SOCIAL UNREST Eleven arrests as police crack down on protesters in Buenos Aires 10-04-2024 16:28 Police water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a temporary blockade of Avenida 9 de Julia.
POLITICS Police clash with social organisations during anti-austerity protests 19-03-2024 17:08 Clashes as social organisations and picket groups demonstrate against growing hunger and lack of aid to food banks and soup kitchens. Protesters and journalists wounded.
CRIME & SECURITY Federal troops arrive in Rosario as drug violence, paralyses city 14-03-2024 21:53 After a week marked by a wave of violence, murder and drug-trafficking, 450 reinforcements arrive in troubled city, adding to the 2,000 members of the Coast Guard, Border Guard, Federal Police and Airport Security Force who are providing support.
CRIME & SECURITY Santa Fe governor orders Bukele-style tactics for narcos in Rosario 11-03-2024 12:53 Santa Fe Province Governor Maximiliano Pullaro is angering narco bosses with his Bukele-style approach to tackling drug violence in dangerous Rosario.
POLITICS Security Minister Patricia Bullrich deepens anti-picket doctrine 19-02-2024 16:37 Argentina's security minister is moving forward with her anti-picket protocol with social conflict on the rise and wants the courts to be swifter in lifting roadblocks – the order from her portfolio is not to dialogue with social organisations and union leaders. by Ezequiel Spillman
FOOTBALL VIOLENCE Two football fan deaths puts hooliganism back on agenda 07-02-2024 13:17 One fan stabbed to death during Chacarita Juniors-Deportivo Maipú match, another suffers same fate before Gimnasia Mendoza-Defensores del Belgrano clash.
Omnibus Protests Four women arrested for peaceful protest outside Congress released after outcry 01-02-2024 19:01 Argentine federal police arrested and detained four women singing the national anthem on the curb in front of Congress Plaza. Following backlash from officials and political parties on social media, all were released this morning. by Ashton Goren
CRIME & SECURITY Suspect arrested as family holds service for slain nine-year-old 23-01-2024 11:47 Devastated by the death of Umma Aguilera, relatives of the victim hold a wake for their beloved; Killing of nine-year-old daughter of Partricia Bullrich’s custodian believed to have been carried out by four individuals, police are still searching for three remaining suspects.
VIOLENCE AT MARACANÃ Attack on fans overshadows Argentina historic win over Brazil 22-11-2023 12:52 Violence at the Maracanã as Brazilian police attack Argentina fans; Messi leads players off pitch in protest; Albiceleste goes on to win 1-0, breaking Brazil’s unbeaten qualifying run dating back to 1954.
MUSIC & CULTURE Cumbia singer L-Gante released from jail after three months 09-09-2023 12:42 Popular cumbia singer L-Gante was released from jail on Friday night after three months behind bars.
POLICE VIOLENCE Three police officers given life imprisonment for 17-year-old’s killing 11-07-2023 14:20 Three Buenos Aires City police officers – Gabriel Alejandro Issasi, Juan José Nieva and Fabián Andrés López – sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of 17-year-old Lucas González in November 2021.
CRIME & SECURITY Rosario surpasses grim threshold of 150 homicides 06-07-2023 09:35 Four people killed in just three hours in crime-ridden Rosario; Argentina's second city, with a population of 1.3 million, has already suffered 151 homicides this year.
Drug-trafficking Uruguay finds cocaine in surfboards bound for Europe 14-06-2023 10:32 Uruguay's anti-drug brigade seize almost 50 kilos of cocaine hidden in surfboards in an international operation launched in May with police from Spain, Portugal and Italy. The drugs were bound for Europe.
ARGENTINA IN ASIA A drink with Messi for US$42,000? Chinese police warn over scams 11-06-2023 08:58 Argentina skipper's presence in China for a friendly against Australia has drawn scammers and ticket-scalpers desperate to capitalise on Messi mania.
JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD Corrientes journalist who denounced police abuses found ‘beaten and strangled’ 22-05-2023 12:13 Body of Griselda Blanco, journalist who denounced alleged police abuses in Corrientes Province, found beaten and hanged at her home in Curuzú Cuatiá; Ex-partner arrested, but family members say death could be linked to previous reporting.
NIGHTMARE EXPERIENCE Woman interred alive in Brazil tomb 30-03-2023 14:16 Thirty-six-year-old woman found sealed alive inside a mausoleum wall at a cemetery in Brazil, after surviving around 10 hours inside the narrow tomb.
CRIME & SECURITY Rosario: A city under threat from murderous drug gangs 29-03-2023 13:18 Rosario, Argentina's second city with a population of 1.3 million, has a homicide rate of 22 per 100,000 inhabitants – five times the national average. As a result of its privileged position as a major port city, drug-trafficking is having a devastating impact on the city’s poorest neighbourhoods and residents.
CRIME & SECURITY Government reinforces security forces in Rosario amid drug violence 07-03-2023 15:07 President Fernández boosts the number of federal security forces available to authorities in Rosario and says he will send a division of the Army to support efforts to overhaul and urbanise working-class neighbourhoods.
CRIME & SECURITY Police officers mourn colleague killed in Retiro Subte shooting 16-02-2023 13:44 City police force turns out in large numbers for funeral of slain officer killed at Retiro Subte station by Oscar Gustavo Valdez; Suspect questioned ahead of indictment for aggravated homicide.
CRIME & SECURITY Santa Fe governor fires security minister as narco violence worsens 09-02-2023 14:41 Following a week of violence, the provincial governor dismissed Rubén Rimoldi from his post and appointed Claudio Brilloni, commander of the National Board Guard, in his place. There were also changes in local police leadership.
MOUNTAINEERING FATALITIES Three die in Argentina while climbing Aconcagua, highest peak in Americas 08-02-2023 23:52 Two US citizens and a 62-year-old Norwegian have died in the past four days while climbing Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Americas.
CRIME Police raid unlicensed rehab centre in Moreno, rescuing more than 80 07-02-2023 15:52 According to police, detained patients suffered "corporal punishment, torture and restraints." Three people have been arrested in conjunction with the unlicensed health institution in the town of La Reja, near Moreno.
Unrest in Peru Peru president urges Congress to bring elections forward 30-01-2023 11:34 Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has made a renewed appeal for Congress to move elections from 2024 to October 2023 as a way to end weeks of deadly protests, warning that otherwise she will seek constitutional reform to make a vote happen.
CRIME & SECURITY Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala arrested in El Bolsón 30-01-2023 11:17 Río Negro Province government confirms radical Mapuche leader has been detained; Jones Huala, who was allegedly drunk when found by police, had been hiding at a property in El Bolsón.
Protests in Peru Peru closes Machu Picchu airport as nationwide protests persist 13-01-2023 11:52 The airport in Cusco, gateway to Peru's tourism crown jewel, was closed indefinitely Thursday "as a preventative measure."
NEW ERA IN BRAZIL Entire Brasilia police force to deploy for Lula's swearing-in 28-12-2022 13:14 Over the weekend, a man was arrested after allegedly placing explosives in a fuel truck near Brasilia's airport, hoping to sow "chaos" ahead of the inauguration Sunday.
FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA A football match is not a war 14-10-2022 08:27 Events at the Gimnasia-Boca match show that a comprehensive overhaul of the policing of football matches is long overdue. by Dan Edwards
DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS ARGENTINA Tensions soar as riot police clash with pro-CFK demonstrators in Recoleta 28-08-2022 09:15 Demonstrations in support of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner take place across Argentina, with clashes between activists and police at their epicentre in the wealthy City neighbourhood of Recoleta; Vice-president accuses opposition of wanting to "exterminate Peronism" in speech to supporters.
Violence Brazil At least 18 killed in police raid on Rio favela 22-07-2022 16:38 A violent police raid on Brazil’s organised crime groups has resulted in the death of at least 18 people in a Rio de Janeiro favela.
Unrest in Ecuador Ecuador talks falter after soldier killed by 'violent demonstrators' 29-06-2022 13:22 Negotiations to end more than two weeks of disruptive living cost protests by indigenous Ecuadoreans were dealt a blow Tuesday when the killing of a soldier prompted the government to suspend participation.
Bolivia Bolivian ex-leader Jeanine Áñez sentenced to 10 years in prison 13-06-2022 13:57 Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Áñez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for an alleged plot to oust her rival and predecessor Evo Morales.
BRITISH POLITICS Boris Johnson: the 'greased piglet' slips away again 06-06-2022 21:51 Conservative leader Boris Johnson – once described as a 'greased piglet' for his powers of political escapology – slips away again.
Police violence Brazil's Bolsonaro defends police after custody death 30-05-2022 22:09 President Jair Bolsonaro defended Brazil's federal highway police Monday after officers were accused of asphyxiating to death 38-year-old Genivaldo de Jesús Santos, who they forced into the trunk of their patrol car.
RIO RAIDS Shock over Brazil police 'torture, executions' in drug raid 27-05-2022 08:37 Bodies from a Rio de Janeiro police raid show signs of torture and summary execution, lawyers allege.
BRITISH POLITICS Embattled UK PM Boris Johnson faces local elections test 02-05-2022 11:12 A drubbing for Boris Johnson's Conservatives in Thursday's local elections could revive calls for the under-fire leader to go.
CRIME & SECURITY Founder of ‘Los Monos’ drug gang arrested 29-04-2022 15:04 Founder of the ‘Los Monos’ drug-trafficking gang, Máximo Ariel ‘El Viejo’ Cantero, arrested and taken into custody.
CRIME & SECURITY Drug-related violence soars to ‘critical’ levels in Rosario 29-04-2022 15:01 At least 90 killed from narco-violence in Rosario so far this year; Slain bodies found in mafia-style killings as local authorities warn the situation is ‘critical.’