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VOICED : Al menos 18 muertos en operación policial en favela de Rio de Janeiro
Al menos 18 personas murieron el jueves durante una nueva incursión policial contra bandas del crimen organizado en una favela de Rio de Janeiro, informaron las autoridades (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Nicaragua approves joint military exercises with Russia and US
Nicaraguan Parliament authorise the entry of foreign troops to Nicaragua, among them from the US, Russia, and seven Latin American countries, to participate with Nicaraguan military in joint exercises for "the fight against drug...
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Nine civilians killed in two clashes between army and armed civilians
Nine civilians were killed in two clashes between the army and a group of armed civilians in the western Mexico state of Michoacan on Tuesday, according to authorities.
The security commissioner for Michoacan, Alfredo Castillo, told...
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Aftermath of nine civilians being killed in gunfight with Mexican soldiers
A member of a Mexican self-defence group has given The Associated Press his account of one of two shootouts that took place between armed civilians and authorities in the city of Apatzingan.
Carlos Vazquez, who was present during the...
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Police announce arrest of new leader of Valle Cartel
1. Wide of property, police vehicle parked outside with detained drug lord Oscar Varela Garcia, alias "Capachivo"
2. Police officers outside headquarters of Judiciary Police
3. Various of Varela Garcia being escorted into building
4....
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USA / COLOMBIA: ILLEGAL DEAL INVESTIGATION
Spanish/Nat
The chairman of a powerful congressional committee in Colombia has confirmed that a briefing took place in which former president Cesar Gaviria was accused of striking an illegal deal with the Medellin Cartel.
In an...
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COLOMBIA: PRESIDENT SAMPER STRUGGLES TO CALM POLITICAL TURMOIL
Spanish/Nat
President Ernesto Samper struggled to calm Colombia's explosive political climate Friday amid an investigation into whether the Cali drug cartel financed his 1994 election campaign.
His efforts came after a week in which...
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Mexican and Colombian presidents meet and discuss peace and drug trafficking before G-3 in Venezuela
1. Wide of Andres Pastrana and Vicente Fox coming out of the presidential residence
2. Various of Pastrana and Fox meeting Colombia's high ranking officers
3. Various of Pastrana and Fox inspecting armed forces
4. Various of Pastrana and...
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Authorities arrest alleged "King of Heroin", reax
1. Jose Antonio Medina, nicknamed "Don Pepe", escorted by masked police to be presented to media
2. Wide shot of Medina with masked police
3. Close up of Medina
4. Close up of handcuffed hands
5. Medium shot of Medina in between two...
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Suspected drug gang members arrested in raids
1. Close up video screen showing Arturo Hernandez Gonzalez getting off plane in handcuffs
2. Wide shot of news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Rafael Maceda de la Concha, Federal Attorney General:
"We have captured Arturo Hernandez...
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Mexico arrests an alleged Sinaloa cartel chief
1. Mid of detainees being led into presentation for media
2. Mid of Jesus "El Rey (The King)" Zambada being helped into chair and wheeled over to stage where other detainees are seated, zoom in
3. Wide of media presentation of detainees...
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COLOMBIA: NATIONAL POLICE FORCE: CEREMONY
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Colombian President Andres Pastrana has handed the leadership of the National Police Force to General Luis Ernesto Gilibert at a ceremony in the capital, Bogota.
General Rosso Jose Serrano steps down as leader of the national...
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MEXICO: FORMER HEAD OF ANTI DRUG UNIT ON TRIAL
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The former head of a Mexican anti drug unit who faces charges of narcotics trafficking and bribery has accused the country's attorney general of fabricating evidence against him.
Ricardo Cordero Ontiveros was arrested and...
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US donates helicopters to help fight against drugs
1. Helicopters, parked
2. Pan, officials arriving
3. Pull out of military band playing Mexican national anthem
4. John Brennan, Assistant to US President Barack Obama for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism, standing with hand over...
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Three held over deadly Independence Day attack
FILE: Morelia - 15 September, 2008
1. Wide of victims being treated at site of explosion
2. Injured man being carried away
3. Tilt down from man being treated to man's bloody leg
Mexico City - September 26, 2008
4. Pan left to Deputy...
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Probe into alleged kidnap of former prostitutes
Phnom Penh - 13 December, 2004
1. Woman entering main gate of AFESIP (Agir Pour les Femmes en Situacion Precaire) centre
2. Close-up of sign
3. Barbed wire outside centre
4. Gate outside centre, showing it was forced
5. People outside...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO DENY DRUG MONEY CLAIMS
Spanish/Nat
Colombian President Ernesto Samper has strongly denied the accusations that his 1994 campaign received money from drug traffickers.
Currently under a congressional investigation, the president has expressed confidence that...
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UK: COLOMBIA: PRESIDENT ERNESTO SAMPER LOSES POLITICAL SUPPORT
Spanish/Nat
Colombian President Ernesto Samper is losing political support following the crisis sparked by allegations his election campaign was funded by the Cali drug cartel.
The latest blow was the resignation of one of the leading...
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Alleged drug hit-man found in prison under false name
Mexico City - 10th July
1. Wide of exterior Attorney General´s Office
2. Close up Estuardo Mario Bermudez Molina, prosecutor, opens to him showing pictures of suspect
3. Close-up of picture of suspect, nicknamed "La Rana", before...
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Police confirm the arrest of 28 members of a drug cartel
1. Various of arrested people being taken to police headquarters to be presented to the press
2. Various of suspects being shown to media
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) General Luis Ramirez, Director of Judicial Police:
"A court in Tampa, in...
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Troops deployed to stem rising violence linked to drug trade
Caserta, southern Italy near Naples
1. Soldiers standing in formation
2. Close-up of female soldier
3. Close-up of machine gun in soldier's hands
4. Close-up of boots standing in a line
5. Wide of soldier playing bugle
6. Italian...
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ITALY: UCCIARDONE PRISON
Italian/Nat
There are renewed fears that the Mafia is once again gaining the upper hand in Italy, two years after the government ordered a clampdown on organised crime.
APTV has been to Sicily for an exclusive report from inside...
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President Garcia asks Mexican police to help fight Mexican drug traffickers
1. Exterior of presidential palace
2. Peruvian President Alan Garcia entering news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alan Garcia, President of Peru
"Mexican drug cartels are capturing, or trying to capture, the Peruvian market. That is...
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COLOMBIA: CALI: MAYOR ARRESTED ON DRUGS CORRUPTION CHARGES
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The mayor of Cali, Mauricio Guzman Cuevas, was arrested, on Tuesday, in the latest of Colombia's drug corruption scandals.
Guzman surrendered to police after prosecutors ordered his arrest for allegedly accepting money from...