Narcotics Police seized 1.5 tons of cocaine in the port of Cartagena, which belonged to the illegal band The Urabaeños. According to Gen. Oscar Naranjo, director of the National Police, the drug valued at 7,200 million pesos was hidden in the roof of a container that was transported concentrate for dogs. Read Article
Bank robbers in Argentina have tunnelled into a vault and emptied more than 100 safety deposit boxes, police say. The robbery in Buenos Aires was only detected when bank staff returned to work after the new year weekend. Since the 1991 financial crisis, many residents in Argentina have kept cash in safety deposit boxes. Read […]
American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E), a global supplier of X-ray detection solutions, has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract from a Latin American country for its “Z Portal” vehicle screening system, the firm says in a written statement. The client country plans to use the Z Portal system for customs applications to safely and effectively […]
Police investigations reveal that several gangs involved in drug trafficking Nigerian international exist in Quito, Ecuador and Buenos Aires, Argentina. ountries. Traces to several African citizens in the Ecuadorian capital led to a finding that entertainment areas such as La Mariscal, north of the city, or The Michelena, in the south, were recruited for traffic […]
Military located at the police station in Huanta Sector took into custody an 18 year old female in possession of two weapons. The area is known for high drug trafficking. Read Article
Members of the Deomcratic Front and Barrios de Mazatlán are calling for the investigtion of 36 municipal employees. They are threatening a march of 2000 people in the coming days from Barrios de Mazatlán to Oaxaca. The current situation is tense and violence could be present. Read Article
Constitutional Court ruling allows US navy ships to enter Costa Rican waters in a joint antidrug operations with the Costa Rican Coast Guard, under the Joint Maritime Agreement in effect since 1999. The agreement permits the United States to enter Costa Rica’s waters and ports preapproved every six months by the Costa Rican legislature. Read […]
A diplomatic officer from Hong Kong is being charged for possession and transporting endangered species from the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. The police report indicated that the diplomat’s luggage was checked at the airport on Baltra Island after being alerted by a search dog. His luggage contained 20 dried seahorses, 37 unknown marine species, and […]
The Argentine Air Force has created a commission to record and investigate reports of unidentified flying objects (UFO) in the South American country’s airspace, a spokesman told AFP Wednesday. Read Article
A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable published Saturday depicts the leader of Mexico’s Army “lamenting” its lengthy role in the anti-drug offensive, but expecting it to last between seven and 10 more years. The cable says Defense Secretary Gen. Guillermo Galván mistrusts other Mexican law enforcement agencies and prefers to work separately, because corrupt officials had […]
Guatemala captured nearly two dozen suspected drug traffickers, automatic weapons and small planes in a country-wide sweep to crack down on Mexican cartels smuggling drugs through Central America. The arrests, four on Saturday and 18 over the past week, are the biggest blow yet to the Zetas drug gang, now operating in around 75 percent […]
At least 100 Nigerians have been arrested in Ecuador so far in 2010. Most of them have legal status in Ecuador under refugee status. A recent arrest of five Nigerians in an operation in Quito allowed four of the detained to be released because they did not have drugs on their person. The Nigerians are […]
December 23, 2010: Unable to maintain its American C-130 transports, because of an embargo, Venezuela is buying a dozen similar Chinese Y-8 transports. China has been building the Y-8. Read Article
December 25, 2010: South Africa has completed its deal to sell twelve recently (2008) retired Cheetah C jet fighters to Ecuador. The deal, which took over a year to negotiate, includes the South African aircraft manufacturer (Denel) supplying maintenance and technical support services to keep the aircraft flying. The Cheetahs will replace Ecuador’s current force […]
From November/2010 – Translation from German Iran wants to place on Venezuelan soil, bases for medium-range missiles up and deepen the strategic cooperation with the regime of Hugo Chávez. World Online” learned from Western security sources, an agreement between the two countries during the last visit of the Venezuelan president in Tehran and signed on […]
Brazilian police have busted 25 members of a 34-strong criminal gang in the slums around Rio de Janeiro. Some of the members are allegedly attached to local councils and the police force. Read Article
More than 30 inmates and prison guards have been injured in a riot at a jail in northern Chile. Four of those injured are now in hospital. Six members of the security forces were slightly hurt. Read Article
The Peruvian army has purchased a MicroFalcon UAV system from manufacturer Innocon of Israel. Read Article
More than 18 months after U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors were supposed to start enforcing stringent ID requirements at the nation’s land borders, millions of travelers are still being admitted without passports or other secure IDs, a new government audit shows. An Office of Inspector General report released Monday found that CBP remains unprepared […]
Conflicting assessments of Argentina’s military capacity, defence policies and future planning were given by the brand-new Defence minister, Arturo Puricelli and a former minister from the opposition. Read Article
Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced Monday the launching of operation “Guard Watch” with the deployment of 6.000 border guards throughout the Greater Buenos Aires with the purpose of combating the insecurity wave and putting an end to the rash of illegal occupation of open spaces by organized squatters. Read Article
judgment by the Inter-American Court on December 20, 2010, underscores Mexico’s obligation to stop using the military justice system for human rights abuses by the military, Human Rights Watch said today. It also shows that President Felipe Calderon’s proposed reform of the military justice system, which would only subject three types of abuses by military […]
Eurocopter’s Helicópteros do Brasil (Helibras) subsidiary today delivered the initial three EC725s for Brazil’s armed forces, marking a key milestone in the program to supply 50 of these medium-sized, multi-role helicopters – which will lead to in-country production of the rotary-wing aircraft. These first three helicopters were provided in a standard configuration and will undergo […]
Agents of the Special Operations Group Jungle (GOATJ) belonging to the Anti-Drug Special Operations Division (Divo) were able to locate and destroy drug processing laboratory and stop “red-handed” three subjects engaged in chemical processiong in the town of Azpuzana branch, formerly the center of drug manufacturing in the Alto Huallaga. After receiving information from the […]
The Guatemalan government today declared a state of emergency in the northern department of Alta Verapaz because of the control exercised there by drug traffickers, according to press reports. The digital edition of Prensa Libre attributes confirmation of that measure to the secretary of communications of the presidency, Ronaldo Robles, and the Minister of Home […]
Costa Rica’s presidenta, Laura Chinchilla, announced that cables will be placed on the Colorado river to avoid navigation after hours. Although the presidenta was short on the details like the hours of prohibition, she did make it clear that the move is a precautionary measure in the face of a threat by the Nicaraguan army […]
A dozen Chilean military officers were given jail sentences ranging from 15 years to life by a Paris court, over the disappearance of four French nationals during the rule of late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Read Article
Special forces used helicopters to reach the remote Macarena mountain range, where they decorated a 82 foot (25 metre) tree with 2,000 lights. The tree’s lights are fitted with motion sensors, so that the festive offering is illuminated when rebels pass. Read Article
A soldier died after a clash with members of the Shining Path rebel group in a remote jungle area, said Saturday the Joint Command of the Armed Forces. The soldier died Friday in Pampa hermosa in the province of Satipo, when he steppped on an improvised explosive device . Read Article
According to Fox News, 150 miles north of Guatemala City, deep in the jungle, is a military base where Guatemalan Special Forces are being trained secretly by U.S. Green Berets. The U.S. officers say the Guatemalan troops are committed to the task of defeating the Mexican drug cartels and are training tirelessly. “They rest when […]
Although Guayas has alarming rates of crime, the other provinces are not immune to this crime wave that generates violence and is responsible for 2,225 killings and assassinations nationwide between January and October. Nationwide figures are growing insecurity linked to drug trafficking, contract killings and crime, which generates an unprecedented violence in the streets. Read […]
In Ecuador, crime was growing in remote parts of the country where men in uniform were not properly armed for surveillance. The Government of Ecuador realized they were not only increasing their unsolved crimes, but it was also costing them more money to have post-crime actions than to invest in an established preventive measure. The […]
Mexican police have been involved in fierce gun battles with suspected drug traffickers blockading the main roads into Morelia, the capital of Michoacan state. There has also been fighting in the nearby city of Apatzingan. At least three people were killed, including an eight-month-old baby apparently caught in the crossfire. Read Article
Rio de Janeiro’s Governor Sergio Cabral asked Brazil’s Defense Ministry to keep 2,000 troops in Rio’s occupied shanty towns until October as the city tries to reduce violence ahead of the 2014 soccer World Cup. Read Story
Río de Janeiro, Brazil Armoured vehicles take over drug-trafficking enclave in Río neighborhood Brazilian police captured the 240,000-person Vila Cruzeiro neighborhood , a major stronghold of Río de Janeiro’s biggest drug traffickers during a wave of violence which has claimed at least 30 deaths in four days. Another operation by the Judicial Police in Jacarezinho […]