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Mexico - Five dead and thousands without power after clashes between vigilantes and drug cartel / Highly sophisticated secret tunnel discovered on the border connecting San Diego and Tijuana / Vigilantes say their war against the three-year reign of cartel has reached tipping point / 18 bodies dug up in west after police officers confess to assisting drug cartel
+4:3 Five dead and thousands without power after clashes between vigilantes and drug cartel
Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico - 26 October 2013
1. Mid of group of vigilantes from the towns of Buenavista and Tepalcatepec arriving in...
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Football match-fixing probe uncovers evidence of 380 suspicious matches
1. Pan of Rob Wainwright, Director of European Union police organisation Europol, entering news conference
2. Cutaway camera
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rob Wainwright, Director of Europol:
"We have uncovered extensive criminal network...
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Arrest of drug lord Eduardo Restrepo Victoria
1. Various of Eduardo Restrepo being escorted by two National Police officers
2. Wide of General Jorge Castro, Colombia's Judicial Police Commander (DIJIN)
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) General Jorge Castro, Colombia's Judicial Police...
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Authorities confirm arrest of purported head of Beltran Levya drug gang
Mexico's military special forces on Wednesday captured a man believed to be cartel leader Hector Beltran Leyva - the latest in a string of high-profile drug arrests.
Federal Chief of Investigations Tomas Zeron confirmed the arrest during...
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Police present drug suspects arrested in Michoacan
1. Wide of black police truck carrying people detained with armed soldiers on top, driving to Federal Police headquarters
2. Armed police surrounding truck as it pulls in
3. Members of "The Family" getting off truck surrounded by armed...
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4:3 Former dictator in hospital after a possible stroke
05 February 2012
1. Various exteriors of Panama City's Hospital Santo Tomas where former Panamanian president, Manuel Noriega was transferred from prison
FILE: December 2011
2. Noriega in a wheelchair arriving at the prison
3. Close of...
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Mexican President says he's winning win war on drugs, rejects US concerns
1. Wide of Mexican President Felipe Calderon entering room in National Palace and shaking hands with reporters
2. Various of Calderon shaking hands and talking with reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Felipe Calderon, Mexican President:
"I...
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12 convicted of 2003 assassination of Serbian PM
Belgrade, 23 May 2007
1. Wide exterior of the special Court for organised crime in Belgrade
2. Policeman with the machine gun on guard outside court
3. Convoy of police cars speeding along road, and into court premises
4. Relatives...
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The Obama administration said Tuesday that it is sending more agents and equipment to the southwestern U.S. border to combat Mexican drug cartels.
HEADLINE: White House reveals anti-cartel plan for border
CAPTION: The Obama administration said Tuesday that it is sending more agents and equipment to the southwestern U.S. border to combat Mexican drug cartels. (March 24)
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US Attorney Gen comments on extradition talks
1. US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Colombian Attorney General Mario Iguaran walking to podium
2. TV camera at presser
3. Wide Gonzales and Iguaran at presser
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alberto Gonzales, US Attorney General:
"Our...
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Police rescue two journalists kidnapped by drug gang
1. Wide of helicopter landing on tarmac
2. Helicopter on tarmac, pan to news cameramen getting out of helicopter escorted by policemen
3. Sign reading (Spanish) 'Federal Police'
4. Pan of officials arriving for news conference
5....
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4:3 Central American leaders meet on anti-drug security
1. Various of representatives in meeting
2. Mid of Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and officials
3. Wide of officials
4. Wide of meeting, flags, large banner reading (Spanish) "For a Safe Central America"
5. Wide of officials
6....
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WRAP Police presser announcing weapons seizure ADDS woman guarding arsenal arrested
1. Federal policeman pulling a seized .50-calibre machine gun out of its mounting
2. Different .30-calibre seized Barrett gun surrounded by ammunition on presentation table
3. Zoom out to presentation table with two guns, one...
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COLOMBIA: ALLEGED DRUGS BARON ARRESTED
Spanish/Nat
One day after President Bill Clinton chastised Colombia for not doing enough to fight drug trafficking, two thousand police and soldiers cordoned off the city of Cali and arrested a leading drug baron.
Jorge Rodriguez...
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WRAP Ranch where 72 bodies found; ADDS Calderon, investigators' convoy, cars destroyed
Mexico City- August 27, 2010
1. Wide and pan of closing event "Dialogue for Safety " headed by Mexico's President Felipe Calderon Hinojos
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico:
"The security secretary informs me...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: ALLEGED DRUGS BOSS FACES EXTRADITION
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Colombia's Supreme court has cleared the way for an alleged drug boss to become the first Colombian extradited to the United States in nearly 10 years.
In a unanimous decision, nine Supreme Court magistrates approved a U-S...
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Federal forces take over security after firefights between vigilante groups and drug traffickers
Mexican soldiers and federal police have kept a tense standoff with vigilantes after a new government campaign to stop violence in western Michoacan state turned deadly.
On Tuesday, in the city of Apatzingan, a stronghold of the Knights...
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Suspected senior member of Zetas drugs gang captured
1. Pull out of handcuffed Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, alias "El Mamito" escorted by Federal Police officers being presented to the media
2. Pull out of handcuffed Pedro Ortega Herrera escorted by Federal Police officers being presented...
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4:3 Relatives protest outside jail where Zetas killed 44, inmates riot
1. Protesters walking in front of fire, riot police behind prison fence in the background
2. Woman using stick to hit fence in front of riot police, protester throwing rocks through fence at riot police
3. Protesters throwing rocks...
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Forty-nine decapitated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting northern Mexico with the U.S. border. The incident appears to be tied to an escalating war between Mexico's two dominant drug cartels.
HEADLINE: 49 headless bodies dumped on north Mexico highway
CAPTION: Forty-nine decapitated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting northern Mexico with the U.S. border. The incident appears to be the latest salvo in an...
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4:3 Authorities in Michoacan discover six bodies buried in mass grave
1. Wide of man walking through wooded area, yellow tape around area where a mass grave containing six bodies was found
2. Wide of police officers around unearthed bodies lying on ground
3. Mid of men unearthing bodies from grave, man...
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LAPD arrest 8 in connection with international car smuggling ring
1. Wide of Los Angeles Police Department headquarters
2. Close of sign saying "Police Department - City of Los Angeles"
3. Wide of press conference
4. Cutaway of camera
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Brennan, Los Angeles Police Department...
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Young woman becomes chief of police in violence-wracked region
1. Wide of local government building
2. Various of building exterior
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Luis Guerrero, town mayor:
"Not just in Praxedis but we - in the region - are people who believe. We did not have and did not find people...
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COLOMBIA: MASS FUNERAL HELD FOR BOMB BLAST VICTIMS
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In the Colombian city of Medillin, a mass funeral was held today 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 music festival. ...