Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman whereas at a political rally within the nation’s capital of Quito, President Guillermo Lasso stated Police guard the hospital the place a number of of the injured have been taken after an assault in opposition to presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito, … Read more
BELEM, Brazil — For the primary time in 14 years, Amazon rainforest nation leaders are assembly to guard the ecosystem and tackle the organized crime threatening it. Assembling Tuesday and Wednesday within the Brazilian metropolis of Belem are members of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Group. The 45-year-old alliance that has met solely thrice earlier than. … Read more
BOGOTA, Colombia — The son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro acknowledged Thursday that his father’s 2022 election marketing campaign obtained cash of doubtful origin, in accordance prosecutors investigating the son for alleged illicit enrichment and cash laundering. Nicolás Petro, who was a legislator representing a northern coastal area, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors within the … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore performed its first execution of a girl in 19 years on Friday and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking regardless of requires the city-state to stop capital punishment for drug-related crimes. Activists mentioned one other execution is about subsequent week. Saridewi Djamani, 45, had been sentenced to loss … Read more
Iran’s state media say militants shot and killed 4 freeway policemen Sunday within the nation’s southeast TEHRAN, Iran — Militants shot and killed 4 freeway policemen Sunday in southeast Iran, state media reported. State TV stated the officers had been on a routine mission on a highway linking Khash and Taftan cities some 1200 kilometers … Read more
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican nationwide newspaper La Jornada stated Saturday that its workers reporter within the Pacific coast state of Nayarit has been discovered useless. The physique of journalist Luis Martín Sánchez Iñiguez was discovered on the outskirts of the state capital, Tepic, La Jornada reported. Sánchez Iñiguez, 59, had been lacking since Wednesday … Read more
ROME — With the assistance of a high-leaping canine with a advantageous nostril for cocaine, Italian police seized greater than 2,700 kilos (about 3 tons) of the drug hidden in 70 tons of boxed bananas shipped from Ecuador, authorities mentioned Tuesday. Police estimated that the cocaine, which they described as of the best high quality, … Read more