A 28-year-old Mexican man confessed to brutally beating a Canadian tourist in the resort city of Mazatlan last week but said he did not intend to harm the woman. Police arrested José Ramón Acosta Quintero, who is expected to appear before a judge within the next two days to face charges of attempted murder. Read Article
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ANGERS, France – The family of a retired French couple who disappeared in late March in Costa Rica is seeking help from France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy to promote cooperation between judicial authorities of both countries to further investigation, the family’s lawyer said. Claude Dubois, a former floral decorator, and her husband, Gérard, a former broker, […]
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Two Argentine citizens were arrested accused of four robberies committed on tourists Uruguayan resort of Punta del Este and Solanas in the past two days, and seized power in a booty estimated at $ 10,200, sources with the Uruguayan police. The prisoners stopped at a campsite in the town of Atlantis, and from there traveled […]
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A young American citizen died today when thrown into the waters of Petrohué Falls, in the Vicente Perez Rosales National Park in the Tenth Region.The victim was identified as Derrick Flahive 20, who along with his friend Samuel Edward age, decided to plunge into the water from a holding bar. Read Article
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An inquest is to be held into the deaths of four British tourists, including two from the South East, killed in a light aircraft crash in Peru. Gayle Callow, 34, Andrew Brown, 30, Alastair Rowe and Warren Denham were killed when their Cessna plane came down in a field near the centuries-old Nazca Lines markings […]
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The following article indcates that there has been an uptick in illegal drug trafficking from the U.S. to Mexico. Traffickers are using individuals and vehicles that have the appearance of being tourists. Mexican authorities are inspecting suspect vehicles entering Mexico therfore, there could be delays entering the country or at checkpoints. Drug traffickers in Mexico […]
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A man of 27 years, a resident of Rio Ceballos, was arrested yesterday by order of the District Attorney 3 Turn 2, Alicia Chirino, who was charged on suspicion of criminal offense of “sexual abuse with sexual intercourse and theft.” He is accused of being the person who on Monday abused a young Spanish tourist […]
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EMOL.com reported that Brazilian authorities confirmed today that a meningitis outbreak killed three people and led to the hospitalization of another four in the popular resort of Costa do Sauipe, on the coast of the northeastern state of Bahia. According to the Ministry of Health of Bahia, the first cases were detected last week and […]
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According to revistagobierno.com in preparation of Carnival it hopes and prevent the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and unwanted pregnancies, the Minister of Health, Alexandre Padrilha and working group are distributing free condoms 84 million male during the festival as a basis for national prevention campaign against AIDS, aimed at […]
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The accident which occurred this morning in the neighborhood of Flores, where at least seven people died after two trains collide and a bus, is the fifth crash with serious consequences that star formation railway over the past nine months, two of which were fatal. Read Article Read Article
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