CRIME & SECURITY Rosario surpasses grim threshold of 150 homicides 06-07-2023 09:35 Four people killed in just three hours in crime-ridden Rosario; Argentina's second city, with a population of 1.3 million, has already suffered 151 homicides this year.
NIGHTMARE EXPERIENCE Woman interred alive in Brazil tomb 30-03-2023 14:16 Thirty-six-year-old woman found sealed alive inside a mausoleum wall at a cemetery in Brazil, after surviving around 10 hours inside the narrow tomb.
CRIME & SECURITY Government reinforces security forces in Rosario amid drug violence 07-03-2023 15:07 President Fernández boosts the number of federal security forces available to authorities in Rosario and says he will send a division of the Army to support efforts to overhaul and urbanise working-class neighbourhoods.
CRIME & SECURITY Rosario: a death a day in a city on edge from drug-trafficking 07-03-2023 09:37 Three out of every four homicides registered in the city of Rosario are premeditated, observes survey.
Anger in Rosario Homes of alleged drug-traffickers in Rosario vandalised after child's killing 07-03-2023 07:50 Residents of the working-class neighbourhood of Los Pumitas ransacked and vandalised homes of suspected drug-traffickers on Monday; Vigilante response to death of an 11-year-old child, who was killed in a violence shootout over weekend.
CRIME & SECURITY Messi’s family threatened by narcos in his hometown of Rosario 02-03-2023 19:28 Several shots were fired early Thursday at a supermarket in Rosario owned by the family of Messi’s wife, Antonela Roccuzzo.
DRUG TRAFFICKING Ecuador: a new nerve centre for global drug trade 24-11-2022 13:18 Geography and corruption among the main reasons that one of Latin America's smaller countries has evolved into a hotspot for transnational crime.
ECUADOR At least 15 dead in Ecuadoran prison riots 04-10-2022 15:36 Tactical units sent to re-establish control following fatal clash between inmates and authorities.
ECUADOR Ecuadorean hate crimes prosecutor murdered 19-09-2022 15:44 Public prosecutor Edgar Escobar gunned down in front of office, the latest in spate of targeted killings.
CRIME & SECURITY Violence-ridden Rosario suffered one murder a day in August 07-09-2022 14:47 Incessant and fatal violence continues in Rosario: crime-ridden city suffered 31 violent killings in August.
FARC Colombian forces kill FARC dissident leader 18-07-2022 14:19 Death of rebel leader Nestor Vera described by Colombian government as “final blow” to FARC.
CRIME & SECURITY Founder of ‘Los Monos’ drug gang arrested 29-04-2022 15:04 Founder of the ‘Los Monos’ drug-trafficking gang, Máximo Ariel ‘El Viejo’ Cantero, arrested and taken into custody.
CRIME & SECURITY Drug-related violence soars to ‘critical’ levels in Rosario 29-04-2022 15:01 At least 90 killed from narco-violence in Rosario so far this year; Slain bodies found in mafia-style killings as local authorities warn the situation is ‘critical.’
Violence in Latin America Mutilated bodies, gang wars shock once-peaceful Ecuador 03-03-2022 13:50 An intensifying drug war has shocked once-peaceful Ecuador with scenes of horrific violence.