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Mexico: Criminal groups recruit young people through video games on their cell phones
The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection explained that the “growth of this sector is due to the easy access and versatility of smartphones”
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Alert: Cuban doctor kidnapped in Tapachula, Mexico, ransomed for $10,000
ADN spoke with Iván Maceo Silva, a childhood friend of the abducted Cuban doctor and resident in Texas, who explained that the young man was kidnapped on Nov. 5
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Former Bolivian President Evo Morales says his car was fired upon in apparent assassination attempt
Morales has accused his rival, President Luis Arce of orchestrating the assassination attempt, but his government has adamantly denied the charges
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Tren de Aragua criminal gang coordinator arrested in Colombian capital of Bogotá
The criminal gang Tren de Aragua is identified by the Bogotá authorities as one of those responsible for a sharp increase of violence in the city
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Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo sentenced to 20 years for corruption linked to Odebrecht construction
The verdict marks the first high profile Peruvian conviction related to Brazil’s continent wide Operation Car Wash investigation
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Horror in Mexico: Chilpancingo mayor beheaded days after Sheinbaum vows to continue "hugs, not bullets" policy
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), of which the mayor was a member, denounced the “cowardly crime” and called for justice
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Massacre in Haiti: More than 70 dead and 50 injured after attack by armed gang
Several houses and vehicles were burned, forcing survivors to take refuge elsewhere or in the public square of Saint-Marc after walking for hours and stumbling across bodies along the way
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Bolivian AG fires prosecutor who sought arrest warrant for former President Evo Morales on statutory rape charges
On Wednesday night it was learned that there was an arrest warrant against the former president, which was annulled a few hours later
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum faces tragic start after soldiers open fire at truck transporting migrants
The soldiers mistook the migrant transportation trucks for cartel vehicles and opened fire at 33 migrants of various nationalities, leaving six fatalities and at least 10 others wounded
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Maduro expresses solidarity with Hezbollah terror group after death of Hassan Nasrallah
During an event in Caracas, the Chavista dictator condemned the Israeli attack in which the terrorist leader died and sent condolences to the Lebanese extremist group
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U.S. charges Russian nationals with billion-dollar money laundering scheme on secret cryptocurrency exchanges
The Justice Department confiscated web domains for multiple illicit cryptocurrency exchanges and allege that the defendants' money laundering services and payment systems served cybercrime markets, ransomware groups, and hackers responsible for data breaches of large U.S. companies