caracaschronicles.com reported…No place in Venezuela has been hit harder by the recent violence than San Cristóbal, the city of 650,000 up in the Andes where the current bout of protests started 18 days ago. Last night, the authorities shut down internet service to the whole city, which explains why so few YouTube videos have emerged […]
ECUAVISA.COM REPORTED….In the past three years has arrested nine Mexicans on various operating drug. At last, occurred on Monday, we stopped to get almost a ton of cocaine to Mexico. In the formulation of charges hearing, pre-trial detention against the four detainees was issued. 43 Sacks of jute with cocaine hydrochloride were the main evidence […]
news.msn.co.nz reported…Quito Ecuador: A convicted rapist, Segundo Federico has been detained and allegedly has raped 30 new victims. The suspect lured mostly young women in their 20’s under the pretense of helping them find employment. The victims were sexually abused in remote areas. The convict served a previous eleven year sentence for rape. Authorities located […]
larepublica.pe reported that Police sources revealed that the intelligence team led by Captain Ana Sánchez Ponce, suffered no casualties. Its 14 members prevented the intruders will suffer from at least 50 thousand suns. “The girls took the risk. They were able to act decisively in the crucial moments… “, said an officer of the Sub […]
INTERPOL reported that Cooperation between Ecuador and INTERPOL’s global law enforcement network topped the agenda during a meeting today between the Deputy Minister of Interior of Ecuador, Javier Felipe Córdoba Unda and INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble. The visit by the Ecuadorian delegation to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters covered a range of issues relating […]
Strategic-Culture.com (Nil NIKANDROV) wrote: Rafael Correa is one of those Latin American presidents which ruling circles in the U.S. consider uncontrollable and thus especially dangerous. To get rid of such politicians, Washington makes use of a wide arsenal of means, from interfering in election processes to physical elimination. After the strange death of Hugo Chavez, […]
naharnet.com reported that President Rafael Correa has pulled Ecuador out of a 1947 hemispheric mutual defense treaty on Wednesday on grounds it is outdated, the foreign ministry announced Wednesday. The move was the latest in a shift away from U.S.-led security arrangements in the region by Ecuador and other leftist Latin American allies. The foreign […]
A federal agent disguised in a gorilla suit and placed in a cage helped nab Mexican zoo officials who were attempting to smuggle primates to their homeland, a prosecutor said Tuesday. The Mexicans, including Victor Bernal, 57, the director of zoos and parks for the interior state of Mexico, were shown real gorillas, orangutans and […]
dw.de reported that a Colombian magazine has reported that the military intercepted the communications of government officials negotiating with FARC rebels. Colombia’s Interior Ministry has announced a probe of the reported espionage. Responding to a magazine report on Tuesday, Interior Minister Aurelio Iragorri said it appeared that Colombia’s military had spied on its own government […]
dw.de reported that Mexico’s president has unveiled plans to pacify a volatile drug cartel stronghold with billions of dollars in development money. Anti-cartel militias had formed in Michoacan in the absence of state security forces. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto pledged on Tuesday to invest $3.4 billion (2.5 billion euros) to build roads, schools and […]
Mercopress reported that only four weeks away from the World Cup and in a climate of growing social unrest Brazil police unions are threatening the government of President Dilma Rousseff with a national strike. For Rousseff it also means an additional challenge since on February 10 the ruling Workers Party will be launching her re-election […]
02/04/2014 PORTLAND, Ore. ice.gov/ — A former Maryland resident who moved to Ecuador where he sexually abused young boys and produced child pornography was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in federal prison. Kenneth Robert McVicker III, 50, pleaded guilty in October 2013 to traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors, […]
bbc.co.uk reported that Mexican vigilante groups in western Michoacan state have agreed to join the official security forces after weeks of taking the law into their own hands. The “self-defence” groups have recently taken over a number of towns in their attempt to drive the Knights Templar drug cartel from the area. The government announced […]
bbc.coluk reported that police in the United States have arrested former Ecuadorean police commander Edgar Vaca, who is accused of human rights abuses. The interior minister in Quito issued a statement saying that the retired general was arrested in Washington and will be extradited to Ecuador. Mr Vaca and nine other officers have been accused […]
rt.com reported that Honduras lawmakers have passed legislation authorizing the country’s Air Force to shoot down aircraft suspected of carrying drugs in an effort to curb the cocaine trafficking through the country to the US. The bill proposes banning flights 6 pm to 6 am in Honduras’s airspace, especially if traveling at 5,500 meters and […]
Interpol reported…Two organized crime networks involved in fuel smuggling across Peru and Ecuador have been dismantled following an INTERPOL-coordinated operation targeting illicit trade and counterfeiting. More than 60 interventions were carried out as part of Operation Alisuyo, targeting the criminal gangs known as ‘culebras’ or ‘snakes’ because of the way they move across borders. One […]
Mexican president Enrique Pena-Nieto has denied that his administration allowed self-defence groups grow under his watch, insisting that Mexican security forces remain in control of the drug-infested state of Michoacan. The Mexican president denied that vigilantes had “in no way” been allowed to take control of Michoacan during a layover in Canada ahead of his […]
presstv.ir reported that Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has announced plans to call for the withdrawal of some US military officers from the South American country. Speaking at the Carondelet presidential Palace in the Ecuadorian capital Quito on Wednesday, Correa said his government will ask Washington to withdraw “nearly 50 military personnel” assigned to the US […]
latino.foxnews.com reported….More than six months after an Oklahoma teenager disappeared while hiking on a family trip in Ecuador, relatives and friends are still holding out hope that he will be found alive and say they are grateful for the support the Ecuadoran government has provided….Authorities in Ecuador believe the teen, who is from Oklahoma City […]
laht.com reported that a Searcher drone went down in the sea off Ecuador’s Manabi province, said Capt. Fabricio Rueda, commander of the Naval Air Service’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron. The drone crashed on Friday due to engine problems after one hour of flight time, the El Diario newspaper reported on its Web site. Read Article […]
Eluniverso.com reported that the confiscation of 74 kilos of cocaine and the arrest of five people, including a priest, was the result of the anti-drug operation called transporter, held in Ibarra, which included raids and seizures in other four cities in the country. READ THIS BOOK FOR AN INSIDE LOOK AT ECUADOR’S CULTURE The police […]
RT.com reported that Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has unveiled the country’s first domestically made unmanned aerial vehicle. The drone is to help Quito fight drug traffic and will also be on sale in South America, costing “7 times less” than its Israeli equivalent. “We have pleasant surprises… Whether you believe it or not, we are […]
latinatimes.com reported that the home of Ecuadorian journalist and opposition activist Fernando Villavicencio was raided by Ecuadorian police on Friday, Dec. 27, 2014 according to local news outlets. According to the Ecuadorian free-press group Fundamedios, Villavicencio was at home with his family when a group of police broke into his home with machine guns and […]
elcomercio.com.ec reported that Ecuador and Chile are the countries with the highest percentages of defense spending in the region relative to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This conclusion the report entitled ‘Military Balance in South America 2013’, published by the New Majority organization Argentina in mid-November this year reached. In Ecuador, these data are corroborated […]
While the police was spreading cheer today, the year 2013 is ending with a bang for the Belize Defense Force. According to the C.E.O. of National Security, there will be many changes and upgrades in 2014 for the force. One in particular was good news for the soldiers. Retired Colonel George Lovell used the event […]
thefrontierpost.com reported that Ecuadoran authorities ordered a policeman accused of involvement in a failed 2010 coup bid against President Rafael Correa to be held pending investigation. Prosecutor Franz Valverde in Quito ordered the detention of the officer, whose name was not disclosed. The officer faces a charge of attempting to kill the president; if convicted […]
theguardian.com reported Michaela McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid have been sentenced to six years and eight months in jail on drug trafficking charges. The pair’s lawyer says the two women, who pleaded guilty to the charges, are not appealing the ruling. The 20-year-olds were stopped at Lima airport in August with £1.5m of cocaine in […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that in May 2007, President Rafael Correa announced the first emergence of the prison system. He has promised to implement a genuine policy of social rehabilitation. The complaints then were the same as previous years: bribery, illicit income of weapons, drugs and cell phones, supposed mistreatments, fights, deaths, leaks, overcrowding and mafia that […]
Eluniverso.com reported that One million fake dollars was seized yesterday during a raid by the armed forces in the Metropolitan District of Quito. In a statement, the Joint Command of the Armed Forces said at 14:15 yesterday, on the street and Avenida Juan León Mera country, members of the Department of Arms Control, in coordination […]
NYTIMES.COM reported that Officials have been lauded for reclaiming lawless areas from drug traffickers in various favelas across a sprawling metropolitan area with 11.8 million residents. But the image of a city on the mend has been undermined by the actions of its own security forces, particularly the spreading militias composed largely of active-duty and […]
ecuavisa.com reported that Russian tourists who were attacked by suspected members of a community inPastaza recovered part of their belongings. The police acted as the mediator of this installment. Inhabitants of the community of Lipuno, located in the jungle of Pastaza, decided to voluntarily return the things that would have taken the couple on November […]
WW4REPORT.COM REPORTED…The Shuar Association of Bomboiza, in Ecuador’s eastern rainforest province of Morona Santiago, is demanding answers from the government over a Nov. 7 incident in which a member of the Shuar indigenous people was killed in an army operation against illegal gold-miners in the region. The confrontation, at Kukus community on the banks of […]
A package with 40 kilos of marijuana were found early in the morning by the security guard of a vacation center of the hotel zone of Cancun, who gave notice to the Municipal Police. According to the police report, Andrés Altamirano Ambrosio, chief security Solarys Royal Hotel, located at kilometer 19 Boulevard Kukulcan, gave notice […]
Ecuadorian anti-narcotics units have intercepted 224 kg of cocaine, loaded on a ship in Guayaquil and destined for Bulgaria. The head of the anti-drug unit of the Guayas province, Vladimir Leon, revealed that the bust had been planned for a long time, and is part of a broader operation over the last days, during which […]
Members of the newest police force in the colonial city of Oaxaca can’t hear or speak. A group called the Angels of Silence operates the city’s surveillance cameras to look for crimes being committed on its streets. Cynthia Zepeda, director of Oaxaca state’s emergency services, said the officers have a highly developed visual sense and […]
lahora.com.ec reported that on November 15, 2013 at 20:00, was about an operation in an apartment located on the island of Hispaniola, Jipijapa sector, in the North of Quito, which served as a clandestine game room. 100 Points to Consider Before Moving or Retiring in Ecuador [Kindle Edition] Authorities found this site after carrying out […]
Elcomercio.com reported that the passage of the military who were carrying guns and moved on special vehicles caused surprise among the inhabitants of the North of Manabí. The fact was recorded between Monday and yesterday in the cantons Sucre, San Vicente and flints. In these sites, according to the police, has been detected that drug […]
Seventh Judge of Criminal Manabi Bailon Leonor ruled pretrial detention for four security guards Tevcol company, which on Monday guarding an armored vehicle, which was assaulted at the gas station Manabi Transport Cooperative (CTM) , on Metropolitan Avenue (via a Manta). In a report issued by the Police detailing that detainees are Orley Waldemar SC […]
plenglish.com reported that an UN Report: Insecurity Affects Latin America and its Development Latin America as a region remains affected by the problem of insecurity, a phenomenon that limits its socioeconomic progress, according to a report circulated today by the United Nations Development Program. The study on 2013-2014 regional human development focuses on threats such […]
Ecuadorian filmmaker and journalist Oscar Leon gives account of the day President Correa was attacked and held by the police. Part two of Ecuador: Failed Coup or Institutional Crisis? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MOVING TO ECUADOR? THIS BOOK WILL BE INVALUABLE IN YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS…….. IF YOU ALREADY LIVE THERE YOU WILL HAVE A CLEARER […]
teleamazonas.com reported that Civil agents will replace the national police officers. The municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito assumes from today officially control the traffic in the capital. Among its powers this issue ballots of citation and elaborate parties to offences and serious infringements within the urban perimeter of the Metropolitan District. In addition, […]
Reuters reported – Mexican armed forces have taken charge of security in the Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas, a major cargo hub in a part of the country struggling to contain violent drug gangs. The government said on Monday that units of the army, navy and federal police were moving in to oversee access to […]
theguardian.com reported that – Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government “occupied” a chain of electronics stores in a high-profile crackdown on what it regards as price-gouging that is crippling the country’s economy. Authorities arrested managers the five-store, 500-employee Daka chain, sent troops into the shops and forced the company to start selling products at cheaper […]
prokerala.com reported that Guyana has said that the Venezuelan Navy entered its territorial waters and detained a US-operated ship. The Venezuelan actions in the disputed Essequibo region constituted “a serious threat to peace in the region”, Guyana said, adding that the ship belongs to Texas-based company Anadarko, which has been granted a contract to look […]
EFE.com reported….The Guatemalan government will invest some $12.6 million to buy new weapons for the National Civil Police, or PNC, a government minister said Wednesday. Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla said at a press conference that after 10 “failed bidding processes” to buy the weapons for the PNC held between 2005 and 2011, authorities opted […]
theaviationist.com reported that about 90 airplanes and nine helicopters, and more than 2,000 Brazilian and foreign military personnel are currently taking part to Cruzex 2013, South America’s largest military exercise this year. Hosted by the airbases of Natal and Recife, in the north of Brazil, the international drills organized by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) […]
Elcomercio.com reported that More than 400 Ecuadorean police officers have been detained and investigated for suspected criminal activity IN 2013, as the government attempts to reform chronically corrupt law enforcement. IF YOU ARE THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR READ THIS BOOK The treatment process within the Police PTO. Following the announcement that the agents will […]
Eluniverso.com reported that 1.5 ton of drugs found last Wednesday in the seaport of Guayaquil was bound for Belgium, Europe, as General William Balarezo, commander of Metropolitan Police District. The officer explained that the alkaloid was discovered in a container filled with pineapple and were considering other containing bananas. “And this will give us the […]
US authorities have shut a sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel recently dug under the US-Mexican border. The tunnel – said to be 2.4 miles long – linked a warehouse in Tijuana to another in San Diego, California. Derek Benner, head of Homeland Security Investigations in San Diego, said it was equipped with lights, ventilation and an […]
thestar.com reported………Ramiro Osorio Cristales was one of four survivors of the massacre at Dos Erres. He was eventually forced to call a man who helped kill his father ‘Papa.’ A life changed forever “It was at night,” says Osorio, as he recalls those terrifying hours when his life changed forever. “We had gone to bed.” […]
theguardiand.com reported that Peru’s air force is reopening an office responsible for investigating UFOs due to “increased sightings of anomalous aerial phenomena” in the country’s skies. The Department of Investigation of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena (DIFAA), first created in 2001, is being revived after lying formant for five years because more UFO sightings have been reported […]
Police, Judiciary and Prosecution Wednesday arrested 13 people, suspected members of a network dedicated to the killings and sale of drug control in the north of Guayaquil. This was announced by Interior Minister, José Serrano, through his Twitter account . In the operation of the band, which operated in Guayas, Santa Elena, Manabi and Los […]
On October 16, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF) reported that it seized a truckload of marijuana weighing 800 kilograms. The truck was stopped in São Luís do Purunã, about 50 kilometers south of Curitiba, the state capital of Paraná. After receiving tips from local residents, the police spotted the truck at the tollbooth near […]
On October 24, 2013, Gazeta do Povo reported that the Brazilian Federal Police (PF) has created arrest warrants for eighteen people involved in a cigarette smuggling scheme originating in Paraguay. Arrest warrants have been issued in several towns in the west of the state of Paraná, as well as Belém, capital of the state of […]
Two policemen on active duty, involved in the assassination of swells of Barcelona of Guayaquil, George Michael Murillo, which occurred on November 4, 2012, voluntarily surrendered, after being included in the process researching the prosecution. 32 Judge of Criminal Guarantees Guayas Province in Duran (east of Guayaquil), Ricardo Arias, issued the remand order against Joseph […]
Police in Ecuador have broken most Wednesday to drug gang and hit men operating in the Ecuadorian coast. The criminal faction, in addition to controlling drug trafficking in Guayaquil, maintained important links with international cartels like Sinaloa Mexican or Colombian of stubble. It is, as pointed Andes news agency, the most significant blow to organized […]
On October 22, 2013, Agência Brasil reported that state prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro have accused 15 more policemen of involvement in a case in which a stonemason, Amarildo de Souza, was tortured and killed in a favela in Rio de Janeiro in July. Police are accused of wrapping the body up, then, and taking […]
On October 22, 2013, NE10 reported that police arrested a trio in the state of Paraíba with 11 kilograms of drugs hidden in their car. Police made the bust in the city of Campina Grande, about 125 kilometers west of the capital city of João Pessoa. According to reports, police found six kilograms of crack […]
On October 22, 2013, O Globo reported that more than one in every two residents of the city of São Paulo have been victims of a crime. Of 3,000 respondents in a recent survey, 53.4% reported that they had been robbed, assaulted or threatened at gunpoint. Even more striking is the number of crimes reported: […]
On October 18, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Highway Police (PRF) reported that police busted a motorist traveling from Mato Grosso do Sul to Manaus with 35 kilograms of marijuana in his car. The car was stopped in Vilhena, in Rondônia. Police found 33 tablets of marijuana in the trunk, as well as side and rear […]
On October 17, 2013, Portal ORM reported that two men have been arrested in São Paulo and the Brazilian state of Pará in connection with a string of human trafficking charges. Police captured José Guedes, 25, of Inhangapi, in the northeast of Pará state. He was picked up along with a transvestite of whom he […]
On October 14, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Highway Police (PRF) reported numbers related to its pursuit to stop sexual exploitation of children and teenagers in the country. From 2006 until today, the PRF has arrested 1,662 individuals suspected of sexual abuse of minors, and rescued roughly 3,812 children from situations where they could be exploited. […]
LAHORA.COM.EC REPORTED a Colombian 29-year-old was arrested by police in Esmeraldas, when Saturday morning tried to enter male prison grenade military use, known as C13. The female, cleverly, had camouflaged the explosive inside a container in which food had been one of the prisoners. After being captured, the foreigner would not say who was the […]
Special-ops.org reported…The Foreign Legion is the only unit of the French Army open to people of any nationality. All members of the Foreign Legion are men; women are not permitted to join. Most legionnaires still come from European countries but a growing percentage comes from Latin America. Most of the Foreign Legion’s commissioned officers are […]
The following information was submitted from an expatriate residing in Vilcabamba Ecuador. This particular case has not been confirmed it is still wise advice to remember to follow all immigration rules. One question many visiting Ecuador often ask is – What happens if you overstay your visa? The prudent answer to this is – don’t […]
Hundreds of Brazilian security officers, backed by armoured vehicles and helicopters, have occupied 12 shanty towns in Rio de Janeiro. The major operation is part of an ongoing drive by authorities to push drug gangs away from poor areas. Two new police pacification units (UPP) will be set up in Lins de Vasconcellos, home to […]
elnorte.ec reported that so far in 2013, customs agents have seized $120,000 woth of unregistered cellphones at the Ecuador and Colombia border. 1. Cellphones had no documentation. 2. 50 percent of the seizures took place at the Rumichaca International Bridge. 3. Other unregistered cellphones entered through illegal passages along the border. 4. Calle Larga, Cerro […]
Source: Elcomercio.com – Third Quarter of 2013 Armed Forces seized the following explosives and other illicit materials: 1. 246,321 pieces of ammunition. 2. 19,576 dynamite sticks. 3. 458 kilos of illicit drugs. 4. Destroyed 826,952 poppy plants. 5. Seized 14 dredges for illegal mining. 6. 57,883 gallons of fuel (diesel and petrol) 7. 3332 LP […]
Military wounded during attack on the northern border Yesterday afternoon, there was an attack on a helicopter of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE), on the border of Ecuador and Colombia. A soldier was injured during the incident. According to an official statement, which referred to newspaper El Comercio, the fact was in the village of […]
bbc.co.uk reported that ten Brazilian police officers have been charged with murdering Amarildo de Souza, a bricklayer who lived in Rio de Janeiro’s biggest shanty town Rocinha, two months ago. Mr Souza, 43, has not been seen since 14 July, when he was taken by police officers who were investigating drug-trafficking activities at the favela. […]
bbc.co.uk reported….Riot police have clashed with protesters in Mexico City during a demonstration commemorating the 45th anniversary of a student massacre. Protesters, some of them masked, threw firebombs, bottles and rocks at police who battled to disperse the crowd. At least 40 people were injured, Mexico’s El Universal newspaper reported. The rally marked the anniversary […]
Expreso.ec reported that in the first eight months of 2013, Interpol finalized 11 extraditions Quito, of which 6 were passive, ie, the Ecuadorian State the order executed by other affiliated countries. The extradition process is long and complex. The director of the entity, Carlos Sandoval Friendly Chiriboga, notes that this process can take up to […]
bbc.co.uk reported that a judge has ordered the arrest of three army and police officers in Ecuador’s first trial involving alleged crimes against humanity. They are part of a group of 10 former senior officers accused of abducting and torturing members of an illegal opposition group in 1985. Judge Lucy Blacio ordered that six other […]
Eluniverso.com reported Forces, yesterday morning was the military ceremony of change of command, in which Brigadier General Edison Narvaez Rosero, who ran the command of the 4th Division Amazon was appointed commander of the Operational Group 1 Norte. Narvaez, unlike his predecessor, Gen. Fernando Proaño, who ran the detachments of the provinces of Esmeraldas, Carchi, […]
infobae.com reported that Police rescued five Paraguayan women in the town of Vicente López. Infobae In this note, the recording of the call to which the investigation was initiated and photos of the house of bondage The victims were forced into prostitution in an address “vip” generously sized “regenteado” by a bodybuilder, who was also […]
UPI.com reported… As compromises go, Argentina is buying used French Mirage jets from Spain rather than pour scarce cash into an ambitious but more desirable acquisition of new aircraft. It’s money that Argentina cannot spare, with mounting energy bills that eat up its export earnings, high inflation and slow growth. Read Article
Globalpost.com reported that a former Chilean general serving six years in prison for crimes committed during Augusto Pinochet’s bloody regime committed suicide on Saturday while on weekend release from jail. Odlanier Mena, 87, shot himself in the head two days after President Sebastian Pinera announced plans to close the luxury jail for dictatorship-era military officials […]
On September 26, 2013 Terra reported that the Federal Police in conjunction with other federal agencies, carried out Operation “Corredeira” in Sao Paulo, against a gang resposble for committing fraud to the National Institute of Social Security between 2006-2013. The gang has caused about R$4 million in loss and may be more than that considering […]
Globo reported on September 26, 2013 that the police detained 10 suspects of a drug trafficking gang in Mato Grosso do Sul. Among those detained was the leader of the gang; a 21-year old man in a wheelchair. The gang is responsible for murdering members of rival gangs, including that of a 17-year old. They […]
Globo on September 26, 2013 reported that the Brazilian Army in Oiapoque, Amapá launched an operation along the border of French Guiana in attempt to fight cross-border crimes. Operation “Curare” will work to combat environmental crimes, human trafficking, and illegal mining. 550 soldiers were used, including boats and helicopters. The Operation, continuing into October of […]
Some 800 police were summoned Tuesday Regiment Quito for medical expertise in order to verify whether they were plastic surgeries that might have changed his features that prevent participants from recognizing them as the revolt of September 30, 2010. So police confirmed several calls that came in the course of this day, some annoying, some […]
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CBN.com.br reported on September 21, 2013 that the National Civil Aviation Agency is investigating three cases of irregular drone usage in the country. Only four civil models are allowed to operate which received certification to do so earlier this year. However, three states are reported to have conducted irregular flights. Reports reveal more than 200 […]
Globo reported on September 20, 2013 that the Federal Police launched Operation ‘Invasion IV” in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais to combat drug trafficking and organized crime. Police discovered 400 kilos of marijuana divided into 481 tablets on a truck that left Mato Grosso do Sul destined for Juiz de Fora. The drugs were hidden […]
Terra reported on September 20, 2013 that the Federal Police in conjunction with the IRS confiscated two guns, 200 points of LSD and 60 perfume bottles on the International Friendship Bridge between Paraná and Paraguay. The police detained two suspects after approaching a vehicle entering Brazil with Paraguayan license plates. Read Article
acritica.uol.com.br reported on September 20, 2013 that the Federal Police with the help of the Peruvian police closed eight cocaine-producing laboratories on Peruvian territory. The laboratories were 1 kilometer from the Brazilian border. One seizure involved confiscating 240 kilos of cocaine. In addition, the police seize 5,920 gallons of gasoline on a Peruvian vessel traveling […]
midianews.com.br reported on September 20, 2013 that the Federal Police arrested 27 suspects in Mato Grosso and eight other states including the Federal District. Operation “Micah” is designed to combat criminal organizations specializing in money laundering and the misuse of public resources for social security purposes. Among those arrested include two agents of the Civil […]
tribunadabahia.com.br reported on September 20, 2013 that national and international trafficking in Bahia has raised concern in the state as the number of complaints have increased. The secretary of the Committee for Preventing and Combating Trafficking in persons states that 80% of trafficked people are women forced into sexual acts or labor between 18 and […]
laht.com reported that at least 16 prisoners died in a prison riot in the western state of Zulia, the Cabinet minister in charge of Venezuela’s penitentiaries said Tuesday. “Fifteen people died …. There is one person, number 16, who also died but in another area not involved in the internal war that there was … […]
Elmercurio.com.ec reported that on Sunday September 15, 2013, police in a routine road check of a cooperativa “Azuay” bus in route from Huaquillas to Cuenca discovered a shipment of 63.40 kilos of liquid cocaine. a raid on Ye Cumbe. The plastic container seized held 180,000 deses of cocaine worth $700,000. Authorities indicated that drug traffickers […]
More than 20,000 poppy plants burned by soldiers in Carchi Plants were camouflaged in bean crops. Authorities reported second time crop of poppy plants have been discovered in Carchi Eluniverso.com reported that a farmer of 48 years was arrested Tuesday morning in the San Joaquin Look Canton, South Carchi because cultivation of beans between two […]
On September 16, 2013 Globo reported that three Peruvians were detained at the International Airport of Guarulhos, Campinas in Sao Paulo after attempting to steal a laptop and other electronic devices. Police report the gang specializes in stealing hand luggage at airports. The arrest was a joint mission between the military and civil police. Read […]
Six people were killed and five injured in a stampede triggered when police raided a crowded bar in the Colombian capital Bogota, officials say. Officers were called to the venue after reports of a brawl. Chaos broke out after some form of gas was released and patrons tried to leave the premises, authorities say. Read […]
Cotopaxi Following an intelligence developed by the Provincial Narcotics Unit of Cotopaxi, last Sunday achieved the military seizure of 40 boxes that were camouflaged within a truck carrying flowers. The action took place at 06:30 on Sunday when the charge was intended to be entered, the staff helped the police with dogs Dog Training Regional […]
On September 12, 2013, progresso.com.br reported that the Federal Police seized 514 kgs of cocaine in Mato Grosso do Sul. The police intercepted the truck carrying the drug destined for São Paulo. The driver admitted to receiving R$50,000 to transport the drug. Police report other seizures earlier that week: 2.7 kgs of cocaine seized on […]
Globo reported on September 14, 2013 that the Military and Federal Police confiscated 100 kilograms of marijuana in truck coming from São Paulo to Pernambuco. The truck driver admitted to being hired by two people five months to transport the drugs. The man is charged with interstate drug trafficking. The Federal Police believe the drugs […]
Terra reported on September 13, 2013 that the Brazilian Federal Police and the National Police of Peru agreed to join forces to find and remove cocaine production laboratories in the Peruvian Amazon. Police report “Operation Trapeze” will discover 15 hidden laboratories that can produce up to 10 tons of cocaine a year. Last year, the […]