police.gov.bz reported on Sunday, 27th January 2013 at approximately 6:30am, San Ignacio Police checked Cell No.3 where detained person – Jeffrey Donald FURGALA, 35 year old Canadian National, was seen in the cell lying face up and unresponsive. A physical check was made on him when Police noticed him to be apparently unconscious with blood in his nose. As a result, he was transported to the San Ignacio Community Hospital for medical treatment. He was later transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital on 27th January 2013, where at 11:00am he was in a critical condition and was to undergo surgery. FURGALA was pronounced dead at 11:15pm on the 29th January 2013. Read Article
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Clarin.com reported that in the last 13 days of January there were 56 deaths by road accidents in the country’s roads. The number is almost double the number of deaths (30) in the second half of January 2012 and surpasses the 43 that occurred during the first month of last year. The data comes from […]
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According to timesofisrael.com, Venezuela’s secret service, SEBIN, is spying on the country’s Jewish community, according to leaked documents said to be from the spy agency. Last week, Analisis24, a right-leaning Argentinean news website, released 50 documents attributed to the Venezuelan intelligence agency containing private information on prominent Venezuelan Jews, local Jewish organizations and Israeli diplomats […]
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As reported by colombiareports.com, “The Colombian government is set to announce international tourism grew in 2012. Before you start celebrating, the real growth is way lower than Latin America as a whole, meaning Colombia is losing ground to its competitors. ” Read Article
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The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed the second death from dengue hemorrhagic fever (called serious by the authorities) in the country, after obtaining at 13:00 last Tuesday, the results of the laboratory examination of Santiago manabita Cagua Estacio, of 49 years. The victim was from Bahía de Caráquez. Read Article
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On January 29, 2013, Minas Acontece reported that police have finished an inquiry into the death of a French artist, Jacques Louis Fatosne, murdered in November inOn January 29, 2013, Minas Acontece reported that police have finished an inquiry into the death of a French artist, Jacques Louis Fatosne, murdered in November in Paraguaçu, Minas […]
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Infonews.com reported that Argentine tourist Ricardo Alfredo Gentille died today after falling from the 16th floor of the hotel I was staying in the resort city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (north), police said. The operational commander of the Police of Cartagena, the Colonel Amparo Garzon told the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo that at present […]
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According to jhnewsandguide.com, a trio of Jackson residents were attacked a week ago while on a climbing trip in Peru. Jennifer Wolfrom, her brother, Joseph Wolfrom, and sister-in-law Meghan Doherty say they were trapped, beaten and robbed by villagers Dec. 29 and 30 outside Cuzco, Peru. “This situation has not only been extremely traumatic both […]
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As reported ‘Masks’, three foreign tourists came to the town of Pallca, a town 20 minutes from Ocongate, where they decided to camp after a trek through the snow, Machu Picchu and other lovely places that have the Cusco. However, their happy journey would become a living hell after two local villagers with their whistles […]
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Elpais.com reports: “There is no curfew, but after nine at night, Torreón is a ghost town,” says Professor Robert Lopez Franco, former director of the School of Social and Political Sciences , alarmed by the breakdown of the social fabric. “Our youth is being annihilated by poverty, drugs and weapons,” he adds. The feeling of […]
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