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Federal police arrest presumed boss of the Pacifico drug cartel
1. Wide of special Federal Police escorting arrested man away from helicopter
2. Mid of arrested man being escorted by police
3. Wide of police escorting arrested people into hangar where table of confiscated weapons is
4. Mid of...
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Australian, four Thais arrested on drug smuggling charges
1. Tilt down of Central Criminal Court
2. Close-up of Justice symbol (scales) on building
3. Prison van arrives at the back of court building
4. Cutaway of prison officer
5. Peter Thomas Allan talks to reporters after getting out of...
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COLOMBIA: FUNERAL OF POLICE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF
Spanish/Nat
Dozens of Colombian police officers attended the funeral in Cali Friday of a police intelligence chief who was gunned down by suspected drug-cartel hitmen.
Authorities fear that this murder could be the start of an offensive...
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USA: COLOMBIAN POLICE CHIEF DECLARES VICTORY OVER DRUG CARTELS
Spanish/Nat
Colombia's General Jose Serrano Cadena on Thursday declared victory over his country's drug cartels.
Speaking at the Washington National Press Club, the police chief said recent arrests of the Cali drug cartel leadership...
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COLOMBIA: CALI: POLICE DISCOVER SUSPECTED COCAINE CASH
Spanish/Nat
Colombian police have discovered five-and-a-half (m) million U-S dollars in suspected cocaine cash in the southwest city of Cali.
The drug money was found in a luxury home in Cali linked to Helmer 'El Pacho' Herrera - the...
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Emotions run high at funeral for casino attack victim
1. Close-up of Petra Bustos'' daughter Ana crying over casket at her funeral
2. Wide of mariachis (musicians) outside church where religious service was held
3. Mid of Ana leaning over casket, surrounded by mourners
4. Wide of mourners...
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Thirteen killed by armed men in southern town; Calderon sbites
San Vicente Camalote, Oaxaca - 24 February 2010
1. Pan exterior of Municipal Palace of Vicente Camalote
2. Wide of rancher Alfonso Maciel''s house
3. Wide of soldier
4. Street scene
5. Pan of ranch where four people were killed
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Authorities excavate swimming pool at drug baron's farm
AP Television
FILE: Puerto Triunfo - 2007
1. Wide of entrance to Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's estate, "Hacienda Napoles"
2. Swimming pool covered with green algae
3. Ruins of Hacienda Napoles
4. Various of swimming pool covered...
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4:3 Troops capture alleged number three in Zetas drug cartel
Mexico City, 13 October 2011
1. Zetas drug cartel member Carlos Oliva Castillo alias La Rana (The Frog) arriving at a media conference flanked by soldiers
2. Close of Oliva Castillo
3. Close of Oliva Castillo's hands, pull-out to wide...
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Mexico's government offers reward for top drug lords
March 23, 2009
1. Various of official bulletin issued by the Mexican attorney general's office announcing the list and the terms of the rewards
2. Wide of Mexican attorney general Eduardo Edina Mora walking into news conference
3....
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Feature abandoned hippos from Escobar's private zoo
1. Various of Pablo Escobar's house at Napoles farm
2. Various of old cars at the garage
3. Boy and his father ridding horses in Napoles farm
4. Farmers at the Napoles farm
5. Various of hippopotamus in the lake
6. Man waving a...
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SPAIN: CANARY ISLANDS: COCAINE SEIZURES
Spanish/Nat
Ten tons of cocaine were shipped under police guard into Las Palmas on Saturday after being seized aboard a boat in the Canary Islands earlier in the week.
Meanwhile, Spanish police said they also confiscated another five...
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Self-defence groups gather for national summit
Self-defence groups and activists meeting in Mexico City on Wednesday announced plans to create a national network to confront violence in the country.
The network will not promote using weapons to achieve its objectives, in contrast to...
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USA: MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS BECOMING DANGEROUS WARNING
English/Nat
A warning was issued Tuesday that Mexican drug cartels are becoming as big and dangerous as their Colombian counterparts.
An influential U-S senate committee was also told of the difficulties faced by the Mexican...
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US senators say border crime fight needs more money
1. Mid of US Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Lieberman, US Senator:
"The Mexican drug cartels are engaging in brutal and inhumane tactics, the kinds that we on this committee and the secretary and the...
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Security fears in border city dampen bicentennial celebrations
1. Wide exterior of Ciudad Juarez city hall where the 'Grito de Independencia' will be transmitted inside mayor's office, as opposed to outside
2. Medium of balcony
3. Main entrance to city hall with police guard
4. Close of Mexican...
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Until his arrest Drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman was highly sought after by Chicago prosecutors. A crime advocacy group says his cartel was responsible for most of the drugs sold on the city's streets (Feb. 24)
Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been formally charged with violations of Mexico's drug-trafficking laws, starting a legal process that makes swift extradition to the U.S. unlikely, Mexican officials said Monday.
Federal...
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Central American leaders meet to discuss regional security
1. Various of summit taking place
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alvaro Colom, Guatemalan President:
"This is a large-scale job that will generate financial and technical solidarity and a horizontal cooperation which will reinforce security and...
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President Barack Obama says legalizing drug use is not the answer to trafficking in illegal narcotics in the Americas, countering a growing chorus in Latin America to discuss decriminalization as a way to ease deadly cartel violence. (April 14)
HEADLINE: Obama says no to legalizing drugs
CAPTION: President Barack Obama says legalizing drug use is not the answer to trafficking in illegal narcotics in the Americas, countering a growing chorus in Latin America to discuss...
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USA: ALLEGED RUSSIAN MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME LATEST (2)
Russian/Eng/Nat
President Clinton met briefly on Wednesday with Russia's foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, and discussed allegations of Russian money laundering.
In New York, meanwhile, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright vowed to keep...
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ITALY: REPUTED MAFIA BOSS GOES ON TRIAL
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Italy's reputed Mafia "boss of bosses" Salvatore "Toto" Riina went on trial today for the killing of top mob-fighter Giovanni Falcone.
Falcone, who was a symbol of Italy's renewed anti-mafia efforts, was killed by a bomb...
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Marchers protest rampant drug cartel violence in border city
1. Tilt down from Mexican flag to first row of marchers
2. Medium of marchers shouting " For peace"
3. First row of marchers carrying a banner reading " A solution for Juarez"
4. Start of the march
5. Medium of marchers
6. SOUNDBITE (...
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Government confirms detention of top leader in notorious Gulf cartel
A top leader of Mexico's Gulf Cartel was captured on Saturday in a military operation near the Texas border.
At a news conference in Mexico City on Sunday, Federal Security spokesman Eduardo Sanchez said the army caught Mario Armando...
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MORE SECURITY FOR PEPSICO SUBSIDIARY TARGETED BY FIREBOMBS
Mexican police are providing increased security for a PepsiCo subsidiary targeted by firebomb attacks over the weekend, an official said on Wednesday.
About one hundred state and federal police are guarding the distribution centres of...