News of security

US Embassy hit by two security scares on consecutive days

09-03-2023 16:30 Suspicious device found on Embassy gates in Palermo on Thursday, a day after two Syrians with falsified documentation were detained and terrorism protocol activated.

Anti-narcotics forces deployed in Rosario as homicide numbers climb

09-03-2023 13:57 Argentina’s government sends reinforcements to combat drug-trafficking in Rosario, where more than one death per day has been registered in March.

Big-spending tourists get raided by Argentine airport officials

17-02-2023 14:24 Officials now using social media to research the movement of passengers who they suspect are using precious foreign exchange to bring goods into the country to sell.

United States requests info on probe into pregnant Russian women in Argentina

17-02-2023 10:02 Washington seeks data on alleged criminal network luring pregnant Russians to Buenos Aires with so-called childbirth tourism packages.

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.

'Los Rugbiers': the group of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa

18-01-2023 11:43 Eight individuals – all aged between 21 and 23 – are accused of killing teenager Fernando Báez Sosa on January 18, 2020 in Villa Gesell.

The golden age of cocaine is happening right now

22-12-2022 14:09 Global fallout from Colombia's cocaine boom is showing up everywhere from the warehouses of Antwerp to coup plots in West Africa, bringing violence, corruption and big profits.

Fourteen-year-old found with gunshot wound to head in Palermo

28-11-2022 10:51 Police investigating reports teenager had been kidnapped for ransom and parents received extortion call, but are also investigating a possible suicide attempt, according to reports.

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

Cristian Ritondo: ‘I see Kirchnerism as a political adversary, not as an enemy’

08-10-2022 04:55 Cristian Ritondo, chair of the PRO caucus in the lower house, on security, fighting crime, the attack on the vice-president and running for office in Buenos Aires Province.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

UN committee releases damning report on human rights abuses in Venezuela

24-09-2022 08:00 Human rights watchdogs call for increased international pressure on government in Caracas following damning United Nations report; Pressure grows on Argentina to revise relations with Maduro administration.

by Sam Forster

Hunger returns to haunt Brazil amid divisive vote

15-09-2022 02:52 More than 33 million Brazilians live in hunger and the figure has become the subject of a bitter political battle as Latin America's biggest economy heads for a crucial October election.

Argentina seizes 1.6 tons of cocaine headed for Dubai

26-08-2022 15:59 Authorities seize 1.6 tons of cocaine hidden in animal feed destined for Dubai and detained 12 people.

Wind blows in favour of Argentina’s GM crops

24-08-2022 15:18 Genetically modified crops, which have for years been heavily criticised by environmentalists, are benefitting from new technological developments and health and safety approvals overseas.

Boca showing lack of ‘empathy’ over sex abuse claims, says footballer’s accuser

16-06-2022 15:08 Tamara Doldán, the woman who accused Colombia and Boca Juniors star Sebastián Villa of sexual abuse and rape, criticises club’s response to allegations.

With Macri watching on, Bullrich outlines presidential ambitions

08-06-2022 15:53 Patricia Bullrich outlines her vision of Argentina’s future and shows off the key figures behind her 2023 bid for the Casa Rosada.

by Gabriel Ziblat

Chile redeploys Army to southern region amid Mapuche tensions

17-05-2022 14:13 Chilean President Gabriel Boric's government decrees re-militarisation of troubled southern region of La Araucanía, in the face of mounting violence linked to territorial claims by Mapuche indigenous groups.

Colombia election front-runner Petro beefs up security over violence threat

12-05-2022 12:53 Colombia is the only major country in Latin America that’s never had a leftist leader, and polls suggest it’s about to get one in Gustavo Petro. That’s raising the campaign temperature in a country with a history of political violence. 

Santiago del Estero: Police ‘slayings, tortures, threats’ to be reported to UN

11-04-2022 16:03 According to a report set to be presented by opposition politicians to the United Nations, alleged crimes were committed in 2020 and 2021. "Police harassment" has also been denounced, with the provincial government held responsible.

Contaminated cocaine: Investigators switch focus to different drug gang

25-02-2022 17:27 Investigators believe gang led by convicted drug-trafficker Miguel Ángel 'Mameluco' Villalba is linked to the sale of tainted cocaine that killed 24 people last month.