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Leader of notorious Ecuador drugs gang captured in Spain

November 17, 2025 World Justice News 0

The leader of one of Ecuador’s biggest drug-trafficking gangs has been captured in an operation involving Spanish police, Ecuador’s president Daniel Noboa has said. Wilmer “Pipo” Chavarria, the head of Los Lobos, was detained in […]

Cesar Chavez Jr jailed after US deportation

August 20, 2025 World Justice News 0

Former world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr has been jailed in his native Mexico after his arrest in the United States in July. The Mexican boxer was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Studio […]

FBI returns stolen conquistador document to Mexico

August 18, 2025 World Justice News 0

The FBI has returned a 500-year-old stolen document signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico. The manuscript page was penned in 1527 and is one of 15 pages thought to have been swiped from […]

Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr arrested by US immigration

July 4, 2025 World Justice News 0

US immigration agents have arrested famed Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, 39, and plan to deport him to Mexico where he has “an active arrest warrant… for his involvement in organised crime”, US officials […]

Mexican fuel theft gang dismantled in major operation

July 2, 2025 World Justice News 0

Thirty-two people have been arrested in an operation targeting one of the main criminal organisations responsible for fuel theft in central Mexico, authorities said. The gang stole fuel by drilling into pipelines and then storing […]

Lawyer who defended drug lord ‘El Chapo’ elected as judge

June 18, 2025 World Justice News 0

A former defence lawyer for the jailed drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has been elected as a judge in Mexico’s first-ever judicial elections. Tallies published on Tuesday showed that Silvia Delgado had won enough […]

Mexican police arrest suspect in killing of five band members

June 4, 2025 World Justice News 0

Police in Mexico have detained a man known by the alias of M-47, whom they suspect of ordering the murder of members of the band Grupo Fugitivo. The bodies of four musicians from the band […]

TikTok influencer shot dead during livestream in Mexico

May 15, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Mexican social media influencer was shot dead during a TikTok livestream, authorities said. Valeria Marquez, 23, who had nearly 200,000 followers on social media, was working at a beauty salon in Zapopan, Jalisco, central Mexico, […]

Brother of Arturo Suarez now most likely in El Salvador jail says his brother’s only ‘crime’ is being Venezuelan and having tattoos

April 7, 2025 World Justice News 0

Until five weeks ago, Arturo Suarez was a professional singer, performing in the United States as he waited for his asylum claim to be processed. Originally from Venezuela, he had entered the US through proper, legal […]

FBI most wanted drug lord among 29 cartel figures sent from Mexico to US as Trump turns up pressure on organisations

February 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

Mexico has sent 29 drug cartel figures, including a most wanted drug lord, to the US as the Trump administration cranks up the pressure on the crime groups. The early days of the new US […]

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Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

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Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]