A U.S. citizen who was kidnapped last week from his home in Haiti’s capital was freed Tuesday after police surrounded his captors’ hideout, a Haitian police official said. Read Article
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ElTiempo.com reported that a foreigner, Richard Anthony Mambre, 68, was rescued Tuesday afternoon after eleven days in custody. DAS and CTI carried out the rescue the man who was staying in Santa Marta for three months after coming from Curacao. The victim was able to phone emergency without being detected by his captors. The call […]
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Scappini Dalia Campos, a young woman of 31 years, finds missing since Tuesday morning at approximately 7:30 pm in Asuncion on the way to your workplace. His car was intercepted by another that went down the alleged kidnappers. The vehicle was abandoned Dalia hours later at Havana neighborhood Espinoza. There was a telephone call from […]
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La Compania Anonima Nacional de Industrias Militares (Cavim) developed the Catatumbo sniper rifle to be used by special elements of snipers in a war of resistance. The gun is presented in three versions manufactured by the caliber: 7.62 x 39 mm, 7.62 mm and 7.62 x 51 x 54 mm, locally produced. Read Article
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Iran is considering anti-aircraft missile systems to receive long-range S-300 through Venezuela, in the case of an unsuccessful legal claim to a Russian supplies directly. This was stated at a press conference Sajadi Mahmud, the Iranian ambassador in Moscow, according to reviewed by Russian news agencies.Read Article
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During an operational training in the 1st Armoured Brigade of the Army of Chile Coraceros, located in the city of Arica, an armored personnel carrier (APC, for its acronym in English) M-113 of that unit, suffered a rollover in which unfortunately killed two occupants. Read Article
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The presidents of Honduras and Colombia this past week reinforced its cooperation agreements on security and education. The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos reiterated his counterpart Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, its support in those areas of bilateral cooperation. Wolf traveled to Colombia on Thursday for a two-hour meeting with Santos, which addressed issues of interest […]
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El Salvadoran Army requested $ 43 million budget increase over 2012, to combat crime. This was confirmed by Defense Minister Gen. David Munguia Paves, who revealed that the Armed Forces requested for fiscal year 2012 a special budget of over $ 40 million to meet the needs arising from their support for the PNC (PNC) […]
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Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has vowed to take action and clarify circumstances that resulted in the killing of a young boy during anti-government protests. “The government is doing everything necessary to shed light on the circumstances and the responsibility for that death,” Pinera said at a public event on Sunday, AFP reported. Read Article
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The narco-understood as a series of attacks by armed groups linked to drug trafficking against civilians, defenseless, with the dual purpose of damaging physically, mentally and materially innocent, and at the same time cause the greatest possible negative impact on a massive scale- , had his breakthrough in our country with the grenade in the […]
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United States allows Mexican police launched operations against the drug cartels from its territory as part of the expansion of bilateral cooperation, revealed on Friday an article in the New York Times. “Mexicans have traveled quietly commands the United States, meet in designated areas and launch missions in helicopters across the border directed against suspected […]
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National Gendarmerie 26 foreign women rescued three nightclubs and its dependencies. The raids were simultaneously this weekend in La Plata and Florencio Varela.By order of the Functional Unit of Instruction No. 1 Berazategui, the staff of “Operation Sentinel” South Zone carried out raids on five properties in the locality of La Plata and Florencio Varela. […]
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Extortion (la vacuna) is not a new scourge in Medellin and Valle de Aburrá. The “vaccine” is used for years as a way of financing illegal armed groups and common criminals. Transporters and traders are among the most affected unions. And in the midst of this illegal pressure, the average citizen suffers the humiliation of […]
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Cozumel, Mexico. Two tourists from North America who tried to introduce marijuana on a cruise last week were referred to the Attorney General of the Federation (FPF) for crimes against health. Elements of the 23 Battalion of the Marines apprehended and handed over to the appropriate authority. Read Article
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A group of 60 Colombians were trapped for 30 hours in Havana because of failure to schedule a Cubana Airlines flight that should come out this Saturday at 5 am from the Jose Marti Airport in Havana. One of the passengers is Juan Pablo Calvo, news director of Radio Nacional de Colombia, who also was […]
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An American woman, a resident of the colony Norberto Ortega, was arrested with four types of drugs, a gun and cartridges, plus it was done accompanied by two minors, who also was charged with corrupting minors. Minnie Garcia, 39, who was apprehended Friday by agents of the State Public Security Police (PESP) outside his home […]
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Today social networking sites not only allow the police force to break up organized crime groups engaged in trafficking, prostitution, pornography and corruption of minors, as in the case of three children in a household of Supermanzana 96, early last month, but also became a useful tool in research for more information about criminals or […]
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River captured pirates who raided Gaston Acurio Police Criminal Investigation Division (DIVINCRI) captured the two alleged ringleaders of the gang “Pirates of the Amazon River,” known in the underworld underworld as ‘Salamanca’ and ‘Battery’, involved in the assault on the chef Gaston Acurio national, his wife and a group of tourists when roamed the Amazon […]
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La Paz’s Plaza de San Pedro looks like any other city plaza in South America. A large church looms over the tree-lined courtyard, there are a few shops and restaurants, and shoe-shine boys hang around for customers as the traffic bustles by. Yet this is one of the most bizarre tourist attractions in the world. […]
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The Fire Department confirmed that at least four people died following the accident involving a tram in Santa Teresa, in the center of Rio de Janeiro, in the afternoon (27). The corporation reported that approximately 30 people were injured. The victims are being taken to the Hospital Municipal Souza Aguiar, also at the center. The […]
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For the fifth time this year, Mexican police have found the body of a local mayor. On Saturday, it was discovered that Jose Eduviges Nava Altamirano, the mayor of a small town in the Guerrero state called Zucuaplan, was kidnapped and murdered, presumably by a drug cartel. Read Article
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What Shell is This? Opinion/Analysis piece from Venezuelan press With this “vernacular” expression of alarm and rejection, full cover and the “mere male” a few years ago a popular evening newspaper of national circulation expressed overly upset by their proprietor and editor at the announcement of a raise of military, making negative news the fact […]
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The first day of strike called by the Confederation of Workers (CUT) left on Wednesday night arrested a balance of 348, at least 40 wounded civilians and policemen and looting of supermarkets and other shops. The Chilean government said today that the conveners of the day national strike to demand 48 hours of labor and […]
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Arranche or snatching from a victim is the most common crime in 2011, police said. At the Center for Juvenile Offenders to 10 leaks were reported, not all were recaptured. The strategies implemented to counteract the rate of crimes known as arranches, these being the highest percentage so far this year by adolescents in the […]
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The Ministry of Interior through the National Police checkpoint build a migration in the San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas province, bordering Colombia. The Secretary of Democratic Guarantees Interior Ministry, Diego Falconi, delegates from the Ministry of Defense and the National Police conducted an inspection of the area where the police unit will be built which will control […]
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On the increase of criminal acts, Angel Aguirre Rivero Governor announced the strengthening of public safety on highways and roads that connect the state with Puebla, Morelos, Michoacan and Mexico City. He reported that next week will meet with the governor of Morelos, Marco Antonio Adame Castillo, and the mayor of Mexico City, Marcelo Ebrard, […]
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Following the recent deaths of leaders of peasant movements, last weekend in Tocoa, security agencies deployed a special team looking for weapons Lower Aguán.The housemates Salgado, Reina Mejia, managed to leave the courtyard of his house, where was his head in the first line of barbed wire. The commander of Joint Staff of the Armed […]
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While Panama’s judicial system is believed to be corrupted, with decisions in some cases open to bribery or governmental pressure, organized crime also plays a role by threatening judges and prosecutors. Gangs fighting for territorial control in San Miguelito are suspected of having gunned down two young lawyers, Efrain Rodriguez and Christopher Roman Birmingham, in […]
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Narcotics officers from the Metropolitan Brigade could establish a tort band dedicated to drug trafficking, trying to internalize a lot more than 100 kilos of it the country with the aim of distributing and selling it. 133 kilos of marijuana hidden in tires of vehicle. Read Article
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2,300 landmines have been cleared at the border with Ecuador since 2009, said the Ministry of Defense of Peru. Executive Council President of the Peruvian Center for Action against Landmines (Contraminas) Luzmila Zanabria said demining operations were developed in the areas adjacent to the Santiago River in the Cordillera del Condor, on the common border […]
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According to ElUniverso.com the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) has suspended the shipment of Cheetah fighter-bombers from South Africa until an investigation is concluded into an accident that injured an air force pilot on Monday, August 15th. Navy representatives say the pilot, Galo Alvarez, was able to land safely at the Taura Air Force Base after […]
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According to RPP.com.pe a specialist of citizen security with the non-governmental organization “Our City” says there is an unequal distribution of police to inhabitants in parts of the Peruvian capital, Lima. Carlos Romero says the majority of police forces are in the modern sectors of Lima leaving the sectors with the most inhabitants with little […]
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ElUniverso.com reports Alcides Ramirez, 57, was found with knife wounds to his heart in the sector of Minarica 2 to the south of Ambato. Officials from the Tungurahua prosecutor’s office say they are launching an investigation to determine the circumstances leading to the death of Ramirez. Police say Ramirez’s daughter who was living with her […]
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According to ElUniverso.com a man was found at 1 a.m. on Tuesday, August 16th dead in a room at the Hotel Manhattan. Police say the man is Davis Torres Sano who checked into the room on Sunday night without identification and asked not to be disturbed until 10 a.m. on Monday. A hotel manager found […]
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According to ElComercio.com a young Ecuadorian was willed and an Ecuadorian soldier wounded during a confrontation between the Ecuadorian military and a group of FARC guerillas located on the Colombian side of the San Miguel River. Officials say the confrontation occurred last Thursday, August 11th while a military patrol was performing control operations along the […]
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According to ElUniverso.com an unidentified body was found along the road la Costa at the 45-kilometer mark, today, Monday August 15th in the morning. Police say the body was shot many times and showed signs of torture with multiple bruises on the face and throughout the body. The body was transferred to the criminology lab […]
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According to ElUniverso.com a group of 20 tourists on a kayaking trip with the Adventure Ecuadorland agency found the body of the German tourist, Jonathan Simon, 21 who was carried away by the Pastaza River while trying to cross the dangerous waters near the waterfall El Pailon del Diablo. The three guides of the group […]
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According to ElUniverso.com Ecuadorian Air Force pilot, Galo Alvarez was seriously injured in a cabin explosion that occurred at 1 p.m. today, Monday August 15th. Authorities say the explosion occurred due to decompression in the cabin and not a crash. Alvarez was able to safety return to Taura air force base and was immediately transferred […]
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ElComercio.com reports six people from the Cuencan parishes of Octavio Cordero, Banos and Victoria del Portete have died during the weekend and today, Monday August 15th from what officials believe is ingesting altered alcohol. Officials say the alcohol was purchased in Cuenca. Four of the deceased are from the same family and are believed to […]
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According to ElComercio.com the arrest of Dan D., a foreigner ten days ago, is an important break in bringing down an international crime organization involved in drug and weapons trafficking. Ecuadorian police say this man along with two accomplices who were also arrested, are important players in a crime network that carries out many illegal […]
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According to ElComercio.com the Ecuadorian Navy Coast Guard Directorate of Esmeraldas found eight tourists who remained missing at sea since Sunday, August 14th. Officials say the navy found the tourist group at 8 a.m. today. The group departed from Atacames at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday for a whale watching tour in a fiberglass boat. Officials […]
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According to Peru21.pe a Taca Airline crewmember was detained by police of the Dirandro Unit in the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Friday August 12th. Police say he was trying to leave the country with 2 kilos of drugs, cocaine and opium. The crewmember, Ricardo Velasquez Luque was arrested while in the international departures […]
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A conflict arose this morning at the Metropolitan Technological University in Santiago, Chile when a group of masked men set up barricades along the streets near campus, causing a traffic disruption, according to telam.com.ar, per El Mercurio newspaper online. The group hid when special police forces arrived at the scene, and threw stones, sharp objects […]
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According to ElUniverso.com the Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion Unit of the Ecuadorian police on August 4th, freed a Jewish Rabbi Yishak Tom Rotem Yosef after three days held by kidnappers. Police say his wife reported the rabbi’s kidnapping on the 1st of August when she received messages and a video in which the kidnappers demanded a […]
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According to RPP.com.pe police seized over 14 kilos of hydrochloride cocaine inside a house in Juliaca. Police say the drugs were in 14 packages, wrapped in duct tape, beige tape and duct tape. During the operation three people were arrested, two women, ages 60 and 35 and a man, 20, whose identities have not been […]
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RPP.com.pe reports that police at the Argentina’s Eseiza Airport outside Buenos Aires, have arrested a Peruvian tourist trying to enter the country with 20 kilos of cocaine hidden inside screws. Police say customs agents discovered the drugs on a Peruvian who had a ticket for Johannesburg. The Peruvian was stopped once x-ray machines discovered packages […]
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According to Peru21.pe the Lamas police announced that a French tourist, Celine Rene Margarite Briset, 43, died after consuming the hallucinogenic herb, ayahuasca, during a shamanism session at a tourist resort in San Martin in the province of Lamas. Authorities say Briset died due to excessive consumption of the herb, suffering a cardiac arrest, dying […]
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The Colombian Police have captured Dolly Cifuentes Villa, the figurehead of the Sinaloa cartel, involved in narcotics in Mexico. Her actions involved over 30 companies, and she is to be extradited to the United States. Her brother served Pablo Escobar as a pilot. Read Article
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•The Colombian army has captured ELN members alias Guiro and El Loco, the first of which is Venezuelan, during a military strike against a stronghold in the northeast of Colombia in San Andrés, Santander. •El Espectador reports that the captured individuals were working on recruiting people as well as creating a mobility corridor between Santander […]
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•50 rural families, 170 people, have had to leave Pradera, Valle del Cauca, Colombia due to military conflict with FARC in the area. •El Espectador reveals that three soldiers have died and 3 others were injured in a mine field. •The families still do not know when they will be able to return to their […]
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The explosion of a bomb package in a commercial establishment in Campamento, Antioquia, Colombia was attributed to FARC’s front 36. RCN La Radio reports that the explosive device, disguised as a package of panela, left 1 person dead and 3 injured, and among them were members of the army. Read Article
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El Universo reported that Elias Manuel Alvarado filed a complaint yesterday in the prosecutors office attached to the Guayas Judicial Police that he received an attempted scam or extortion by phone that originated in Mexico. Alvarado stated that a suspected immigration agent migration from that Mexico called him and submitted that his nephew Guillermo Alvarado […]
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According to Expreso.ec police apprehended a robber that was involved with four other men in an assault on an Ecuadorian citizen who had just drawn $2,200 from the Bank of Guayaquil in the commercial center of California Park. Police say when they caught the fifth robber they discovered that the gang of robbers were using […]
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•Miguel Ángel Ariñez, also known as the Doctor of FARC, was captured in Cúcuta, Colombia after returning from Venezuela. •Ariñez, according to EFE, was responsible for the health of FARC’s central command and has information and connections to upper members of the group. •He spent years hiding in Venezuela and was forced to return to […]
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•The student march planned for today has turned into various riots and skirmishes with the police in Santiago, Chile. •According to lanacion.cl, the police have utilized such crowd control methods as tear gas and water cannons as the officers announced that the manifestations were not authorized. •Police officers have been preventing groups of students from […]
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RPP.com.pe reports that four fisherman from the Lomas District in Arequipa have been missing at sea for five days. Officials say the captain at the San Juan port has sent personnel to search for the missing people at sea. Reportedly, the fishermen left last Saturday and were supposed to return Monday, August 1st. Family members […]
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Four soldiers from the Guatemalan military were charged with 50 years of prison each for the murder of 201 farmers in Dos Erres village in 1982 according to El Pais. The event, which occurred during clashes between the de facto regimes and Marxist guerrillas, is considered on of the bloodiest massacres in that decade. Based […]
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According to Hoy.com.ec the United States announced today, Wednesday August 3rd, that they have dismantled an internet-based pedophile network reaching various countries including Ecuador. Officials have accused 72 people linked to the website of encouraging the sexual abuse of children. The authority’s investigation began in 2009, called “Operation Delago.” During the operation authorities arrested 52 […]
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Dominican TV reporter José Agustín Silvestre was killed yesterday, according to local reports, bringing this year’s death toll on journalists in Latin America to 20. Silvestre’s sister told local news outlet El Siglio 21 that he was beaten and kidnapped outside his house in La Romana by four men, who fired shots as they took […]
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•Mexican authorities have arrested U.S. citizen, Gwendolyn Marrufo Sánchez who attempted to secretly transport 3,500 cartridges of ammunition to Ciudad Juárez from El Paso, Texas. •EFE reports that at the International Bridge “Lerdo,” military personnel were performing an inspection on a bus when they came across the culprit’s shopping cart, which was filled with clothes […]
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According to RPP.com.pe three armed assailants robbed a hardware store, Difesur, on Socabaya Avenue in Arequipa today, Wednesday August 3rd. Police say the robbers escaped with more than 16,000 Soles. Police report the assailants used a station wagon and were accompanied by two Daewoo vehicles. The assailants threatened workers and fired three shots in the […]
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According to RPP.com.pe twenty-four people were injured in a bus accident this morning, Wednesday August 3rd in the town of Palmira, eight miles from the capital of Gran Chimu province. Officials say 18 people were transported to the Regional Hospital in Trujillo due to the severity of their injuries, while six passengers were transported to […]
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According to ElUniverso.com about 30 people in the community of El Verdun in the Tosagua canton in Manabi were affected by an ammonia leak in a shrimp plant that was closed 12 years ago. Authorities say the incident was reported on Tuesday, August 2nd around 6 a.m. when people were beginning to suffer symptoms from […]
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According to RPP.com.pe a gas leak alarm sounded in the Farmagro factory located in Los Olivos on the 60th block on Alfredo Mendiola Avenue. Officials say emergency personnel, firefighters and paramedics responded to the alarm, which affected about 300 people. The gas composition is identified as methionine, composed by a mixture of sulfur and phosphorus. […]
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A 38-year-old women was the victim of rape and kidnapping in Parque Avellande reported infobae.com. The victim was able to escape from the criminals in the early morning and immediately informed the police, which have so far made two arrests. Read article.
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Two men accused for extortion of various Chinese merchants in the last two months were detained by Argentinian police reported Telam. The men, an Argentinian (25) and Korean (38), were at a bar in Balvanera pressuring another victim when they were caught. Investigators believe that the delinquents, who demanded money in return for letting the […]
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According to ElComercio.com the cocaine lab discovered this past weekend, was built in the style of a paramilitary drug distribution center. Ecuadorian National Police say they discovered tunnels for escape routes, underground storage bays for chemicals, refined cocaine and military-type weapons. Police discovered the laboratory in the zone of Rio Bravo in the canton of […]
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According to ElComercio.com supporters of seven council member of La Concordia in Esmeraldas took the municipality building at 5:30 today, Tuesday August 2nd. The mayor, Walter Ocampo was not in the building at the time of the incident, but reported that the protesters stormed the building, broke windows and doors and attacked employees. El Comercio […]
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According to Peru21.pe from 2010 until the present 27 tourists have died and 21 have been wounded in Peru when participating in alpine activities in mountainous areas. The chief of the Rescue Unit of the High Mountain Division of National Police, Marco Carrera Torres says the most resent cases in 2011 were that of the […]
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According to RPP.com.pe twenty Colombian tourists confronted a group of ‘mototaxistas’ who they accused of purse robbery after hiring their transportation services. Police say a brawl began in the intersection of Piura Ave. and Huascar Street in the city of Tumbes. A Colombian, Julio Jaramillo was injured during the brawl, suffering from two knife wounds […]
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According to RPP.com.pe a Belgian tourist, Carl Carpentier was transferred to the Honorio Delgado Espinoza Hospital in Arequipa after falling into a ravine in the Coca Valley in the Caylloma province. Officials say Carpentier arrived in the Colca Valley yesterday, Monday August 1st, and was on his way to Arequipa when he fell into a […]
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According to Peru21.pe officials for the Municipality of Lima have confirmed that more than 1,700 drivers who were fined S/ 432.00 for excessive speed will not receive a discount on their tickets. Maria Jara Risco, manager of the Metropolitan Transportation Department says the objectives of the fines are to generate respect for speed limits by […]
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According to Peru21.pe a Brazilian seminarian, Joao Carlos Junior, 17 years old drowned in ocean off Santa Maria beach this past Friday, July 29th. Junior was part of a group of seminaries from the Order of the Sodality of Apostolic Life who were vacationing in Peru and planning to go to Cusco. Peruvian police say […]
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According to RPP.com.pe an accident occurred on Monday, August 1st leaving one Chilean tourist dead and another eight Chileans injured. Authorities say the accident occurred at the 1,331 kilometer mark on the Pan-American Highway near the border complex of Santa Rosa in the Tacna region. Authorities add, the accident is suspected to have occurred due […]
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•In Cúcuta, Colombia, there will be a summit between military and police forces of Colombia and Venezuela in order to discuss actions against guerilla groups such as FARC and the ELN. •The main point will be better control of the border area, and the summit will serve to carry out the anti-drug agreement signed April […]
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Dominican journalist Jose Silverio was found dead in La Romana, Dominican Republic after his family reported him missing reported La Estrella. Authorities located his body near the Soco river with a shot wound in the stomach. Silverio was known for his reports of suspected links of public prosecutors and drug trafficking on a local radio […]
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Maritza Valenzuela was at her residence when former Colonel Raul Vargas Alborta started a shooting that resulted in her death after receiving four bullet wounds, reported Los Tiempos. According to witness statements, Alborta was a difficult person who constantly threatened those around the neighborhood. The case is currently under investigation and the suspect is being […]
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According to ElComercio.com the Guayas Prosecutors Office is continuing with the investigation into an online wire fraud case that used the name of the U.S. Consulate in illegal business transactions. Four months ago U.S. Consulate officials denounced the alleged online scam. The Guayas prosecutor says when a person put their house on sale they would […]
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•Student protestors set fires to blockades in the streets of Alameda and and avenida de 11 de Septiembre in Santiago, Chile. •Police Special Forces officers intervened in the protests. •Lanacion.cl reports that from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. protestors blocked eastward streets causing traffic problems. •5 arrests were made in the first demonstration and 5 […]
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ElComercio.com reports Ecuadorian police discovered a lab dedicated to cocaine preparation today, Monday August 1st in an undercover operation in the province of Manabi. Officers say members of the Anti-Narcotics unit found the lab in a house in the zone of Montecristi. An unidentified officer says one person was arrested while weapons and chemicals were […]
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According to RPP.com.pe more than 400 merchants were victims of a four-hour assault by ten masked people with firearms in the district of Ayapata in the Quimsa Cruz sector of the Puno region. The victims say the attack lasted from 11 p.m. yesterday until 3 a.m. today, Monday August 1st. Merchants were robbed of their […]
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According to ElUniverso.com a New York judge in White Plains sentenced the fourth assailant in a gang attack on an Ecuadorian man to 11 years in prison on Wednesday July 27th. On March 15, 2010 Julio Serrano was beaten by four people, which put him in a coma for three weeks. Jarron Slight, one of […]
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According to ElComercio.com a survey completed in Quito by the Observatory of Metropolitan Citizen Security (OMSC) in 4,000 houses during January 2011, reveals that 80% of assaults go unreported. The survey reports 34.7% of the assaults are unreported due to judicial system distrust and 15.7% due to distrust of police. The director of OMSC says […]
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A little over a month ago the Central American Integration System held a conference in Guatemala focused on regional security. At this conference, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, made the controversial statements “true security cannot be funded on the backs of the poor,” urging that “businesses and the rich in every country [within Central America] […]
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•At 2:30 p.m. yesterday, 5 police officers died in a plane crash near Los Galgos Airport in Ituango, Antioquia, Colombia per eltiempo.com. •One theory for the accident which left 5 dead and 1 injured is that the aircraft did not take off with enough speed and thus crashed after 200 meters. •Some country people saw […]
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A presumed member from the armed group, Sendero Luminoso, died today and two others were captured in an encounter with the Peruvian army in the Quillabamba province informed Terra.com.pe. The incident occurred in Kepashiato, a town located in the Valley of the Apurimac and Ene rivers (VRAE), where Sendero collaborates with drug gangs. The VRAE […]
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Two young men ,ages 19 and 20, were killed in a car fire after losing control of their automobile and crashing into a house reported La Voz. The incident occurred on the streets 2900 Dr Moreno in Mendoza, Argentina around 4. Firefighters managed to rescue two other male passengers in the automobile, who were immediately […]
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After receiving a distress call, Honduran police officers left to Mount de Los Negros where they encountered a mysterious vehicle and were later ambushed by a heavily armed group of Zetas informed La Prensa. The staged emergency has no leads on the supposed criminals, but addresses the increase of organized crime and drug manufacturing near […]
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The National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Reinec) in Peru , are under investigation for alleged involvement in Chinese trafficking by illegally issuing identity cards reported El Comercio.pe. At least 15 illegal Chinese immigrants were issued authentic ID cards in the first half of the year, although they presented false birth certificates. Employees are […]
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A fourth death was confirmed this morning after a land eviction operation that went awry yesterday in Libertador General San Martin, Jujuy, reports infobae.com. Police in Jujuy were under court order to evict some 700 families from their land located on territory owned by Ledesma Sociedad Anónima Agrícola Industrial, Argentina’s largest sugar producer. When families […]
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Members of the 17th Infantry Battalion in Tabasco captured five members of the gang known as “Los Sastré,” Milenio reports. The gang is responsible for several kidnappings and murders throughout the state. The operation began July 12, when a search warrant was issued for the gang members following the kidnapping of a person from the […]
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Once the backbone of President Rafael Correa’s support, the government is persecuting Ecuador’s indigenous population with heavy charges in an attempt to curb social protest. According to the Center for Economic and Social Rights, a rights group, 189 indigenous Ecuadorians have been charged with terrorism, sabotage and other crimes against public safety. The charges appear […]
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According to EcuadorInMediato.com the Ecuadorian military announced the death of the Corporal Ivan Marcelo Gadbay Naranjo of the Special Operations Battalion and commander of the Panacocha Unit on Thursday July 21st. Army officials say Naranjo was located between the provinces of Sucumbios and Orellana. Authorities are investigating the incident, which due to preliminary investigations has […]
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According to DiarioCorreo.pe, on Monday July 25th officials of the Ecological Police of Cusco warned of a huge wildfire a few kilometers from the archaeological site of Pikillacta. Officials say the fire began around noon and they are unable to contain it by the time the warning was made public. Officials are seeking help from […]
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According to Peru21.pe the Peruvian National Police captured two members of a bank robbery gang called ‘Los Marcas de Pamplona Alta’ on Friday July 22nd when they were about to rob a bank client in Santa Anita. Police say the incident occurred at 11:45 a.m. when a bank guard noticed people acting in a suspicious […]
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According to Peru21.pe, Peruvian National Police have captured the youngest assassin of Peru called ‘Gringasho,’ while traveling in a station wagon with the plate number P1G-169, in Trujillo. Police say he was caught with two other youths, nicknamed ‘Pelao’ and ‘Jerson’ and two weapons. Agents of the Directorate of Special Operations (Diroes) were dispatched to […]
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Peruvian authorities have recently recovered cultural goods that were confiscated in Switzerland, Denmark, and Spain reported HispanTV. The antiques, which were recovered by a joint effort of the Peruvian diplomatic mission and authorities, consisted of 55 pieces of metal, ceramic, and textile of different cultures throughout Peru. Read article.
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Around 15 Indians were injured by police forces during mining protests at the intersection of San Felix in the Ngobe Bugle region reported La Estrella. Those who were injured were mostly women, which the police shot with pellets ruthlessly. The indigenous groups are requesting medical reports to file a lawsuit against the national police responsible […]
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Police in the province of Veraguas meet with indigenous leaders to reach an agreement on security issues reported Sucesos Critica. The reunion was held in the Nurum district, and the attendees included nine magistrates of the area, the district mayor, and member of the Ngobe Bugle community. The representatives of the county are requesting more […]
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According to Peru21.pe the Superintendent of Ground Transportation of Persons, Cargo and Merchants (Sutran) launched the operation plan “Safe Travels for National Independence Festivities 2011” today, Tuesday, July 26th to prevent traffic accidents during the long Independence Day celebrations. Officials say principle supervision and control will be at major bus terminals and highways in Peru. […]
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