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MEXICO: TOP DRUGS POLICEMAN ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION
Spanish/Nat
A top Mexican drugs policeman , Attorney General Antonio Lozano has been accused of corruption by another former anti-drug official.
Ricardo Cordero, a former Attorney General's office official, has accused Lozano of...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: DRUG TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED
Spanish/Nat
Colombian police have arrested seven suspected drug traffickers who they say are part of an international heroin smuggling ring.
Police also seized 40 kilograms of heroin as well as firearms, cell phones and vehicles.
The...
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Massive manhunt for PM's killers, police sweep in Belgrade suburb
1. Various armed police during police sweep in Zemun
2. Tractor driving through street
3. Various armed and masked police surrounding housing complex in Zemun
4. Police entering building complex allegedly owned by Zemun Clan leader,...
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+4:3 Five dead and thousands without power after clashes between vigilantes and drug cartel
At least five people died and thousands were left without power after clashes in which self-described "self-defence" forces sought to oust the Knights Templar drug cartel from the western Mexico state of Michoacan on Monday.
The clashes...
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Interior minister comments on the country's brutal war with drugs
1. Various of Mexican Interior Secretary Alejandro Poire meeting and speaking to reporters
2. Mid of Poire talking
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alejandro Poire, Mexico's Interior Secretary:
"What we can see here is that a consistent and...
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Officials claim arrest of major drug cartel operator
1. Wide exterior of SIEDO (Attorney's Specialised Office for Delinquency Investigation) building
2. Pan left of alleged drug dealer Gabriel Orozco walking into room escorted by masked soldiers
3. Tilt up of Orozco standing handcuffed...
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USA: AGENTS CAPTURE KEY MEMBERS OF HEROIN TRAFFICKING RING
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America's top law enforcement official says U-S agents have captured key members of a major heroin trafficking ring run from the U-S by Nigerian women.
Working with officials in Thailand and Pakistan, U-S federal agents have...
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4:3 Massacre in north leaves 29 dead ADDS more, GRAPHIC
1. Wide of cordon around bodies with security forces in the background
2. Wide of police standing next to building
3. Soldiers standing next to fence
4. Close of dead body with hands tied behind back with string ++GRAPHIC SHOT++
5. Wide...
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As Mexican troops forced their way into Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's main hideout in Culiacan, the country's most powerful drug lord sneaked out of the house through an escape tunnel beneath the bathtub. (Feb. 24)
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jesus Murillo Karam, Mexico's Attorney General:
"The doors of the house were reinforced with steel and the minutes that it took us to open them helped him escape through the tunnels."
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ramon...
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Protesters demand justice in Martinez case and call for an end to attacks on journalists
Xalapa
1. Wide of protesters demanding justice over death of journalist Regina Martinez holding banner, reading: (Spanish) "Authoritarianism will not silence our voice. Justice for Regina Martinez! To one year of the State's crime, we...
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MEXICO: COLOMBIAN ALLEGED TO HAVE SOLD AIRLINE TO DRUGS LEADER
Spanish/Nat
A Colombian ambassador is alleged to have sold an airline to Cali cartel leader Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela even though he knew Rodriguez was involved in drug trafficking.
Gustavo de Grief, ambassador to Mexico, had...
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Captured drug kingpin pets strain Mexico''s zoos
1. Various close-ups squirrel monkeys at Zacango Zoo
2. Wide of Manlio Nucamendi, the zoo''s coordinator watching squirrel monkeys seized at a property from "El Rey" Zambada
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Manlio Nucamendi, Zacango Zoo...
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Nine Australians arrested in Bali on suspicion of smuggling heroin
1. Exterior of police headquarters
2. Various suspected drug smugglers inside police building, hiding their identity
3. Suspects being led out of police headquarters
4. Man being led by police - UPSOUND (English) "Tell them I love them,...
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Soldiers patrol region where the drug gangs are firmly control of most aspects of life
Lombardia, Michoacan, Mexico - 21 October, 2012
1. Mid of Mexican soldier piling up marijuana plants
2. Mid of marijuana plants burning
3. Mid of soldier watching marijuana plants burn
4. Wide of soldiers leaving area
Near Apatzingan,...
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COLOMBIA: PREPARATIONS FOR RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT
Spanish/Eng/Nat
Colombia prepared to welcome Russia's Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov, on Wednesday, for talks on how to counter the drug trade.
Large scale organised crime is known to exist between the two countries with reports that...
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Mexican authorities have said that more than 200 people were arrested on Sunday at a demonstration in support of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the purported head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, who was captured last week.
Mexican authorities have said that more than 200 people were arrested on Sunday at a demonstration in support of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the purported head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, who was captured last week.
Messages on social...
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Thousands of soldiers try to control mobs, death toll rises
1. Armed police telling people in Hindi area to get inside or they will be shot
2. Gun in policeman's hand
3. Crowd running (crowd had been watching people trying to salvage items from burnt buildings)
4. Policeman shouting in Hindi,...
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Government struggles to rein in citizen militia created to battle drug cartel
Authorities in Mexico are struggling to rein in armed vigilantes who have taken control of territory in lawless Michoacan state.
The so-called self-defence groups, formed in response to the powerful Zetas drugs cartel, have weapons,...
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COLOMBIA: POLICE SEARCH FOR DRUG LORD PASTOR PERAFAN
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Colombia's National Police have beefed up their search for a powerful drug lord who's been on the run for several months.
Justo Pastor Perafan is described as being as rich and powerful as the jailed heads of the Cali drug...
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22 gunmen killed in running battles with Mexican soldiers near US border
1. Wide of soldiers zoom into body on ground
2. Pan of truck used by men who were killed in shootout
3. Mid of interior of vehicle
4. Various of ammunition and guns seized
5. Various of dead body on ground
6. Various of ammunition...
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Police parade 11 alleged members of drugs cartel
1. Suspected members of La Familia drug gang being led in by federal policemen
2. Wide of suspects lined up for presentation to media by federal police
3. Pan right of policemen arranging detainees
4. Close up of suspect Javier Ortiz
5....
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+GRAPHIC+ Journalists mourn three colleagues; 23 bodies found in Nuevo Laredo
Mexico City, 4 May 2012
1. Various of Mexican journalists and photographers marching to demand justice for recent killings of colleagues in Veracruz state
2. Protesters gathered outside Veracruz state delegation, holding up cameras in...
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COLOMBIA: SANTIAGO MEDINA IS ARRAIGNED OVER DRUG MONEY CHARGES
Spanish/Nat
A personal aide of Columbian President Ernesto Samper was arraigned in court on Thursday for allegedly accepting drug money.
Santiago Medina, a wealthy 44 year-old architect, was Samper's campaign treasurer during the...