Edgar Valdez Villarreal was arrested after a 14-month manhunt involving
1,200 Mexican federal police and an unknown number of U.S. agents. He
faces multiple indictments in the United States for importing tons of
cocaine. Mexican authorities say he is a kidnapper, torturer and murderer
- as well as a major trafficker of marijuana and cocaine.
Stashing cash in spare tires, engine transmissions and
truckloads of baby diapers, couriers for Mexican drug cartels are moving
tens of billions of dollars in profits south across the border each year,
a river of dirty money that has overwhelmed U.S. and Mexican customs
agents.
After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United States.
Former President Fidel Castro of Cuba addressed a session of Parliament for the first time in four years on Saturday, the latest of several recent public appearances after a long period of seclusion.
Postphorism
Culture is not life in its entirety, but just the moment of security, strength, and clarity. José Ortega Y Gasset (1883-1955)
Una inusual granizada que cayó el sábado sobre Bogotá cubrió varios sectores de la ciudad de una gruesa capa de hielo que, en algunas vías del centro, alcanzó el metro y medio de altura y sepultó una treintena de vehículos, reportaron ayer los bomberos.
Ese cuerpo de rescate y grupos de trabajadores de la capital colombiana con palas mecánicas no terminaron hasta ayer la remoción del hielo, que se concentró básicamente en la intersección de dos importantes vías del centro de la ciudad.
Aunque la fuertes lluvias acompañadas de una tormenta de granizo generaron pánico entre los transeúntes y conductores, no dejaron víctimas pero sí cientos de damnificados que vieron sus vehículos cubiertos por el hielo o los techos de sus casas averiados por la fuerza del granizo.
En otros sectores de la ciudad, como el parque Simón Bolívar, donde debieron suspenderse los conciertos del XII Festival ''Rock al Parque'', quedó cubierto de blanco dando la impresión de un paisaje nórdico.
La granizada, que cayó durante cerca de una hora, es algo sin antecedentes en la historia reciente de la capital colombiana.
Argentina bond risk fell the most in Latin America over the past three months as quickening economic growth and a $12.9 billion debt restructuring boosted confidence in the country’s ability to pay its debt.
Archaeologists say forest across the Amazon, was home to an advanced, even
spectacular civilization that managed the forest and enriched infertile
soils to feed thousands.
The apartment is on the second story of a three-story, walk-up building, constructed of concrete about 40 years ago. The old city is Cartagena's tourist and cultural center; shopping, dining and public transportation are within walking distance.
He was warned the journey north would be hard, so Gilmar Morales beefed up on eggs and sausage, bought some ham sandwiches from the bodega across the street, told his mother he loved her and set off with two other relatives on a path well-traveled by young people here in one of Latin America’s poorest countries.
Mario Gómez is all too familiar with the hardships of prolonged confinement. While still in his 30s, his family said, he survived as a stowaway on a ship for 11 days, living below deck on little more than bits of chocolate and drops of water collected in a shoe — an ordeal so trying it brought him closer to God.
It’s great they got these drug lords, but they will be replaced quickly. Law enforcement is helpless in the fight against the cartels due to their economic ability to sustain their criminal activities.
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Opinion
Chávez pierde opinión La popularidad del presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, cayó en dos años del 65 a un 38 por ciento actual, y continúa perdiendo puntos.
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