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Spanish Tourists Held in Captivity Arrive in Bogota
June 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish tourists Angel Sanchez Fernandez and Maria Concepcion Marlaska Sedano, who were freed by police in northern Colombia after being held captive for a month, arrived by plane in Bogota Saturday and were immediately taken to a hospital for medical tests. continue reading »
5 Men Killed in Mexico, Police Suspect Organized Crime
June 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Five people were fatally shot in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, the regional Attorney General's Office said Friday. The killings took place Thursday night on Highway 90 in the municipality of San Pedro Totolapan. continue reading »
Police Rescue 2 Kidnapped Spaniards in Colombia
June 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish tourists Maria Concepcion Marlaska Sedano and Angel Sanchez Fernandez, abducted on May 17 in the northern Colombian province of La Guajira, were rescued in the wee hours of Saturday by a National Police anti-kidnapping unit, authorities told Efe. continue reading »
Drug Traffickers Blamed for Massacre of Cops in Guatemala
June 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Drug traffickers were behind the killings of eight police officers in the western province of Quetzaltenango, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said Friday. continue reading »
Former Argentine President Sentenced For Illegal Arms Sales
June 14, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An Argentine court on Thursday sentenced former President Carlos Menem to seven years in prison for illegal foreign arms sales during his 1989-1999 tenure. continue reading »
165 Migrants Rescued from Gang in Northern Mexico
June 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Soldiers rescued 165 migrants, including 151 foreigners, from the clutches of a criminal gang in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, the Mexican government said Thursday. continue reading »
Police Find 3 Bodies in Western Mexico
June 6, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The bodies of three men, including a minor, were found in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, prosecutors told Efe Wednesday. The three victims, who were presumably killed "with shots from firearms," were found Tuesday night in a field in La Higuera Panda, a town outside the city of Chinicuila, a Michoacan Attorney General's Office spokesman said. continue reading »
Drug Enforcement Police Chief Killed in Argentina
June 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The chief of the Argentine Federal Police's dangerous drugs division was shot outside his house and investigators do not consider the incident a random crime, Security Secretary Sergio Berni said Sunday. continue reading »
Police Arrest 9 for Killings of Hondurans in Southern Mexico
June 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Nine illegal Honduran immigrants who apparently "belong to Central American gangs dedicated to extortion and robberies of migrants" have been arrested in connection with the killings last week of two Hondurans in southern Mexico, officials said. continue reading »
2 Honduran Migrants Murdered on Mexican Train
June 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two Honduran women traveling with other migrants on a train in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas have been killed, state prosecutors said. continue reading »
Honduran Authorities Discover Bodies of Kidnapped Teens
May 31, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Three young kidnap victims were found murdered Thursday in northern Honduras, authorities said. The bodies of Elias Canales and Osmar Murcia, both 17, and Jairo Rivera, 18, were dumped on a highway in San Pedro Sula, a police spokesman told journalists. continue reading »
Sex Offenders in Spain Will Be Watched to Prevent Repeat Offenses
May 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Those sentenced for gender-related violence in Spain, after doing their time in jail, will be set free but under constant surveillance, so that both the agents charged with protecting the victims and the victims themselves will know where the offender is at any time. continue reading »
Argentine Wanted for “Dirty War” Crimes Arrested in Uruguay
May 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A retired Argentine military officer wanted for crimes committed during the 1976-1983 "dirty war" against the left has been arrested in the Uruguayan capital, a police source told Efe Friday. continue reading »
Guatemalan Ex-President Alfonso Portillo is Extradited to U.S.
May 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Alfonso Portillo, who was Guatemala's president from 2000-2004, was extradited Friday to the United States to face money laundering charges. He was handed over to U.S. agents at a military airfield and then boarded a government aircraft to be taken to New York. continue reading »
Puerto Rico Arrests Teacher, Prison Guard After Discovering Kiddie Porn
May 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A teacher and a prison guard were arrested by federal authorities in Puerto Rico in separate cases of child pornography, the U.S. attorney in San Juan, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez, announced Tuesday. continue reading »
LATINO BLOTTER: Javier Adolfo Viera Charged with Setting Over 20 Fires in California
April 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pasadena authorities in California have arrested Javier Adolfo Viera, 35, on suspicsion of setting 25 brush or car fires over the last four months. Apparently Viera arson binge started in November with him throwing out incendiary devices, concocted at home, from his car at dry brush in the Pasadena. continue reading »
Suspect in California Double Homicide Arrested in Mexico
April 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Marshal Don O’Keefe is proud to announce the arrest of Pedro Medina-Castillon, who is wanted to stand trial in the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, for two counts of homicide. continue reading »
Dying for the Truth
April 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Book Reviews
2 Men Arrested For Raping Tourist in Brazil
March 31, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two men were arrested for robbing and raping a foreign tourist aboard a microbus in Rio de Janeiro and beating her boyfriend, Brazilian police said Sunday. continue reading »
U.S. Marshals Apprehend Fugitive After 31 Years on the Run
March 31, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Marshal Bobby Mathieson announces the capture of Ronald Orville Garcia. Garcia was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in Virginia after failing to appear for court in 1982 on drug charges. continue reading »
