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Guatemalan Family of 4 Murdered in Their Beds
October 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Four members of a family were fatally shot inside their home in the eastern Guatemalan province of Zacapa, authorities said Wednesday. The attack took place Tuesday night in the hamlet of La Plancha, about 156 kilometers (97 miles) east of the capital, a spokesman for fire rescue said. continue reading »
Son of Murdered Activist Marisela Escobedo Calls Suspect in Custody “Scapegoat”
October 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The son of rights activist Marisela Escobedo, who was shot and killed in northern Mexico in 2010 while demanding justice for the murder of her daughter, said a suspect arrested in his mother's slaying is a "scapegoat." continue reading »
Police Arrest Man Suspected of Murdering Family Over Land Dispute in Guatemala
October 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The man suspected of leading the slaughter of seven people inside a home south of the Guatemalan capital is in custody, police said Wednesday. Cesar Chavez, 38, was arrested in the village where the killings took place, police spokesman Pablo Castillo told the media. continue reading »
Venezuelan Authorities Search for Man Who Killed 7 After Betting Chavez Would Lose
October 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Venezuelan businessman who bet that opposition candidate Henrique Capriles would win the recent presidential election here killed the two people who won the bet and then used his vehicle to run down five people who were celebrating Hugo Chavez's win, police said Tuesday. continue reading »
Mexican Authorities Investigating Conspiracy Theory in Murder of Politician’s Son
October 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The theory that an organized crime group and public officials may have conspired to kill the son of a prominent Mexican politician is gaining ground among investigators, the government of the northern state of Coahuila said. continue reading »
4 Mexican Police in Custody for Murdering Former Governor’s Son
October 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Four Mexican municipal police have been detained for their alleged involvement in this week's murder of the son of a prominent politician, officials said. continue reading »
Mexican Politician Killed Fellow PRI Party Member
September 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Eduardo Castro Luque, an Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, member elected to the Sonora state legislature, was allegedly murdered by fellow party member Manuel Alberto Fernandez Felix, who is on the run, Mexican officials said. continue reading »
IACHR Condemns Murder of Brazilian Human Rights Lawyer
September 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the killing of Human Rights Defender Diego Luiz Berbare Bandeira, attorney and member of the Human Rights Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association in São Paulo, in the city of Caraguatatuba, state of São Paulo, Brazil. continue reading »
Police Press Agent Murdered in Honduras, Investigators Looking for Gunmen
August 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A police press affairs officer was gunned down in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, transit police spokesman Kemel Ordoñez said. continue reading »
Missing Mexican Tourist Found Murdered in Croatia
August 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The remains of a woman found in Marjan park in the city of Split are those of a Mexican tourist who was murdered, Croatian police said Sunday. continue reading »
Retired Colombian General Sentenced For Killing Peasant Leader in 1997
August 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Retired Colombian Gen. Rito Alejo del Rio was convicted Friday and sentenced to nearly 26 years in prison for the 1997 murder of a peasant leader in a joint army-paramilitary operation. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Ex-Cop Arrested for Murdering Girl Friend
August 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Former police officer Roberto Quiñones was charged formally on Tuesday with the death of dancer Yexeira Torres, who has been missing for almost a year, Puerto Rico's attorney general said. continue reading »
March Held to Remember Chicano Activist Ricardo Falcon 40 Years After Murder
August 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Chicano leaders and young people will march today to the cemetery at Fort Lupton, north of Denver, to commemorate Ricardo Falcon, a college student and activist slain 40 years ago. continue reading »
Bolivian Border Town Receives Extra Security After Mob Kills Brazilians Accused of Murder
August 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Soldiers and additional police have been deployed in the border town where two Brazilians accused of murdering three local residents were lynched earlier this week, the Bolivian government said Friday. continue reading »
No Justice for Colombian Journalist’s Death 13 Years Later
August 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Press organizations, defenders of human rights, families and journalists gathered here Monday to commemorate the 13th anniversary of journalist and humorist Jaime Garzon's murder and to protest the authorities' failure to punish anyone for the crime. continue reading »
INFOGRAPHIC: Mexican Cartels (Sinaloa vs Los Zetas)
August 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Currently, the Sinaloa and Los Zetas Cartels are in a war, forcing other cartels to take sides and new alliances are forming. Unfortunately, 60,000 people have died since President Calderón (PAN) declared war on drug traffickers in 2006. Hispanically Speaking News does a side-by-side comparison of Mexico's most ruthless cartels, Sinaloa and Los Zetas. continue reading »
Armed Robbers Kill 4 Police, 1 Civil Servant in Mexico
August 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Four Mexican police officers and a civil servant were fatally shot by assailants who tried to seize a vehicle they thought was carrying money, authorities in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz said Tuesday. continue reading »
6 Arrested in Connection to Murder of Venezuelan Diplomat in Kenya
July 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Kenyan police have arrested the first secretary of the Venezuelan Embassy in Kenya, the Venezuelan Dwight Sagaray, and five Kenyan employees of the embassy residence, for their suspected involvement in the death by strangling of the mission's charge d'affaires, Olga Fonseca. continue reading »
Former Boxer “La Bestia” Murdered in Ecuador
July 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Former boxer Jaime Quiñonez was murdered at a restaurant in Quito, Ecuadorian police said Sunday. continue reading »
New Security Measures in Place After Mexican Indian Murders
July 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An indigenous community in the western Mexican state of Michoacan has stepped up security measures in the wake of this week's kidnap-murders of two of its members by suspected mobsters, saying state authorities have broken their promise to protect them. continue reading »
