Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said Monday that Washington still pursues “double standards” in its foreign policy toward Latin America according to xinhuanet.com. “The double standards persist,” Correa told a local radio station. “Here, you are a good guy if you are a friend of the United States; you are a bad guy if you … […]
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JetBlue starting 13JUN13 will begin daily Ft. Lauderdale – Medellin operation, as the low-fare carrier opened reservation for this new route earlier this month. Airbus A320 aircraft to operate this route. Read Article
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Amazon Defense Coalition Press Release: U.S. federal judge Lewis A. Kaplan is again denying due process and improperly acting as “the world’s judicial police” to help Chevron try to block a $19 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador, says a new analysis by representatives of the Ecuadorians. Representatives of thousands of Amazon villagers in Ecuador who […]
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nogalesinternational.com reported: Note to drug smugglers: If you get lost while hauling a pot load, it’s probably best to ask directions from someone other than the Border Patrol. A 21-year-old U.S. man learned that lesson the hard way on Thursday night after he approached agents from the Sonoita Station while hauling a stack of lumber […]
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Ecuadorian Foreign Minister condemned the U.S. standard that seeks to prevent Iran’s influence in Latin America…. “We will fight for our sovereignty. This is a government other than that defined its foreign policy based on the concerns and fears that instilled the United States,” Patino said in an interview with the government newspaper ‘The Telegraph’. […]
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Bolivia has said that the US embassy in La Paz is actively working to undermine the government of President Evo Morales. There is “irrefutable evidence” that the US mission is working “to damage the image and prestige of the government,” AFP quoted Juan Ramon Quintana, the minister of the presidency, as saying on Sunday. The […]
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Pedro Delgado, President of Ecuador’s Central Bank and cousin of President Rafael Correa, resigned on December 19 after admitting that he had faked his economics degree. He used the falsified degree 22 years earlier to gain access into the prestigious Central American Institute of Business Administration, where he received his MBA. Read Article
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According to the New York Times, Wal-Mart de Mexico was an aggressive and creative corrupter, offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited, an examination by The New York Times found. Wal-Mart longed to build in Elda Pineda’s alfalfa field. It was an ideal location, just off this town’s bustling main entrance and […]
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Guatemala’s Congress formed a commission to recover the book Mayan Popol Vuh, of great historical value and is in the Newberry Library in Chicago, United States, said Thursday the government deputy Jimmy Ren. “The Commission is composed of three members of Congress, two delegates from indigenous mayor Quiché (north) and one of the City of […]
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Source: A MAJORITY REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT, INVESTIGATIONS, AND MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL T. McCAUL, CHAIRMAN ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION NOVEMBER 2012 A LINE IN THE SAND: COUNTERING CRIME, VIOLENCE AND TERROR AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF THE SOUTHWEST BORDER TO TERRORIST […]
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Source: A MAJORITY REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT, INVESTIGATIONS, AND MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL T. McCAUL, CHAIRMAN ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION NOVEMBER 2012 A LINE IN THE SAND: COUNTERING CRIME, VIOLENCE AND TERROR AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER THE THREATS: WHY ADDRESSING BORDER SECURITY REMAINS SO URGENT […]
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The US government has renewed its call on Cuba to release an American contractor jailed for crimes against the state, fearing the effect of a fourth year in prison on his deteriorating health. Coinciding with the third anniversary of his detention by authorities in the Caribbean island, the State Department released a statement Monday urging […]
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The lawyer of U.S. contractor Alan Gross, imprisoned in Cuba since 2009, on Wednesday accused Havana of “violating the privacy” of the detainee by publishing your medical history and reiterated its demand for an independent review. “Gross did not authorize the release of medical records and this statement is a violation of your privacy, sad […]
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Ecuador’s National Police proceeded to arrest the citizen Edgar Lucero Vinicio Lituma (A) “Neruda”, in the canton Gualaceo capture ballot who was accused of being the alleged perpetrator of a violation, in November 2012, a U.S. citizen citizen. The crime would have occurred under circumstances that the American citizen along with her boyfriend after attending […]
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suffering from a chronic lung ailment that could worsen at any time and is being checked regularly by doctors, the Andean country’s ambassador to Britain said. Assange, 41, whose website angered the United States by releasing thousands of secret diplomatic cables, has been holed up inside Ecuador’s embassy in London […]
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A senior government attorney and five other officials were arrested on charges they demanded $50,000 from a U.S. man who has spent 18 months in a Bolivian jail, the Andean nation’s interior minister said Tuesday.Carlos Romero told a press conference the six people in custody were part of a wider corruption ring.Jacob Ostreicher, a 53-year-old […]
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Author – Sonja Wolf ABSTRACT Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), founded in 1980s Los Angeles by Salvadoran immigrant youth, is today one of the largest street gangs in North and Central America. In recent years the group has acquired a reputation for extreme brutality and has ostensibly mutated into a fast-expanding, transnational organized crime network with possible […]
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Kenneth McVicker was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 2, 2011, for transporting child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(1)-(2). A warrant was issued for his arrest. On March 17, 2011, Mr. McVicker was arrested in Belize by the Belize authorities, allegedly for local immigration violations. Present at the arrest was […]
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FRANKLIN CHAVEZ; TERESITA VICTORIA VIZUETA VANEGAS, Petitioners, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, Respondent. No. 11-4535. Franklin Chavez and Teresita Victoria Vizueta Vanegas, husband and wife, petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA” or “Board”), which dismissed their appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) final removal order. For […]
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Roberta Jacobson discusses relations with the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs says that the U.S. is concerned about the situation of the press in Ecuador.’The situation of the press in Ecuador we are deeply concerned. We have to say it is one of the most difficult cases for freelancers. We have […]
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The U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement entered into force on May 15, 2012. It is a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Colombia, which will eventually eliminate tariffs and other barriers in bilateral trade in goods and services. On October 3, 2011, President Barack Obama submitted draft legislation (H.R. 3078/S. 1641) to […]
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The Dominican Republic, a country of roughly 10.1 million people that shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti, is a close U.S. trade partner and political ally in Latin America. The United States is the Dominican Republic’s main trading partner, with two-way trade totaling more than $11.5 billion in 2011. In addition to trade, […]
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The property at 370 E. La Castellana Drive is proving to be a good place to catch drug smugglers. On Oct. 15, two Mexican men were sentenced to 1.5 years each in prison after being caught in an apartment there with four bundles of marijuana. The sentencing came just three weeks after another man was […]
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Piñatas are usually filled with candy. But a truck carrying a load of the colorful party favorites into the United States through Nogales turned out to be filled with a more sinister surprise: 425 pounds of marijuana. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, its officers at the Mariposa Port of Entry referred Juan Marcelo […]
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A bumper grain crop in the Cerrado region helped US livestock farmers when drought hit America’s corn production….As US cornfields withered in drought conditions last summer, Brazil’s once empty Cerrado region produced a bumper crop of the grain, helping feed livestock on US farms and ease a drought-related spike in prices. Read Article
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Bank of America said today that the sale of its stake in Banco Santander Mexico is not a change of strategy towards Latin America and only in the interest of focusing on its core businesses. “The decision to sell the stake in Grupo Santander was taken primarily by our intention to focus on our business […]
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Minister of Interior and Justice of Venezuela, Néstor Reverol, said yesterday that so far this year, the security forces of this country have captured 18 heads of “major criminal organizations” in collaboration with Colombia and noted that this has been achieved without the help of the United States. “We have an action plan with Colombia, […]
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The U.S. 4th Fleet guided-missile frigate USS Gary (FFG 51) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) boarded and searched two suspicious vessels, sinking one, of being involved in illicit cargo trafficking Nov. 7 as part of Operation Martillo. While on routine patrol in the Eastern Pacific in support of Operation Martillo, Gary’s […]
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Jefferson Parish authorities say a man accused of raping and kidnapping his female roommate in Kenner was mistakenly released from custody last month, then deported to Honduras. The Times-Picayune (http://bit.ly/TSXpUe ) reports that authorities say Kenner Police arrested Jose Argueta-Amaya in September and booked him with forcible rape, kidnapping and other charges. Read Article
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Personal Customs seized a shipment of methamphetamine valued at more than $ 350,000 in International crossing linking the port of Matamoros to Brownsville. The shipment was insured personnel Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for its acronym in English, which is located in the international crossing “Gateway” to where it arrived the driver of a Ford […]
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The National Secretariat for Migrants, SENAMI, reported yesterday that were found the bodies of Maria Ines Alvacora Munoz, 24, and Luis Ariosto Street Inga, 22, who died on Sunday while trying to swim across the Rio Grande from Mexico to enter the United States. Read Article
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The legalisation of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, which will allow the drug to be taxed and regulated, in two U.S. states will prompt debate on anti-drug policies in Mexico as well, and on the coordination of strategies between the two countries, experts say. “The least bad option is legalisation,” Jorge Chabat, at […]
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday demanded his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, to reflect, to engage in their own state rule and forget to invade and destabilize other countries. This is the first reaction of President Chavez made public after the re-election of Obama in the presidential election held on Tuesday, which defeated the Republican […]
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Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa on Thursday urged Barack Obama, the U.S. president re-elected, to facilitate institutional turnaround in U.S. policy to Latin America and the Caribbean. The Ecuadorian president regretted that, although both U.S. presidential candidates considered the “land of opportunity” to Latin America, did not address U.S. relations with Latin American southern hemisphere in […]
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An Argentine judge embargoed Chevron Corp.’s assets in Argentina to carry out an Ecuadorean court order that awarded $19 billion to plaintiffs in an environmental damage lawsuit in the Amazon, a lawyer said Wednesday. Read Article
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Coordination Agents International Liaison State Preventive Police (PEP) captured in various actions to an American couple who was wanted in neighboring North for the crime of distribution of narcotics, as well as an American woman who had an arrest warrant against him for the crime of theft, in addition to violating probation. According to information […]
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According to Chilean journalist, the CIA has prepared an operation to destabilize the regime. Elmercurio.com.ec reported that President Rafael Correa, picked up a complaint filed by a Chilean journalist on alleged operation of Central Intelligence Agency U.S. (CIA) to destabilize his government and prevent his reelection. In his usual Saturday report, released yesterday but recorded […]
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Radiosantafe.com reported that research from the Colombian Air Force, detections of drug flights leaving from neighboring countries are fired, it is because in Venezuela since 2005, was suspended on air interdiction treaty existing between that country and the U.S.. UU. The figures coincide with information FAC Southern Command of the United States revealed four months […]
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Former British Ambassador states CIA paying bribes to defeat Correa in Feb 2013 elections according to actualidad.rt.com Murray, former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, posted on his blog that the CIA invests $ 87 million “to influence elections in Ecuador , an amount “from the results [election] in Venezuela have been tripled,” he says. After the […]
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Since October 2011 were issued by the embassy and consulates around one million visas, and end of the year it is expected to reach a record number according to americaeconomia.com. The number of visas issued to Brazilians came to 800,000 from January to September this year, an increase of 16% over the same period last […]
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During Monday’s debate on foreign policy, which turned out to be a debate almost entirely focused on the Middle East, Romney was the only one to mention Latin America. And, most important, he did it in a positive light, not falling into Washington’s usual habit of linking the region exclusively to drugs, crime or illegal […]
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Wwradio690.com reported that for their uncanny ability to travel long distances, the Indians rarámuris, natives of the state of Chihuahua, are used by Mexican drug traffickers sorry for drug trafficking to the U.S.. American lawyers, social workers and community members themselves Raramuri (“light feet”) or consulted by Efe Tarahumara indicate an alarming reality “(Joaquin) ‘El […]
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Tegucigalpa. Honduras Police seized 160 kilos of cocaine that were hidden in a false compartment of a cargo transportation in Puerto Cortes (Caribbean), and arrested a person allegedly linked to the stash, reported an official source . A National Police spokesman told reporters that the stash was found late Tuesday in the cargo that was […]
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According to EFE – The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, said today that have a bearing on the U.S. Embassy “is like a poop”, contrary to what happened before when politicians, military and police sought the support of the embassy to get positions in the Bolivian government. Earlier in Bolivia the “I had good relations […]
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Federal authorities on Monday occupied 660 kilograms of cocaine on a boat 50 nautical miles south of Salinas, announced at a press conference yesterday.The wholesale value of the drugs employed is estimated at $ 16.5 million, while cut and ready for sale on the street up to $ 66 million, authorities said. Read Article
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A large cocaine seizure was recorded over the weekend at the San Ysidro port of entry when a man tried to smuggle the narcotics into the United States hidden in a propane tank. A 39 year old United States citizen, who had the tank strapped onto his Ford truck, was arrested after Customs and Border […]
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Martin James Malone a U.S. citizen absconded from the United States in 1990 awaiting a jury verdict, establishes himself in Ecuador, extradited to the U.S., sentenced to prison. According to Eluniverso.com ……. Malone, 51, was starting to take things gently less work more surf-when police surrounded his vehicle Ecuador last February and extradited him to […]
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The City of Eagle Pass International Bridge No. 2 located on 400 Garrison Street has been closed down today, Wednesday, September 26, 2012, at approximately 10:30 a.m. due to a bomb threat on the bridge. Federal and City of Eagle Pass officials decided to close down the International Bridge No. 2 after locating a suspicious […]
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noticias.univision.com reported that U.S. officials have seen an increase in the use of at least three models of submersible in the Caribbean. These means of transport, operating with a diesel engine and are built in the jungles of South America, represent a new challenge for the U.S. and Latin American countries, according to the note. […]
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elheraldo.co reported, Golden Eagle In operation, the CTI of the Attorney captured in Medellin, Bogota, Norte de Santander and Villavicencio fourteen people who were part of the criminal structure of mobster Victor Navarro said Serrano, alias Megateo, requested in extradition by the District Court South Florida, USA. Read Article
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El Paso Police discovered 272 kilograms (600 pounds) of marijuana in an abandoned truck, which had reported as stolen. The discovery came during Monday night east of the city, after they responded to a call which warned of a suspicious vehicle. Read Article
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Elimparcial.com reported that three people were arrested in separate smuggling attempts by Customs and Border Protection during inspections weekend in Puerto Dennis DeConcini. Three people were arrested in separate smuggling attempts by Customs and Border Protection during inspections weekend in Puerto Dennis DeConcini. Francisco Javier Silva Enriquez, 50, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was arrested Sunday […]
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President Evo Morales on Friday flatly rejected the government’s refusal to extradite U.S. exmandatario Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada (2002 -03), to respond to genocide trial that followed in Bolivia, and said the country’s north becomes a “haven for criminals and paradise of impunity”. Read Article
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AP reported – Mexican federal police announced Friday that they have arrested a suspect in the killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, the slaying at the center of the scandal over the botched U.S. gun-smuggling probe known as Operation Fast and Furious. Read Article
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Agents of Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English) arrested four Guatemalans in two different actions when they tried to enter the United States a shipment of heroin hidden inside their bodies. The spokesman of the unit, Phillip Barrera said the first assurance of narcotics was made in New Dawn International Bridge, […]
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U.S. Tourist Missing in Madre de Dios According to Peru21.pe, U.S. citizen Joseph Keith Nolan (sic) Kyle Joseph Nolan, age 18, is reported missing for twelve days in the region of Madre de Dios. His family has arrived in Peru requesting assistance from authorities. The tourist arrived on August 14, 2012, at Puerto Maldonado. He […]
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Telegrafo.com.ec reported that Dina Lema Villalba, age 57, and on the list of most wanted from the province of Tungurahua, was captured on Spetember 4, 2012, in Quito, Ecuador. Dina Lema Villalba, according to authorities is believed to have participated in the murder of her niece Gloria Daniele Lopez Lema, and Ecuadorian national residing in […]
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Panama is a priority in the fight against drugs, their weaknesses in the area of money laundering and drug trafficking across the territory are a concern for U.S. forces trying incessantly that the United States do not touch drugs. Only in 2010, 48 Panamanian Public Force were trained by the Americans to fight drugs, in […]
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Antidrug authorities of Costa Rica, with the support of the Coast Guard of the United States on Monday seized 725 kilos of cocaine coming in a boat whose four crew escaped to a mountainous area. A ministry statement said Public Safety officers found the drugs in the boat, which, after being chased, ran aground on […]
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According to opinion.com.bo – Bolivia was engrossed verbally in recent months with its neighbors by versions on installing U.S. military bases in Paraguay, the arms of Chile, Peru’s military incursion and Brazilian drug trafficking and asylum an opposition senator, with little appearance Foreign Ministry, but with several partners in the country, according to the former […]
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A drug dealer wanted in the United States for the sale and distribution of methamphetamine was arrested in the port of San Felipe, in the southern town of Mexicali, where it remained hidden for five years. The International Liaison Coordinator State Preventive Police (PEP), Alfredo Arenas Moreno, said that with information provided by U.S. officials, […]
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Ecuadorian journalist Emilio Palacio — sentenced last year to three years in prison for denouncing President Rafael Correa — has been granted political asylum here in the United States. Palacio announced the news this morning during a press conference with his lawyers. He pointed out, however, that he received notice of the decision just 24 […]
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The deployment of the Marines are part of Operation Hammer, an initiative involving several nations, which began on January 15 to stop the transit of illegal drugs by the Central American coast. A contingent of 200 Marines U.S. this week started patrolling the west coast of Guatemala in an unprecedented operation to fight drug traffickers […]
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‘Seventeen people, all Hispanic, were arrested today accused of involvement in a drug trafficking ring in the country to introduce large quantities of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine from Mexico. As reported by the prosecution, the federal authorities rushed a dozen raids in different parts of Southern California in an operation against a network that illegally […]
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Orlandosentinel.com reported a postal worker in the state of New Jersey received and distributed cocaine packets with false addresses during its route and established drug trafficking organization in Puerto Rico would send the drug regularly, U.S. authorities said Tuesday. Christina Nunez admitted intercepting shipments from Puerto Rico and delivering cocaine to accomplices in the city […]
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According to Nogalesinternational.com a state police bomb squad was called to a home in Rio Rico this month after federal agents discovered six grenades there. On Aug. 17, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents served a search warrant at a home on Calle Dura as part of an investigation into suspected drug smuggling, said […]
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A construction project and recent monsoon rains have caused significant raw sewage problems in Nogales, Sonora that are affecting Nogales, Ariz., downhill. On Thursday, Bonnie Rae Greenwald, chief sanitarian for Santa Cruz County warned that parents who live in the Tricky Wash, Escalada Drive and Hudgins Street areas to keep their children and pets away […]
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A judge ordered the detention for 40 days of 12 federal police fired at a U.S. embassy vehicle in Mexico and wounded two employees of the government of that country. An official of the Attorney General..The official said Monday that the police will be taken to a detention center in Mexico City from the state […]
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The number of Mexican immigrants deported by this border, grew this year, according to figures from the National Migration Institute (INM), which alerted the Bureau of the Todos Somos Juarez program and human rights organizations. Unemployment in the United States, is an important factor to be generated this situation, he said, Olga Rosa Ortiz, UACJ […]
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After reviewing precaution to policyholders, agents Unit Operations CSO contacted members of the International Liaison Coordination of the same corporation, to verify the personal data of the couple. Verification of personal data proved that Steven Scot Juston Campbell had an arrest warrant against him for crimes related to narcotics, dated May 10, 2012. While Brittany […]
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Iran Federico Sotelo, 22, was arrested at the airport in Phoenix procedetne Hermosillo. Descending from a flight from Hermosillo, Sonora, at the airport in Phoenix, Arizona, was arrested a subject of Mexican origin who had a pending arrest warrant for several crimes related to drug trafficking. Officials of the Department of Customs and Border Protection […]
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A former Border Patrol agent pleaded guilty in federal court in El Paso to conspiracy to procure weapons on federal business licenses in the city, while still working for the immigration agency, knowing that their final destination was illegal importation to Mexico. According to the district attorney of New Mexico, Kenneth J. Gonzalez, Ricardo Montalvo […]
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– Two officials of the U.S. Embassy in Mexico were shot and wounded on Friday after federal police fired on the vehicle they were traveling diplomat confirmed secretariats and Marina Public Safety. In the text state that “today at 08:00 am, a vehicle Embassy diplomat USA received multiple bullet wounds in the road stretch Tres […]
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Mexican federal police fired on a U.S. Embassy vehicle and wounded two U.S. government employees Friday after their vehicle drove into a rural, mountainous area outside the capital where the officers were looking for criminals, Mexican and U.S. officials said. Read Article
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A 57-year-old was detained after U.S. customs officials caught him with drugs strapped to his body as he attempted to cross the border. He had intended to pass into the United States from Reynosa, Mexico to Hidalgo, Texas. The suspect had legal documents to prove he was a citizen of the United States, but had […]
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Austrian officials detained a 43-year-old Mexican citizen, supposedly a member of a drug trafficking organization, that was wanted by the U.S. DEA. After receiving information that the suspect was in Austria, he was finally arrested in the Vienna airport, Excelsior reports. He was wanted for transporting large amounts of cocaine from South America to Central […]
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After a U.S. spy plane spotted a speedboat in Dominican waters, four Colombians were arrested: Aluchom Castro, Arechelleo Bocaleo, Rubén Bucaria and Micton Sretellea. They were trafficking one ton of cocaine, Diario Libre reports. The United States requested the extradition of the suspects. According to authorities, the suspects were members of a major South American […]
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Nearly two tons of cocaine were seized in the Caribbean in two operations during the August 18, 2012 weekend. The first operation took place near San Blas Islands, Panama. According to Fox News Latino, a go-fast type boat was found by Colombian officials carrying 1,362 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride. No arrests were reported. The second […]
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Some 171 Marines Army United States this week begin joint exercises with the Armed Forces of Guatemala , in the name of “Operation Hammer, operación martillo”, to combat drug trafficking groups operating in the Pacific coast of this Central American country. About 171 Marines Army U.S. this week begin joint exercises with the Armed Forces […]
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“The new route will open on November 12 and tickets are now on sale. TAM Airlines has received approval from the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) to operate daily non-stop flights (round trips) between Galeão Airport of Rio de Janeiro and Orlando, Florida . Such regular service between the two cities is unprecedented […]
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U.S. customs officials arrested two drug traffickers in separate incidents along the border and seized over $800,000 worth of drugs. The first arrest took place between Matamoros and Brownsville, Texas. A vehicle that attempted to cross the border was sent to a second inspection, according to the Informador. Four packages were found in the car […]
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In Playas de Tijuana was detained a Russian citizen who had threatened to blow up the premises of the Court of San Diego, as well as judges and officers kill Americans. According to the Ministry of Public Security of the State (SSPE), agents of the State Preventive Police (PEP) arrested in this Chipunov Georgiy border, […]
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In the vicinity of Playas de Tijuana was arrested an American man with three counts of sexual abuse of children, appears on a website as a sex offender and violated his probation. The Municipal Police arrested Russell reported that J. Weiss, a U.S. citizen aged 61, who has at least three processes for pedophilia in […]
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Small wooden figurines stuffed with cocaine were confiscated by Chilean officials in Santiago before they were sent to the United States through private mail. They were concealing about 1 kilogram of cocaine, Municipios al Dia reports. The statuettes, wooden horses, were also packed with carbon paper, which helped conceal the drugs from X-rays. The drugs […]
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The United States sanctioned two women from Guatemala who laundered money for a drug trafficking organization associated with the Mexican Los Zetas cartel. The women were identified as Cristina Stetanel Castellanos Chacón and María Corina Saenz Lehnhoff, alias María Corina Del Pinal. According to Publimetro, the person running the organization was Marlory Dadiana Chacón Rossell. […]
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The announcement made by the United States about the possible use of surveillance blimps, similar to those being used on the battlefield in Afghanistan, in the border with Mexico hits the newspapers’ headlines on Wednesday. Read Article Read Article
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Authorities in Colombia and the United States captured three Colombians involved in a drug-trafficking ring that operated between Colombia and New York City. The suspects, identified as Juan Fernando Mejía Saldarriaga, Germán Darío Estrada Montoya, and Roberto Bustamante Ballesteros, are reported to be the main contacts of the ring. The drug network is believed to […]
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The Mexico narco-trafficker Sandra Avila Beltrán, also known as the Queen of the Pacific, has been extradited to the United States. She was wanted for transporting drugs into the United States, Terra reports. She was accused in 2007 of assisting in the transport of cocaine from Colombia into Mexico. The Sinaloa Cartel would then send […]
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Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, has deplored on Wednesday a proposal by U.S. Congress to withdraw visas Bolivian officials, the presence of an American businessman suspected of money laundering, in a prison in Bolivia. “This draft resolution (U.S. Congress) is another of the abusive aggression of which our country can be part of a […]
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A Guatemalan court on Monday authorized the extradition to the United States of Waldemar Lorenzana, alias ‘The Patriarch’, one of the biggest drug lords in Central America, for their alleged involvement in drug delivery to the North American country and its alleged links with the Sinaloa cartel, as reported by the Guatemalan newspaper “Prensa Libre”. […]
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Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On Freedom of Expression in Ecuador In the United States Senate August 2, 2012 Mr. President, several weeks ago I spoke in this chamber about the assault on freedom of expression in Ecuador, where President Correa has sought to silence his critics including the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression […]
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Weapons for the FARC are from Ecuador and Peru Colombian police reported the discovery today (July 27, 2012) in the Cauca region of an arms shipment from Ecuador and Peru, which was bound to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The array, consisting of 40 assault rifles, 20 pistols and 18 revolvers, was hidden […]
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A man with 69 capsules of cocaine was arrested in the Tijuana international airport in Mexico after displaying signs of stomach pain at the baggage claim. The suspect, Abel Valencia Díaz (23), carried a U.S. passport, but is originally from Jalisco, Azteca Noticias reports. He had swallowed 46 capsules, hidden 14 in his underwear, and […]
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Anti-narcotics officials in the Luis Muñoz Marín airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico discovered two pounds of marijuana. The discovery was made in a private corridor in the airport, according to a Vocero report. The drugs were wrapped in plastic and are believed to have come from the state of Arizona. The intended destination of the […]
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Officials have determined that the state of Apure in Venezuela is a crucial stop along a drug route from South America to the United States and Europe. Because the state is located along the Colombian border, most of the drugs passing through are related to FARC. According to La Patilla, 24% of cocaine that reaches […]
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A resident of Tucson, Arizona, was captured Friday by officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English), for attempting to smuggle just over 89 pounds (40 406 kilograms) of marijuana. A public information officer for the U.S. authority in question is reported that Zenos John Rodriguez, who was available to […]
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Three individuals with outstanding warrants were arrested by U.S. Customs officials, among them was a subject wanted for murder last month. A public information officer of Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English), said one of them said Giama Being Earnest, 25. The individual attempted to enter the American Union through the […]
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Two boats carrying 12 Honduran citizens and 10 kilos were discovered off the coast of Honduras near Guanaja by members of the U.S. Coast Guard. One of the boats had sunk before the operation was complete, making it difficult to determine whether it was also transporting drugs. The suspects were moved to the Puerto Castillo […]
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According to the U.S. State department, 79% of aircrafts transporting cocaine stop in Honduras. The department claims that drug shipments by air from South America often make their first stop in Honduras. Drug-trafficking continues to increase in the country, according to Tiempo. When the U.S. released this statement, President Porfirio Lobo sent a representative to […]
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