Mexican authorities said Wednesday that a surviving son of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and three other relatives planned to enter Mexico under false names and hide at a Pacific coast resort. The plan to smuggle in al-Saadi Gadhafi allegedly involved two Mexicans, a Canadian and a Danish suspect, all of whom have been arrested [...]
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Paraguay and the United States have good relations, cooperating extensively on counternarcotics and counterterrorism efforts. The United States strongly supports the consolidation of Paraguay’s democracy and continued economic reforms. Following the April 2008 election, then-U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay James Cason congratulated Lugo and the APC on their victory and expressed a commitment to work with them to [...]
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Mexican soldiers have arrested Ovidio Limon Sanchez, a top lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel and one of the DEA’s highest profile targets. Captured in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state on Mexico’s Pacific coast, Limon Sanchez was described by that country’s Defense Ministry as being on the ten most-wanted list and “one of the most [...]
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Mexican President Felipe Calderon this week accused the United States of dumping criminals at the border to avoid the cost of prosecuting them, and claimed the practice has increased violence in Mexico’s border region. US officials have reported a record number of deportations in fiscal year 2011, and said the number deported with criminal convictions [...]
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During a lecture under the XXIX Interdisciplinary Course on Human Rights which concluded on August 19th at the American Institute of Human Rights in Costa Rica, the Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón said that governments foster instability among citizens when politicians elaborate security policies without consulting the people. Garzón called upon the american states to include [...]
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Mexico City.- Marisela Morales Ibáñez , attorney general of Mexico, signed an extradition treaty with Italy and a Treaty on Criminal Legal Assistance to fight against organized crime. The mexican Attorney Gral also held a meeting with the Italian Anti Mafia Director Mr. Piero Grasso. Both parts will collaborate in technical asssistance on Organized Crime, [...]
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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 [...]
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Recently, Brazil signed an agreement with Bolivia to fight cocaine production and trafficking in the country. The agreement aims to replace the absence of the DEA in Bolivia, when this country expelled the US Drug Enforcement Administration in 2008 for alleged “political interference”. In the last months, there is an increase in the suspicions about [...]
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Lately, United States and Mexico have intensified their cooperation in the war on drugs. American federal agents are now increasing the amount of joint operations with mexican authorities, like sharing information to arrest members of the cartels, analyze drone information, seize drug shipments, get evidence to prosecute suspects, to extradite fugitives, tracking vehicles, mobiles and weapons, training [...]
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To have effective public policies, the countries of the region must have the capacity to collect, process, analyze, and disseminate information, especially in the area of security. Over the last five years, the countries of the Americas have experienced increasingly complex threats and challenges to the safety of their citizens. In an effort to collaborate [...]
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