MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Tag: Drug traffickers
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Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 21:28 UTC
Paraguay's Interior Minister sacked over alleged links to Brazilian drug trafficker
Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Tuesday decided to sack Interior Minister Arnaldo Giuzzio for the latter's alleged ties with a Brazilian drug trafficker, it was announced. He will be replaced by Federico González.
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Monday, October 25th 2021 - 08:54 UTC
Colombian forces arrest most wanted drug trafficker Otoniel
Colombian authorities have arrested Dairo Antonio Úsuga David in a military operation on the El Yoki hill, located in the San Pablo de Necoclí village (Antioquia), it was reported during the weekend.
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Monday, October 12th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
One of Brazil's top criminal bosses on the run following a judicial mishap
One of Brazil's biggest crime bosses has gone on the run after being briefly freed from prison the previous day. André Oliveira Macedo, also known as André do Rap, was released from a high-security prison on Saturday - but this decision was revoked just hours later. He has been missing since.
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Monday, September 7th 2020 - 09:07 UTC
“El Chapo” Guzmán has appealed against his life sentence incarcerated in US
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman has appealed against his life sentence handed down a year ago by a US court for trafficking hundreds of tons of narcotics into the country.
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Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:25 UTC
Colombia offensive against drug traffickers clearing national parks to plant coca
Colombia's Defense Minister said on Monday the military will step up an offensive against drug trafficking gangs responsible for clearing thousands of hectares of protected national parks for coca plantations.
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Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:55 UTC
Spanish police seize a Colombian submarine with tons of cocaine in Galicia
Police in Spain have seized a submarine carrying cocaine off the coast of the northwest Galicia region which had arrived from South America, officials said on Monday.
