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Ecuadorian President shows no regrets about raids on Mexican embassy

Published on: April 15, 2024
17:53

Quito, Apr 15 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador´s President Daniel Noboa showed no regret about his decision to storm into the Mexican embassy on April 5 in order to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas, according to an interview released on Monday.

Guatemala’s PNC arrests 39 alleged gangsters

Published on: February 20, 2024
15:56

Guatemala City, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala’s National Civil Police (PNC) arrested on Tuesday 39 alleged gangsters by the mega “Fuerte” raid, which seeks to crack down extortion gangs.

Jamaican police seize more than 225 kilograms of marijuana

Published on: February 1, 2024
12:04

Kingston, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) The Jamaican Police seized more than 225 kilograms of marijuana in two operations in the southwestern parish of Saint Elizabeth, local media reported on Thursday.

Weapons, ammunition, swimming pool and disco in Ecuador’s jails

Published on: January 29, 2024
00:15

Quito, Jan 29 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador’s Armed Forces and the National Police continued their interventions in domestic prisons, where in addition to weapons, ammunition and other illegal objects, they found a swimming pool and a disco.

Salvadorian authorities continue to target drug trafficking and gangs

Published on: January 18, 2024
00:15

San Salvador, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Authorities in El Salvador continue its raids against drug trafficking and gangs just weeks before the presidential elections on February 4.

Uruguayan Parliament to hold plebiscite on nighttime police raids

Published on: December 22, 2023
00:45

Montevideo, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) The Parliament of Uruguay will hold a plebiscite in 2024 after a vote in the Senate of the Republic.

Fighter jets destroy terrorist bastions in western Syria

Published on: August 22, 2023
12:32

Damascus, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) Syrian and Russian fighter-bombers attacked a bastion of radical groups in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, some 300 kilometers northwest of this capital.

Over 700 inmate-made weapons seized in Chilean prisons (+Photo)

Published on: July 28, 2023
14:40

Santiago de Chile, Jul 28 (Prensa Latina) As many as 729 inmate-made weapons, 321 cell phones and 2.7 kgs of drugs were seized by the Chilean gendarmerie (GENCHI) in a new raid conducted in the country's 30 prisons as part of the National Prison Security Plan against Organized Crime.

Paraguayan police continue raids on drug trafficker’s assets

Published on: July 11, 2023
15:34

Asuncion, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan anti-drug agents continued Tuesday with 12 raids on properties of Brazilian drug trafficker Jarvis Chimenes Pavão.

Honduras launches Operation Faith and Hope (+Photos)

Published on: July 11, 2023
12:16

Tegucigalpa, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) Operation Faith and Hope, promoted by the Honduran Government to regain the governance of the country's prisons, resulted in a seizure of more than eight million dollars on Tuesday.

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