Tag: Organized Crime
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Haitians yearn for home as gangs welcome them and police warn it’s too dangerous
A powerful gang coalition that ravaged several communities in Haiti’s capital has abruptly announced it is safe for people to return
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UN chief condemns massacre in Haiti after gangs killed dozens in fishing village
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is condemning the latest gang attack in Haiti, a brutal massacre in a fishing village north of Port-au-Prince that resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people, including a 4-year-old child and their grandmother. The killings happened Thursday afternoon in Labordrie, a village located 20 miles north of Haiti’s…
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Second pool hall shooting in less than a month kills 7 people Ecuador
Police in Ecuador say that a shooting by a criminal gang has killed at least seven people dead and four others wounded
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‘No life left.’ Haitians find no home to return to as ‘Barbecue’ calls for peace
“I don’t have anywhere to go. I don’t have anywhere to go.” Rose Marie Michel paced frantically in the middle of a once-bustling street in Port-au-Prince’s Delmas 30 neighborhood, overcome with disbelief as she tried to grasp the scale of devastation. In just a few short months, under the occupation of Haiti’s ruthless gangs, her…
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Denver man sentenced to 21 years for human trafficking
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A Denver man will spend 21 years behind bars after sexually trafficking women between 2021 and 2024. Denver District Judge Nikea Bland sentenced William Galbreath to 21 years in prison and sex offender registration on Wednesday on one count of human trafficking, according to a news release from the Denver District Attorney’s Office. Galbreath had…
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Aurora teens arrested allegedly correlated with Bloods street gang
The four teens face countless charges in connection to multiple crimes throughout the area
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4 Aurora teens arrested on organized crime charges in connection to unsolved shootings
Three 18-year-old men and one 17-year-old were arrested earlier this month, police say
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Denver City Council to consider anti-terrorism spending, STAR expansion
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council on Tuesday will consider expanding the Support Team Assisted Response program to add six emergency medical technicians and three vans and equipment citywide. The council will also consider allowing millions of dollars in anti-terrorism spending through a grant program during the 3:30…
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Denver grand jury indicts 11 people in connection with auto theft ring
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A Denver grand jury indicted 11 people in connection with an auto theft ring that stole more than $3 million in vehicles and other property across the metro. Prosecutors said the defendants stole guns, trailers and at least 130 vehicles. They are also accused of stealing identities to finance their methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl addictions,…
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Denver gang member sentenced to more than 2 decades in prison for Aurora shooting
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A judge on Friday sentenced a 20-year-old gang member to more than 20 years in prison for shooting a man who was walking his dogs in Aurora in 2019. Mikal Newton of Denver was sentenced to 23 years in prison for shooting a 44-year-old man at the Sable Landing Condominiums. Newton pleaded guilty to first-degree…