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
What I say is, patience, and shuffle the cards. Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616)
Sean Penn ha recibido reacciones negativas por hablar abiertamente sobre sus creencias políticas, pero el actor dice que la discusión es más respetable que la que surge al promover una película.
"Hablar públicamente de ciertas cosas conlleva una carga, pero esa carga, a mi modo de ver, es más negativa que aparecer en el programa de Jay Leno filosofando sobre 'Uncle Buck' o lo que sea que estés promoviendo", dijo el actor ganador del Oscar a la revista Esquire en su edición de septiembre, a la venta el miércoles.
Penn, de 46 años, ha criticado al presidente George W. Bush, viajado a Irak para observar la guerra y ayudado a rescatistas buscando puerta por puerta sobrevivientes del devastador huracán Katrina en Nueva Orleáns.
"La exención que le hacen a los actores, porque uno ocupa la posición sólo soñada cuando se es niño, es que uno no puede ser un estadounidense también", dice el actor. "Uno no es las dos cosas, porque eso sería demasiado".
Preguntado si le gustaría que Estados Unidos gane la guerra en Irak, responde: "Pienso que hemos pasado ese punto en la evolución humana, una cosa tal como ganar una guerra".
Penn se reunió con el presidente Hugo Chávez la semana pasada.
Durante su visita a Venezuela, dijo que se encontraba en el país suramericano "como un periodista, así que le debo a ese medio que espere hasta que yo haya digerido, revisado los hechos y terminado mi viaje aquí" antes de decir más. Le agradeció a Chávez por su hospitalidad.
El próximo proyecto de Penn es detrás de las cámaras, como escritor y director de "Into the Wild", que se estrena el 21 de septiembre.
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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