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South American judicial and law enforcement actions

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Legal and law enforcement activities across South America continue to involve various criminal sentencing and investigations. In Peru, judicial actions include a four-year sentence for a former school director in Tocache for embezzling 4,500 soles intended for educational infrastructure. In Ica, a woman received a twelve-year and six-month sentence for aggravated drug trafficking after attempting to smuggle cocaine into a penitentiary. Other Peruvian investigations involve a suspected feminicide in Amazonas, where a suspect faces nine months of preventive detention, a kidnapping in Breña, and the preventive detention of four police officers in Tacna for allegedly replacing seized cocaine with plaster. In Chile, the Supreme Court upheld a ruling against Carabineros regarding the delay of an administrative summary initiated in 2017. In Santiago, a lawsuit was admitted involving allegations of abuse by a Gendarmería official against a student. Previous proceedings included the conviction of two PDI officers for unjustified shootings in Quilicura and the conviction of two individuals for the theft of military material in Viña del Mar. Regional developments include a 13-year prison sentence for a violent robbery in Punta Alta, Argentina, involving physical assault and theft. In Paraguay, a 28-year sentence was confirmed for Oscar Ariel Caballero Sahlmann for the murder of over four years former official Javier Ibarra. In Argentina, 22 individuals in Rafaela were indicted for operating a robbery criminal gang involved in Maldonado, Uruguay. drug trafficking and violence. In Ecuador, a man the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ordered the state to ensure adequate medical care for former Vice President Jorge Glas while he remains in preventive detention following an investigation into custody. In Uruguay, a vegetation fire in the Monjas sector sentence of Quito that burned over 1,200 square meters. four years was issued for a robbery in Maldonado.

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