•In cooperative effort, the antidrug police, the Army, and the Colombian Air Force found and destroyed 14 tons of marijuana ready to be packaged, which were valued at 35 billion pesos, in La María, Torbio, Cauca as reported by elespectador.com. •The marijuana belonged to Miguel Ángel Pascuas Santos, alias “el sargento Pascuas”, who is the […]
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According to Extra.com, five assailants intercepted a security vehicle that was transferring money from a Pacific Bank located in the offices of Telecommunications Corporation (CNT) on Monday at 9:00 a.m. The twelve assailants were riding motorcycles and armed with high-powered weapons. The incident occurred between Gaspar de Villarroel and Amazonas Avenues in Quito. As the […]
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In Cali, Colombia, two unidentified women 75 and 77 years of age were found dead in their homes with their throats slit as reported by the video by elespectador.com. The authorities believe that the assailants committed the murders in an attempt to rob the victims. Read Article
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According to ElComercio.com, an Ecuadorian military plane belonging to the navy failed to takeoff due to a flaw in the landing gear in which an explosion caused a fire. The mishap was at 02.35 this morning and cuased damage to the aircraft. No injuries or casualties were reported. Furthermore, air traffic at the base is […]
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•In April, as armada.mil.co reports, the National Navy of Colombia and the Antinarcotics Police found 210 kilos of cocaine worth $5 million USD dissolved in 350 gallons of diesel fuel on the Honduran ship “Seven Sean”at the Las Flores sector in Barranquilla. •The fuel tested positive for alkaloid and the process of examining the net […]
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The Mexican government has adopted the Colombian government’s system of battling organized crime. As leon.milenio.com reports, the two governments have been working together sharing information and technology in order to stop narcotrafficking groups who transport drugs from Colombia to the United States through Mexico. Although the Colombian government has reduced the production of cocaine by […]
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According to ElUniverso.com two Ecuadorian soldiers are missing after a sailboat sank for unknown reasons on Aguarico River which boarders Peru in Orellana province. The Ecuadorian Army released a statement that said the two solders got swept away in the strong current of the river. The military boat was from the town, Nuevo Rocafuerte. Ecuadorian […]
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•Although there is a soldier every two kilometers, on Tuesday there will be a meeting between the minister of Defense, Rodrigo Rivera, and Ricardo Virviescas, the secretary general of the Asociación Colombiana de Camioneros (ACC), to discuss increased security on the highways. •Virviescas expresses worry that armed groups are operating in places in which there […]
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In the past five years, disappearances attributed to government institutions and criminal groups have increased in Mexico. Since December 1996, Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission has classified 5,397 people as “lost” or “absent”, with 500 of these disappearances originating in the state of Michoacan. While reliable statistics are difficult to establish and confirm, it remains […]
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The home of businessman and former mayor of Tijuana Jorge Hank Rhon was raided early Saturday morning, as reported by El Universal. Hank Rhon and ten of his bodyguards were arrested and will be flown to Mexico City for questioning by the Assistant Attorney General’s Office for Special Investigations on Organized Crime. At his residence […]
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According to ElComercio.pe four Europeans tried to smuggle hydrochloric cocaine concealed in their luggage out of Peru. The Europeans and three Peruvians were apparently traveling to Madrid at the time of their arrest. Police confiscated 2 to 7 kilos of hydrochloric cocaine. The arrest of the three Peruvians occurred as they were trying to transport […]
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According to RPP.com.pe Octavio Salazar, recently elected congressman for Fuerza 2011 denounced the marking of ballots in favor of Ollanta Humala by a supporter of Gana Peru. The head of the district of El Provenir, Jhon Aranibar, where the incident occurred, confirmed the congressman’s account of the incident. The supporter, Clemencia Magda Paredes was taken […]
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RPP.com reports that severe injuries have contributed to the death of two more soldiers on the eve of the presidential runoff. Two army non-commissioned officers died earlier today from wounds suffered in an apparent terrorist attack by the Shining Path. A special commando patrol in the Apurimac and Ene River valleys was ambushed by ‘terrorist […]
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Alan Garcia condemned the terrorist attack Choquetira town, which troops killed Huilber Angeles Casio, Alban Towers and Zózimo Rusber Huamán Cuyo. The president, Alan García Pérez, condemned the terrorist attack last night in Cusco , in which troops killed Huilber Angeles Casio, Alban Towers and Zózimo Rusber Huamán Cuyo. “We mourn the martyrs of democracy, […]
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An assault on the Boulevard Morazan provoked strong police mobilization. The members of the security fell as gullible for trusting a uniform stained by crime. With a large sum of money was raised several men dressed as police who raided the cashier of a stock car on the Boulevard Morazan, leaving the balance of three […]
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Leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC continue their cat-and-mouse battles, in the nation’s almost five-decade-old conflict. “It’s tough fighting in all this mud,” a guerrilla named “Adrian” says. Flinching with every shot he or his comrades fired, he explained that “This is to slow the army’s advance. Within two or three days […]
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Villavicencio. In the last few hours, two members of the first Farc, decided to escape from his terrorist organization to voluntarily surrender to Army troops in the department of Vaupés. Voluntary surrender occurred in an area known as Pucaron Carurú Township, where soldiers are deployed Forest Battalion 52 `No Coronel José Dolores Solano ‘Brigade No […]
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Neiva. The fighting yesterday between troops of the Ground Combat Battalion No. 37, organic Brigade No. 29 and the sixth terrorist Farc allowed to expose the massive recruitment that would be suffered by indigenous people living in councils of the department of Cauca, limits to the west of Huila. The incident took place in an […]
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According to msemanal.com, last month’s massacre of 28 Guatemalan farm workers by the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas represents a first act of extreme violence aimed explicitly at civilians since the end of Guatemala’s Civil War. However, it is not the first instance of violence attributed to Los Zetas in El Petén, the department of […]
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Speaking to the General Council of the Spanish Bars in Madrid on Thursday, human rights activists from Mexico condemned the sexual violence committed against women, and in particular women from the most vulnerable groups of Mexican society according to elpais.com. One of the activists who testified was Valentina Rosendo, the indigenous woman who was tortured […]
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Lahora.com.ec reported at 9:30 in the morning of Wednesday June 1st, more than 600-armed soldiers entered the farming facilities of the community Patria Nueva in the Puembo sector of canton Pujili, seizing weapons (machetes) in a storage facility that previously contained cassava. Farmers demanded a warrant issued by a judge, but no warrant was ever […]
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In Quito, the Zone Management Center, National and Metropolitan Police and Armed Forces are conducting joint security operations to improve public safety. Seventeen establishments were closed in May when four operations were performed. The operation aims to control land use, liquor sales, evaluate emergency situations, ventilation and sanitary conditions. Joint control was implemented in the […]
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F-AIR 2011, an international aeronautics fair, is to have more than 10 countries including the U.S., Brazil, Venezuela and Peru participating to display the technological advances in the field of aeronautics in each country.The fair will be held in Rionegro, Antioquia at the Aeropuerto Internacional José María Córdoba. According to the article from infodefensa.com, Colombia […]
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A Hercules C-130 of the Argentine Air Force made an emergency landing during an “Ajax Exercise” of in-flight refueling. The crew detected a problem with one of the engines that turned out to be low hydraulic fuel pressure. They landed as a precaution and both the crew and the aircraft are OK. Read Article
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Paraguay will invest 40 million dollars to modernize their armed forces as announced this week by Defense Minister, Cecillo Pérez Bordon. The money will buy new weapons, aircraft, machinery, equipment and construction and engineering work. The Navy will be getting ships, patrol boats, transport planes and a new radar system. Details of the investment were […]
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Three Coast Guard pilots are being charged today for the murder of French nuns and several of the founders of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo who were thrown from aircraft into the sea during “death flights” in December 1977. The military dictatorship in Argentina during the late 1970s and early 80s used “death […]
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•Hoy.com.ec reports that the Ecuadorian police force considers FARC an internal security issue as the Colombian guerrilla group uses Ecuador as a base for planning and carrying out operations. •Their actions according to the Ecuadorian police force include trafficking of narcotics and arms, assassinations, and smuggling of fuel among other activities. •Between 2005 and 2008 […]
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•Last night, a briefcase bomb was found on a busy street in the north of Bogotá by an officer on duty in Laureano Gómez park as revealed by caracol.com.co. •The bomb was composed of 12 kilos of indugel attached to a detonator set to go off at 8 p.m. •This Tuesday, the police is to […]
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•The Colombian National Police and the DEA of the U.S. worked together in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Spain, and Colombia to capture 22 members of “los Paisas” and the “Oficina de Envigado” as reported in rcnradio.com. •Within Colombia, 12 members of captured along with $480 million USD. •Currently in Boston, César Augusto Pinzón, Antinarcotics director […]
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•Elespectador.com reports that Guillermo Enrique Torres, alias Julián Conrado and “el cantante de las FARC” was captured this Tuesday in Barinas, Venezuela. •President Hugo Chavez assures that Torres will be handed over to Colombian authorities as the processes are being carried out. Read Article
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•Elespectador.com reports that the Policía Nacional Civil found 166 kilos of cocaine in a container from Colombia in a warehouse of the Santo Tomás de Castilla port in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. •There were no arrests. •Yesterday, the police seized $4.29 million USD of cocaine in the El Progreso department during which two presumed members of […]
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•So far in 2011, The National Police of Colombia have captured 34,456 people, 3,968 of them under 18, involved in narcotics according to policia.gov.co. •In the last two days, the police have shut down 250 stores of hallucinogens as part of the operation. •198 firearms and 12,209 white arms were seized as part of the […]
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•So far in 2011, 113 cases of suicide have been reported, 25.6% more than the same period last year according to the report by the Policía Metropolitana de Bogotá per elespectador.com. •Homicide cases have experienced a reduction of 5%, and theft cases have experienced reductions in their different categories. Read Article
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Brazilian police have arrested nearly 30 people in connection with a series of ATM heists that have left some poorer parts of Sao Paulo with scant access to cash. Five current or former police officers were arrested in the sting Tuesday — and investigators suspect another two dozen police could be involved. Read Article
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• Three soldiers in active service were attempting to transport 200 military uniforms from Ecuador to irregular Colombian groups and were caught by the Unidad de Lucha Contra el Crimen Organizado del Ecuador as reported by. • A similar attempt was made a month ago to transport 600 uniforms through the northern border. Read Article
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•Magistrate Maricio Fajarado asserts that the military did not take the necessary preventative measures to prevent the attack and seizure of base Las Delicias according to caracol.com.co. •He points to the lack of a patrol and the fact that reinforcements came a day late in the failure to protect Las Delicias. •This case is under […]
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•The operation that the Spanish Guardia Civil started in October allowed them to capture 1,000 kilos of cocaine and 22 members of the illegal band responsible for the transfer of narcotics including cocaine from Colombia as reported by diariosigloxxi.com. •The Guardia Civil received information about the transport of Colombian cocaine to Belgium dissolved in containers […]
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•Donay Correa Londoño and Guillermo Roldá Correa, both candidates for the Mayor of Campamento, were shot and killed by FARC’s frente 36 in the North of Antioquia according to rcnradio.com. •This makes 3 assassinated candidates for mayors of municipalities so far in 2011 in the north of Antioquia. •There have also been attempts against candidates […]
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A police patrol in the Yotoco municipality in Colombia detained a red Mazda 626 with 61 kilos of marijuana, amounting to more than 60 million pesos, hidden in the doors and seats of the car as reported by elespectador.com. The driver fled through the sugar cane fields and avoided arrest. Read Article
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•Minister of Minas and Energy, Carlos Rodado Noriega, affirms that after months of investigation, they have ascertained that old drug traffickers have been using the gold mining industry to launder money per rcnradio.com. •According to the minister, they have found 9,000 issued securities and 19,600 requests. Noriega states that one of the problems in Ingeominas’ […]
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Two German tourists, who suffered respiratory problems when climbing the mountains of Vilcanota, at the height of Mount Ausangate, located in the annex to Chicca, Combapata district, province of Canchis Cusco, were rescued by police that led them to a private clinic. Read Article
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The Interior Minister, Miguel Hidalgo Medina, said the residents of the southern Puno, concentrated in the capital of the region, began way back to their communities after a meeting held by its leaders in the highland town. Read Article
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The Policía de Control de Drogas (PCD) – drug enforcement police – and the Fuerza Pública (regular police) had a busy weekend, seizing some 371 kilograms of illegal drugs in the 24 hours between Friday and Saturday, increasing the haul in the last 10 days to 1.3 tons. Read Article
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The chairman of the Natural Resources Defense of the Southern Region, Walter Aduviri said the Aymara nation “will not lift the strike” The Defence Committee of Natural Resources of the Southern Region of Puno continue its indefinite strike last night even though the executive authorities agreed to suspend for one year highland mining concessions and […]
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A video posted by elespectador.com reports that the Colombian police have discovered buses that change their license plates in order to be authorized to transport children, buses without seat belts, and among other infractions, vehicles with broken taillights. So far in 2011, 109 accidents have occurred resulting in 16 children dead and 170 injured in […]
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In Neiva, capital of the Huila department in Colombia, an assassin, recently turned 18, was arrested after shooting and killing a 4-year-old boy. The victim was the nephew of the man he had be contracted to kill whom the assassin was unable to find as reported by rcnradio.com. Read Article
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In Giradot, Cundinamarca, Police captured a drug trafficker alias “Mago de Oz” (Wizard of Oz) as shown by video posted by elespectador.com. He attempted to escape while being searched by an officer by jumping into the Magdalena River, but was later apprehended and found with 700 doses of marijuana hidden on his person.
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•The Colombian National Police found 3 million pesos in the possession of Iván Mejía Soto, who was allowed to go free, in a hotel in the city Sincelejo, the Sucre department per eluniversal.com.co. •He was seemingly planning on circulating the money in a local market. •According to the Unidad de Reacción Inmediata de la Fiscalía, […]
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This Saturday, a FARC minefield left 1 soldier dead and 4 others injured of the Batallón Numancia as revealed by elespectador.com. The Comando Pacífico blames the guerrillas of FARC’s Frente 30 for the incident in Los Robles in the municipality Buenos Aires in Cauca, Colombia known for its rebel presence. Read Article
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The Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal reports the number of cases of sexual abuse against minors is over 18,200 according to rcnradio.com. The Universidad Nacional stresses the importance of proper care when questioning these children who may not be able to deal with the pressure of the procedure due to the psychological stress involved in […]
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In April 2010, Russia and Colombia signed an agreement to aid each other in criminal matters by providing each other with assistance such as access to evidence and witnesses according to sp.rian.ru. Also in the agreement are conditions to respect human rights of citizens of both countries and to maintain custody over those extradited. Read […]
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Spanish police have arrested a man when he picked up in the city of Badajoz (Southwest) a parcel from Venezuela contained inside an accordion with 1,018 grams of cocaine. Read Article
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•Elespectador.com reveals that during a 100-man operation in the Calle del Bronx, 17,000 doses amounting to 843 kilos of marijuana were confiscated which is worth over 200 million pesos. •Investigations revealed that marijuana came from the south of Colombia to be sold in Bogotá. •Seven people were captured in the operations, and these illegal actions […]
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The Policía Aeroportuaria del Servicio de Vigilancia del Ministerio de Seguridad Pública (MSP) at country’s international airports now do more than keep an eye on security, but can also now issue traffic tickets to drivers and detain illegals, among other duties of an immigration official. The special police body that is a permanent fixture at […]
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For the Fiscal Guayas, Antonio Gagliardo, there is a current trend in which criminals prefer the presence of the inhabitants of the house to commit the crime. “Now they are becoming more aggressive and do not care if the house is occupied or not … Now enter the force, assault, rob, rape … We’re finding […]
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After ten months of police investigation led to Luis Venegas, accused of raping more than 20 women. Several complaints had reached the Police of Pichincha, but the capture of the man is because one of his victims was identified through an identikit. Read Article
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•The proposed solution is to raise the penalties for minors for committing such crimes as homicide, kidnapping, extortion, and sexual crimes per elespectador.com. •Minister of the Interior and Justice, Germán Vargas Lleras stated that Colombia could not continue to allow 16 and 17 year old assassins to go free without punishment. •Representative Alfredo Deluque explains […]
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Research: The pilot sailed down a hill height and destabilized the aircraft. Operational failures caused the crash of the Cessna 341, Bolivia Air Force (FAB), in which six people, two soldiers and four officers from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC, by its acronym English) – were burned to death last May […]
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Gunmen apparently from two rival drug gangs fought a ferocious gunbattle on a highway in a western Mexico state that killed 28 men Wednesday, authorities said. Read Article
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Plans for the Union of South American Nations becoming more like its EU model advanced this week with talks on the pact’s structure and strategies for monitoring budgets including defense spending by member countries. Read Article
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Noticias.univision.com reports that Jesús Ochoa, presumed member of the Sinaloa Cartel, attempted to hide the money in a carry on luggage when he was captured in Eldorado Airport in Bogotá, Colombia. The money is believed to be a partial payment from Mexican cartels for a cocaine shipment. Ochoa is to be processed for alleged money […]
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The security measures are heightened in the Alejandro Velasco Astete airport in Cusco after the discovery yesterday of a grenade and a stick of dynamite in one of the bathrooms at the airport, Gastón Rodríguez said Colonel Limo, police chief of the Cusco region. Read Article The article indicated there were flights cancelled and people […]
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Police found the tank during a raid on a remote ranch in Jalisco, western Mexico. The armour plated vehicle, dubbed “Monster Zeta” has a revolving gun turret and welded metal sheeting designed to withstand explosions. Read Article
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•Jhon Freddy Acevado, spokesperson of Carmen del Atrato, reported that 3 men, 2 of which former members of the Ejército Revolucionario Guevarista (ERG), were shot dead by front 34 per eltiempo.com. •They have been identified as Fabio Nelson, Saúl Caro, and Esneider (whose surname is unknown); Caro and Esneider are disbanded members of the ERG […]
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Elespectador.com reports that Tuesday night, members of the Armed Forces, Air Force and Navy transported 120 people previously under FARC’s control to Quibdó from Las Mercedes in Chocó. The pressure from the military seems to have convinced FARC to release these individuals. Read Article
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SECOND HOME INVASION IN A WEEK Five gunmen assaulted the workers of a marriage that was celebrated last Sunday morning in the area of Punta Blanca on the route called Spondylus, police said. According to the police, the crime was perpetrated at 03:45 in a house located at the entrance to number 11. Read Article
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Forget bulk cash. Heavy and hard to hide, it’s simply not the most convenient cross-border conveyance for a 21st-century money launderer. A safer and increasingly attractive alternative for today’s criminal is electronic cash loaded on stored-value or prepaid cards. AP-Read Article
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The Government announced yesterday that it will allocate 500 police, which will form a task force to ensure the safety of the five cities with higher crime rates in the country: Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, Manta and Esmeraldas. In total, 160 members of the elite National Police, together with the staff of the Urban Service Unit […]
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Noodles, milk, meats, preserves, fungicides and other products were confiscated by the City of Imbabura because its use-by date had expired. The situation was repeated in various outlet centers. Read Article
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A report in the Honduran press says that the Crime Investigation Unit of Honduras is investigating the twin engine plane used in the biggest drug bust in Belize. Read Article
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A recently retired army general was gunned down in Tlanepantla, a city in the central state of Mexico, which surrounds the Federal District and forms part of the Mexico City metropolitan area, the Defense Secretariat said Sunday. Read Article
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The main suspect in the drug-cartel massacre of 27 farmworkers and relatives in Guatemala’s Peten province was arraigned Friday on charges including conspiracy to murder and kidnapping. Suspect Hugo Gomez Vasquez has been identified as a local leader of the Mexico-based Zetas drug cartel and a former member of the elite Guatemalan military unit known […]
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More than 1,000 soldiers arrived yesterday at San Lorenzo for realizing the state of emergency declared in the area to fight the miners. This product damage were several bulldozers used to this activity. The militaries of North Operational Command 1 of Atuntaqui, eight helicopters raided early yesterday morning to the town to close Selva Alegre […]
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The police seized on Tuesday afternoon, 80 sharp weapons, six cell, two hammers and 40 grams of marijuana sting in several prison cells in El Roble, in Puntarenas. In a surprise operation, the Police Force and Prison Service made a requisition on the modules A1 and A2 of the prison in the afternoon. Read Article
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Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), May 20 (IANS/EFE) Some 400 police officers in this Mexican city have been dismissed since last October on suspicion they had ties to organised crime, Mayor Hector Murguia Lardizabal said. Read Article
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Peru’s President Alan Garcia on an official visit to Ecuador on Friday proposed “to reduce progressively the militarization” of the border as a show of confidence reached by both countries in the last century fought three wars and territorial disputes. Read Article
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The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) issued an international alert to arrest the brothers and former owner of Filanbanco, Roberto and William Isaias. The alert, posted on the website of Interpol on 28 March and 26 April this year, explained that the tab is open to Isaiah for forgery and fraud. The lawyer for the […]
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•Rcnradio.com reveals that instead of dismissal because of her cooperation, Luz Eugenia Molta received the sentence for causing an accident at 12:30 at night. •Director of the National Police, Óscar Naranjo, hopes that this will serve to dissuade such conduct among all citizens. Read Article
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On Wednesday Venezuelan Vice President Elías Jaua strongly rejected claims by a German publication that his government has allowed Iranian military presence in Venezuelan territory. Read Article
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Pedestrian and vehicular bridges in the different municipalities of the region were the places where they were located the various blankets. In Torreon, around 6:20 am, the Mexican Army took to the streets to remove the covers, along with elements of the Municipal Police, for what was said were removed over ten blankets. Read Article
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The module of the Institute of Legal Medicine of Tingo Maria received modern forensic equipment, which will greatly help to expedite the investigations of crime in the area and also provide a more accurate about the cases filed, according to Huber Villarruel Quispe the city medical examiner. Read Article
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The police officers of the Drug Enforcement National Police of Peru (DIRANDRO-PNP) took the Peruvian Victor Hugo Castro Moreno, 46, and a Colombian citizen Jhon Alexander Giraldo Cardona, 25, to find seven kilos of cocaine his room at the Hostal Sebastian Inn, in the district of Lince, Lima. Read Article With other Cases
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Three men accused of robbing and killing a farmer in the district were captured by Zamugari VRAE commoners, who were nearly lynched. The rapid intervention of the staff of the Anti-Drug Directorate (DIRANDRO) of Palmapampa National Police of Peru (PNP) was able to save them. Read Article
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Uruguay will purchase an armored vehicle heading multifunctional Tigr , manufactured by the Russian state company Rostekhnologii , as confirmed by his representative in Argentina Anatoly Zuyev. Read Article
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•Laradiodelsur.com reports that Carlos Lozano, the director of the magazine Voz de Colombia, stresses that four other deaths are being investigated in the place where Argimiro Hernández was killed in the Tolima department. •Lozana describes that Alfonso Cano, leader of FARC, performs operations in the site at the entrance of the Cañon de las Hermosas […]
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The video from elpais.com.co reveals a military operation in which, after being attack by members of the Sixth Front of FARC, military personnel search a rural estate in Caloco, Cauca to find ammunition, explosives and other weapons to be used by FARC.
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When Meredith Aby met with members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in 2006, she asked what it would take to get them to stop fighting. Jess Sundin did the same during her trip to Colombia 11 years ago.They returned and openly wrote and spoke about their experiences, while criticizing the U.S. government’s involvement […]
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Aernnova Aerospace company has hired the engineering and architectural work Lantec for technical assistance prior to the construction of a new factory in the Mexican city of Queretaro. These facilities will be dedicated to the production of composites. Read Article
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Bumar Group, holding company of the Polish defense industry, participated in the lounge SITDEF (11 to 15 May), highlighting the third time for the Peruvian armed forces and anti-aircraft missiles tank. Bumar Group has guided anti-tank ammunition SPIKE-LR, 122-mm missiles for the system fragmentation BM21 GRAD-demolition of fragmentation increased (Spall), container to plant mines (silver), […]
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The Israeli company Rafael exhibited during the show Peruvian SITDEF 2011, and other advanced systems, weapons station RCWS Samson on armored combat car ASPRO Armor Protection System. Read Article
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The violence and the state of siege in the northern Guatemalan province of Petén, following the massacre and decapitation of 27 farm labourers, has been building up for years. Maya archaeological sites in Petén are now surrounded by soldiers after the discovery of the bodies of those murdered Sunday May 15, presumably by Los Zetas, […]
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Many modern intellectuals (leftist economists and political scientists of various nationalities) have been advocating the readiness of Latin America, under Brazil’s leadership, to take the helm of the region’s defense, against the so-called imperialist powers of the West, and take every step to brainwash the local members of the elite, encouraging them to embrace the […]
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Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz, frustrated by Ecuador’s refusal to return the man accused in the killings of a mother and son in Brockton, is urging federal officials to pressure the South American nation to hand him over for prosecution. Read Article
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Daimler AG was ordered on Wednesday to face a U.S. lawsuit alleging it participated in the kidnapping, torture and death of Mercedes-Benz workers in Argentina’s “Dirty War” three decades ago. Read Article
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•Elcolombiano.com reveals that the captures were made in simultaneous operations part of Operación Emperador in areas such as Bogotá, Medellín, Caucasia and Cáceres, in Antioquia. •Members of the top tier of the group such as alias “Servi,” the financial head and alias “Vicente,” the presumed head of assassins, were captured among the 12. •The National […]
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•On Monday at 10:00 p.m., the two officers, Nelson Enrique Larrea Fernández and Edwin Cuero Rojas, were seriously injured when they were ambushed and attacked with 40 millimeter grenades and rifle shots from a hill as revealed by elpais.com.co. •They were headed towards Todos Los Santos in San Pedro, Valle del Cauca to check on […]
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