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Cuban residents in Latin America and Caribbean support Cuba

Published on: January 30, 2025
17:04

Caracas, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) The Network of Cuban Residents in Latin America and the Caribbean expressed their firm support for Cuba's declaration that rejects US Government's decision to use the Guantanamo Naval Base to imprison migrants.

Sinaloa Cartel Operator Captured in Mexico

Published on: January 19, 2025
09:56

Mexico City, Jan 19 (Prensa Latina) Mexican authorities arrested Juan Carlos Félix Gastélum, "El Chavo Félix", son-in-law of drug trafficker Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, identified as one of the operators of the Sinaloa cartel, according to today's media reports. A joint statement from the security cabinet, and law enforcement agents in the northern state of Sinaloa, identified the area of operation of a cell that generates violence and is linked to drug trafficking.

Warning of possible epidemic in Ecuador’s largest prison

Published on: January 16, 2025
10:15

Quito, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Ecuador warned today of a possible epidemic of tuberculosis in the Penitenciaría del Litoral, the largest prison in the country, where they estimate that around 500 inmates are ill.

Torturers from the dictatorship sent to prison in Uruguay

Published on: December 25, 2024
10:32

Montevideo, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan court ordered the prosecution of three retired military officers accused of torturing 39 teenagers in April 1975, during the dictatorship that reigned here, it was announced.

Ecuadorian government gives in and announces relocation of new prison

Published on: December 16, 2024
19:02

Quito, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) Following two weeks of social protests on the streets, the Ecuadorian government announced on Monday that the maximum-security prison initially planned to be built in the Amazonian community of Archidona will be instead be erected in Salinas, province of Santa Elena.

Archidona locals repudiate new prison construction in Ecuador

Published on: November 28, 2024
15:25

Quito, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) The government of Ecuador will build a second maximum security prison worth 51.9 million dollars in the Amazon city of Archidona, in Napo province, where the locals have voiced rejection to the planned penitentiary.

Prison sentences for Plan Condor crimes in Uruguay

Published on: November 21, 2024
11:36

Montevideo, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan court ordered the prosecution of retired military officer Eduardo Ferro for violations of human rights during repressive operations under the Condor Plan.

Ecuador’s government seeks to suspend telecommunications in prisons

Published on: October 17, 2024
16:13

Quito, Oct 17 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador's Interior and Telecommunications Ministries signed an agreement to eliminate the internet signal in the country's prisons, which have currently become the epicenter of the national security crisis.

Attempted prison break leaves two dead in Honduras

Published on: September 19, 2024
16:07

Tegucigalpa, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) Two inmates lost their lives and six others were injured during an escape attempt in the Honduran prison of Tamara, reported Thursday the National Penitentiary Institute (INP).

Alleged killer of 42 women in Kenya escapes from prison

Published on: August 20, 2024
11:16

Nairobi, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) A serial killer, arrested last July in Kenya, escaped from a police station, local media reported.

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