ccffaa.mil.ec reported the armed forces seized large amount of explosives (Anfo) that were found abandoned in a boat, during a border control operation executed by members of the operational command no. 1 ”, on Saturday, August 09, in the sector of Conejo-Riveras, rio San Miguel, province of Sucumbíos, on the border with Colombia. The explosive, estimated at approximately 752,9 kilograms, had been hidden in 17 bags of jute. Nobody was arrested in this operation. The seized material was handed over to the competent authorities.
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Through arms control operations coordinated among members of the No. 4 “central” operational command and the command of intelligence military set (COIMC) personnel, the armed forces. seized 05 firearms, 26 ammunition of various calibers and two accessories. Operation applied on August 08 at the Quevedo canton, province of Los Ríos. Four people were arrested (in strict adherence to human rights) and delivered, along with weaponry, to the competent authorities. Read Article
bbc.com reported Venezuela says it has deployed 17,000 troops along its border with Colombia, which was closed on Monday for the first time as part of an anti-smuggling operation. Up to 40% of goods Venezuela subsidises for its domestic market are smuggled to Colombia, where they are sold at much higher prices, the authorities say. […]
Tlaxcala and Puebla. aristeguinoticias.com reported on one side of this road is Tenancingo, people known as the international capital of traffickers in women, although in reality the phenomenon extends throughout the southern region of l os states of Tlaxcala and Puebla. She, like other women, many children, pay them 250 pesos-about 19 dollars for 15 […]
telegrafo.com.ec reported in the rehabilitation centers of Ecuador there are 158 persons imprisoned for the crime of trafficking in persons since 2010. Only in the last year were captured 48, of which 4 are foreigners and the rest is in the country, according to figures from the Justice Department of indicators, human rights and statistics […]
eltiempo.com reported the number of dredges operating in the Department increased by 180% between 2012 and 2013. 90 per cent of mining in Chocó is informal or illegal and driven by armed groups. Mining in Chocó shows many faces, some disappointment and others hope. But there is a single true situation: 90 per cent of […]
elcomercio.pe reported nine children who were exploited in rice fields of Tumbes were rescued by the defender of the people, in coordination with the public prosecutor’s Office and agents of the national police of Peru (PNP). The children and teenagers, aged between 9 and 16 years, developing working hours of more than 11 hours a […]
infobae.com reported the Government of Nicolás Maduro informed that controls will be strengthened during the night to prevent the entry of products such as gasoline or food. “Starting from this Monday will be a scheduled closing” “Starting from this Monday will be a scheduled closing of the border with Colombia, between the 10:00 pm and […]
prensa latina reported the Venezuelan Prosecutor”s Office this week issued a list of 116 companies under investigation for alleged inappropriate use of hard currencies, official sources said on Saturday. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the list of companies was sent to the National Foreign Trade Center (CENCOEX), the institution that is verifying the use of […]
elcomercio.pe reported agents of the Division of Criminal investigation (Divincri) of Breña captured this morning citizen Argentine Mario Alberto Rodríguez Morales , of 45 years, for allegedly sexual exploitation of children. The subject, known as “Uncle Che”, was involved in his house, located on the third block of Colmena Avenue. In that place, which functioned […]
themoreheadnews.com/Shayla Menville reported It has been four months since Dennis Walling left Morehead to fly to Ecuador for what he thought would be a life changing job interview. He was arrested at the airport as he was leaving the country when drug dogs marked his suitcase. Walling and his family claim he was unknowingly used […]
Kidnapping in Vilcabamba Marcelle Elizabeth Muller is a psychologist. Robert Walter Sniadach is medical. They have been in Ecuador three years, six months lived in Cuenca, the rest in Loja. Both include the programme for the protection of victims and witnesses of the Prosecutor’s Office and the support of the national police service. lahora.com.ec reported […]
knightcenter.utexas.edu reported as if the dangers of covering crime in one of the riskiest regions of the world for journalists weren’t enough, reporters in Northern Mexico now face new obstacles allegedly created by the authorities who were supposed to protect them. The state government of Sinaloa passed legislation widely condemned as a “gag law” on […]
Breitbart.com reported about half of the nation’s federal criminal cases last year were filed in regions near the U.S.-Mexico border, according to an alarming annual report from the Obama Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ). During FY 2013, U.S. Attorney’s offices filed a total of 61,529 criminal cases against defendants, according to the DOJ. Regions along […]
On or about August 6, 2014, elcomercio.pe reported eight assailants attacked an inter-provincial bus. Armed with rifles and robbed and physically assaulted 50 passengers. Victims reported the roadway was blocked with rocks in order to stop the bus. Assailants then boarded the bus, diverted it to an area off the highway and then flattened the […]
borderlandbeat.com reported the overwhelming corruption in Coahuila allows organized crime to prevail. Corruption from municipal city hall to the governors office, throughout the state, assure the narco business will comfortably flourish. During his governorship “Bert” Moreira and his gang of thieves have purchased luxury properties in San Antonio, and businesses in the area extending to […]
lainformacion.com reported the United States Army Southern Command donated today to Nicaragua two fast boats, equipment and resources for the construction of a center of operations to combat drug trafficking that operates, mainly in the Caribbean in the country, valued at about four million dollars. Read Article
elcomercio.pe reported Children and indigenous adolescents develop illegal mining activities and have contact with toxic substances. A number still not determined in indigenous children working in the illegal extraction of gold in Amazon. Photos obtained by The trade confirms this serious problem in the basin of the Cenepa river, in the province of Condorcanqui. With […]
Around 400 informal miners with dynamite this morning attacked a police camp that provides security at the mine located in the District of Chala, province of Caravelí, Arequipathe Sander. Would have four officers wounded and two missing. In reference to the missing agents, the channel said that one of them – not yet identified – […]
elcomercio.pe reported more than 800 illegal gallons of oil were seized once members of a same family were operated in their attempt to enter the city of Sullana transporting fuel from Ecuador. The family, dedicated to the smuggling, was part of the band “Los Menas” and was intercepted when it crossed the bridge Isaiah Garrido, […]
ktvl.com/AP reported that attackers burned four delivery trucks belonging to Coca-Cola in Arcelia, Guerrero Mexico. The area is known for battles between gangs. While distribution companies are often targeted, multi-national delivery trucks are seldom targeted. The Coca-Cola bottler’s name is Femsa, and has not responded to inquiries regarding the attacks. Read Article
publimetro.com.mx reported Michoacán is one of Mexico’s poorest States , despite being an agricultural power (produces 85% of the avocados of the country, which in turn is the world’s largest producer of the fruit) and its tourist profile, affected by the image of violence and corruption that drag. That territory acquired international notoriety in the […]
bbc.com reported forensic scientists in Colombia are investigating the death by poisoning of a soldier in eastern Arauca province. The soldier died and at least six others fell ill after eating pork they had bought from a local person. The military suspects the meat was laced with rat poison and that the person who sold […]
bbc.com reported the mayor of the town of Ayutla in the Mexican state of Jalisco has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen. The mayor, Manuel Gomez Torres, was killed with one of his employees as he returned to his farm on Sunday evening. The motive for the killing is not yet clear, but police said […]
infobae.com reported a new method is used by the Colombian guerrillas in their fight against the Colombian armed forces. This Saturday one soldier was killed and eight others were hospitalized after consuming pork which was poisoned. According to set the weekmagazine, the Prosecutor’s Office revealed that last Friday, August 1, a young man of Tame, […]
CARGO EXTORTION THREAT IN MATAMOROS, MEXICO OSAC.gov reported on July 29th at approximately 0900, an overland cargo company contracted by an OSAC constituent was targeted for extortion in Matamoros, Mexico. A truck delivering supplies to Saltillo via the FINSA industrial park was stopped by a group of individuals claiming to be Gulf Cartel members. The […]
Insecurity in the main road of Easter has become common in various segments, match its inhabitants. An example is the intersection with calle 11, nine blocks after the place where Jeomaira was injured. “They know get two armed types, cross to the victims; and while one says it, the other steals the bike or things,”says […]
bbc.com reported journalists in Mexico have criticised a new law that restricts crime reporting in north-western Sinaloa state. The legislation bans journalists from taking pictures and recording video or audio at a crime scene. Journalists will have to rely on official information approved by the Prosecutor’s Office to report on crime. Media organisations, journalist unions […]
Miamiherald.com/Andres Oppenheimer (Opinion Piece) wrote the more I read about the massive government corruption in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela and other countries where top officials have been accused of stealing fortunes with near total impunity, the more I like a new proposal that is making the rounds in world legal circles — creation of an […]
policiaecuador.gob.ec reportedThe national police through the various crimes of the Judicial police technical section, avoided get large amount of adulterated liquor for human consumption. This Thursday afternoon discovered the interior of a building, located in the Alcedo Street between mallet and Pío Montúfar 6, more than a thousand bottles of ethyl alcohol and hundreds of […]
voxnews.com/EFE reported Legislators in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa passed a measure that bars reporters from crime scenes and sharply limits the press’ ability to cover issues of public safety and criminal justice. The proposal, submitted by state Gov. Mario Lopez, was unanimously approved Thursday night, though one lawmaker admitted later that she voted […]
ministeriointerior.gob.ec Quito-the police national rescued este miercoles 18 Teens lost in the forest of the Hill Ungui in Quito after exit abrupt career in the presence of several unidentified individuals who had threatened them with weapons, trying to steal their belongings. Agents Chilibulo, Mena, and Eloy district Lloa circuits Alfaro, managed to get safely to […]
huffingtonpost.com reported a news report says Rio de Janeiro police have detained a 14-year-old suspected of participating in the brutal gang rape of an American student inside a moving public transit van. Monday’s O Globo newspaper said the teen was apprehended in a hiding place in downtown Rio on Sunday. He is the fourth suspect […]
janes.com reported El Salvador’s Mara street gangs have started targeting tourists for extortion, local media reported on 28 July. According to reports, members of the Mara gangs – organised street gangs with a presence in several Central American territories – have set up extortion points in the western department of Usulután on El Salvador’s Pacific […]
andes.info.ec reported the National Directorate for offences against life, violent deaths, disappearances, extortion and kidnappings (Dinased) met 1,650 disappearances in Ecuador, in the first half of this year, which means the 81% of effectiveness, reported a statement from the Agency. Of the resolved cases, has been located alive 1.597 people, representing 97%, and lifeless 53 […]
Elcomercio.com reported the border between Ecuador and Colombia has 62 clandestine passages that are used for the traffic of drugs, military ammunition, medicines, cement, firearms, chemicals, goods and smuggling of fuel and gas tanks. Thus the military have determined in their research. In the villages of El Carmelo, Chicał, Maldonado and Tufiño, in Carchi, an […]
More than 30 police officers have been arrested in Mexico for alleged organized crime ties and possible involvement in the killing of fellow cops, authorities said Sunday. Those detained include a former top public safety chief from the town of Tarimbaro, an ex-commander of the same unit and 18 more active duty agents, a public […]
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BBC.COM reported A top Venezuelan official, Gen Hugo Carvajal, has been detained in the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba at the request of the American government. He had been accused by the US Treasury of assisting Colombian Farc rebels in their drug trafficking activities. The Venezuelan government said Gen Carvajal had a diplomatic passport and […]
eluniverso.com reported that hidden among furniture pads were found close to $100,000, apparently false. It happened in an apartment in Nicolás Augusto González and Babahoyo. Banknotes of 100 and $10 find occurred around 17:30 yesterday when officers of the Brigade Anticriminal performed investigative tasks in this sector in the South of the city. According to […]
My Soul’s Rebirth by Jason Pednault Jason’s note.In 2011, in Ecuador I had a close encounter with death. This event was followed by an unbelievable, but completely true spiritual encounter that has changed my life. This is my story On July 2nd, 2011, my life was turned literally upside down, but before I go into […]
cooperativa.cl reported during the afternoon of Thursday, the BEPGs of Carabineros personnel evacuated the Tur Bus from Santiago terminal due to a bomb alert. The operation began about 16:30 hours after a call to the number 133, denouncing the appearance of a few suspicious PVC pipe inside. Read Article
blogs.miaminewtimes.com reported Venezuelan national Oscar Cordova-Cobian was charged with smuggling marine wildlife after TSA agents at Miami International Airport found more than 100 specimens of live corals, clams, and fish in his checked luggage. Cordova-Cobian nearly got away with his crustacean caper. The 42-year-old had already passed through MIA security and was waiting to board […]
startribune.com / AP reported Authorities in Ecuador say prominent physician Carlos Figueroa has been detained near Quito and sent to prison to serve a six-month sentence for defaming President Rafael Correa.The arrest was confirmed Tuesday on the Interior Ministry’s Twitter account. Read Article THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR – READ THIS BOOK
elcomercio.com reported Quito is the city of the country where there was the largest number of thefts commercial premises from January 2013 until last April with 1531 cases, according to statistics from the Ecuadorian Centre for the analysis of integrated security (Ceasi). That means 95 monthly cases. At the national level, the second city where […]
plenenglish.com reported..Children Involved in Drug Trafficking Actions Denounced in Ecuador Groups of drug traffickers and some family units involve children in drug trafficking actions because minors cannot be prosecuted, said colonel David Ortega, of the antidrug division in Ecuador. According to the last estimates published by the Antidrug Department, some 673 children were arrested so […]
itar-tass.com reported detectives believe that during loading in Ecuador a port employee had been hiding packs with cocaine in service spaces of the ship. Serbian citizen Ivan Savkic accused of launching a large-scale drug trafficking channel was handed over to Russian law enforcement agencies at the airport of Ecuador’s capital, Quito, the press centre of […]
CNN.com reported, Harry Devert left a job as a trader in finance to take a transcontinental motorcycle journey from the United States to Latin America. Six months ago, he vanished after sending his girlfriend in New York an ominous text message from a troubled region in Mexico, about being escorted from “an area too dangerous […]
Eluniverso.com reported that a gang with Colombian nationals has been dismantled by authorities using cloning devices to steal money from ATM’s in Quito. Prosecutors reported that five people were detained who averaged 40 thousand dollars a week in thefts. Four houses were raided where 200 credit and debit cards were confiscated. The culprits used a […]
elmundo.es reported human trafficking for sexual and labor exploitation, which generates every year 12.000 million profit in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO), is becoming a sideline nearly as profitable and more sure that drug trafficking organizations for organized crime. “We believe that human trafficking is growing in the […]
Semana.com reported the scourge of human trafficking, which mainly affects women, continues to claim victims despite prevention efforts by the authorities and various organizations. And 223 victims in the last four years are counted throughout Colombia, the government, with a new campaign seeks to confront the plight reported. According to figures from interagency committee to […]
reuters.com reported the Chilean government said on Tuesday it will invoke anti-terrorist laws in the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the explosion of a homemade device on a Santiago subway train late Sunday night. The incendiary device, which had been placed inside a backpack, caused minor damage and no injuries. No one has […]
thechronicleherald.ca reported Latin America is the world’s most violent region. More than one million people died as a result of criminal violence in the past decade, according to the UN Development Program. In Honduras, the most murderous country on Earth, the homicide rate in 2012 was 90.4 people for every 100,000 inhabitants — an epidemic […]
ELDIARIO.EC reported police agents intensified a campaign launched by the Ministry of Interior on the transfer of securities to prevent people being mugged after leaving banks campaign. Those who want police protection should only call the ECU-911 or 115. Protection at no cost. Read Article THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR – READ THIS BOOK
infobae.com reported the Lebanese terrorist group has a more active presence in the region. La Triple Frontera and Venezuela, major operations centers. The risks facing those who finance it. The operations of Hezbollah in Latin America are increasingly larger and more active. And to achieve that, the terrorist group took advantage of the massive presence […]
elmundo.com.sv reported a low power bomb exploded in a vacuum subway car of Santiago of Chile who was in the terminal station Los Dominicos, while injured, but if material damage, police said today. The incident occurred on Sunday night after the end of the last journey of the underground railroad, and then that they descended […]
talaraenlinea.com reported Serene district of Mancora, twice thwarted theft of personal belongings, several tourists from American nationality, speaking to one of the subjects that was taken to the police station in the district for the proceedings of the case. The guards realized that in the sector of beaches, Playa El Amor height, three subjects intended […]
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Serene district of Mancora, twice thwarted theft of personal belongings, several tourists from American nationality, speaking to one of the subjects that was taken to the police station in the district for the proceedings of the case. The guards realized that in the sector of beaches, Playa El Amor height, three subjects intended to steal […]
laprensa.pe reported Police are searching intensely for the Bolivian Diego Rivera Valdivar following confirmation that it is one of the hitmen who murdered last Sunday to a man at a local McDonald’s in Miraflores. The homicides Division agents also are the footsteps of Roy Roger Oroche García, the owner of the vehicle, plate B8V-349, that […]
TEN MOST COMMON CRIMES IN ECUADOR 1. ROBBERY OF INDIVIDUAL 2. HOME BURGLARY 3. VEHICLE THEFTS 4. ROBBERY OF BUSINESS 5. MOTORCYCLE THEFTS 6. SEXUAL ASSAULTS 7. THEFT OF VEHICLE PARTS AND ACCESSORIES 8. VEHICLE DEATHS 9. HOMICIDES 10. THEFT OF OUTBOARD MOTORS SAFETY AND SECURITY IN ECUADOR – READ THIS BOOK Elcomercio.com reported… Did […]
unomasuno.com.mx reported Ecuador announced greater military control on the border with Colombia, to lower levels of violence arising from actions of illegal armed groups, illegal mining and smuggling. The Ecuadorian Deputy Defense Minister Carlos Larrea, said in statements that reproduce Ecuadorian media, one of the measures that will raise the military patrols, both on land […]
isnblog.ethz.ch reported the authors of this article would like to expand upon Weimann’s research by discussing how criminal groups in Latin America have also been successful at utilizing new media resources. It is essential to note that the same general term “terrorists” cannot be applied to the criminals that currently operate in Latin America. Rather, […]
presstv.ir reported recent crime statistics released in Mexico City have revealed that the enormous rate of unsolved crimes is due to a lack of manpower in law enforcement. Of the two hundred thousand crimes reported in 2013, less than nine thousand officials were available to handle them. In Iztapalapa, the capital’s most dangerous borough and […]
theguardian.com reported thieves haved raided a Samsung electronics factory in Brazil during the night shift, subduing workers and guards before making off with about US$6.3m worth of mobile phones and computers. The gang of heavily armed men captured eight plant employees as they neared the factory in a company bus just before midnight, said civil […]
eluniverso.com reported eleven Ecuadorians were arrested in the Argentine Province of Salta (Northern) when they tried to enter from the border Bolivia 351 kilos of cocaine, an official report said Tuesday. The drug was hidden in a double floor of a minibus with enrollment of Ecuador where he traveled the detainees and was found in […]
gringosabroad.com reported June 2012. We were visiting friends for the evening and came home around 9 pm. Our daughter Drew wasn’t feeling well so she went upstairs. Our neighbor was outside and Dena and I stayed downstairs to chat with him. We left our gate open after we drove our truck in. He was having […]
AFP reported the theft of a vehicle in Mexico containing a potentially deadly radioactive material briefly raised alarm Friday — but the container was found with no leak or harm to the population. The truck, which was transporting deadly iridium-192, a radioactive substance used in making some industrial products, had been stolen Thursday, federal civil […]
The following information was provided by an expatriate female residing in Quito Ecuador. On July 2, 2014, in the area of Las Granja neighborhood, a female expat was accosted at gunpoint by a man driving what appeared to be a fake taxi. (The Expat requested that she not be identified for this report.) 1. Incident […]
theblaze.com reported U.S. law enforcement officials have been finding “cheat sheets” along the border used by illegal immigrants to try to stay in the United States and not get deported after they’ve been caught. The notes, believed to be supplied by human trafficking groups, give pointers in Spanish on what immigrants should say when confronted […]
BODIES FOUND NEAR POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION OF BOQUETE bbc.com reported the parents of two Dutch women who went missing in April while travelling in Panama have confirmed the two are dead.Local prosecutor Betzaida Pitty said so far no-one was being investigated in connection with their deaths. Ms Kremers and Ms Froon were last seen on […]
630wpro.com reported The Department of State has updated a travel warning to Honduras, cautioning citizens of high levels of crime and violence in the country. Threats are “critically high,” according to a statement issued Tuesday, with Honduras holding the title of the highest murder rate in the world since 2010. The Honduran Ministry of Security […]
ORLANDOSENTINEL.COM reported….Partrick Minga admits he planned ‘sex tours’ with girls in Ecuador A former Florida resident admitted in Orlando federal court Wednesday that he operated a prostitution business in Ecuador and coordinated “tours” for Americans to have sex with girls. Federal agents in Central Florida began investigating Patrick Minga in August, when they spotted his […]
mynorthwest.com reported U.S. Congressman Adam Smith (D-Wash) is speaking out on behalf of a Renton woman who’s been held in a Mexican prison for 10 months. Smith tells KIRO Radio’s Jason Rantz that Nestora Salgado, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Renton, was trying to help fight crime in her old hometown in Mexico when she […]
eluniversal.com reported two dead and one wounded person was the balance that left the shooting happened yesterday after the 3 p.m. entrance main of the Eurobuilding Hotel in urbanizacion Chuao, East of Caracas, when three criminals were allegedly robbing a German tourist who had just arrived to the country, in a Lufthansa airline flight, and […]
Jose Diaz Barajas Detained examiner.com reported the 49 year old Brajas was arrested yesterday in Rio de Janero, while trying to catch a flight to Fortaleza in order to watch the Mexican national soccer team play against the tournament favourite, Brazil. According to Bloomberg, Luiz Cravo Dorea, head of international cooperation at the Federal Police, […]
elmasvariado.blogspot.com reported a Canadian tourist died of a heart attack when he was accosted by a woman and collapsed, falling to the floor with many dollars, which were picked up and stolen by people who were in their surroundings, fact happened in Sosua, Puerto Plata. The victim was Rocco Heropoli, 59 years of age; who […]
Amnesty.org reported…The Peruvian authorities must ensure that all those suspected of criminal responsibility in the tragic events in Bagua are brought to justice, said Amnesty International today on the fifth anniversary of the violence which left 33 people dead. Demonstrators and police were killed when police clashed with Indigenous People protesting against a series of […]
univision.com reported an anonymous caller reported the existence of five clandestine graves in the community of Zumpango in the southern state of Guerrero, where Mexican authorities found the bodies of at least 13 people. Guerrero authorities established an operating with the support of State, federal police and the army, which was accompanied by experts from […]
univision.com/efe reported the Government of Ecuador hoped the early arrival in that country of the exlegislador opponent Galo Lara, sentenced to 10 years in prison as an accomplice to murder and arrested today in the morning in Panama, where she had been isolated until last May. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño, today told reporters that, […]
reuters.com reported a bomb attack blamed on Colombia’s leftist guerrillas has shut down the key Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline, a source at state-run oil company Ecopetrol which owns the pipeline, said on Thursday. The explosion took place on a stretch of the 780-km (485-mile) pipeline in Norte de Santander province which borders Venezuela, the source […]
bbc.com / Brazilian society is often accused of sexualising children. The Novina phenomenon, where internet videos and songs portray young girls as attainable, sexual objects, is strong in this region. Jessica Barbosa is from the British charity Action Aid, which has several projects running in the area. In these poor areas, children are particularly vulnerable […]
bbc.com reported that Mexico has published new sentencing guidelines that will double prison sentences for kidnapping.The minimum prison term has risen from 20 to 40 years. It will apply for all abductions, including those that last only a few hours or days, so-called “express kidnappings”. The maximum prison sentence will rise from 50 to 140 […]
laht.com reported that the body of a kidnapped journalist who held a post with the Acapulco city government was found in a clandestine grave in a town outside the Mexican Pacific resort, officials said. Jorge Torres Palacios, who served as the spokesman for the Acapulco health department, was kidnapped by gunmen last week, the Guerrero […]
laht.com reported, toughly 37 percent of companies have fallen victim to crime of some form, including corruption, robbery of merchandise, shoplifting, kidnapping and extortion, the head of the Coparmex employers’ association said. Crime and a climate of insecurity in Mexico cost companies some 75 billion pesos ($5.8 billion) annually, the head of the Coparmex employers’ […]
theguardian.com reported the crew of shipwreck salvaging company say they were with lobster divers when government detained them over gun allegations. An associate of six US men detained for weeks in Honduras has said they were working on a project to aid local lobster divers, and denied that they violated weapons laws by failing to […]
phys.org reported that President Correa had charged on March 27 that his Twitter account (@MashiRafael) had been hacked, blaming the attacks on “extreme right” opponents. The government last year also reported that Correa’s email had been hacked. Correa has said NSA documents leaked by former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden show that the United States […]
nogales.usconsulate.gov reported…Due to multiple and ongoing credible threats the Consulate cautions Americans traveling in Nogales or surrounding areas to defer unnecessary travel at this time. Travel at night and to areas not frequented by foreigners should be avoided. U.S. Citizens are urged to take the highest precautions regarding their safety and personal security in and […]
latino.foxnews.com reported Mexican authorities discovered the body of an Arizona man killed execution-style on the main highway south of the dangerous border city of Nogales on Monday, hours after the U.S. Consulate General in the city issued a travel advisory for the region. Police said that the body of Jorge Luis Soto, 25, was found […]
FROM INTERPOL WEBSITE MAHUAD WITT, JORGE JAMIL Wanted by the judicial authorities of Ecuador for prosecution / to serve a sentence Identity particulars Present family name : MAHUAD WITT Forename : JORGE JAMIL Sex : Male Date of birth : 29/07/1949 (64 years old) Place of birth : LOJA, Ecuador Language spoken : Spanish , […]
Mexico’s President vowed on Friday to launch an all-out battle against a spate of bullying in schools after a 12-year-old boy died from injuries sustained in a beating by classmates. Hector Alejandro Mendez Ramirez died of head trauma at a hospital on Tuesday, one week after schoolmates slammed him against a wall in front of […]
dailymail.co.uk reported two billboards along highways in El Paso, Texas were vandalized and had mannequins hanging off of them. One reads ‘silver or lead’ in Spanish which is taken to mean that police and business owners can either take drug cartels’ bribes or die. Worries spreading that cartels that have ruled Mexican border towns with […]
theadvocate.com reported Ecuador will outfit 4,000 of the boats in its fishing fleet with Covington-based Globalstar Inc.’s satellite tracking and emergency notification devices. Globalstar’s devices will link to Ecuador’s National Emergency Response System, and be outfitted with a proprietary panic button that sailors can activate discreetly for rescue. Read Article SAFETY AND SECURITY IN ECUADOR […]
Officers of the Gang Suppression Unit have detained an Ecuadorian man believed to be a fugitive in that country. They report that they conducted a search at a house on Teacher’s Street in Belize City where they found a man identifying himself as Christian Ebanks. After a search of Ebanks home, police also recovered an […]
Amazon timber is all over in the U.S. You can find it in hardwood flooring at national retailers like Lumber Liquidators and in walkways at landmarks like Atlantic City, Miami Beach, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Much of this wood comes from Pará State, Brazil’s largest timber producer and exporter. It is estimated that 78% of […]
4-traders.com reported Citigroup Inc has fired four senior executives and seven other employees, saying they failed to do enough to protect the bank from loan fraud at its Mexican unit Banamex, according to an internal memo sent to staff on Wednesday. With the latest round of firings, the bank has terminated a dozen employees after […]
myews3.com/AP reported Paraguayan authorities state they have expelled the father of Ecuador’s vice president. Jorge Glas Viejo was deported to Ecuador. He is wanted in Ecuador on charges of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl. The director of Interpol’s Paraguay office said Jorge Glas Viejo was detained for violating immigration laws.Read Article
dailymail.co.uk reported Canadian Mennonite farmers with century-old ties to Mexico have been identified by drug agencies as the latest threat of bringing cartel cocaine north of the border. Recent cases have highlighted the problem including the trial of farmer Jacob Fehr who was jailed for seven years last week for smuggling cocaine from Chihuahua, Mexico […]
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico – Mexico’s government decided Tuesday to increase military control over security in the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas and purge corrupt police to reverse a surge in drug cartel violence. Clashes between cartel gunmen and troops as well as street gunfights among gang members have left more than 80 people dead in […]
euromonitor.com reported…Latin American Illegal Alcohol Market Valued at US$2.4 Billion In a special report on the illegal alcohol market for six Latin American countries, we reveal volume and value of illegal alcohol by country and the types of illegal alcohol and potential drivers for purchase and consumption in Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama and […]