Argentina arrests, deports family of Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive | Drugs News

Argentina arrests, deports family of Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive | Drugs News

Drug boss Jose Adolfo Macias is at large after escaping from an Ecuadorean prison, triggering wave of gang violence. The wife and children of Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive, drug kingpin Jose Adolfo Macias, were arrested in Argentina and have been deported to Ecuador. The Los Choneros gang leader, known as “Fito”,…

Kenya cult leader charged with ‘terrorism’ over starvation deaths | Crime News

Kenya cult leader charged with ‘terrorism’ over starvation deaths | Crime News

Paul Mackenzie and 94 others charged over deaths of followers whose bodies have been exhumed from the Shakahola forest. A Kenyan court has charged cult leader Paul Mackenzie with “terrorism”-related crimes over the deaths of 429 of his followers. The self-proclaimed pastor was charged along with 94 others on Thursday…

Two Malaysians in Guantanamo plead guilty to conspiring in Bali Bombings | Crime News

Two Malaysians in Guantanamo plead guilty to conspiring in Bali Bombings | Crime News

Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep and Mohammed Farik Bin Amin agreed to give evidence against alleged mastermind Hambali. Malaysians Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep and Mohammed Farik Bin Amin have pleaded guilty to conspiring in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people. The two men appeared in front of…

Gunman in racist mass shooting in Buffalo to face death penalty | Death Penalty News

Gunman in racist mass shooting in Buffalo to face death penalty | Death Penalty News

Payton Gendron murdered 10 Black people at a supermarket in New York state in 2022. Federal prosecutors in the United States will seek the death penalty against Payton Gendron, a white supremacist who murdered 10 Black people during a livestreamed supermarket rampage in New York state. Gendron, 20, is already…

Canadian police warn that posting videos of alleged package thieves could be ‘violation’ of their privacy
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Canadian police warn that posting videos of alleged package thieves could be ‘violation’ of their privacy

Police in the Canadian province of Quebec warned citizens against posting surveillance footage of their packages being stolen because it could violate the “private life” of the alleged thieves.  “Montreal West is known for its large porches, but around the holidays, those porches are a big target for thieves or ‘porch pirates,’” CTV News…

NYPD detective Christina Cancel gave phony name twice during shoplifting bust
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NYPD detective Christina Cancel gave phony name twice during shoplifting bust

The suspended NYPD detective who worked in Commissioner Edward Caban’s office and allegedly stole from a Long Island Home Depot provided cops with a phony name twice before coughing up her real one, court documents reveal.  Detective Specialist Christina Cancel, 54, allegedly gave Suffolk County Police the fake name “Lisa Lopez” and…

Ecuador president declares ‘war’ with criminal gangs amid soaring violence | Crime News

Ecuador president declares ‘war’ with criminal gangs amid soaring violence | Crime News

City streets deserted after gangs take prison staff hostage, set off explosions and briefly seize a TV station live on air. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa says his country is “at war” after drug gangs took more than 130 prison guards and other staff hostage and briefly captured a TV station…

Ecuador declares state of emergency, curfew after druglord escapes prison | Politics News

Ecuador declares state of emergency, curfew after druglord escapes prison | Politics News

Ecuador has declared a state of emergency after an “extremely dangerous” druglord escaped from maximum-security detention and unrest broke out at several prisons in the violence-plagued country. President Daniel Noboa, in office since November, announced a 60-day mobilisation of soldiers in Ecuador’s streets and prisons as authorities searched for Jose…