According to RadioSucre.com.ec government authorities say that an addition of a monetary reward system for the location of criminals on the ‘Most Wanted’ list, is just one of the new strategies for the capture of the violent criminals in Ecuador. The undersecretary of Internal Security of the Interior Ministry, Javier Cordova says that rewards will be paid after confirmation and the apprehension of the criminal. Cordova adds that a reward system will appeal to citizens while helping authorities to capture violent criminals. The reward system will begin on July 15th. Cordova says that the government is implementing the reward system as a response to citizens’ concern over escalating crime in Ecuador. Officials say the Guayas Province has the largest crime rate, causing a discussion around whether ‘Most Wanted’ lists should be made by province or region.Read Article
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ElComercio.pe reports on Monday July 11th, police pursued a group of criminals belonging to a ‘Marcas’ group. Police say they caught the criminals before a bank robbery was committed. ‘Marcas’ groups are gangs of 3 to 4 bank robbers who use a ‘mark,’ an individual dressed in casual clothes creating no suspicion, to identify possible […]
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According to ElComercio.pe the chief of the Seventh Regional Directorate of Police (DIRTEPOL) in Lima, Javier Sanguinetti will deploy 5,000 policemen with orders of immovability for protesting transportation drivers, starting at midnight on Tuesday, July 12th. The DIRTEPOL unit serves different sectors of Lima to ensure security and order. Officials say a transportation strike was […]
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According to ElUniverso.com two females from the Netherlands were victims of an express kidnapping and rape on Friday July 8th. The Judicial Police of Guayas say that the two victims reported the incident to police with the help of Galo Leon, the director of the hotel where the tourists are staying. The women say that […]
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Two police officers and one civilian were killed in the village of San Cristobalito in Chiapas after an incensed indigenous group forced their vehicle off a 200-meter cliff, El Universal reports. Two Ministerial police officers and two civilians arrived in the village to arrest a man presumably involved in an automobile robbery. The suspect ran […]
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According to ElUniverso.com Sunday July 10th four assailants stormed the Pio Pio Chicken fast-food restaurant chain at opening time in Cuenca’s sector of the rose zone. Officials say that the four criminals entered the restaurant at 8:30 a.m. as the doors opened catching employees by surprise and stealing about $10,000. The employees say they believed […]
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LaRepublica.pe report that agents of the National Police of Peru raided a local distribution center that packaged propane gas for household kitchen use. The center was located in Villa El Salvador, report police. They add that three people were arrested, including a truck driver and two people who packaged the gas and sold the product. […]
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•The current Mayor of Bogotá, Clara López Obregón, asked for an increase of 4,000 police officers for the Colombian city. •According to El Espectador, in 2009, López Obregón, who was then secretary of Government, stated that the city needed 6,000 more officers in order to secure the safety of the 7 million citizens. •Currently there […]
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•26 narcotics traffickers in the services of Henry de Jesús López Londoño alias Mi Sangre have been captured. •The captures were part of Operación Tormenta (Operation Storm) which the Colombian Police performed with the DEA. •According to El Tiempo, one of the traffickers, Sanmartín Giraldo, was responsible for transporting cocaine in commercial airplanes from such […]
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According to Cre.com.ec police and Guayas Prosecutor’s Office raided a sector of the Guayaquil bay on June 3rd, encountering a large amount of false and stolen medicines. Police say they also found large amounts of packaging, brochures, and altered labels for the medicines. The prosecutor Francisco Bodero says that the quantity of drugs were worth […]
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Peru21.pe reports that the Peruvian Department of Tourism and Environmental Protections announced that the total number of assaults and robberies of foreigners amounts to 133 cases, which is a decrease from previous years. This report includes 79 thefts, 43 robberies, and 11 assaults in the districts of Lima and Callao. Police say they have identified […]
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A 22-year-old woman was assaulted and raped while waiting for the bus early yesterday morning just 3 blocks away from a police station in the Marqués de Sobremonte neighborhood of Córdoba, according to lavoz.com.ar. The attacker threatened the woman with a knife before dragging her 50 yards to a nearby garden to assault her. There […]
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•According to Caracol Radio, Police attribute the massacre in Montelibano, Córdoba, in which 4 people died, to Los Urabeños. •General Oscar Naranjo of the Colombian National Police believes that the attack was related to violence between narcotics trafficking groups. •Héctor Páez Valderrama, commander of Córdoba’s police, the attack involved violence between Los Urabeños and Los […]
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According to Ecuadorinmediato.com today July 7th the Manton Canon Council in the Manabi province approved an ordnance that regulates motorcycle transportation to only one rider. Officials say that this is another crucial step in reducing crime rates in Manta. Jaime Estrada, the Mayor of Manta says that the law is effective beginning today. Estrada adds […]
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Hoy.com.ec reports on Wednesday July 6th that Ecuadorian Interior Minister, Jose Serrano announced the Manabi Province will receive $15 million for security improvements. Serrano says that Manta will be the first city with security cameras installed on all urban transportation services. Officials report that the Pacific Eloy Alfaro Refinery, the Municipality of Manta and the […]
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ElComercio.com reports that police have taken into custody three of the four suspects in an assault of a businessman who withdrew $40,000 in cash from a bank in Ambato. The assault occurred today, July 6th around 4:30 p.m. close to a mall in the south of Ambato. Tungurahua police chief says that police officials offered […]
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According to ElComercio.com police have identified at least five groups of robbers who are committing crimes on the transport systems of the Trolley, Ecovia and Metrovia in Quito. Police have termed the gangs, ‘decuideros’ since the members take advantage of users’ neglect and the tightly packed spaces on these transportation systems. Officials say that the […]
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According to ElComercio.com this morning, July 6th, a criminal court judge freed the foreigner who tried to leave Ecuador with $132,600 yesterday afternoon. Abel M, 23 years old, was arrested by narcotics agents yesterday, trying to leave the Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito. Abel was arrested while waiting for a 2 p.m. international flight […]
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Hoy.com.ec reports that today, July 5th, the Ecuadorian police seized 741kg of cocaine in the Manta fishing port. Officials say that the value of the bust is estimated between $30 million and $45 million. Officers seized the cocaine during a boat inspection of the shipyard. Colonel Wladimir Leon, head of the Narcotics Police say that […]
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ElComercio.com reports that recent cases of violence against women in Ecuador have created increased fear for Ecuadorian women. Officials say they do not have specific statistics about homicides of women in Ecuador, however 84 murders and assassinations were reported in Quito from January to April of 2011. Officials add that most violence against women occur […]
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According to ElComercio.com at least 16 areas in the Historic Center in Quito are being overrun with alkaloid micro trafficking. The Metropolitan Secretary of Security says that the problem is increasing due to the presence of crime and instability in Quito. Furthermore, the Antinarcotics Division of Pichincha has identified 76 selling points of these drugs […]
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•National Police Director, Oscar Naranjo, recognizes the increase of massacres in Colombia and has pointed out their recent concentration in rural areas. •According to Prensa Latina, Naranjo admits that the National Police should have better territorial control to prevent these massacres. •He also noted the increase of kidnappings and that kidnappers now tend to target […]
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According to ElComercio.com new government statistics from SIGOB show robberies and other violent crimes are increasing in Quito. In Quito, robbery of bank customers in the vicinity of financial institutions increased from 81 cases in 2009 to 169 in 2010. Officials report that the first quarter of this year 2,044 robberies occurred in Quito while […]
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According to Hoy.com.ec police apprehended four suspects that were planning the kidnapping and assault of a Pelileo bus, after an intense shootout on the road Duran-Boliche today July 1st. Officials say that the bus targeted was carrying 30 people. Assailants were able to board the bus in the 3rd terminal of Guayaquil, however police apprehended […]
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According to ElComercio.com two people were murdered in Guayaquil in the last few hours. Officials report, this morning, July 1st a man’s body was found abandoned in the trunk of a car in the Guayaquil suburbs. Police say he had been shot in the head and his hands and feet were shackled. They assume that […]
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According to RPP.com.pe the Bolivian Government today, July 1st revealed that one of the five Peruvians accused of trafficking cocaine is a member of the Peruvian Shining Path. On Tuesday, June 28th police captured one Bolivian and five Peruvians suspected of trafficking cocaine, officials report. Three of the detainees posed as agents of the Bolivian […]
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•The Colombian police have captured two criminal bands. One, operating in the South of Bogotá, disguised itself with police uniforms and attempted to flee in a bus when pursued by the police. •The other group was arrested after performing a paseo millionario robbery on an individual. •According to El Espectador, the police believe that the […]
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Hoy.com.ec reports that a bomb hoax in the Plumerillo International Airport in Mendoza, Argentina caused a partial evacuation on Thursday June 30th. Officials say the hoax was reported just before the Peruvian national soccer team was due to arrive in Mendoza for the Copa America. Police say a passenger left a couple of bags in […]
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•With Interpol’s support, the Colombian Police was able to take down 3 transnational organizations that specialized in trafficking Colombian women and forcing them into prostitution. •According to El Espectador, the groups also specialized in attaining false visas to Central America. •Five men, who trafficked young and underprivileged people by promising them work outside of the […]
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ElComercio.com reports that today, Wednesday June 29th, the five suspects in the assault and shootout with policemen protecting a money transfer of $12,000 in the north of Quito yesterday, were in court for a arraignment hearing. The Ecuadorian Minister of the Interior, Jose Serrano was present to ask the court to prevent the release of […]
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According to LaRepublica.pe Maximo Villoslada Angulo, a retired coronel from the police forces of Peru and the Dominican Republic was arrested on drug and illegal arms charges in Santo Domingo, D.R with another Dominican citizen. Angulo was living on the D.R Air Force Base. Police say after a vehicle search, where military exclusive weapons and […]
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According to lavozdeasturias.es the Anonymous member who coordinated web attacks on Latin American government organizations, was arrested in a sting operation on May 20th. La Voz acquired access to court sealed documents where the suspect is being charged with electronic crimes and illicit association to a cyber terrorist group. The suspect, alias Devnuller, hid the […]
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•Colombia’s National Police have arrested 22 people who were involved in the front company Hospi Medic in Manizales, which dealt with distributing adulterated medication. •El Colombiano reports that the investigations revealed involvement with an EPS as well as another firm, the Sociedad Farmaceútica La Unión S.A. •Hospi Medic provided medication to 17 drug stores in […]
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Leading sociologists say the recent lynching attempts in southern Mexico City are due to failures by the government, La Policiaca reports. They point to a lack of confidence in the police force as the reason citizens are attempting to take the law into their own hands. Corruption and repression have pervaded the police force in […]
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Iñaki Domínguez Atxalandabaso is under investigation for his connection to the ETA and FARC, and is one of the most wanted terrorists by the Spanish police per elespectador.com. He was captured Thursday while heading to Paris from Milan, Italy. Read Article
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•The three individuals, including two officers of the Colombian National Police, are suspected members of Los Rastrojos. They are facing charges for narcotics trafficking, responsibility for homicide, and conspiracy for delinquency. •As Radio Santa Fe reports, the two Police officers of Norte de Santander are John Jairo Rosas Carrascal and Raúl Alberto, and the other […]
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Members of the Municipal Police in Oaxaca arrested Francisco Sánchez Vallejo, 48, for impersonating a police officer to public transportation bus drivers, Diario Oaxaca reports. A call to the C-4 system alerted police to a man dressed in an officer’s uniform attempting to extort bus drivers. At the time of his arrest, Sánchez was carrying […]
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•According to El Colombiano’s Medellín section, one type of counterfeit scam involved woman who handed a taxi driver a 20,000 peso bill to pay her 14,000 peso fare. •The driver claimed that to the victim that the bill was false and returned it. • As the woman had no other 20,000 bills, the driver asked […]
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•According to policia.gov.co, the Colombian Police first discovered 20 smuggled gallons of foreign gasoline worth about 120,000 pesos in a vehicle on the ruta Valledupar Codazzi. •Another 100 gallons were discovered hidden in 3 cars on the road connecting Valledupar, La Paz, and Becerril. Read Article
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El Universal Reports: • The state government has pledged 10,000 members of state, intermunicipal and municipal police to aid in the launch of Operation Conago 1 • Operation Conago 1 (standing for “Comisión National de Gobernadores” – National Committee of Governers) seeks to attack the 11 most common crimes in Mexico, including kidnapping, robbery and […]
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During an operation intended to increase safety in Cali, the Colombian Police found six charges with 12 kg of explosives belonging to FARC’s frente 30 as El Espectador reports. FARC was planning an attack against the Fuerza Pública in different parts of Cali. Another operation successfully confiscated 153 bars of indugel to be used in […]
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•Walter Hernández, alias “el Viejo,” was captured in El Doncello, Caquetá in Colombia according to El Periodiquito. •Hernández is one of the main heads of FARC’s “Teófilo Forero” column which operates in Caquetá and Huila. •The captured workers of Chinese Sinochem and British Emeral Energy have been identified as Zhau Hong, Yang Jing and Tang […]
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•17 members of the Colombian National Police have been arrested for being connected to narcotics trafficking in different cities in Colombia as reported by Rcn Radio. •The case is still in the initial stages and after Friday, the officers will face charges of narcotics trafficking and conspiracy to commit a criminal offense. Read Article
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•The girl identified as 19-year-old Milena Beltrán was drugged with scopolamine, commonly referred to as “burundanga,” and left naked near a military garrison. •As radiosantafe.com reports, the doctors of Hospital Simón Bolívar in Bogotá, Colombia and Police are still attempting to determine is sexual abuse was involved and if the girl is mentally ill. •The […]
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•According to eltiempo.com, 15 officers of the Policía Nacional of Colombia have been captured in areas such as Bogotá, Cali, and San Andrés and are believed to have links with a narcotics trafficking network. •These officers allowed shipments of narcotics to pass in speedboats headed to Central America, and have been identified to have been […]
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•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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•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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•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 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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•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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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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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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•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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•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 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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•Rcnradio.com reveals that the Colombian government plans to ask the Inter-American Communication Commission of the OAS to share black databases and information on stolen cellphones in the countries of the hemisphere. •Diego Molano Vega, Minister of Information Technology and Communication, assured that an order only allowing cellphones to be sold in visibly authorized stores. •Also, […]
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•Santos states that the Colombian state needs at least 35, 000 police officers in order to assure safety in the country. •There are currently 18,780 officers in service after an act adding 600 more to Bogotá. Read Article
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