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Mexican soldiers arrest a suspected drug gang leader
1. Wide of Rodolfo Escajeda Escajeda escorted by masked soldiers into room to be presented to media along with three other detainees (Jose Alfredo Escajeda, Miguel Angel Reyes and Adrian Cervantes)
2. Cutaway of media
3. Medium of...
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4:3 Authorities capture alleged member of Zetas drug gang
1. Masked police escorting Enrique Elizondo, known as "The Arab", into media room for presentation, zoom into mid shot of Elizondo ++MUTE FROM SOURCE ++
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jorge Domene, Nuevo Leon state security spokesman: ++AUDIO...
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VOICED Colombian & US police shut down drug ring
0000 Colombian and US drug officials holding up seized clothes
0008 Seized bags
0011 Pan of drug officials behind seized bags
0016 Pan of bags of heroin
0022 Alleged drugs traffickers being led in
0027 Wide shot same
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Federal agents have rounded up more than 700 suspects in a wide-ranging crackdown on Mexican drug cartels operating inside the United States.
HEADLINE: Holder announces sweeping drug arrests
CAPTION: Attorney General Eric Holder announced Wednesday that federal agents have rounded up more than 700 suspects in a wide-ranging crackdown on Mexican drug cartels operating inside...
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COLOMBIA: RODRIGUEZ ORJUELA: FURTHER ARRESTS MADE
Spanish/Nat
The Colombian government continued the crackdown on Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela's Cali drug cartel Saturday.
A day after the arrest of the billionaire drug baron, police raided his home and arrested his lover and five...
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Police in Italy and US arrest dozens of suspects in mafia raids
AP Television
1. Wide exterior of Federal Building
2. Mid of suspects walking, escorted by FBI (US Federal Bureau of Investigation) officials
3. Wide of building housing US Attorney's office
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Benton Campbell, US...
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COLOMBIA: MILITARY DESTROY LABORATORY USED FOR COCAINE PRODUCTION
Spanish/Nat
The Colombian military says it has made a breakthrough in its war against drugs.
It has discovered and destroyed a clandestine laboratory dedicated to the production of the chemicals necessary to transform coca paste into...
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Army seizes largest drug cartel weapons cache ever found in Mexico
1. Pan of confiscated weapons
2. Mid of weapons
3. Mid of weapons, cash and riot gas canisters
4. Close up of riot gas canisters
5. Mid of rifle
6. Various of confiscated weapons
7. Various of gold-plated gun
8. Assault rifles, handguns,...
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Colombia - Cali Leader Surrenders
Third Cali leader surrenders to police
Another leader of Colombia's notorious Cali drugs cartel
surrendered to authorities on Saturday (24/6), the third senior
member of the cartel taken captive in less than two weeks. Victor
Julio...
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Colombia - Member Of Cali Cartel Gives Himself Up
Another leader of Colombia's notorious Cali drugs cartel surrendered to authorities on Saturday (24/6), the third senior member of the cartel taken captive in less than two weeks. Victor Julio Patino Fomeque, known as "El Papi", was...
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MEXICO: ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE STARTS
English/Nat
Scores of anti-drug officials from throughout the Americas are converging on Mexico City for the annual International Drug Enforcement Conference.
The conference will discuss the changing leadership in the Latin American drug...
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US President hosts talks with Mexican and Canadian counterparts
1. Wide of US President Barack Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at lecterns in the White House Rose Garden
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"I'm pleased to announce...
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Dog maimed by drug traffickers given new lease of life with prostethetic legs
1. Mid of Patricia Ruiz, founder and director of Milagros Caninos (Dog Miracles, abused and abandoned dog sanctuary) clapping and calling over Pay de Limon (lemon pie) whose paws were allegedly cut off by Mexican drug cartel members
2....
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Organised crime unit presents a detained drug lord
AP Television
Mexico City - 17 April, 2007
1. Police presenting suspects to the media
2. Wide of suspects standing before media
3. Pan from Juan Oscar Garza to Cantalicia Garza
4. Wide of suspects, push in to Garza
5. Wide of...
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Arrest of alleged cartel member linked to murder of US agent
1. Pull out from mid to wide of masked Mexican marines escorting Sergio Antonio Mora, known as "El Toto", and other detainees, into room
2. Cutaway cameraman
3. Wide shot of detainees being presented at Navy facility
4. Tilt up Sergio...
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Public Safety Director starts purge of police force
June 25, 2007
1. Wide of news conference
2. Camera crews
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Genaro Garcia Luna, Public Safety Secretary:
"At this moment, being replaced are all the superior heads of Federal Police, AFI (Federal Investigation...
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NY mob, connected to Genovese family, indicted
1. Wide shot news conference
2. Medium shot U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia speaking, pictures of those indicted behind
3. Close up still photo Bellomo with others
4. Various still photos of those indicted, shown at news briefing
5....
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Colombian police kill major drug trafficker in raid on ranch
1. Various of reporters talking to Juan Manuel Santos before the news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia's Defense minister:
"He (Miguel Mejia Munera) was killed with two other members of his security ring....
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COLOMBIA: MASS FUNERAL HELD FOR BOMB BLAST VICTIMS UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
The Colombian city of Medillin was in mourning Monday as a mass funeral was held for the victims of Saturday's bomb blast.
The explosion tore through a crowd of 15-hundred mostly young people who were attending an outdoor...
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Guatemala massacre comes with chilling message
HEADLINE: Guatemala massacre comes with chilling message
CAPTION: Guatemala has declared a state of emergency after 27 people were slaughtered at a cattle ranch over the weekend. The killers, believed linked to Mexico's Zetas drug gang,...
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WRAP A look at border issues ahead visit by Obama ADDS Napolitano; mayor
Mexico City, Mexico - 15 April, 2009
1. Tilt down of Presidente Intercontinental Hotel where US President Barack Obama will stay during his upcoming visit
2. Mid of policemen patrolling outside hotel
3. Flags of US and Mexico hanged...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: DRUG SMUGGLER FLOREZ EXTRADITED (2)
Natural Sound
One of South America's most wanted drug smugglers has been extradited by Colombian authorities to the U-S.
Venezuelan- born Fernando Jose Florez, known as 'el Gordo', or 'Fatso' is the first foreign national to be...
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Deep inside a heavily guarded military warehouse, the evidence of Mexico's war on drug cartels is stacked two stories high: tens of thousands of seized weapons, from handguns and rifles to AK-47s, some with gun sights carved into the shape of a rooster or a horse's head.
HEADLINE: AP Impact: Mexico's weapons cache from cartels
CAPTION: Deep inside a military warehouse, the evidence of Mexico's war on drug cartels is stacked two stories high: tens of thousands of seized weapons from brutal drug gangs....
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Police say arrested a leading member of the "La Linea" drug gang
1. Wide of Luis Carlos Vazquez Barragan, known as "El Veinte" ("The 20") presented at police warehouse
2. Close up of Vazquez Barragan's handcuffed hands
3. Various of Vazquez Barragan and armed masked police guarding him
4. SOUNDBITE...