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Costa Rican judge releases two prominent drug trafficking leaders

Published on: January 9, 2026
08:54

San Jose, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) A Costa Rican territorial judge ordered the release of two prominent leaders of drug trafficking organizations who had been issued arrest warrants in the northeastern province of Limon, a local newspaper reported today.

Colombia: Authorities investigate the death of a judge in Cucuta

Published on: December 18, 2025
09:15

Bogota, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) Authorities are investigating the death of Judge Vivian Polania, whose body was found yesterday in her apartment in the La Riviera neighborhood of Cucuta, in northeastern Colombia.

Bolivia shocked after murder of a judge

Published on: November 10, 2025
04:38

La Paz, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) The shooting to death of a judge in downtown Cochabamba by hitmen on a motorcycle has shocked Bolivians, following the broadcast of the video on national television channels. Security camera footage shows the exact moment Judge Edilberto Marcial Cruz of Villa Tunari Sentencing Court was killed by the men on the vehicle.

Judge’s situation in Maradona’s death gets complex

Published on: May 26, 2025
12:06

Buenos Aires, May 26 (Prensa Latina) The prosecution could decide whether to continue on with the trial for the death of Argentine and world soccer star Diego Armando Maradona, as Judge Julieta Makintach's situation becomes more complicated due to a violation of procedural rules.

Prison population grew in Uruguay

Published on: January 15, 2025
10:08

Montevideo, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) The prison population continued to increase in Uruguay, according to official data from the Ministry of the Interior.

ALBA-TCP rejects Argentine judge’s action against Nicaraguan leaders

Published on: January 1, 2025
00:30

Caracas, Jan 1 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) categorically rejected the illegal judicial action by Argentine Federal Judge Ariel Lijo against Nicaraguan authorities.

Judge accepts habeas corpus request in favor of Glas in Ecuador

Published on: July 2, 2024
13:12

Quito, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) The judge of the Penitentiary Guarantees Unit of Guayaquil, Patricio Vidal, accepted a habeas corpus action in favor of the former vice president of Ecuador Jorge Glas, who remains detained here today.

Judge orders Argentine Government to deliver stored food

Published on: May 27, 2024
13:03

Buenos Aires, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Federal Judge Sebastian Casanello ordered the Argentine Ministry of Human Capital on Monday to present a report with the amount of food it has in stock and an immediate distribution plan.

Judge denies Trump’s motion to dismiss documents case

Published on: April 4, 2024
16:35

Washington, Apr 4 (Prensa Latina) A federal judge in Florida denied former President Donald Trump's motion to dismiss the classified documents indictment against him, ruling the Presidential Records Act (PRA) does not shield Trump from charges that he unlawfully retained national defense information.

TSE magistrates accused by TREP arrive before Guatemalan judge

Published on: March 14, 2024
13:16

Guatemala City, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) Four magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), who left Guatemala last December, arrived here today before a court to answer for an accusation about the system used in the elections.

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