HAWTHORNE, Calif., Aug. 31 — Research into detecting nuclear and other materials with potential for use in weapons of mass destruction received more pledges of government support after a Californian security electronics firm received contracts worth up to $12 million for developing new detection devices and techniques, says a report of [...]
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 United States threw its support behind key ally Colombia Friday in a row with Venezuela that has seen the South American neighbors break ties amid escalating military tensions.
Colombia’s allegations that Venezuela was harboring 1,500 Colombian rebels in camps on its territory — the trigger for the dispute — “need to be taken very seriously,” [...]
The brazilian Congressional candidate and former governor Julio Campos argued in favour that the army occupies the border brazilian city of Cáceres with Bolivia, in a strategy to combat drugs and arms trafficked from the neighboring country.
“We can not fight drug trafficking and smuggling of weapons only with the presence of military police and a small group of [...]
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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The murder rate in Juárez rivals the most dangerous cities in the world and is more typical of regions where government has collapsed, an expert on homicides said.
The violence continued during the weekend, including a shootout involvin the Mexican army that resulted in the arrest of three [...]
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NUEVO LAREDO – Police said Wednesday they had seized an arsenal of assault rifles that were allegedly destined for the hands of the assassins of the powerful drug cartels in Mexico, according to Reuters.
Thanks to an anonymous tip, police in Laredo, Texas, on Saturday managed to locate the cargo that [...]
Lima.- The Organization of American States asked its General Assembly in Lima to improve “transparency” in the purchase of arms in the hemisphere and the “promotion of control” of it, according to the draft final declaration adopted on friday by the Permanent Council of the organism in Washington.
The final text is a much less strong [...]
