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Latin America & Spain arrests for crime and fraud
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Law‑enforcement actions across Latin America and Spain continued through early August 2026. In Argentina, the Argentine authorities detained a 38‑year‑old TikTok user who threatened President Javier Milei was formally detained in Quilmes, with homemade weapons, replica firearms, cash and seized weapons and electronic devices seized. A coordinated raid in Quilmes, while a Buenos Aires raid dismantled a telephone‑scam ring that stole US$26,000, confiscating 55 phones, cash and weapons. US$26,000. In Santa Fe, police chief Alejandro Amatti repelled a home‑invasion, wounding an assailant. and in Salta a repeat offender received a four‑month prison term for stealing a customer’s cell phone, with DNA samples added to the national database. Spanish courts upheld a three‑and‑a‑half‑year sentence and expulsion order for a 19‑year‑old Algerian convicted of robbing an 84‑year‑old woman in Tarragona; the expulsion will follow completion of two‑thirds of his term, with fines Tarragona, and victim compensation imposed. In Oviedo, a tenant in Oviedo reported ongoing harassment and stone‑throwing by a debt‑collection firm, prompting police complaints. A joint Ecuador‑Spain‑European effort, Operation Mondragón, was expanded. Police from Ecuador, a joint effort by Spain’s Policía Nacional, the Guardia Civil Civil, Ecuadorian police and Europol Europol, seized 21 tonnes of cocaine and nearly roughly €1 million in cash, arrested eight suspects in Spain and several in Ecuador, and confiscated 18 properties, 39 bank accounts and 91 vehicles. cash. The network operated through a logistics unit in Guayaquil, used façade companies receiving shipments at in Málaga, Algeciras and Valencia, Valencia and a financing cell linked to logistics hub in Guayaquil; Albanian nationals financiers in Dubai. Dubai supplied the money. The dismantling is expected to disrupt South‑American cocaine flows raid resulted in eight arrests across Alicante, Sevilla, Cádiz and La Rioja, the confiscation of 18 properties, 39 bank accounts and numerous vehicles, and sentencing of the Ecuadorian participants to Europe. seven‑to‑ten years for organized crime. Additional operations included recorded arrests in the Dominican Republic, a suspended sentence for a Brazilian liquor‑store owner, and a one‑year public‑office ban for five former Tijuana officials in Mexico, illustrating Tijuana, underscoring a coordinated regional crackdown on violent crime, fraud, fraud and related offenses.
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- 2026-08-05 23:07 UTC Latin America & Spain arrests for violent crime, fraud
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- 2026-08-05 14:23 UTC Latin America & Spain arrests for theft, gender violence
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- 2026-08-05 02:14 UTC Latin America arrests for theft, gender violence, drugs
- 2026-08-04 23:32 UTC Argentina sentencing for theft and gender violence
- 2026-08-04 22:22 UTC Argentina sentencing for theft and gender violence
- 2026-08-04 16:57 UTC Argentina theft sentencing in Salta region
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