MEXICO CITY – President Felipe Calderon proposed sweeping new measures Thursday to crack down on the cash smuggling and money laundering that allow Mexican cartels to use billions in U.S. drug profits to enrich their criminal organizations.
Legislation introduced by the Calderon administration would make it illegal to buy real estate in cash.
The new laws [...]
The Cartel Alliance between “Sinaloa” and ”La Familia” is strongly anchored in five states of the mexican Pacific Coast. The recent death of druglord Nacho Coronel consolidated the leadership of “Chapo” Guzman within the Sinaloa Cartel and its alliance with “La Familia”. The mexican authorities believe that these groups control now the inputs of materials for [...]
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In a recent visit to the region, the Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton stated that “the U.S. is committed to citizen safety in Central America…We are doing everything we can in the fight against corruption and impunity, in providing the equipment and the support that law enforcement and the military require, and helping to [...]
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The Brazilian Federal Senate this week approved the Bill in order to grant police power to the Army, Navy and Air Force in the border regions, specially with Ciudad del Este and the Three Border Region. The project was approved without any legislative change also in the Chamber of Deputies.
After being signed by the President [...]
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The World Bank consultant and specialized in Mexican Border Affairs, Antonio de la Oza, said in an interview that the great challenge of customs in the country and the world are fighting terrorism, laundering and drug trafficking.
He said he has visited some offices in the country, and “they work very well operationally speaking, safety and, excluding [...]
Just before sunset on April 10, 2006, a DC-9 jet landed at the international airport in the port city of Ciudad del Carmen, 500 miles east of Mexico City. As soldiers on the ground approached the plane, the crew tried to shoo them away, saying there was a dangerous oil leak. So the troops grew [...]
About 60 police and security officers began on Monday (5th) a training course in order to act in the triple border (Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, Ciudad del Este). The course, coordinated by the Police and held at various places in Foz do Iguacu until Friday (9) is given by five teachers of the Coordinator Office of [...]
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A suspected Colombian drug trafficker who operated under the radar for years in Argentina was described Friday as a ringleader capable of giving direct orders to Colombia’s most-wanted cocaine kingpins and with close ties to Mexico’s feared Sinaloa cartel.
Luis Caicedo Velandia was arrested as he walked near a Buenos Aires shopping [...]
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Lima.- Transparency in political parties financing, multilateral cooperation to follow corrupt actions and an increased participation of the business sector are some necessary tools to fight corruption in the region, said Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) José Miguel Insulza.
“Corruption is in one of the first positions in [...]
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MEXICO CITY — A former mayor of Cancun who was running for governor of his Caribbean state laundered cash for two drug cartels, prosecutors charged Wednesday, a possible new sign of the taint of narcotics on Mexican politics.
Police arrested Gregorio Sanchez Martinez, who was running for governor , was arrested at the resort’s airport late Tuesday.
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