after another three murders

Condemning the murders of three women journalists in Mexico over the past month, the United Nations agency that defends press freedom today pressed for stronger measures to halt the frequent violence against reporters in the Latin American country. “I urge the authorities to take all possible measures to improve the safety of journalists and bring […]

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Evolution of Narco-Submarine in Colombia

Although the Navy considers the semi-submersibles and “submarines” to transport cocaine and heroin as “death chambers” drug dealers every day looking for new technologies that allow them to circumvent national and international authorities. In 1993, the intelligence services of the Navy laid bare the first semi-submersible used to transport cocaine, Much time has passed and […]

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Colombia: BACRIM selling adulterated liquor to finance activities

Emerging criminal gangs forcing shop owners to buy their liquor. The extortion and even threaten them with death. This business allows them to finance other criminal activities. A study by the University of Antioquia, released by El Tiempo revealed that these criminal groups from Colombia promoted the sale of adulterated drinks. “The shopkeepers and traders […]

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Jalisco, Mexico: Clandestine group transporting 15,000 liters stolen fuelto

After continuing with the investigation of an anonymous tip reported in which several vehicles were parked heavy in an area to remove what was presumed hydrocarbon Ayotlan municipality. Military personnel entered through a gap that was surrounded by corn fields near the entrance of the town mentioned, where a truck located Torton white type, which […]

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Bogota, Colombia: explosive device kills two police officers

Caracol.com.co reported that an explosive device detonated this morning in the Avenida Carrera 80 with Villavicencio, south of Bogota, which killed two policemen dead. The area has been cordoned off and cuased panic among residents of the Kennedy sector. Incident happened at 12:30 am according to other sources.Read Article

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Argentina, Chinese Mafia demanding protection money of $70,000, “or we will kill you”

Just as our country entered the drug cartels, the Mafia also entered China. The police has not taken much. As entrepreneurs and business extortion, shot and killed citizens of that country or Taiwan. It seems that this is not enough reason to seriously address. What will happen when the Mafia, wild and violent, grow and […]

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Armed force to remain in favelas of Rio de Janeiro until June 2012

Brazil extended until June 2012, the Armed Forces operations in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, military occupation for almost a year in order to ensure security in these areas before the 2014 World Cup, the government said Monday. “We know that the work of pacification of the communities is among the primary tasks of […]

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Colombia, suspected FARC communique threatened University Presidents

The presidents of six public higher education institutions in Antioquia were threatened in a statement allegedly made by the FARC, in which the declared military targets continue working and teaching against the various student assemblies to protest against the reform education. Read Article

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Texas Border Security: A Strategic Military Assessment

Gen. McCaffrey and Gen. Scales – Prepared Report for the Texas Department of Agriculture During the past two years the state of Texas has become increasingly threatened by the spread of Mexican cartel organized crime. The threat reflects a change in the strategic intent of the cartels to move their operations into the United States. […]

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Argentina, Peruvian transvestite dies after being set on fire in dispute with partner

A Peruvian travesti 38, who was facing death from the 16th of October, when he was doused with fuel and set alight in a house in Berisso, died yesterday at the Hospital San Martin, told this newspaper sources courts. Recall that the victim, identified as Luis Chichay Cano, aka “The Key”, had 60 percent of […]

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Guayaquil, Quito, survey of 1200 shows all were a victim of some type of crime

A survey of 1 200 people showed that in the last 12 months, all met a victim of crime. Guayaquil has staged sit-ins against the insecurity and violence for more than four times. The last one took place last Friday at Centennial Park. However, the circle of people who have been victims of both phenomena […]

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Chinese military leadership visit Cuba, Colombia, and Peru

The vice president of China’s Central Military Commission, Guo Boxiong, today began a tour that will travel in Cuba, Colombia and Peru, in response to the official visit made to their Latin American counterparts Asian country , the official Xinhua news agency reported. Guo, invited by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba and the Ministries […]

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Border dispute between Oaxaca and Chiapas States, Mexico

The vice coordinator of the PRI deputies, Heliodoro Diaz, requested that the Secretariat of Agrarian Reform install, immediately, a dialogue to resolve the border dispute between Oaxaca and Chiapas in the area of Los Chimalapas. Chiapas Gov. Juan Sabines, asked to withdraw immediately its forces from Oaxaca state’s territory and the representative of Oaxaca, Gabino […]

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Arsenal of weapons and amunition discovered by Mexican navy in Colima and Navojoa

The Sixth Region Secretary of the Navy Navy of Mexico, located in Manzanillo, in an operation involving more than 100 items, armored vehicles and a helicopter, secured in the town of Cerro de Ortega, a town of Tecoman, Colima, an arsenal and arrested six alleged members of the New Generation Jalisco cartel, which had been […]

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Nine tons of marijuana belonging to FARC seized in Cauca

Colombia Police seized 9 tons of marijuana in the department of Cauca (southwest), which he said belonged to the Sunday Marxist FARC guerrillas and were to be transported to Central America. The drug was found on Saturday in a house in a rural area of ​​Corinth (Cauca) and have a black market value of $ […]

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Military Batallion to arrive in Arauca Colombia to combat insecurity

President Juan Manuel Santos, sent his greetings of condolences to the families of soldiers killed and wounded and admitted that there were flaws in security protocols, both in attack in rural area of ​​Tame, Arauca, and Tumaco, Nriño, the last Friday. “These facts, in Tumaco, on Friday and yesterday Arauca, which left 20 soldiers dead, […]

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Woman attempts to smuggle date rape drug into U.S. at Nogales entry

Nogalesinternational.com reported a Nogales woman was arrested Wednesday on charges that she tried to smuggle an animal tranquilizer that’s also used as a date-rape drug into the United States from Mexico.The unidentified 25-year-old woman was trying to enter the United States through a pedestrian lane at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry when U.S. Customs […]

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Border Bandits Strike Again, Arizona – Mexico Border

Nogalesinternational.com reported, migrants crossing illegally into the U.S. from Mexico were once again the target of borderland bandits, who this time struck near the abandoned mining town of Ruby in western Santa Cruz County. Nine alleged victims told sheriff’s deputies that they were traveling with four other undocumented immigrants on the night of Oct. 17 […]

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Shadow Wolves of ICE locate pot on Tohono O’odham Reservation, U.S.

Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations seized 3,788 pounds of marijuana on the Tohono O’odham Nation on Friday, ICE announced Monday. Officers from HSI’s Shadow Wolves unit, which tracks smuggling activity, followed tire tracks from two vehicles through the desert near Ventana and found a pickup truck hidden in brush and […]

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Mexico military discovers elements of apparent fake army near border with U.S.

Abandoned vehicle and found military tactical gear, solar cells, gun and other implements. False fleeing military to be discovered by members of the National Defense Secretariat, leaving behind a pickup truck, late model, and within the unit had tactical gear, military style remote tracking equipment, solar cells, devices radio communication, marijuana residue, a kind weapon […]

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DEA disagrees with Bolivian claims of no Mexican, Colombian cartels present

Government authorities yesterday dismissed the presence in the country of international drug cartels hours after the death of a police Umopar in a clash with drug traffickers in a cocaine lab found in the Tipnis and after the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency U.S.) issued a report of its intelligence agencies that Mexican cartels have extended […]

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Negotiations between inmates at Tocuyito and Venezuelan government, at standstill

Tocuyito paralyzed Dialogue is broken in case of kidnapping Tocuyito jail between prisoners and authorities. Prisoners say the Ministry of Corrections and President Chavez as responsible for the situation. This Friday were frozen the negotiations between the inmates Tocuyito and national authorities. A total of 52 workers remain in captivity, as leverage to ensure compliance […]

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Ecuador, President declares area of Chone security zone, expropriation of land continues

President Rafael Correa decided yesterday, via executive decree, declaring the project construction zone Multi Chone (IHPM) in Rio Grande, Manabi, and security restricted area. Meanwhile, in the afternoon, villagers in the area weathered the policing and took possession of the land expropriated and the citizen Alfredo Zambrano last Tuesday where he played an eviction operation […]

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Ecuador, low numbers from the coast choose law enforcement as a career

This makes it difficult to run the presidential decree to end the so-called ‘pass’, and the gendarme work in the same city where he resides with his family. To reverse this trend, the Police made a new call to graduate students in the coastal province of Guayas, interested in joining the police ranks. The idea […]

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New anti-trafficking in humans office opens in Tijuana, Mexico

Human trafficking, also known as trafficking and exploitation of human beings, was hardly considered a crime when he entered the penal code in 2007.In July came into effect a new law that makes the research, who are responsible for the victim and the creation of special units, among other legal elements.Last spring, the City of […]

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Adulterated liquor continues to be problem in Barranquilla, Colombia

Snow and Rebolo, two populous neighborhoods southeast of Barranquilla, have continued to be the epicenter of the underground factories of adulterated liquor, according to reports from the Metropolitan Police. The remark was made evident a couple of days ago when researchers Sijin, in coordination with the prosecutor, made operational in two houses accurate, achieving seize […]

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Chile, students occupy Congress building

Dozens of students and other protesters in Chile occupied the Congress building in Santiago during a Senate committee debate on next year’s education budget. Police sealed off the entrance to prevent more protesters entering. Read Article

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Mexico, military suicides increase

Some 82 elements of the Mexican Army and 14 Navy have committed suicide, and many more have tried, since the crime-fighting began, orchestrated by Felipe Calderon. This makes it known to the weekly Proceso, who filed by Transparency Act to the secretariats of National Defense (SEDENA) and Navy (Semar) information about the members of the […]

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U.S. Intelligence group hopes to predict revolutions in Latin America

Some hedge funds already use Twitter and other social networks to ‘predict’ fluctuations in the stock market. Now a U.S. government agency is to use the social network to attempt to predict revolutions. Iarpa – the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity – hopes to be able to predict ‘unexpected’ events such as revolutions using a […]

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80 border crossings used by drug traffickers between Paraguay and Argentina

There are over 80 border crossings used by traffickers. Until the end of August there were 650 drug raids. Seized 25 tons of cannabis and arrested 42 people. 90% of prison inmates Candelaria are “mules”. At that time the Paraná mirror reflects only shade, water boatmen earn sheer necessity. Rowing load hurry and fear, unable […]

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