Kilo Commander

Authorities say Estrada Omar Martin Luna, alias Commander Kilo has a psychological profile that described as a calculating, cold, narcissistic, and extremely violent, information was released after his capture, as it is identified as the mastermind of the massacres of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, which occurred in 2010 and 20...

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the German town of Miguel, Tamaulipas was attacked by an armed group that sparked panic and terror among the villagers.

Shortly after 04:00 hours today, the German town of Miguel, Tamaulipas was attacked by an armed group that sparked panic and terror among the villagers.The witnesses said gunmen riding in vans latest model, made ​​havoc in homes and businesses, burned a gas station, a lot of cars used , the Agency also torched Ford, Dodge Agency, Agencia Nissan , the Furniture Sepulveda, OXXO, the bank HSBC, the auto parts retailer AutoZone, among others.Private vehicles were also bursts, the gunmen threw grenades fragmentation caused damage to private homes.Police facilities were also attacked and killed by the armed group. Were more than three hours the offenders were taken to the damage.It was not until 08:30 am that elements of the Mexican Army showed up, and when all was over, the delay was questioned...

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Hanging drug mules in Singapore

Chun Yin, sits on death row in Singapore, convicted in 2010 of smuggling 2.7 kg of heroin into the country. It’s a harsh punishment for a first offender. But under Singapore’s laws, judges have little choice but to impose a mandatory death penalty. Anyone caught with more than 15g of heroin is presumed to be trafficking, and once found guilty, will almost certainly be hanged. Chun Yin is not alone. A long string of drug mules have been strung up in the island republic. The issue has come to the fore now in particular in the wake of the prosecution of a British author, Alan Shadrake, for allegedly insulting Singapore in his book Once a Jolly...

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Cocaine container busted in Jamaica was loaded, sealed

The container, in which $700M in cocaine was found among logs when it arrived in Jamaica, was loaded and sealed the day before it left these shores. Reliable sources told this newspaper that while the logs were cleared for shipping by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) quite some time before the March 16 bust, it was only on March 11 that the logs were loaded into the container at the Caribbean Resources Ltd (CRL) establishment in Houston on the East Bank. The container was then taken to the John Fernandes wharf the same day and it left on March 12 for Jamai...

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Another suspect has been ensnared in the ever-widening investigation by local and federal authorities into an alleged Danbury area drug ring,

Another suspect has been ensnared in the ever-widening investigation by local and federal authorities into an alleged Danbury area drug ring, officials say. Phillip Braun, 30, a local bodybuilder, pleaded not guilty at state Superior Court Wednesday to various drug charges, including conspiracy to possess marijuana, possession of narcotics and three counts of illegal sale of prescription drugs, court documents show. Judge Susan Q. Cobb set his next court date for May 6 during the brief hearing. Braun's attorney, Eugene Riccio, of Greenwich, said he was not in a position to have a substantive conversation about his client's prospects...

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Sony could learn a few lessons from Microsoft

A global IT security expert has this morning stated that "Sony could learn a few lessons from Microsoft" amid the current PSN crisis.Phil Lieberman, CEO and founder of Lieberman Software issued a statement this morning in reaction to the PSN outage.“Sony's strategy has triggered the 'nuclear option'.”"Taking a baseball bat to a hornet’s nest is never an advisable strategy," Lieberman explained, "Sony’s strategy in defending its intellectual property was heavy handed and has triggered the “nuclear option” with those that it engaged. Perhaps Sony could learn a few lessons from Microsoft in how it has handled Xbox 360 and Kinect intellectual property."The statement continues, "You can be sure that the CIO and CSO at Sony responsible for this situation will probably not be fired or held accountable...

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Newtown is known locally for its gang culture and high crime rate. Last year it accounted for 43 per cent of Sarasota’s armed robberies and 83 per cent of its murders.

As police continue to investigate what the men were doing there, and how they got there, Mr Cooper’s grandfather, Desmond Walton, said his grandson, a high flying tennis coach, would never have considered taking drugs.He said: “He never did drugs. He did not even smoke - he hated people who smoked.“He was a professional tennis coach. Taking drugs would be the last thing on his mind.”His comments were backed up by a former girlfriend of Mr Kouzaris.Liz Clare, who dated Mr Kouzaris, for three years, said: “I just can't understand why they were there. They're not stupid.“I was with (James) for three years and he was so cautious. We used to call him Grandad because he was so cautious.“My biggest fear is what people might think about why they were in a dodgy area. Some people are saying there might...

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cocaine smugglers had bought the plane with money they had laundered through one of the biggest banks in the United States: Wachovia, now part of the giant Wells Fargo.

The authorities uncovered billions of dollars in wire transfers, traveller's cheques and cash shipments through Mexican exchanges into Wachovia accounts. Wachovia was put under immediate investigation for failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering programme. Of special significance was that the period concerned began in 2004, which coincided with the first escalation of violence along the US-Mexico border that ignited the current drugs war. Criminal proceedings were brought against Wachovia, though not against any individual, but the case never came to court. In March 2010, Wachovia settled the biggest action brought under the...

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How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs

On 10 April 2006, a DC-9 jet landed in the port city of Ciudad del Carmen, on the Gulf of Mexico, as the sun was setting. Mexican soldiers, waiting to intercept it, found 128 cases packed with 5.7 tons of cocaine, valued at $100m. But something else – more important and far-reaching – was discovered in the paper trail behind the purchase of the plane by the Sinaloa narco-trafficking cartel. During a 22-month investigation by agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and others, it emerged that the cocaine smugglers had bought the plane with money they had laundered through one of the biggest banks in the...

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US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs

10 April 2006, a DC-9 jet landed in the port city of Ciudad del Carmen, on the Gulf of Mexico, as the sun was setting. Mexican soldiers, waiting to intercept it, found 128 cases packed with 5.7 tons of cocaine, valued at $100m. But something else – more important and far-reaching – was discovered in the paper trail behind the purchase of the plane by the Sinaloa narco-trafficking cartel. During a 22-month investigation by agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and others, it emerged that the cocaine smugglers had bought the plane with money they had laundered through one of the biggest banks in the United...

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Project Gunrunner, which got under way in late 2009, allowed straw buyers to illegally buy and export guns to Mexico

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa fired off a subpoena Friday to the Justice Department agency in the middle of a cross-border gun sales operation that has been blamed for a massive flow of arms to Mexican drug cartels and possibly the death of a U.S. border agent. Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, demanded the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives provide him documents related to "Project Gunrunner" after the agency failed to respond to questions by a Wednesday deadline."The unwillingness of this administration -- most specifically the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms -- to answer questions about this deadly serious matter is deeply troubling," Issa said in a written statement. "Allegations surrounding this program are serious...

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