41 Mexican prison guards charged in mass jailbreak: "40 prison guards have been charged with helping 153 inmates escape from a prison in a northern Mexican border city.
The federal Attorney General's office says in a statement that 41 guards have been accused of opening the gates of the prison in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas. If convicted, the guards face up to 20 years in prison.
Authorities initially said 141 prisoners escaped...
Petrol bomb attack on Coogee tattoo parlour | Herald Sun: "BIKIE gang could be responsible for the petrol bombing of a tattoo parlour in Sydney's eastern suburbs, police say.
Police from Eastern Beaches Local Area Command and NSW Fire Brigades personnel responded to reports a petrol bomb had been thrown into The Coogee Ink Tattoo parlour on Coogee Bay Road about 12.50am today.
Upon arrival at the scene, they found the tattoo parlour well alight.
A...
Drug gang suspects threaten 'war' in Guatemala: "Men claiming to belong to the Zetas drug gang forced radio stations to broadcast a threat of war in a northern Guatemalan province where the government declared a state of siege last week, authorities said Tuesday.
The men arrived at three radio stations in the northern city of Coban and threatened to burn the premises down and kill journalists and their families if the message was not broadcast,...
Indo-Canadian Gangster Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy In 1997 Abbotsford Murder | Link Newspaper: "Ravinder (Robbie) Soomel, 31, was sentenced to five years in prison for his part in the killing of 20-year-old Jason Herle, who was gunned down by two men hiding in the bushes as he was leaving his parents’ King Road home with his girlfriend in November 1997, reported the Surrey Leader newspaper.
Soomel and co-accused Tajinder (T.J.) Bains were each charged...
Top fugitive nabbed in Cyprus: "AUTHORITIES have swooped on one of Australia's most wanted men - the alleged drug lord and Comanchero bikie gang financier Hakan Ayik - on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, ending his six months on the run.
The arrest of Ayik in Northern Cyprus...
Stella English and the ugly truth about the gangster's moll who won the Apprentice | Mail Online: "Ray Dewar, 39, her fiancé and the father of her two children, Edward, four, and two-year-old Frank. For Raymond Alexander Dewar is a notorious hard-man with links to one of Britain’s...
Deaths Related to Sex Offenders or Offenses: Jail killing spurs inquiry: "As most Sundays are at the Kenton County jail, March 29 was quiet. Inmates lounged in bed because there were no court hearings or visitations scheduled.
It was sometime during that quiet time that Isaac Jackson, a 40-year-old homeless man, was strangled in bed.
He wasn't found until jail deputies rushed to the cell to fix an overflowing toilet at 12:30 p.m. While authorities...
Street gang boss pleads guilty to drug charges: "Details of Zephir's quick ascent from leaving a federal penitentiary in January 2006 to running a drug ring that sold 250 grams of cocaine a week were made public at the Montreal courthouse yesterday as Zephyr, leader of the Syndicate...
BCLocalNews.com - Another Prince George arson fire possibly linked to gang activity: "Police are investigating another suspected arson in the city … the third in less than a month.
And, like the previous two, the third fire is likely linked to organized crime.
Police were called...
B.C. bloodshed garners international attention: "Street gangs have sparked a wave of violence that has left dozens of people dead.
Last year, a gang war heated up and resulted in many shootings. In the first six months of 2009 alone 24 people were killed and dozens more were wounded.
The bloodshed garnered international attention. “Once upon a very recent time, Vancouver had a clean, safe image,” said an article in the British newspaper, the Independent....
Kosovo's prime minister 'key player in mafia-like gang' - Telegraph: "The report states that Mr Thaci exerted 'violent control' over the heroin trade. Dick Marty, the European Union investigator, will present the report to European diplomats from all member states in Paris on Thursday.
Kosovo's...
Mexican Army Captures High-Level Sinaloa Cartel Member United States Border Narcotics Intelligence: "Enrique Lopez Acosta was arrested Sunday in Ciudad Delicias after a shootout that left his brother, Ever Horacio Lopez Acosta, dead, the secretariat said.
The drug trafficker’s arrest was made possible by “intelligence activities,” the Defense Secretariat said.
Lopez Acosta is accused of being behind the March 15 massacre of seven people in Creel,...
Juarez gang leader admits killings - CNN: "alleged gang member who police say was behind 80 percent of the killings in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, over the past 16 months was arrested over the weekend, officials said.
Police believe that Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, known as 'El Farmero,'...
CTV British Columbia - Tensions brewing in local gangs, police say - CTV News: "Facing dozens of firearms charges collectively are Derek Stephen, Christopher Reddy, Pedram Shirazi, Christopher Iser, Robert Achadinha and Glen Sheck. All the men are in their 20s.
Investigators added that because of the suppression efforts by the anti-gang squad, at least five high-profile members of the gang world have either left the country or the province. As work...
Kings Cross turf war exposed: "EVERY weekend, young revellers looking for a good time spill out of clubs and fill the streets of Kings Cross into the early hours.
Lured by the neon lights and pumping music, the crowds are as large as the morning peak of city office workers in Martin...
Honduras: Latin America's Murder Capital | War Is A Crime .org: "world's murder capital. The UN Development Program (UNDP) reported 4,473 2008 murders (61.3 per 100,000) in a country with about 7.3 million people, the equivalent of over 190,000 annual US killings, over 10 times the...
2 plead guilty to roles in NJ gang killing - BostonHerald.com: "Two New Jersey men have pleaded guilty to racketeering for their roles in a gang-related murder in New Brunswick.
The state Attorney General’s Office announced Thursday that 38-year-old Syree Hakins of West Orange and 34-year-old Tyrane Mathis of Newark entered their pleas Wednesday in state Superior Court.
Both are members of the Nine Trey Headbustas set of the Bloods street gang.
Hakins...
Gang war heats up in Trenton | NJ.com: "Police in New Jersey's capital say they're trying to quell a brewing feud between two rival gangs.
Trenton police say officers observed problems between two rival gangs, the Latin Kings and MS-13.
Reputed MS-13 member Robert Rivera was arrested and charged on Thursday with firing shots at a woman's car.
Police said he's also a suspect in the firebombing of another car on Tuesday.
Officers are they're trying...
MS-13 Street Gang Leader Sentenced to 35 Years’ Imprisonment for Murder: "MS-13 Street Gang Leader Sentenced to 35 Years’ Imprisonment for Murder
Earlier today, Wilver R. Lopez, also known as “Conde,” a leader in the La Mara Salvatrucha (“MS-13”) street gang on Long Island, was sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment for the September 17, 2004, murder of 24-year-old fellow MS-13 member Genaro Venegas in Bethpage, New York. The sentence was imposed pursuant...
Street Gang Life The New Authority in Gang Activity: "Justin Walker, a murderer convicted of killing a sheriff and known gang member of Aryan brotherhood, has been hitting up his Facebook profile with pictures of him living the good life behind bars– sporting marijuana joints, alcohol, and weapons. There were also photos posted of his daughter posing with various guns. He has been posting pictures since November. Oklahoma residents are concerned–...
Police net drugs, few arrests in Rio slum raids: "Brazilian police showed off piles of drugs and weapons seized during an aggressive takeover of two of this city's most dangerous slums, even as the search continued Tuesday in homes and even sewers for their real target: the drug gang leaders themselves.
Police conceded that many of the up to 600 drug gang members believed to have been hiding in Vila Cruzeiro and the neighboring Alemao complex of...
Brazil Rio slum military: Brazil troops to stay in Rio slum after backing anti-gang assault - latimes.com: "Reporting from Rio de Janeiro and Bogota, Colombia — After a two-pronged, weeklong assault on entrenched drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro slums, Brazilian army troops will remain in the city's worst shantytown for at least six months to maintain order, the government announced Tuesday.
In a military-style invasion Sunday, 800 troops supported...
Outlaws Gang Trial: jury selection begins in Outlaw gang trial in Richmond - wtvr: "Attorneys have begun the process of choosing jurors in the federal trial of Outlaws motorcycle gang members. Outlaws president Jack Rosga of Milwaukee and four others will face racketeering charges before U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in Richmond after a jury of twelve and two alternates are chosen from a 105-person pool.
In June, 27 members of the Outlaws and...
4 arrested in Yuma gang-related assault: "Yuma police say two men and two teenagers are in custody in connection with a gang-related assault.
Police say a teenage male from a rival gang was beaten, stabbed and robbed of his backpack on Tuesday afternoon.
The unidentified victim was transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries.
Police say 18-year-old Richard Martinez and 18-year-old Michael Anthony Ruiz were jailed...
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