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Miami woman accused of hiring hitman to kill 3-year-old son

Police investigators posed as the hired hitman to talk to Paez through text messages, in which she confessed to solicit the killing for $3,000

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Former Venezuela spy chief pleads not guilty to U.S. drug charges after extradition

The Venezuelan is being accused of participating in a narco-terrorism conspiracy, conspiring to import cocaine, and conspiring to use, carry, or possess machine guns in connection to drug trafficking

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Florida City Walmart shooting leaves one dead, others injured

According to the police, the shooting began after there was an altercation between two groups of people. After it escalated to a physical fight, one individual pulled out a gun and started shooting

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Honduras building island prison colony for gang members

Castro said her administration is planning to build an isolated prison for 2,000 gang members on the Islas del Cisne archipelago, located around 155 miles off the coast of the Central American country

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Costa Rica reaches record levels of drug cartel violence as murder rate increases

Last year, there were 656 homicides recorded in Costa Rica, 68 more than 2021, and 88 more than 2020

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El Salvador arrests 110 Colombians in money laundering scheme that threatened borrowers

The operation, which started in 2021, would offer residents and small businesses loans with interest rates of 20 percent. However, if the victims defaulted they were threatened

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Three year old shoots and kills infant sister with unsecured handgun in San Diego residence

Deputies confirmed that the infant’s three-year-old sibling had gained access to an unsecured gun and shot the one-year-old

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Spain extradites former Venezuelan military intelligence chief to U.S. for cocaine trafficking

The decision came after the European Court of Human Rights denied an effort made by Carvajal to avoid his extradition and was authorized by Spain

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"They're my dead friends": 40 human skulls and organs found in Kentucky home

James Nott was linked to a network of people allegedly engaged in illegally buying and selling human body parts

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Florida baby dies after 17-year-old mother gave her fentanyl in bottle

Officers responded to an emergency call about an infant who was not breathing and had no pulse