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Montevideo, May 12th 2025 - 13:30 UTC

Tag: criminal organizations

  • Monday, November 4th 2024 - 09:49 UTC

    Rio to tackle criminal organizations' cash flow

    According to Dos Santos, 47% of all the rifles seized this year in the state’s municipalities were made in the US.

    Federal government and Rio de Janeiro State authorities agreed last week to create a joint working group to target the cash flow of criminal rings operating in the area, Agencia Brasil reported. The measure was adopted after three people were killed during a gunfight with Rio Police.

  • Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

    US offers US$ 10m reward for the head of the Jalisco New Generation cartel

    The reward for info leading to the arrest of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, is one of the highest offered by the U.S. State Department’s Narcotics

    The United States on Tuesday announced a US$ 10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of leading Mexico’s powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which the Justice Department considers to be one of the five most dangerous criminal organizations in the world.