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Syria captures high-ranking Daesh leader

Published on: January 9, 2026
10:59

Damascus, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Syrian authorities announced the arrest of a high-ranking leader of the Daesh terrorist group, as a result of a joint security operation carried out by the Ministry of the Interior and the Intelligence Department.

Russian army captures Sviato-Pokrovskoe in Donetsk region

Published on: December 25, 2025
10:00

Moscow, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The Russian troop group South extended its control in the area of the special military operation to the town of Sviato-Pokrovskoe, in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Ministry of Defense reported.

The capture of a drug trafficker marked the week in Uruguay.

Published on: December 20, 2025
11:14

Montevideo, Dec. 20 (Prensa Latina) The extradition from Argentina and the imprisonment and indictment of drug trafficker Luis Fernando Fernandez Albin made headlines in Uruguay this week.

M23 claims Goma’s capture, DRC gov’t has not confirmed

Published on: January 27, 2025
17:21

Kinshasa, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The March 23 Movement (M23) on Monday announced the capture of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, a fact that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has not confirmed yet.

Guatemalan Interior Minister highlights capture of gang member

Published on: April 23, 2024
14:24

Guatemala, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) Guatemalan Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez highlighted the capture of an alleged member of the Barrio 18 gang linked to crimes against women, a problem that tarnished his administration.

Guatemala catches speedboats with likely illicit substances

Published on: March 11, 2024
14:32

Guatemala City, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala’s Ministry of Defense located, pursued and intercepted another two speedboats in the Pacific, with 46 packages of likely illicit substances, the Ministry informed on Monday.

Bolivian law enforcement intensifies search for fugitive drug lord

Published on: August 15, 2023
08:29

La Paz, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian authorities decided to step up the search for drug trafficker Sebastián Marset after the Uruguayan Deputy Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Maciel, expressed doubts regarding his possible departure from the country.

Russia orders to capture three Ukrainian generals

Published on: August 14, 2023
07:25

Moscow, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Interior Ministry informed that it had ordered the search and capture of three Ukrainian generals, who are accused of killing and injuring over 100 people after ordering the bombing of the Donbass.

Italy demands extradition of mobster captured in Greece

Published on: August 8, 2023
10:16

Rome, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) The Public Prosecutor's Office in the southern Italian city of Naples is awaiting the extradition of mobster Vincenzo La Porta from Greece, where he was captured after being located by Greek police after an 11-year search, according to a report on website of the Corriere del Mezzogiorno newspaper on Tuesday.

Capture of leader of armed criminal group in Colombia

Published on: July 24, 2023
08:23

Bogota, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, the Colombian Defense Ministry confirmed the capture of Carlos Alberto Herrera, alias Camilo, one of the main leaders of the Clan de Oriente.

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