The Mexican army says it has arrested a key player in the Sinaloa drug cartel in the northern city of Culiacán. José Ángel Canobbio, also known as “El Güerito” (little…
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Mexico: Army seizes tonnes of crystal meth
The Mexican army says it has seized more than four tonnes of methamphetamine in raids conducted in the violence-wracked state of Sinaloa over the weekend. Soldiers raided warehouses and drug…
Bolivia: Bus crash kills at least 30 people
More than 30 people have been killed in a bus crash on a mountain road in Bolivia, police say. The vehicle plunged almost 800m (2625 ft) into a ravine in…
Argentina: President Javier Milei denies crypto fraud allegations
Argentine President Javier Milei has denied promoting a newly launched cryptocurrency which collapsed shortly after he mentioned it in a social media post on Friday. The cryptocoin $Libra quickly rose…
Argentina: President Javier Milei faces impeachment calls over crypto crash
Argentine President Javier Milei is facing impeachment calls – and legal action accusing him of fraud – over his promotion of cryptocurrency on social media. Milei posted on X, formerly…
Brazil: Prosecutor charges ex-President Bolsonaro over alleged coup plot
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged by the country’s chief prosecutor with attempting a coup after he was defeated in the 2022 presidential election. The 69-year-old was handed…
Brazil: Suspect in Christmas cake poisoning found dead in jail cell
A Brazilian woman suspected of poisoning her husband’s family with an arsenic-laced Christmas cake has been found dead in her prison cell in what police think was most likely a…
Argentina:Dozens evacuated in skyscraper fire
15 hours ago Leonardo Rocha & George Wright BBC NewsShareSave More than 100 people were evacuated from a luxury residential tower in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, as a fire…
Mexico: Pilot suspected of working for Mexican drug cartel arrested
Security forces in Mexico have arrested a pilot they suspect of working for Los Chapitos, the Mexican cartel run by sons of the jailed drug lord Joaquín ‘”El Chapo” Guzmán.…