LaRepublica.pe report that agents of the National Police of Peru raided a local distribution center that packaged propane gas for household kitchen use. The center was located in Villa El Salvador, report police. They add that three people were arrested, including a truck driver and two people who packaged the gas and sold the product. […]
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According to ElComercio.com the current Ecuadorian government has been asked to extradite 33 fugitives with criminal backgrounds ranging from drug trafficking to murder. An unknown government official has reported to El Comercio that from 1995 to 2011, 21 nations asked the Ecuadorian government for extradition of 86 criminals hiding in Ecuador. Additionally Jay Bergman, the […]
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•Second Lieutenant Raúl Muñoz Linares denies having raped a 13-year-old girl and having murdered three siblings in Tame, Arauca, Colombia. •Semana.com reveals that the case has been postponed 5 times. •In November of 2010, he did confess to having sexual relations with two girls, which according to Muñoz was consensual, and is currently being processed […]
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•The current Mayor of Bogotá, Clara López Obregón, asked for an increase of 4,000 police officers for the Colombian city. •According to El Espectador, in 2009, López Obregón, who was then secretary of Government, stated that the city needed 6,000 more officers in order to secure the safety of the 7 million citizens. •Currently there […]
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•26 narcotics traffickers in the services of Henry de Jesús López Londoño alias Mi Sangre have been captured. •The captures were part of Operación Tormenta (Operation Storm) which the Colombian Police performed with the DEA. •According to El Tiempo, one of the traffickers, Sanmartín Giraldo, was responsible for transporting cocaine in commercial airplanes from such […]
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The following information was obtained from an article published on 5 June 2011 by the website of Colombian newspaper El Espectador. Additional references concerning the topic of crime’s influence on Colombian youth and its causes were also taken from an RCN Radio articles published on 21 June 2011, and 22 June 2011 as well as […]
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According to Dirnea.org the Ecuadorian Coast Guard rescued a yacht, Y/P Albany (TN-01-00271) with 24 tourists, including 4 children, today, July 8th, near the Galapagos Islands. The National Maritime Authorities announced that foreigners from the United States, France, Germany, and citizens of Ecuador were passengers of the yacht. Officials say the yacht ran out of […]
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According to Cre.com.ec police and Guayas Prosecutor’s Office raided a sector of the Guayaquil bay on June 3rd, encountering a large amount of false and stolen medicines. Police say they also found large amounts of packaging, brochures, and altered labels for the medicines. The prosecutor Francisco Bodero says that the quantity of drugs were worth […]
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Peru21.pe reports that the Peruvian Department of Tourism and Environmental Protections announced that the total number of assaults and robberies of foreigners amounts to 133 cases, which is a decrease from previous years. This report includes 79 thefts, 43 robberies, and 11 assaults in the districts of Lima and Callao. Police say they have identified […]
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A 22-year-old woman was assaulted and raped while waiting for the bus early yesterday morning just 3 blocks away from a police station in the Marqués de Sobremonte neighborhood of Córdoba, according to lavoz.com.ar. The attacker threatened the woman with a knife before dragging her 50 yards to a nearby garden to assault her. There […]
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•Colombian authorities have captured 2 individuals suspected of having murdered two girls in Kennedy, Bogotá, Colombia. •One of the suspects is a minor, and the two girls were 14 and 7 years old. •They are to face charges of aggravated homicide and illegal possession of arms. •The captain of the metropolitan police believes that the […]
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ElComercio.com reports that hundreds of people, including relatives and friends, marched in the streets of Tulcan, Carchi today July 7th, demanding the release of Orlando Ibarra. The marchers planned to follow the route from Tulcan, Ecuador to Ipiales, Colombia. The Ecuadorian businessman was kidnapped in Ipiales, Colombia on August 2, 2010. Officials say that his […]
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•According to Caracol Radio, Police attribute the massacre in Montelibano, Córdoba, in which 4 people died, to Los Urabeños. •General Oscar Naranjo of the Colombian National Police believes that the attack was related to violence between narcotics trafficking groups. •Héctor Páez Valderrama, commander of Córdoba’s police, the attack involved violence between Los Urabeños and Los […]
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According to LaIndustria.pe the director of the Division of Tourism and Environmental Protection, Edwin Jorge Gutierrez informed journalists of the La Industria newspaper that 18 branches of this department have begun English courses. This new training began after the Division received many complaints from tourists who said that the officers could not understand them, reports […]
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DiarioCorreo.pe reports that the photographer and journalist, Eduardo Purizaga was assaulted in Tumbes on July 3rd. Purizaga says that the assailant took the large fanny pack that was around his waist which carried a camcorder, another camera, and a reflector. After the assault, officials say the reporter made a statement at a police station in […]
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According to LaPrensa.com.bo Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera began Operation Together July 1st, where Chile’s navel fleet participated in military exercises with the United States, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. Piñera says that the joint exercise will allow the Chilean Navy to show its force and preparation for military situations and defend the country of Chile. Reportedly, […]
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According to Ecuadorinmediato.com today July 7th the Manton Canon Council in the Manabi province approved an ordnance that regulates motorcycle transportation to only one rider. Officials say that this is another crucial step in reducing crime rates in Manta. Jaime Estrada, the Mayor of Manta says that the law is effective beginning today. Estrada adds […]
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Two teenage boys in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala were saved from being beaten to death by a lynch mob, according to UPI News. The two were set upon by a mob of almost 100 residents in the city of Zacatelco after they were caught stealing the heater and copper pipes from a house. […]
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Hoy.com.ec reports on Wednesday July 6th that Ecuadorian Interior Minister, Jose Serrano announced the Manabi Province will receive $15 million for security improvements. Serrano says that Manta will be the first city with security cameras installed on all urban transportation services. Officials report that the Pacific Eloy Alfaro Refinery, the Municipality of Manta and the […]
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Police found the young boy who disappeared July 4th was found asking for food in a restaurant in South Bogotá, Colombia. Apparently, he was not a kidnapping victim as was initially feared. According to El Espectador’s video, thanks to the posters with the young boy’s picture, police were able to recognize him and reunite him […]
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Peru21.pe reports that criminals robbed the church of Santa Ana in Espinar of its precious metal-plated ornaments adorning the altar in the church. The article says that residents in the Cusco province of Peru have been disturbed by recent reports of religious theft that left the city of Lambayaque without the Cross of Motupe. The […]
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ElComercio.com reports that police have taken into custody three of the four suspects in an assault of a businessman who withdrew $40,000 in cash from a bank in Ambato. The assault occurred today, July 6th around 4:30 p.m. close to a mall in the south of Ambato. Tungurahua police chief says that police officials offered […]
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According to ElComercio.com police have identified at least five groups of robbers who are committing crimes on the transport systems of the Trolley, Ecovia and Metrovia in Quito. Police have termed the gangs, ‘decuideros’ since the members take advantage of users’ neglect and the tightly packed spaces on these transportation systems. Officials say that the […]
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According to ElComercio.com this morning, July 6th, a criminal court judge freed the foreigner who tried to leave Ecuador with $132,600 yesterday afternoon. Abel M, 23 years old, was arrested by narcotics agents yesterday, trying to leave the Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito. Abel was arrested while waiting for a 2 p.m. international flight […]
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•According to Colombian investigators, there are about 3,000 Colombians in Bolivia participating in the Martín Llanos narcotics trafficking group. •A report from eju.tv reveals that within the last 5 years, Colombians have been participating in this group which operates in the capital of the Santa Cruz department, Bolivia. •Currently, 32 Colombian citizens stand accused of […]
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Back from a two-week sojourn in Michigan, where — at an informal lunch with some beloved alumni of mine — much talk turned to the topic of our late friend Marty Lewis, whose untimely death in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, I wrote about here several months ago. Read Article
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•300 kilos of cocaine worth $9 million have been seized thanks to the combined efforts of U.S., Panamanian, and Colombian authorities. •The Coastguard of the Pacific who alerted U.S. and Panamanian authorities detected a speedboat carrying the drugs leaving Colombia. •U.S. authorities intercepted the ship along with its crew of three Colombian citizens. Read Article
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Hoy.com.ec reports that today, July 5th, the Ecuadorian police seized 741kg of cocaine in the Manta fishing port. Officials say that the value of the bust is estimated between $30 million and $45 million. Officers seized the cocaine during a boat inspection of the shipyard. Colonel Wladimir Leon, head of the Narcotics Police say that […]
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According to Hoy.com.ec last night, July 4th, the Ecuadorian military guarding the water plant of Victoria del Portete, a rural community of the Cuenca province, was withdrawn. Officials say Governor Humberto Cordero, ordered the withdrawal of police and military stationed at the water plant since Saturday. Additionally, officials say that the governor acted with the […]
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ElComercio.com reports that recent cases of violence against women in Ecuador have created increased fear for Ecuadorian women. Officials say they do not have specific statistics about homicides of women in Ecuador, however 84 murders and assassinations were reported in Quito from January to April of 2011. Officials add that most violence against women occur […]
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According to ElComercio.com at least 16 areas in the Historic Center in Quito are being overrun with alkaloid micro trafficking. The Metropolitan Secretary of Security says that the problem is increasing due to the presence of crime and instability in Quito. Furthermore, the Antinarcotics Division of Pichincha has identified 76 selling points of these drugs […]
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•During a conjugal visit, María del Carmen Arjona Rivero attempted to sneak her boyfriend, Juan Ramírez Tijerina, out of the Centro de Readaptación Social in a piece of luggage. •El Espectador reports that authorities at the facility in Chetumal, Quitana Roo, were suspicious of the luggage’s abnormally large bulge. •When asked about it, she replied […]
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•National Police Director, Oscar Naranjo, recognizes the increase of massacres in Colombia and has pointed out their recent concentration in rural areas. •According to Prensa Latina, Naranjo admits that the National Police should have better territorial control to prevent these massacres. •He also noted the increase of kidnappings and that kidnappers now tend to target […]
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Documents revealed by Wikileaks this week show that Brazil gave $1.7 million to the Paraguay Armed Forces in 2005 to keep military and political officials in the country happy, according to abc.com.py. The money was meant to ease complaints Paraguay had about the management of the bi-national dam and power plant, Itaipú. As stated in […]
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•A Colombian-Lebanese network that laundered money from cocaine activity has been dismantled. •Europol and Eurojust have coordinated these operations in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland, and France, and the Colombian National Police has participated as well. •The capture of a Syrian man of Spanish citizenship traveling from Bordeux to Paris with 810,000 euros in cash with […]
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According to Peru21.pe, on Friday July 1st thousands of students from the San Cristobal University in Huamanga clashed with police in the Plaza de Huamanga as they tried to take over the university by force. Officials say that police used tear gas while trying to quell the demonstrators. Students responded by throwing different kinds of […]
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According to ElComercio.com new government statistics from SIGOB show robberies and other violent crimes are increasing in Quito. In Quito, robbery of bank customers in the vicinity of financial institutions increased from 81 cases in 2009 to 169 in 2010. Officials report that the first quarter of this year 2,044 robberies occurred in Quito while […]
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•Despite rumors that FARC head member Alfonso Cano had been captured, he has escaped the Colombian military for the third time. •RCN Radio reports that during an operation performed by the Colombian military last Wednesday, Alfonso Cano fled the encampment between the Cauca and Huila departments. •The military had received information about the top FARC […]
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•Jesús Escobar, who has been charged with the rape of 14 women, has been captured in Bogotá. •According to the video by El Espectador, he committed his crimes under bridges on calle 26 in Bogotá, Colombia. •He is a repeat offender, captured in 1997 and 2003 for sexual crimes. Read Article
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This is a list of weapons at the disposal of the Colombian Armed Forced from fuerzasmilitares.org: •Pistols and Revolvers •Assault Rifles •Machine Guns •Light Mortars •Anti-Tank Weapons •Grenade Launchers •Grenades, Mines, and Explosives •Land Vehicles •Fixed-Wing Aircraft •Helicopter •Radios •Sights and Scopes •Other supplies and support Read Article
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According to Hoy.com.ec police apprehended four suspects that were planning the kidnapping and assault of a Pelileo bus, after an intense shootout on the road Duran-Boliche today July 1st. Officials say that the bus targeted was carrying 30 people. Assailants were able to board the bus in the 3rd terminal of Guayaquil, however police apprehended […]
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According to ElComercio.com two people were murdered in Guayaquil in the last few hours. Officials report, this morning, July 1st a man’s body was found abandoned in the trunk of a car in the Guayaquil suburbs. Police say he had been shot in the head and his hands and feet were shackled. They assume that […]
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According to RPP.com.pe the Bolivian Government today, July 1st revealed that one of the five Peruvians accused of trafficking cocaine is a member of the Peruvian Shining Path. On Tuesday, June 28th police captured one Bolivian and five Peruvians suspected of trafficking cocaine, officials report. Three of the detainees posed as agents of the Bolivian […]
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An alley in the center of Mexico City was the successful center of a network of human trafficking and sexual slavery, CNN Mexico reports. An operation conducted on May 21, 2011 saw the arrest of Manuel and Armando Rodríguez Mejía, brothers who have overseen a successful prostitution and human trafficking ring for over 30 years, […]
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The Argentine government today singed an agreement with the Chamber of Imports that will increase traceability and control over imports, states ambito.com. The agreement will also help officials to know what is entering the country by requiring all items to be declared and entered into a computer system. Officials hope the new regulations will prevent […]
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•The Colombian police have captured two criminal bands. One, operating in the South of Bogotá, disguised itself with police uniforms and attempted to flee in a bus when pursued by the police. •The other group was arrested after performing a paseo millionario robbery on an individual. •According to El Espectador, the police believe that the […]
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CHERÁN, Mexico, “Our patience has run out,” says Mary, an indigenous woman with three children to care for on her own, since her husband was kidnapped from his home by an armed group. In this town in western Mexico, local residents have begun to defend themselves with sticks and stones against illegal loggers and organised […]
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The Metropolitan Counternarcotics Brigade of Chile’s Investigative Police (PDI) broke up a drug trafficking organization run from inside Colina II—a high-security prison near Santiago —after a Wednesday bust that seized nearly 260 pounds of “pasta base de cocaína,” a cheaper and less-pure form of cocaine similar to crack cocaine. The drugs were discovered in a […]
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According to ElComercio.com today, Thursday June 30th in Santiago, Chile more than 100,000 people marched through the streets demanding improvement of the public education system, including lowering costs in Chile. The peaceful marchers made their way to the Ministry of Education and the Presidential Palace. This is one of the largest protests in the last […]
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According to ElComercio.com Ecuadorian officials of the Criminology Department have a computerized system (UTCA) that archives bullets to identify firearms. A microscopic image of each bullet is placed in the database for identification. However, officials report the database is incomplete. In 2009, Ecuadorian armed forces recorded about 170,000 bullets into the database. Then on June […]
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Hoy.com.ec reports that a bomb hoax in the Plumerillo International Airport in Mendoza, Argentina caused a partial evacuation on Thursday June 30th. Officials say the hoax was reported just before the Peruvian national soccer team was due to arrive in Mendoza for the Copa America. Police say a passenger left a couple of bags in […]
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The lone survivor of a lynching that left two men dead in 2004 is speaking out about his experience for the first time in an interview with El Universal. On November 24, 2004, three members of the Federal Preventive Police (PFP) went to San Juan Ixtayopan to investigate radical groups, but the people in the […]
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A classified U.S. diplomatic document written in June 2005 and released today by Wikileaks states that Brazilian diplomats are distrustful of Paraguay’s commitment to the fight against trafficking along their border, according to abc.com.py. Brazil is extremely devoted to securing their borders with Paraguay and the Triple Frontier between Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil against drug, […]
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ElComercio.com reports that today, Wednesday June 29th, the five suspects in the assault and shootout with policemen protecting a money transfer of $12,000 in the north of Quito yesterday, were in court for a arraignment hearing. The Ecuadorian Minister of the Interior, Jose Serrano was present to ask the court to prevent the release of […]
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Milenio.com reports that Peruvian Police asked the FBI for assistance in locating the hackers that attacked at least eight web pages belonging to the Peruvian government, Friday June 24th. The chief of the Dirincri Division of High Technology, Oscar Gonzales, says that the level of attack is very high and therefore the technology available to […]
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According to LaRepublica.pe a group related to the Anonymous hackers called Pirates of the Internet, have acquired information on the agents of a Peruvian police unit that protects banks. The cyber group released about 2,800 names of officers in the Peruvian Aguilas Negras, a Black Eagle special police unit, Tuesday June 28th says a message […]
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According to LaRepublica.pe Maximo Villoslada Angulo, a retired coronel from the police forces of Peru and the Dominican Republic was arrested on drug and illegal arms charges in Santo Domingo, D.R with another Dominican citizen. Angulo was living on the D.R Air Force Base. Police say after a vehicle search, where military exclusive weapons and […]
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According to lavozdeasturias.es the Anonymous member who coordinated web attacks on Latin American government organizations, was arrested in a sting operation on May 20th. La Voz acquired access to court sealed documents where the suspect is being charged with electronic crimes and illicit association to a cyber terrorist group. The suspect, alias Devnuller, hid the […]
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The Colombian Attorney General, Viviane Morales, is to investigate the accusations that the U.S. and Colombia made secret negotiations to secure the release of Ingrid Betancourt and the other hostages including 3 American citizens. The official story is that the Colombian military successfully carried out Operación Jaque which involved deceiving the 2 FARC guerillas holding […]
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According to ElComercio.com a fire on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano was reported at 9:45 a.m. today, June 28th. The fire department responded to the call in which large columns of smoke overtook the sky in the southwest of Quito. Firefighters say that they are unable to access the area with their vehicles. Therefore, […]
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ElComercio.com reports that a police shootout occurred this morning, Tuesday June 28th, two blocks from the Quito airport, Mariscal Sucre, leaving one dead and another wounded. The police have yet to identify the victim and the wounded was identified as one of the police officers involved. Officers report that three police officers were involved in […]
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ElComercio.com reports that Tuesday June 28th, a Pichincha Court in Quito convicted Colonel Rolando Tapia, former head of the legislative escort, and five policeman of undermining state security on September 30th, 2010, when a group of policemen held President Rafael Correa captive for several hours in a police hospital and took control of the Air […]
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According to ElComercio.com the two FARC guerrillas arrested in Quito were transferred to the headquarters of the narcotics police in Quito and are awaiting a deportation hearing Tuesday June 28th. Officials say this morning a Colombian DAS plane arrived to transport the guerrillas to Colombia. One of the suspects, Fabio R. is the second in […]
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According to ElComercio.pe Yerko Cornejo Soto, 24, was arrested on Sunday June 26th, for urinating on the monument of hero Francisco Bolognesi located in the civic center of Tacna. A Peruvian court on Monday June 27th fined Cornejo S/ 3,500 as well as giving him a sentence of 2 years and 6 months house arrest, […]
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•According to Law 1424 passed last December, any demobilized members of AUC or guerilla groups can receive benefits as long as they have not committed crimes against humanity. •El Colombiano reveals that if a demobilized person fills the requirements of the law, the order of capture will be suspended for half of what the sentenced […]
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Anti-mining protests in the region of Puno, Peru that caused five deaths and a road blockages to Bolivia finally ended, this past week, with increased government protocol for the protection of natural resources, reported infobae.com. The strikes often led to bloody confrontations with the police, and the burning of vehicles and buildings as public demonstrations […]
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•Caracol Radio reveals that so far in 2011, there have been 30,149 infractions related to drunk driving, a large increase from the 18,764 of the same time in 2010. •Colonel Luis Montenegro, the Sub director of Transit and Transport of the National Police, stresses that the authorities are increasing efforts to control this problem. •There […]
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•Ecuadorian authorities apprehended two members of FARC during an operation in the south of Quito according to the Ministry of the Interior. •El Espectador reports that they are reported to belong to the “Frente Sur” (South Front) of FARC, and authorities have requested fingerprints and other information to ascertain their identities. •They are to be […]
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According to ElUniverso.com police arrested two members of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the southern Quicentro shopping mall in Quitumbe. The FARC members are identified as Andres Guaje Chala and Yanesi Hoyos Alarcon. Guaje is known as Favio Ramrez in the FARC organization and was 2nd in command of the frente […]
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Diariocorreo.pe reports that a woman killed her stepdaughter, who suffered from mental disorders including schizophrenia, May 15th. Estercita Rivera, the killer, was arrested today and is in the women’s wing of the El Milagro prison, reports the prosecutor for the case. The victim’s mother, Cecilia Leon Soto demands justice for her daughter calling for life […]
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Ecuadorenvivo.com reports that the Desaguadero border crossing, which is the main border crossing between Peru and Bolivia, was reopened today after 42 days of protests and blocking. Police say that everything is back to normal in the area, however there are long lines of vehicles delivering products from Bolivia to Peru. The Puno Chamber of […]
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Police arrested a fugitive from justice for conspiracy last week by using a fake Facebook profile, according to losandes.com.ar. The 4-month-long investigation to capture the fugitive headed by the Departmental Research Direction of Pergamino, Buenos Aires, involved creating a fake Facebook profile of a young woman claiming to be a fitness trainer and a student […]
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•General Efraín Rojas Acevedo, while under the influence of alcohol, threw a grenade at a public establishment and left 1 dead and 7 injured. •According to El Espectador, the soldier threw the grenade at 4:00 a.m. after an argument with some people leaving the establishment. •Rojas Acevedo, part of the motorized infantry, has turned himself […]
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On the other hand, the intelligence sources who have been following closely the situation in Caracas confirmed that Chavez’s daughter, Rosina, together with his mother, Marisabel Rodriguez, Venezuela mysteriously left for Cuba on a plane the Air Force . “A Marisabel and her daughter removed from the urgency,” said another of the sources. “That was […]
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In the midst of a wave of rumors about the health of the Venezuelan president who is undergoing medical treatment in Cuba and was emergency surgery for a pelvic abscess, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro noted that Hugo Chavez is “in charge” of his government, but also conceded that he is giving “a battle for their […]
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ElComercio.com reports that President Juan Manuel Santos, today, rejected a decision made by an Ecuadorian court to call a trial of the Colombian security forces that were involved in the 2008 bombing of Angostura that ended with the death of FARC deputy chief, “Raul Reyes.” Santos says that the military took direct orders from him, […]
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According to ElComercio.com a man driving on the Granda Centeno around 3 a.m. on Friday June 24th, was intercepted by two people on motorcycles says the preliminary investigation report. Police say the driver was shot and lost control of his vehicle, crashing into local food stands on the streets of Brasil and Granda Centeno in […]
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ElComercio.com reports that during a presentation by law enforcement on Thursday, police informed the media that they recently seized 34.4 kilos of alkaloids in nine separate raids throughout the capital. Police report that 13 arrests were made in connection to the raids where the drugs were going to be sold in illegal trade deals. During […]
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According to ElComercio.com on Friday June 24th two people were killed and 12 injured when rural workers tried forcefully to occupy the airport in Juliaca, located in southern Peru on the Bolivian border. The occupation was lead by anti-mining protesters that were eventually repelled by the Peruvian police says a hospital source. Officials say that […]
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ON SEPTEMBER 30, CNN’s CORRESPONDENT in Ecuador, Rodolfo Mu�oz, resigned after 14 years on the job. That day Mu�oz had covered a police revolt that paralyzed Ecuador, in what President Rafael Correa called a coup attempt. The president, after confronting a group of demonstrators, was attacked and later held hostage inside a hospital until a […]
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According to ElComercio.com Jose Serrano, Ecuador’s Interior Minister warned that if the police who participated in the rebellion against President Rafael Correa on September 30, 2010 go unpunished, future rebellion attempts might be more serious. Four men, including a colonel, and a politician, Fidel Arauj, were found innocent of attempted murder of Correa by an […]
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Agents of the Ministerial Police arrested Liz Brenda Valdez Marroquín, 21, also known as “ámbar” or “Samara,” El Mexicano reports. Valdez Marroquín was wanted on counts of aggravated kidnapping, violent vehicle robbery and organized delinquency. She and her boyfriend, Neri Alfonso Estrada Valdez, were the leaders of a kidnapping gang, primarily targeting store owners. Estrada […]
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•Colombia’s National Police have arrested 22 people who were involved in the front company Hospi Medic in Manizales, which dealt with distributing adulterated medication. •El Colombiano reports that the investigations revealed involvement with an EPS as well as another firm, the Sociedad Farmaceútica La Unión S.A. •Hospi Medic provided medication to 17 drug stores in […]
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LaRepublica.pe reports on June 15th, the Directorate of Aerospace Investigation (DINAE) was created a decade ago due to unexplained aerospace events. In 2001 the Air Force of Peru (FAP) set-up a department dedicated to researching ‘anomalous phenomenon.’ Three events influenced the creation of this naval department; Ecuador and Chile, were opening their own aerospace departments, […]
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According to ElUniverso.com the Attorney of the Judicial police in Guayaquil denounced the increasing express kidnapping and violent robberies that are occurring in the Guayas province. As of yesterday 24 express kidnappings have been reported to authorities this month. However, President Rafael Correa reported last week that crimes had dropped by 15% from 2010 in […]
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Ecuadorinmediato.com reports that Peruvian authorities discovered 85 acres of land, valued at 25 million soles, dedicated to the production of marijuana. Authorities discovered the land in the annex of Pueblo Libre in the Pataz province. Drug traffickers moved about 800 kilos of marijuana monthly, police say. The marijuana was concealed in public transportation and individual […]
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•President Santos proposed that countries work together to fight narcotics trafficking in Central America in the International Conference of Support for the Central American Security Strategy currently in Guatemala. •He referred to Colombia’s example and its cooperation with the U.S. in Plan Colombia, which has helped to combat the threat of narcotrafficking in the country. […]
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According to ElUniverso.com three people died in clashes between police and students at the University of Huancavelica in central Peru. The students are protesting budget cuts to the funds of the University of Huancavelica in order to create another university in Tayacaja. The three deaths included a child and 32 people were reported wounded. Also, […]
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Leading sociologists say the recent lynching attempts in southern Mexico City are due to failures by the government, La Policiaca reports. They point to a lack of confidence in the police force as the reason citizens are attempting to take the law into their own hands. Corruption and repression have pervaded the police force in […]
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After a series of hunger strikes and vigils, Fátima Hernández had managed to become an exception, as one of the few rape victims in Nicaragua to obtain justice. But now her fight has started all over again and the hope that her case offered to others might become a mirage. On Monday, she began a […]
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Allegations of mistreatment of detained 14 soldiers in Bolivia in the Chilean territory, which made the government’s defense minister altioplánico, Cecilia Chacón, were denied today by the regional ombudsman of Tarapaca, Arturo Zegarra. Read Article
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ElComercio.com reports that the United Nations Human Rights Council received a report by Philip Alston, a U.N. special reporter on extrajudicial executions, concerning cases of unlawful killings by policemen in Ecuador. The Ecuadorian internal investigation unit records 104 deaths by police that were occurred between 2005 and 2010. However, another police unit reports that there […]
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According to ElComercio.com unknown assailants, in a western suburb of Guayaquil, gunned down a young man on Saturday. He and a young woman, whom he used as a human shield, are two of nine murders recorded by the Guayaquil prosecutor’s office, which occurred over the weekend. Officials of the Guayaquil police force are investigating all […]
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The 9-year-old daughter of retired Navy officer, Victor “Lindoro” Olivera, was shot last night and is in critical condition today after undergoing surgery, according to lavoz.com.ar. The girl was in her family’s home in Partido de Pilar, Buenos Aires at around 10 p.m. when the shootings occurred. Olivera was charged last year for torturing and […]
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•After discovering another car bomb Monday night, the authorities evacuated nearby housings and schools in Corinto, Cauca. •El Espectador reports that the Colombian authorities have not yet attributed this car bomb, the second in the area within 3 days, to any specific group. •The ELN and FARC have guerrillas present in the area. Read Article
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•Rural farmers verified to El Espectador that in certain unnamed fields and greenhouses in Cali, a new kind of enhanced marijuana is being grown. •The marijuana has increased THC content, which allows for the drug’s effects to be enhanced. •Farmers have continued to cultivate the illicit crop because legal crops such as bananas and coffee […]
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ElTiempo.com.ec reports that custom officials in the Guayaquil airport arrested a United States citizen from Alabama, Andrew G., arriving on Delta Airlines. The American was trying to enter Ecuador with 22 gold bars, valued at USD 1,072,000 that was not declared at the customs checkpoint. Police investigating the case say that the probable destination was […]
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•In the river Mataje in Tamaco, Nariño, Colombia, the Colombian Navy and the CTI destroyed a facility that constructed submarines and processed cocaine paste for the Daniel Aldana column of FARC. •Monthly the site would produce 1.5 tones of coca paste. •So far in 2011, the Naval Force of the Pacific has seized 40 laboratories […]
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According to ElComercio.com Luis C., 21, from Colombia died early Sunday morning, June 19th, in northern Quito near Eloy Alfaro. Judicial police say that he was struck by several gunshots while waiting at a fast-food stand along with his father. Witnesses say that two gunmen pulled up in a car, got out, fired and fled. […]
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