Los Zetas drug cartel are presented to the media

Alleged members of Los Zetas drug cartel are presented to the media inGuadalajara,Mexico, on Aug. 23, 2011. A clash between members of the Ministry of Public Security of the State and alleged members of the drug cartel Los Zetas leaves four gunmen dead and one policeman injured, within the limits of Jalisco and Zacatecas. Those under arrest brought with them three AK-47 rifles and six camouflage unifor...

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Mexico graves still hold 500 bodies

500 bodies still remain to be uncovered from hidden graves in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, a non-governmental group told reporters on Tuesday.Isabel Miranda de Wallace said her NGO, which fights Mexico's rampant kidnapping, had gathered data from a recent visit to San Fernando, a small town near the US border, including interviews with gang suspects.The region is largely dominated by the notorious Zetas gang -- which controls drug trafficking routes into Mexico's northern neighbor -- and has been the site of numerous massacres over...

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Gunmen hung a man from a pedestrian bridge over a busy avenue in the Mexican city of Monterrey Tuesday and shot him to death in front of dozens of motorists.

A police investigator in Nuevo Leon state, where Monterrey is located, said the man was alive when he was hung and died after being shot.The investigator, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case, said the assailants left a threatening message but he wouldn't reveal what it said.Monterrey's overpasses have seen several gang killings this year, often carried out in daylight in view of drivers on busy streets below. The Gulf and Zetas drug cartels are fighting for control of the city.Also Tuesday in the...

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Maple Ridge woman wounded in a brazen weekend shooting in Kelowna has been left a quadriplegic.

Friends of Leah Hadden-Watt confirmed the 21-year-old was injured by a bullet  when a masked gunman fired at five people in a Porsche SUV in the parking lot of the Delta Grand Hotel on Sunday. The bullet shattered a vertebra and has left her paralysed. Red Scorpion kingpin Jonathan Bacon was killed in the shooting while Hells Angel Larry Amero, Independent Soldier James Riach and another woman in the SUV were injured.Riach fled the scene while...

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second Hells Angels bikie has been arrested as police attempt to solve two drive-by shootings targeting the Ibrahim family.

Police raided a house in the eastern Sydney suburb of Eastlakes and arrested a 26-year-old man who detectives allege is a member of the Hells Angels bikie gang.During the raid, small amounts of steroids and testosterone were allegedly seized from the home and will undergo forensic testing.The man was taken to Mascot Police Station before being released pending further inquiries.Drugs charges may follow, police say.The arrest relates to two shootings believed to have targeted the Ibrahim family six weeks ago.On June 30, police were called to a home...

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routine traffic violation led Montreal police to a fugitive Hells Angels member wanted for drug trafficking and murder.

Francois Hinse, 42, has been on the lam for more than two years after he was named in a major police roundup that targeted alleged leaders of the illicit biker gang organization.Police intercepted Hinse during a routine traffic operation in a Montreal suburb Thursday.He was in a car stopped at the corner of Londres and Oxford Streets in the Ville-Saint-Laurent borough.Hinse is expected to appear in court Friday via teleconference on charges of gangsterism, drug trafficking and murder.A presumed member of the Hells Angels Trois-Rivières chapter,...

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A man wounded in Sunday's gang-related shooting in Kelowna, B.C., shouldn't be judged by his membership in Hells Angels

A man wounded in Sunday's gang-related shooting in Kelowna, B.C., shouldn't be judged by his membership in Hells Angels, a friend says.Jasmine Wong says Hells Angel Larry Amero was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire when Jonathan Bacon was shot and killed outside the Delta Hotel. Two women were also wounded, including one who was left quadriplegic."Wrong place, wrong time," Wong said of her friend. "[Amero] was on vacation, just out there...

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120 criminal gangs operate in British Columbia. Some are notorious for their illegal activities and have become well-known to the public, but many others do their best to maintain a low profile and don't even have names.

The best-known gangs are not necessarily the most dangerous or most powerful, Supt. Pat Fogarty said in an interview. He's the police officer in charge of the Organized Crime Branch of B.C.'s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, which keeps tabs on the activities of gangs and their members.Membership can be fluid and there are various levels of gang affiliation. Criminals may move between gangs, and gangs themselves come and go. It makes headlines when groups feud and the violence spills into the public streets, but gang members often collaborate...

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high-speed chase involving many motorcyclists following a Saturday shooting near the Highway 7 overpass on Interstate 44 at mile marker 150.

More information came out Monday regarding a high-speed chase involving many motorcyclists following a Saturday shooting near the Highway 7 overpass on Interstate 44 at mile marker 150.While many details are unclear, the incident and another situation in Laclede County appear to be gang-related.“The various motorcycle drivers stopped in Pulaski County were members of or affiliated with a number of well-known national motorcycle gangs,” said Pulaski...

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16-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a man attacked during the London riots.

Richard Bowes, 68, died on Thursday after being assaulted during the disturbances in Ealing, west London, last Monday.The CPS announced last night it had authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge a 16-year-old boy with murder.The teenager, who will appear at Croydon Youth Court today, is also charged with violent disorder and four separate burglaries of commercial premises.The development came as ministers prepared to flesh out their response to the riots today, with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg saying that those responsible would be forced...

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Courts in London opened their doors on a Sunday for the first time as the justice system in England struggled to deal with people accused of involvement in last week's riots.

A procession of people – including a woman who works with children with learning difficulties, an 18-year-old on bail over a gang murder and a lifeguard – appeared at Westminster and Camberwell magistrates courtsThe decision to hold the emergency sessions came as Scotland Yard revealed it had arrested 1,457 people – including 305 aged under 18 – in connection with the disturbances, with 810 charged.A series of delays, missing files and absent defendants and lawyers brought low-level chaos to the proceedings. At one point, district judge Deborah...

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operation targeted the 1200 Bloc Crips gang, which has been involved in drug dealing and other crimes in the city for more than 50 years

Twenty members and associates of a notorious Riverside street gang were arrested Wednesday by more than 200 law enforcement officers as part of a multi-agency investigation into violence and drug trafficking, authorities said.The operation targeted the 1200 Bloc Crips gang, which has been involved in drug dealing and other crimes in the city for more than 50 years, authorities said. Agents and officers from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Riverside...

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Power struggle hits Mexican prison gang

Founded in the state's prison system, "La Eme" — Spanish for the letter M — has controlled prisons, jails, drug sales and gang violence since the 1950s. The criminal organization took root in the state's most dangerous prisons and used that control to command Latino street gangs. By the 1970s, the Mexican Mafia's control was felt in and out of the state's prisons — and Peter "Sana" Ojeda had been there nearly since the beginning.Ojeda was serving time in federal custody on a 2005 racketeering charge when, according to law enforcement...

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CAPTURED TOP DRUG CARTEL MEMBER is known as The Castro and Jesus Serrano Compayito

CAPTURED TOP DRUG CARTEL MEMBER is known as The Castro and Jesus Serrano Compayito . Originally from Guasave, Sinaloa , began his career in the Navy of Mexico, and was trained by Guatemalans kaibiles. Oscar Osvaldo was driver of Edgar Valdez Villarreal, aka La Barbie, head of security for security José Gerardo Alvarez, aka El Indio; and even personal bodyguards of Arturo Beltran Leyva. now controlled the distribution of drugs in several municipalities...

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Young offenders who took part in the rioting and looting that blighted Britain’s streets this week are walking free from court without facing significant penalties.

Despite David Cameron’s promises that they would face “punishment”, a string of juvenile criminals have been allowed to return home with their parents.Several of the young rioters have been pictured in national newspapers committing crimes. Nonetheless, they retain the court’s protection of legal anonymity.The sentences being handed down have dismayed police and MPs after the Prime Minister’s promise that rioters would “pay for what they have done”.Further undermining Mr Cameron’s tough rhetoric, Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary, backed the...

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UK riots: in courtrooms across country, there was little room for leniency

'I'm OK now. I was gibbering at 8am." It was 1.30pm at a busy cafe outside Westminster magistrates court, and a harried solicitor in her 50s had grabbed a sandwich and a bottle of water to keep her going. She had been working since 2am. She had four clients appearing in court that day, she said, though one had yet to appear before a judge – when he arrived at the court in an armoured van, security guards had been unable to bring him inside as every cell was full."Anyone for court six who requires a duty solicitor?" shouted one exhausted-looking...

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'2½ Bandits' Gang Wanted In 7 Bank Robberies

Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying the "Two and a Half Bandits" gang, which is believed to be responsible for seven bank robberies in the metro Denver area.The gang got the "Two and a Half Bandits" nickname because the bank robbers are two men and a tiny woman. A fourth suspect is a man who has acted as the getaway driver.Wells Fargo bank is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the robbers.The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, which is comprised of the FBI and...

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Eleven members of a Harlem gang - most of them from Jamaica - were busted

They sold pot out of a Harlem furniture store, turned the street outside into a de facto social club for customers, barbecued and stashing drugs in on nearby stoops and driveways.Eleven members of a Harlem gang - most of them from Jamaica - were busted Thursday, including accused ring-leader, Frank McTaggart, 44, for turning the city block into a drug market place, officials said."During the evenings they would take the furniture outside, they would entertain customers and they would sell drugs," Assistant District Attorney Jordan Arnold told a...

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