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South America Former leftist FARC rebel Elda Neyis Mosquera, who surrendered to Colombian authorities in May 2008, was sentenced to 33 years in jail for leading an attack in which 14 people were killed.
Central America 40% of the 6,200 murders committed in Guatemala last year were linked to drug trafficking, President Álvaro Colom told the press today.
Transnational Crime Today the Federal Police arrested a total of 51 people from two different gangs for their involvement in the trafficking of synthetic drugs in Brazil and in other countries, some of them in Europe, according to official sources.
Transnational Crime Ecuador has uncovered a money laundering network worth as much as 60 million dollars, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Transnational Crime FARC guerrillas seek to influence the 2010 presidential election by releasing hostages “a few at a time,” Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos warned today.
Central America A contingent of 200 Salvadoran troops returned home from Iraq on Saturday, having finished security and reconstruction tasks that took place over five and a half years, official sources reported.
South America Joint Paraguayan military and police forces deployed four weeks ago in central and northeastern Paraguay in pursuit of an armed group destroyed 8,900 kilos of marijuana and 400 hectares of the drug, Interior Minister Rafael Filizzola announced today.
South America Three indigenous towns in Isoboro Secure National Park, located in the center of Bolivia between the departments of Cochabamba and Beni, were the first to declare their autonomy under the new Constitution, local press reported today.
South America A former provincial lawmaker was helicoptered to freedom in Colombia on Thursday after spending more than six years as a captive of leftist guerrillas.
South America A plane from the Chilean Air Force landed today in Amman carrying over 25 tons in humanitarian aid for the Palestine Gaza population after the recent Israeli offensive that left over 1,400 dead and 5,000 injured.
South America Dominican Singer Juan Luis Guerra said today that he is negotiating a duet with the Colombian singer Juanes and announced that starting in March he will arrive in South America with “La Travesía Tour”.
Central America Seven-month-old Dilcia Milagro Espinal has always had beautiful big, brown eyes. Now, thanks to a team of U.S. Army ophthalmologists here, she also has the ability to see with them, unhindered by misalignment or double vision.
