Yearly Archives: 2015
Putting Salacious DEA Sex Party Report in Perspective
LATIN AMERICA - The new report by the US Department of Justice on the sexual misconduct of four law enforcement agencies is full of smutty details that may yet seriously impact their credibility in Latin America.
The report found that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) -- in an unidentified country...
Vigilante Justice Popular Across Latin America: Report
LATIN AMERICA - A recent study shows an alarmingly high support for vigilante justice in numerous countries in the Americas, a phenomenon linked to a lack of faith in often corrupt and inefficient state institutions, as well as other social and cultural factors.
Data from a study by Vanderbilt University's...
London’s Colombian Drug Cartel Smuggled Cocaine in Bananas
TODAY COLOMBIA - Members of a Colombian drug cartel have been sentenced for smuggling more than 100 kilos of high quality cocaine worth US$35.4 million dollars into the UK, inside bananas.
Londoners Leonel Hernandez-Gonzalez, 37, Oscar Grisales-Cuervo, 45, and Daniel Valdes Jaramillo, 24, were yesterday (30 March) sentenced to a...