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Human Rights Abuses Against Cassez Force CNDH to File Criminal Complaint in Mexico
March 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's top human rights body has called for a probe into more than a score of current and former federal law-enforcement officials for alleged rights violations of Frenchwoman Florence Cassez, who spent seven years in prison on a kidnapping conviction before Mexico's high court ordered her released in January. continue reading »
Federal Agents Launch Extensive Search Operation at Puerto Rican Prison
March 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
More than 200 federal agents from different departments carried out a search operation Friday in the Metropolitan Detention Center Guaynabo in suburban San Juan, the FBI office in Puerto Rico said. continue reading »
Former Argentine President Convicted of Arms Smuggling
March 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An Argentine federal court on Friday convicted former President Carlos Menem of aggravated smuggling in connection with illegal arms sales during his 1989-1999 tenure, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. continue reading »
4 Gunned Down at Pizza Joint in Honduras
March 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Gunmen killed four people at a pizzeria in San Pedro Sula, a city in northern Honduras, the National Police said. The two gunmen entered the restaurant on Saturday, walked to the table where the four young men were eating and opened fire. continue reading »
Gang Member Sentenced to 120 Months for Child Sex Trafficking
March 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Jonathan Adonay Fuentes, aka “Cheesy” and “Crazy Boy,” 21, of Clinton, Marlyland, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for sex trafficking a juvenile female as part of a prostitution enterprise operated by the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha Thirteen (MS-13). continue reading »
Former Police Chief Convicted of Drug Traffic Conspiracy in Mexico
March 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Gilberto Lerma Plata, a former police commander of Tamaulipas state and a member of the Gulf cartel, was found guilty of conspiring to import several tons of marijuana and cocaine to the United States, the Justice Department said. continue reading »
Spain, France Arrest 3 Terror Suspects
March 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Three suspected Chechen terrorists were caught in a Spanish-French operation that followed up on the dismantling of a terrorist cell last August in Spain. continue reading »
3 Gunned Down in Drive-by Shooting in Puerto Rico
March 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Puerto Rican police were investigating Friday the second triple killing in less than two weeks after three young men were slain in a drive-by shooting in the eastern town of Juncos. continue reading »
Leader of Teachers Union Charged with Racketeering in Mexico
February 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The leader of Mexico's powerful SNTE teachers union learned Wednesday that she and two associates face racketeering charges in connection with the alleged embezzlement of $157 million in union funds. continue reading »
Violence in Acapulco Continues as Belgian Tourist is Gunned Down
February 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Belgian tourist was gunned down by several men who attempted to steal his luxury car in the Mexican Pacific resort city of Acapulco, prosecutors said. continue reading »
Spanish Woman Accused of Murdering Husband to Appear in Pennsylvania Court
February 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish citizen Maria Reyes Garcia-Pellon, who allegedly murdered her husband - former pro basketball player Matthew White - two weeks ago, is to appear at a preliminary court hearing in the city of Media, Pennsylvania, where a judge will determine if judicial proceedings should commence. continue reading »
Mexico Appoints Lawmakers to Monitor Rape Case
February 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's lower house has formed a special work group to monitor the investigation into the case of six Spanish women raped earlier this month in the Pacific resort of Acapulco. continue reading »
Paraguayan Robin Hood Claims to Have Distributed Stolen Money Among Poor
February 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An employee of a security company who made off with nearly $500,000 before turning himself in to the Paraguayan police 30 hours later with just $200 in his pocket said he had distributed the cash among the poor. continue reading »
63 Suspect Gang Members Arrested in Spain
February 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish security forces arrested 63 suspected members of a gang whose main activity was ripping off drug traffickers but who also engaged in murder, kidnapping, sexual assault and fraud, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. continue reading »
Fake Mexican Journalists Appeal Drug Convictions in Nicaragua
February 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Appeals have been filed by attorneys representing 18 Mexicans who posed as Televisa journalists and were convicted on drug charges in Nicaragua, judicial officials said Thursday. continue reading »
Nicaragua Sentences Fake Journalists to 30 Years
January 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The 18 Mexicans arrested last summer in Nicaragua while posing as Televisa journalists and later convicted on drug, money laundering and racketeering charges were sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. continue reading »
Death Toll of Bar Shooting in Brazil Rises to 7
January 6, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The death toll from the massacre at a bar in Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, has risen to seven, with the evidence pointing to the possible role of police officers in the crime, officials said. continue reading »
Assailants Attack Bar in Brazil, Killing 6
January 6, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A group of unknown assailants killed six people early Saturday at a bar in Sao Paulo, an incident that comes amid a recent wave of violence in Brazil's largest metropolis. continue reading »
LATINO BLOTTER: New Mexico Man Stabbed Because Child Was Too Loud
December 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A New Mexico man was nearly killed after being stabbed because another man thought his young niece was being too loud. The victim, who was not named, was in his sister’s Albuquerque apartment wit continue reading »
For Murdering Woman, Stealing Fetus, Annette Morales-Rodriguez Gets Life, No Parole
December 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In September, Annette Morales-Rodriguez was convicted on two counts of first-degree intentional homicide for kidnapping and murdering a pregnant woman and stealing her full term fetus in 2011. continue reading »
