In another setback for Latin America’s oldest guerrilla army, FARC rebel leader Guillermo Leon Saenz was killed in Colombia on Friday. According to Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon, Saenz, who was better known by his battle moniker Alfonso Cano, was tracked down in the southern department of Cauca. He had already been on the run [...]
Mexico’s General Prosecutor’s Office for Morelos is warning against criminal groups specializing in robbery and “express kidnapping”, operating both inside and outside of Cuernavaca nightclubs. Ministerial Police coordinator Jose Robles Quintana said that bands are most active on weekends on Playa de Ayala and Teopanzolco Avenues, targeting youngsters, tourists and people with luxury vehicles. “Early [...]
Besides being an advisor of the Organization of American States (OAS), and directly involved in the peace process in Colombia, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón has been very active in other matters related to Latin American politics. Recently in Mexico, Judge Garzón was invited to an international Conference on Money Laundering. During the event, the famous [...]
Mexico’s network of drug cartels is nebulous and complex, with organizations merging, splintering and shifting alliances in their quest to control drug-trafficking routes. Below is a rough overview of some of the major groups involved in the country’s drug trade, although there are numerous other affiliate groups and smaller players. READ MORE HERE
A mega-operation of the brazilian Civil Police arrested 78 people during an eight days operative executed in the 983 km border between Brazil and Bolivia. Of the total arrests in the second phase of Operation Genesis, 35 were arrest warrants, plus 69 weapons, 552 ammo plus 11 stolen vehicles, according to police report released Friday. [...]
Mexico and Guatemala agreed to intensify cooperation on border security and strengthen cooperation in combating organized crime and illegal drug trafficking. It is publicly known that the drug cartel “Los Zetas” have the control of certain areas of the common border. During a visit of the guatemalan president,Alvaro Colom, the President of Mexico Felipe Calderon [...]
Mexico: The alleged Zetas drug cartel leader suspected of killing a U.S. customs agent has been captured. His name is Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar, alias “el Manito”. He is believed to be the third in command of the criminal organization founded by former elite soldiers. Over the course of a decade, it went from being [...]
Yesterday, firefights between Zetas against members of the Gulf Cartel broke out shortly after 5 a.m. Friday across the city of Matamoros. The leader of Zetas arrived in Matamoros amid a convoy of more than 130 SUVs loaded with his Zeta followers. Sources outside law enforcement said that Heriberto “El Lazca” Lazcano Lazcano, the leader [...]
According to Vanguardia.com.mx, many of the victims of mass graves have died as gladiators. The goal of Zetas is to force their victims to fight as gladiators and the survivors became their new murderers to be send in suicide missions. The website reports that the information was revealed by an assassin interviewed and later identified [...]
In the operation, the mexican authorities will involve 310 000 state police and ministerial officials, who aim to break down the crimes that are related to public safety such as theft of vehicles, kidnappings, assaults to public transport, vehicle theft and auto parts, detention of Fugitive Offenders with a warrant, among others. From Monday 13th [...]
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