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Cusco-Lima, Peru: Accident claims the lives of Israeli tourists

Two Israeli tourists were killed and nine others injured in two separate accidents on the same road in Peru on Tuesday. The first accident on the Cusco-Lima road occurred when a bus overturned near the city of Ayacucho, some 550 kilometers south-east of Lima. An Israeli female tourist was killed, and many other passengers were injured including seven Israelis. Read article

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El Salvador: Strike continues impacting passengers

Customs and Finance Workers Still off Duty For the third consecutive day, the employees of Customs and the Ministry of Finance has suspended administrative duties, affecting trade flows of passengers and taxpayers at the border and in the administrative offices of the government entity, respectively. For this morning, employees, requiring the cancellation of a bond […]

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German tourist arrested in attempt to smuggle four Iguanas from Galapagos Islands

The Ecuadorian authorities yesterday arrested German citizen Dirk Bender, who allegedly tried to smuggle from the Galapagos land iguanas Conoluphus four subcristatus, a species considered “vulnerable”, said today the Galapagos National Park (DNPG). For this reason a criminal judge in the Galapagos ordered the preventive detention of Bender. German tourist’s arrest occurred Sunday at the […]

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Peru: State of Emergency continues in six departments due to presence of Shining Path

The letter dictated by the executive of Peru noted that as of July 9 will be extended for 60 days a state of emergency due to the presence of the paramilitary group the Shining Path and people involved in drug trafficking. The Executive Branch of Peru, the extension of the state of emergency for 60 […]

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Peru: Unknown section of Inca Trail two hours from Machu Picchu uncovered

An Inca trail over four kilometers, parallel to the traditional leading to Machu Picchu was discovered by a group of specialists and technicians of the Regional Directorate of Culture (DRC) from Cusco , which carried out maintenance work, experts announced today. Oscar Montufar La Torre, resident archaeologist of the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu , […]

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Mexico: suspects in murder of U.S. expatriate ordered to stand trial

Mérida, Yucatán — Four men who are suspects in the murder of former Arizona resident Robert Leo Wickard have been ordered to stand trial after a local criminal judge Monday found enough evidence to proceed with the case. On May 29 the judge ordered that Martín Alejandro Gómez Gómez, 26, Gianri Lorenzo Matos Montalvo, 18, […]

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Salta Argentina: Taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting Swiss tourist released

The taxi driver who was arrested Salta a week ago, after being reported by a young Swiss tourist for rape, was released by the examining magistrate Fifth Formal Nomination of Salta, Pablo Arancibia, who dictated the lack of merit. The accused of raping a Swiss tourist, Jose Guillermo Jauregui (26), reiterated yesterday after regaining his […]

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Mexico: British tourist attacked, raped on camping trip at Tulum National Park

Again the destination image is tarnished as a result of an English tourist was outraged during the early hours of Friday in a vacant lot located at kilometer 3 +700 road Archaeological Site Tulum-Boca Paila, this in inside the Tulum National Park, where judicial authorities now are investigating, while injured pays his statement at the […]

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Peru: Australian tourists denie involvment in murder of Peruvian worker

SHD NEWS. Six young Australians accused of murder in Peru. L-R Jessica Vo 23, Geelong. Brothers Hugh (23) and Tom (22) Hanlon Geelong, Sam Smith 21 Sydney, Harrison Geier 22 Wagga Wagga and Andrew Pilat 21 Sydney. Photographed at Willoughby on Saturday 30th June 2012. Photo Adam Hollingworth ”We are innocent” … the friends in […]

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U.S. English teacher raped Chile, May 2012

The Brigade of Sexual Offences and Child of the PDI and the OS-9 police looking intently at the subject on Tuesday raped an English teacher of U.S. citizenship Reñaca Mackay College, which has shocked the school community and teachers. Detectives, like the military, following the identification of the alleged perpetrator of the outrage, made ​​intense […]

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