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Justice sends three Bolivian officers to prison

Published on: January 17, 2024
17:51

La Paz, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Three Bolivian policemen accused of extortion due to the theft of over USD$ 800,000 in a vehicle in Santa Cruz were sent on Wednesday to Palmasola prison, preventively detained.

Haiti: Exodus of police officers hinders response to crime

Published on: January 15, 2024
13:59

Port-au-Prince, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) The National Police Union of Haiti (SNPH) informed that 1,800 police officers fled the country last year, another factor that today makes it impossible to give an effective response to criminal gangs.

Virtual classes available in Ecuador due to wave of violence

Published on: January 9, 2024
13:08

Quito, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) The Ecuadorian Ministry of Education on Tuesday ordered virtual classes for educational centers near prisons, due to the wave of violence unleashed here.

Brazil’s officers protest for wage reform

Published on: November 16, 2023
18:02

Brasilia, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) Brazil’s agents and officers of the Federal Police (PF) encouraged on Thursday a second national protest in favor of wage reforms.

Another Uruguayan policeman commits suicide

Published on: August 21, 2023
10:38

Montevideo, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) Another Uruguayan policeman took his own life, making a total of 13 who committed suicide this year, which seems to confirm today what they qualify as a silent epidemic in the police force.

Trinidad and Tobago’s PM urges to raise police wages

Published on: July 18, 2023
16:35

Port of Spain, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina)Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley on Tuesday advocated to raise wages to police officers to form the known vetted units for members with higher integrity.

Serbia releases Kosovar officers detained on its territory

Published on: June 26, 2023
16:15

Belgrade, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The court in Kraljevo City on Monday ruled to release the three Kosovo special forces officers who had been detained earlier in the central part of the country.

Ukraine announces purges among security and police personnel

Published on: February 12, 2023
09:43

Kyiv, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) Ukraine's Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Aleksei Danilov, said on Sunday that decisions will be made on Monday regarding the removal of high-ranking officers in his area of responsibility from their posts.

Cuba has care system for minors who commit crimes

Published on: March 22, 2022
12:50

Havana, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban citizens under the age of 16 are not criminally prosecuted, and for those who commit crimes the country has a care system, an official source stressed on Tuesday.

Armed men kill three police officers in Niger

Published on: October 18, 2021
16:16

Niamey, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) Armed strangers killed three police officers and wounded another seven after attacking a police post in the Tillabery region, in western Niger, local authorities reported on Monday.

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