The U.S. television network Univision claims to have access to Bolivian intelligence reports. In Univision´s report, released Thursday, the network linked the former commander of the Bolivian Police General Oscar Nina with the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera , known as “Chapo” (Shorty). The Police Commander Nina allegedly provided protection when Chapo [...]
2011 Sep 03 | Posted in
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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
2011 Aug 30 | Posted in
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Panama and El Salvador agreed in sharing a security strategy that involves all countries in the region to tackle organized crime, reported the Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez after a meeting in Panama City. “What we’ve decided is a regional strategy against organized crime , that respects no borders and, therefore, the answer has to [...]
2011 Aug 14 | Posted in
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Mexican authorities said Friday they have arrested a suspected gang leader thought to be directly responsible for 600 murders. Mexico City – “He has admitted to taking part personally in 300 executions, and ordering another 300,” Alfredo Castillo, the prosecutor for the state of Mexico, told reporters in a news conference. Oscar Garcia Montoya, 36, [...]
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MEXICO CITY – Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, a former mexican police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror along the U.S.-mexican border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials said Sunday. Acosta is also a suspect in last year’s slaying of a U.S. consulate employee near a border crossing [...]
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Since he arrived in handcuffs at the Judicial Police (PJ) of Pichincha in the north center of Quito, Myasnikov M. remained silent, just speaking with his translator. The russian was wanted by Interpol accused of murder, illegal storage of firearms and explosives in his home country, Russia. The official website of Interpol has two photographs [...]
2011 Jul 08 | Posted in
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A serbian crime gang was seized by Brazilian federal police, showing an increasing problem for South America — foreign mafia groups (like the serbian) are increasingly using Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay as corridors to export the continent’s cocaine to Europe and elsewhere. Sixteen alleged members of the Serbian mafia acting in South America were arrested [...]
2011 May 07 | Posted in
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Deceased Osama bin Laden in FBI “most wanted” poster “Osama Bin Laden is dead”, “the responsible of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil is dead”, announced U.S. President Barack Obama late Sunday night in a short statement, almost 10 years after the attacks that killed more than 3,000 people in New York and Washington [...]
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has welcomed Hugo Chavez at the Colombian airport of Cartagena, on Saturday morning. Through the mediation of President Santos, Chavez will also meet Honduran President Porfirio Lobo, previous to a Presidential meeting to discuss the reinstatement of Honduras into the Organization of American States (OAS). The Colombian-venezuelan relations are improving [...]
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A dual US-Lebanese citizen has been extradited from Paraguay to the United States. Moussa Ali Hamdan, 38, was charged with supporting Lebanon’s Hezbollah terrorist organization, US officials said Friday. After being extradited from the paraguayan city of Asuncion, the alleged terrorist Moussa Ali Hamdan appeared in a court in Philadelphia, and he has been charged [...]
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