26 people arrested in crackdown on illegal deforestation along Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina border
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Paraguayan authorities arrested 26 people in a crackdown on suspected illegal deforestation along the ...
Two Brazilian drug mules arrested at OR Tambo International Airport with cocaine
Two Brazilian drug traffickers aged 30 and 35 were arrested on Sunday with cocaine shortly after landing at OR Tambo ...
Filipino woman who was on death row in Indonesia will return home after almost 15 years in prison
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Filipino woman who was on death row in Indonesia — and was nearly executed by firing squad in ...
Alexander twins denied bond in Miami on charges related to sex trafficking scheme
The Alexander twins, both 37, were ordered to be held without bond by Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mindy Glazer.
Brazil's Amazon Sees Surge in Violence as Gangs Expand Presence: Report
According to a new report, organized criminal gangs have expanded their presence in over a third of municipalities in Brazil's rainforest region.
Murder rate in Amazon far higher than rest of Brazil: study
The murder rate in Brazil's Amazon is far higher than the national average, largely because of territorial conflict in a ...
Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a ...
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Narco airstrips beset Indigenous communities in Peruvian Amazon
The boat comes to a halt, shuddering against the dirt bank that rises from the edge of the Ucayali River. Sixto, tanned and with a frown cutting deep furrows across his forehead, jumps ashore. He ...
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Brazil’s drug mule boom hits SA — multiple arrests and cocaine worth millions seized
Police have caught roughly a dozen suspected drug mules at OR Tambo International Airport over a few months, most with ties ...