12/05/2012 | Argentina

11-year-old girl found dead in a river, Mendoza province

An 11-year-old girl was found dead last night, in the area of Tunuyán, Mendoza Province, after drowning in a river. Police said the girls body showed signs of rape and that two family members were arrested in connection to the murder.

15/05/2012 | Argentina

19-year-old accused of burning her boyfriend to death, arrested

A 19-year-old woman accused of scalding and burning her boyfriend to death with boiling water, was arrested by police this morning in the Buenos Aires Province area of Pilar.

23/05/2012 | Argentina

Oyarbide slams Federal Police over bomb misinformation

Federal judge Norberto Oyarbide said he was “very sad” for the way the police had handled the case involving the discovery of an explosive device targeting former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe and warned that “there are strange things going on.”

30/04/2012 | Argentina

Former policeman detained accused of Quilmes triple crime

A former policeman was detained accused of the homicide of three friends who were shot dead in a house in the locality of Bernal, Quilmes district. He was arrested as he was trying to escape and triggered a shooting at Barracas neighbourhood, in Buenos Aires City.

01/05/2012 | Argentina

Explosion occurs outside EU branch in Buenos Aires

Explosive materials were set off outside the door of the European Union’s branch in Argentina, located in Barrio Norte neighbourhood. Early police reports said the explosion only caused superficial damage and that there were no injuries.

10/05/2012 | Argentina

Judge rejects City Gov't appeal to keep Federal Police officers patrolling subway stations

Judge Rita Ailán rejected an appeal filed by the City Government which aimed to avoid that Federal Police officers stop patrolling subway stations

02/04/2012 | Argentina

Police, Quebracho members clash outside British embassy

Members of the extreme left-wing organization Quebracho clashed with police officials on Monday afternoon during a protest in front of the British embassy, in the City neighbourhood of Recoleta.

04/04/2012 | Argentina

Gendarmerie raids Vice-President Boudou's apartment

Gendarmerie officials raided Amado Boudou’s apartment in Puerto Madero on Wednesday, in connection to the case investigating accusations of embezzlement against the Vice-President.

28/04/2012 | Argentina

Three-month-old baby found dead in Córdoba

A three-month-old baby was found dead today inside a rubbish container in the city of Córdoba, reported missing since yesterday. Police arrested the mother of the child, who is a main suspect in the child’s murder.  

25/03/2012 | Argentina

Carjacker killed by police after high-speed chase

A carjacker was killed and another was arrested after stealing a car in the San Miguel area and being chased down by the police to the Los Polvorines neighbourhood, police sources said.

26/03/2012 | Argentina

Met Police officer killed in Avellaneda

A 35-year-old Metropolitan Police officer Leandro Rojas when he was parking his car at his house’s garage in Southern Greater Buenos Aires district of Avellaneda.

28/03/2012 | Argentina

Police arrest two after high-speed chase, shootout in San Telmo

Two suspects were arrested in San Telmo after a high-speed chase and a shootout that started in the city of Avellaneda and ended at the heart of the traditional downtown neighbourhood, police sources indicated.

14/02/2012 | Argentina

CGT condemns police 'repression' on former soldiers

In a written statement signed by CGT labour confederation leader Hugo Moyano, the organization condemned the police “repression” against former soldiers who were asking to be recognized as veterans of the Malvinas War, and wondered “whether something is changing in Argentina.” 

23/02/2012 | Argentina

Misiones police officers reject Govt's proposal, strike continues

Over a thousand police officers who continue to take over the Comando Radioeléctrico building in Misiones rejected the provincial Government’s 40 percent wage hike offer. Negotiations between Maurice Closs’ administration continued to negotiate in order to solve the dispute.

24/02/2012 | Argentina

Incidents at Once train station central hall

Protesters demonstrated at the Once train station after a body was found 55 hours after the train crash. Families and friends of Lucas Menghini Rey called the protesters to calm down. The police has already evacuated the station.

10/02/2012 | Argentina

Catamarca mining district in distress: police clash with protesters

Heavy clashes between police and protesters saw a violent start to the day in Catamarca province this morning, where Infantry officers were attempting to clear the demonstration being carried out along route 40, close to Tinogasta, in the province’s mining district.

10/02/2012 | Argentina

Garré fires police officers involved in dead model's photographs leak

Security Ministry Nilda Garré fired the police officers that were involved in the leaking of the photographs of model Jazmin De Grazia’s corpse, which were published in a newspaper on Friday.

14/02/2012 | Argentina

Missing girl found dead in Balcarce

An 18-year-old girl was found dead today after being reported missing for the period of three days in Balcarce, Buenos Aires province.  Police reported the girl’s murdered body was found in the Mechongué neighbourhood and that one man -said to be her boyfriend- was arrested after telling judicial officials that he committed the crime.

10/01/2012 | Argentina

Catriel's mayor had $50,000 pesos when found, police says

Santa Cruz's police unveiled that Catriel Mayor Carlos Johnston was carrying $50,000 pesos when he was found at the Los Antiguos locality, after being lost for three days.

19/01/2012 | Argentina

Securing City hospitals 'is up to the Met Police,' Garré

Security Minister Nilda Garré assured that protecting and securing the City is a task that is “definitely up to the City Government’s Metropolitan Police.”

26/01/2012 | Argentina

Two arrested after robbery, hostage situation in Palermo

Two thieves were detained at the Villa Urquiza neighbourhood after robbing a real state agency in Palermo and taking a woman hostage. Police sources reported that she was released unharmed after a quick chase.

05/12/2011 | Argentina

Injured police officer dies after surgery

A police officer died after being shot in the head during a shootout that started after he tried to stop three robbers that were trying to escape in a vehicle in the City neighbourhood of Flores.

07/12/2011 | Argentina

Garré rules out transfer of Federal Police to the City

Security Minister Nilda Garré assured that regarding drug-trafficking, this year there was a “record of confiscation,” and announced the “reinforcement” in several zones to continue with the fight against drugs. She also ruled out the transferring the Federal Police to Buenos Aires City.

14/12/2011 | Argentina

BA Province Police lift protest after 10-hour stand-off

The Buenos Aires police officers that were staging a confined protest in their barracks  decided to call off their protest at least until the Internal Affairs department analyzes whether six of them were responsible of violently hitting activists during Daniel Scioli’s inauguration ceremony.

15/11/2011 | Argentina

Burzaco to leave Metropolitan Police in December

Sources within the City Government assured that, after two years in office, the head of the Metropolitan Police, Eugenio Burzaco, will leave his post on December 10th in order to work on the PRO party’s National Board and its plans for 2015.

21/11/2011 | Argentina

Angry mob hits Miramar City Hall, after boy murdered

After a 12-year-old boy was choked to death by robbers who had broken into his house in the coastal town of Miramar, an angry mob showed up in front of City Hall and a police station and began hurling stones towards the buildings’ windows, severely damaging them. Minutes before, hundreds of local residents had called for justice.

28/11/2011 | Argentina

Train derails in Chascomús

A train carrying more than 100 passengers that was coming from Mar del Plata City to Constitución train station in Buenos Aires City derailed near Chascomús city in Buenos Aires province.

05/10/2011 | Argentina

After Sobrero fiasco, judge removes Federal Police, enlists SI in arson investigation

San Martín Federal Judge Manuel Yalj decided to remove the Federal Police from the investigation of the burning of several trains in the Sarmiento line after mentioning several “errors” in the investigation.

21/10/2011 | Argentina

Three dead after train and truck collide in Bolívar

Three men died and another was badly injured, after a train and truck collided in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Bolívar, police sources informed.

05/11/2011 | Argentina

Man commits suicide in Lanús after killing his two daughters, brothers

A man committed suicide last night, after killing his two young daughters and his two brothers, in an apartment in Southern Greater Buenos Aires district of Lanús, police sources stated.

01/09/2011 | Argentina

Incidents occur during Candela march in Hurlingham

Hurlingham residents who were clamoring for justice in the Candela Rodríguez’s murder case and marched towards the local town square clashed with Deputy Police Chief Hugo Matzkin as he tried to address the crowd. People were seen hurling eggs and stones at the windows of the Police Station, before Infantry officials were deployed in front of it.

02/09/2011 | Argentina

'Public security policies are a complete failure,' De Narváez

The Social Development Union’s (UDESO) candidate for Buenos Aires governor, Francisco De Narváez deemed public security policies to be “a complete failure” in the area of Buenos Aires province, whilst harshly criticising incumbent province Governor Daniel Scioli, for the way he handled the crime investigation into the whereabouts of Candela Rodríguez.

06/09/2011 | Argentina

Judge ratifies arrests of five suspects in Candela case

The judge handling Candela Rodríguez’s case ratified the detention of five people involved in the kidnap and murder of the 11-year-old girl.

10/08/2011 | Argentina

Salta police confirm confiscated gun used in double-murder

Police investigating the double-murder case of the French tourists in Salta, confirmed today that the gun confiscated last Saturday from the six people arrested in connection with the crime, was the weapon used to kill the young French women, a Salta court spokesperson said.

17/08/2011 | Argentina

Cannabis field found under General Paz motorway

A secret cannabis field was uncovered this morning beneath the General Paz motorway, after a fire broke out destroying a cardboard deposit, police said. 

31/08/2011 | Argentina

After 9 days missing, 11-year old Candela Rodríguez is found dead

The mother of missing 11-year old Candela Rodríguez, Carola Labrador, identified her daughter’s body, which was found inside a plastic bag on the side of the Oeste Highway, in Morón. “They killed my daughter!” she said after seeing her body, and suffered a nervous breakdown. Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli was also at the site, accompanying her.

31/07/2011 | Argentina

Salta police search local area for killer of French tourists

Police in Salta province conducted a wide search today across the local area of San Lorenzo for the killer of the two French tourists whose bodies were found on Friday, police officials reported.

03/08/2011 | Argentina

Jujuy: CCC assures already 2,000 families took over lands

Tension continues in Jujuy province after the conflict generated after the eviction in which squatters clashed with the police last Thursday. Social organizations leaders assured that the number of families that currently take over the lands is increasing and affirmed that the measures applied by the local government are not enough.

05/08/2011 | Argentina

Violent land evacuation of 200 families in Tucumán

Tucumán police conducted a mass land eviction, concerning more than 200 families who were squatting on a site in the suburbs of the Tucumán capital. In resistance of the evacuation, squatters threw rocks, sticks, and used machetes against the officials on the fringe of the site.

21/07/2011 | Argentina

Garré acknowledges possible 'police negligence' over San Telmo death

Security Minister Nilda Garré spoke out this morning over the case of the young man who was killed yesterday in San Telmo by a Federal Police officer, and acknowledged that “at the very least, this was a case of negligence” by way of the police. The incident has been described as a freak accident, and the police officer responsible remains in custody.  

22/07/2011 | Argentina

Policeman responsible for San Telmo death released on parole

Federal Police officer, Ariel Marcelo Mendoza was released on parole after being questioned over the death of 22-year old Ariel Domínguez, who was killed after a shot fired by the policeman’s gun hit him in the neck on Wednesday afternoon, in the city neighbourhood of San Telmo.

28/07/2011 | Argentina

Four dead, more than 60 injured after shootout at a land eviction in Jujuy

A shootout between police and civilians in Jujuy left one officer and at least three protesters dead, after clashes occurred during the eviction of more than four hundred families from a land site. The incident also left more than 60 injured, and took place close to National Route 34, in the area of Libertador San Martín, informed police officials. Jujuy Governor Walter Barrionuevo announced he has fired the responsible for the police raid that led to the violent eviction.

17/06/2011 | Argentina

Garré assures 'more police officers will patrol the streets'

Security Minister Nilda Garré disclosed yesterday that the Security Forces are to have “more civil staff working in the administrative sector, to enable greater amounts of police officers to concentrate their time on patrolling the streets.”

24/06/2011 | Argentina

Activists, police clash during Santa Cruz Teachers' protest

A group of activists that showed up in support of the Santa Cruz teachers demanding higher salaries in Buenos Aires City, broke off from the demonstration they were leading and began hurling stones to several police officers who were standing guard outside the Government House in Plaza de Mayo. 

20/07/2011 | Argentina

Bystander killed by police bullet

A police chase turned to tragedy yesterday afternoon in the City neighbourhood of San Telmo when a bystander was killed by a policeman in what was described as a freak accident.

27/04/2011 | Argentina

Man arrested for paragliding in BA city centre

A man was arrested in Puerto Madero this morning, after having managed to paraglide around the city centre for a number of minutes, attracting the attention those pacing the streets, Naval Command officials reported (PNA).

30/05/2011 | Argentina

Garré praises joint police operation for 'successful' eviction in Bajo Flores

Security Minister Nilda Garré praised the “successful eviction operation” carried out by the Federal and Metropolitan police forces in the social housing complex in the Bajo Flores area.

14/06/2011 | Argentina

Police raids Pablo Schoklender’s offices

Officers in the Federal Investigations Division of Criminal Organizations (DIFOC), led by Police Chief Néstor Roncaglia, raided one of Pablo Schoklender’s offices in the Congreso area this afternoon, in connection to alleged accusations of money laundering activities in the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo organization.

14/04/2011 | Argentina

Tensions mounts during two squatter evacuations by police

The Federal Police and other officials were dispatched to the to the Villa 31 slum in Retiro, and to the abandoned ex-Bodegas Giol site in Palermo, to carry out the clearing of occupied streets and holdings, despite having experienced resistence.

23/04/2011 | Argentina

Scioli announces 'intensification of crime prevention' for BA province

Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli announced the decision to add two thousand civilians to police stations to take over administrative tasks, forming part of “a comprehensive plan to intensify crime prevention,” thus allowing more police to patrol the streets.

26/04/2011 | Argentina

Seven police officers summoned to testify in Mariano Ferreyra's murder case

Judge Susana Wilma López summoned seven Federal Police officers to testify within the probe into Worker’s Party member Mariano Ferreyra’s murder in October 20th, 2010. Railway Union head José Pedraza is accused of planning the murder.

05/04/2011 | Argentina

Security Ministry ends Federal Police presence in City public sites; City Gov't outraged

The National Government ratified its decision to cancel the contracts of all Federal Police officers working on their free time guarding City public sites and deploy them back in the streets. The government of BA City Mayor Macri administration harshly attacked the decision after the announcement that the measure would be enacted after Wednesday's midnight.

09/04/2011 | Argentina

City Hospital strike still prominent

A general 24-hour strike across 33 hospitals and health centre’s across the city of Buenos Aires was held as doctors and medical staff pleaded for better security measures, following the dispute between the city and national governments over police patrols.

11/04/2011 | Argentina

Gov't blasts Macri over lack of Met Police presence outside City's public buildings

Labour Minister Carlos Tomada and Senator Daniel Filmus harshly criticized the Macri administration for “failing to replace all posts previously assigned to Federal Police officers with members of the Metropolitan Police.” They both urged Macri to deploy Metropolitan Police officers in the city’s hospitals.

29/03/2011 | Argentina

Barreda granted conditional release from home arrest

Dentist Ricardo Barreda, who was charged with quadruple homicide, after killing his wife, two daughters and mother-in-law in 1992, was granted conditional release from his home arrest, court sources informed.

30/03/2011 | Argentina

Federal Police: 36 officers removed from posts

Thirty-six police chiefs in charge of 53 different police stations in Buenos Aires city were removed from their posts by Security Minister Nilda Garré and the Federal Police administrative body.

04/04/2011 | Argentina

City public buildings to lose Federal Police guard, City Gov't considers pressing charges

The City's public buildings will no longer be guarded by Federal Police agents. Security Minister Nilda Garré said that the aim of the measure is to "reinforce the presence of policemen in the streets." City Cabinet Chief Horacio Rodríguez Larreta said that the City administration "is considering pressing charges against the Government."

15/03/2011 | Argentina

City Hall, National Gov't continue Avellaneda Park dispute

Members of both City and National governments made statements against one another today over the decisions being made to do with the occupation of houses built by City Hall in the southern neighbourhood of Parque Avellaneda.

16/03/2011 | Argentina

Tension mounts in protest against Coastal Highway in Vicente López

Protestors clashed with provincial police in Vicente López as they were evacuated from the area of the Coastal Highway construction site were they were camped. They were blocking an area of over a kilometre and a half along the riverside, where the highway is being built.

16/03/2011 | Argentina

Garré fires Federal Police Superintendent over Mariano Ferreyra's murder

Security Minister Nilda Garré fired the head of Federal Police Metropolitan Superintendence Hugo Lompizano, for the disappearance of film footage of Worker’s party member Mariano Ferreyra, who was murdered last October.

21/02/2011 | Argentina

Protesters clash outside José C. Paz police station over three teenagers killed by train

A young man was hurt after a fight broke out outside of the José C. Paz police station between relatives of the three teenagers that were ran over by a train early Sunday morning in the area.

10/03/2011 | Argentina

One policeman hurt after clash between squatters, Met Police

As the fourth day since the squatters illegally broke into the Avellaneda Park homes comes to an end, a sudden clash between them and several Metropolitan Police officers left one official injured, sources confirmed.

11/03/2011 | Argentina

City, National gov’t clashes continue over land grabs in Avellaneda Park

The City government again questioned National government leaders, for the continuing land grab situation in the Bajo Flores neighbourhood, as squatters remain. They stated that the national administration “is not following the court order set by the judge.”

15/02/2011 | Argentina

Garré confirms arrest of BAPRO robbers

Security Minister Nilda Garré confirmed that six people have been arrested in connection to the New Year’s Eve robbery on the Belgrano branch of the Banco Provincia. During the police raids, officials seized objects which were allegedly stolen during the robbery, including the safety deposit boxes themselves.

18/02/2011 | Argentina

BA police heads reshuffle due to 'operational changes, not massive purge,' Scioli

Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli said that several Buenos Aires police chiefs would be asked for their resignation, but assured that this reshuffle is not part of a “massive purge” but rather mere “operational changes.”

19/02/2011 | Argentina

Three balconies collapse from building in Lanús

At least three balconies from a new building still under construction fell to the ground this morning in the western part of Lanús. Local firemen are at the scene checking for victims under the rubble.

08/02/2011 | Argentina

Kidnapped Tania, rescued by authorities was 'unharmed'

Tania Tatta, the young girl in her twenties who was kidnapped late last night by three delinquents in the area of San Isidro, Buenos Aires province, has been rescued and returned to safety. She has been said to have been 'unharmed', but shaken up due to the incident.

09/02/2011 | Argentina

Metropolitan Police are often 'put down and insulted', Eugenio Burzaco

In response to recent claims made by Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, Chief of Metropolitan Police Eugenio Burzaco mentioned that “occasionally people wish to insult and put down the work of the Met Police”, and said that, “the service is for Buenos Aires residents, and does not belong to Mauricio Macri”.

12/02/2011 | Argentina

Lorry crash causes one dead, two injured near Ciudadela

Police informed that a person has been killed and two others severely injured following the collision of two large lorries this morning along the Western motorway, close to the provincial area of Ciudadela.

04/02/2011 | Argentina

Shoot-out with police, one dead, another injured in Parque Avellaneda area

A man has been killed, and another severely injured, when a shoot-out began between criminals and police, as a robbery attempt on a Fiat car garage was being followed up, after a 911 call was made in the Parque Avellaneda neighbourhood.

04/02/2011 | Argentina

Firemen put out fire in Ecological Reserve

Eight teams of firemen and four of the Naval Patrol managed to put out a fire at the Ecological Reserve located in the area of Puerto Madero, Federal Police officials reported that no one was injured.

07/02/2011 | Argentina

BA province Gov’t places José León Suárez police station under trusteeship

Buenos Aires province Justice and Security Minister Ricardo Casal ordered to place Police Station N.4 in José León Suárez under government trusteeship after last week’s episode of violence that confronted several officers with residents from a nearby shantytown that were trying to ransack a derailed train.

03/02/2011 | Argentina

One dead after failed plunder of derailed train in José Léon Suárez

At least one person was killed and several others were injured after a gang tried to plunder a derailed freight train and clashed with the police in the José León Suárez district, Buenos Aires province. Unrest is beginning to grow in the area, as residents protest in front of the local police station.

04/02/2011 | Argentina

Investigation to find Julio López in Pereyra Iraola Park ends

The search being conducted by forensics and Federal Police firemen in the Pereyra Iraola Park for Julio López has concluded after four days. His son, Rubén López, was in charge of announcing it to the press and assured that Prosecutors and investigators have “done a good work.”

04/02/2011 | Argentina

Casal: freight train derailment in José León Suárez 'was planned'

Provincial Security Minister Ricardo Casal acknowledged that, “an armed group” was responsible for the “intentional derailment” of the freight train incident that occurred in José León Suárez yesterday.

25/01/2011 | Argentina

Armed men rob Recoleta restaurant, shoot patron

Three armed men entered a Recoleta restaurant an hour after midnight, emptied the cash register and shot a patron as they were escaping, authorities reported.

26/01/2011 | Argentina

Supermarket attack in Quilmes, guard shot dead

Police officials announced that a supermarket guard was killed by young delinquents in the Quilmes neighbourhood. The youths entered the Chinese-run supermarket and shot down the man guarding the store yesterday evening.

03/02/2011 | Argentina

City gov't calls for Timerman's resignation after controversial 'torture' comments

City Cabinet Chief Horario Rodríguez Larreta once again came out in defense of the decision to send Metropolitan Police officers to El Salvador to take part in an Anti-terrorism course, and asked President Fernández de Kirchner to demand Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman’s resignation after he said they were being trained in “repressive techniques.”

07/01/2011 | Argentina

Armed robbery inside Once bank branch

Five young thieves entered and commited a robbery in a HSBC bank branch in the Once neighbourhood, along Rivadavia at 2470. The youths attacked a civil policeman who was in a queue for the cashier desk inside the building.

13/01/2011 | Argentina

Macri inaugurates first Metropolitan police station

In the crackdown on crime, city mayor Mauricio Macri, inaugurated the first police station of the Metropolitan Police in Saavedra neighbourhood. The station will have 400 officers working and will count with more than 20 vehicles.

18/01/2011 | Argentina

Family attacked while driving in Luján, thirteen-year-old dies

The incident occurred early this morning when a family were driving through the western part of the Buenos Aires Province, police informed. They were attacked by three delinquents, and one of the children in the car lost his life, and the other badly injured.

23/12/2010 | Argentina

National government 'is responsible for city's safety,' Mayor Macri says

Following recent incidents in Indo-Americano Park, city mayor Mauricio Macri mentioned that the security of the city is “the National Government’s responsibility”. These comments were made in response to the recent land occupations and the various transport cuts in recent days.

23/12/2010 | Argentina

Tension in Constitución train station after 8-hour strike

Passengers from the ex Roca railway line caused serious incidents at the Constitución train station as a result of the protest that was being carried out by a group of outsourced employees.

28/12/2010 | Argentina

Squatters evicted from Albariño club after 16 days

Squatters who had illegally occupied the football club Albariño’s ground located in Villa Lugano neighbourhood were evicted after sixteen days, sources confirmed. Meanwhile, Justice ordered to detain other nine men involved in the seizure.

11/12/2010 | Argentina

Police questions fourth death in Villa Soldati, says 'no body found'

Federal Police authorities questioned the death of another protester during the violent clash between residents in the Villa Soldati area and the squatters residing in the Indoamericano Park nearby since "no body was found in the premises or taken to any hospital in the city."

16/12/2010 | Argentina

Tension in Villa Lugano evacuation as squatters resist police enforcement

Fierce security measures have been taken as police forces have been deployed out to evacuate the occupied land owned by the Club Albariño, which has been taken over by squatters families in the Villa Lugano neighbourhood.

18/12/2010 | Argentina

Police 'to enforce eviction of Club Albariño' site if court order approved, city gov't warns

If the pending court order disputing the land occupied in Villa Lugano, on the sport club grounds, is approved, "the Federal Police is to take action to clear out the premises", stated the City government.

20/05/2012 | World

Police, protesters clash in Chicago as NATO summit opens

Baton-swinging police officers clashed with anti-war protesters at the start of the NATO summit, beating some and dragging others away.

21/04/2012 | World

Two trains crash head-on in Amsterdam, 125 injured

Almost 125 people were injured, many seriously, when two Dutch commuter trains crashed head-on in Amsterdam on Saturday, police said.

27/04/2012 | World

Man arrested after siege, hostage situation in Central London

Police reported that a man has been arrested following what is thought to have been a hostage situation on Tottenham Court Road, Central London.

02/05/2012 | World

Egypt clashes over army rule leave up to 11 dead

Eleven people were killed in Cairo, medics said, when armed men attacked protesters demanding an end to army rule, prompting several candidates to suspend presidential campaigns and heightening doubts on the transition to democracy.

02/04/2012 | World

Gunman kills at least 7 at Oakland college, other wounded

A gunman opened fire at a private Christian college in Oakland, California on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding three others before a suspect, reportedly a former student, was taken into custody, authorities said.

03/04/2012 | World

Accused Oakland gunman targeted administrator, classmates

A former student suspected of opening fire at a small Christian college in California, killing seven people and wounding three, was targeting a school administrator and former classmates who he felt had treated him unfairly, police said.

04/04/2012 | World

Ex-student charged with murder in California shooting rampage

A former nursing student was charged with murder and attempted murder over a shooting rampage that left seven people dead and three others wounded this week at a small, Christian college in California that had expelled him.

22/02/2012 | World

Greece pores over bailout laws amid protests

Trade unionists, communists and pensioners angry at punishing spending cuts in Greece marched through central Athens as lawmakers set to work on legislation needed to secure payment of a second bailout for the debt-laden country.

19/03/2012 | World

New York City police tighten security at Jewish sites

New York police ramped up security at synagogues and other Jewish institutions citywide following the deadly attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, France.

31/03/2012 | World

Bombs kill 9, wound at least 70 in Thai Muslim south

Nine people died and at least 70 were injured in a series of bomb explosions today in Thailand's Muslim south, the latest in a wave of violence blamed on separatists in a region bordering Malaysia, police and officials said.

13/01/2012 | World

Egyptians, military police clash at nuclear power site

Over a dozen people were wounded when military police tried to disperse hundreds of Egyptian protesters demanding the relocation of a state nuclear power project.

29/01/2012 | World

Arrests in Oakland protests rise to more than 400

More than 400 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested in Oakland during a night of skirmishes in which police fired tear gas and bean bag projectiles, the city said on Sunday, marking one of the biggest mass arrests since nationwide economic protests began last year.

05/02/2012 | World

US police clear DC Occupy site, protesters look to a new day

US police officers cleared tents from an "Occupy" protest site in downtown Washington, but demonstrators said even without the camp they would continue to fight for economic equality and other issues.

26/12/2011 | World

Teen stabbed to death on London's packed Oxford St

An 18-year-old was stabbed to death in front of horrified shoppers during a fight between two groups of youths on London's Oxford Street, one of Europe's busiest retail districts which was packed with thousands of bargain hunters.

02/01/2012 | World

Hackers target emails of UK's Gordon Brown

British police have found evidence that private investigators working for newspapers hacked into the email account of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown while he was finance minister, The Independent newspaper reported.

04/01/2012 | World

Bonnie and Clyde's guns up for auction in Missouri

A Tommy gun and a shotgun seized in a police shootout with gangsters Bonnie and Clyde in 1933 are headed for the auction block.

07/12/2011 | World

San Francisco police dismantle protest camp

Police dismantled a tent city of Occupy protesters in downtown San Francisco, arresting more than 50 people as they shut down the largest remaining Occupy encampment on the West Coast.

07/12/2011 | World

Russian police block new anti-Putin rally

Plans for big new protests against Vladimir Putin fizzled after a show of force by Russian police who have detained more than 1,000 people in a crackdown since a parliamentary election dismissed by Kremlin foes as a fraud.

18/12/2011 | World

Security forces, protesters clash again in Cairo

Protesters and security forces fought in Cairo today, the third day of clashes that have killed 10 people and exposed rifts over the army's role as it manages Egypt's promised transition from military to civilian rule.

30/11/2011 | World

Police take down Occupy LA camp, arrest nearly 300

Police in riot gear and biohazard suits removed anti-Wall Street activists from their camp around Los Angeles City Hall, arresting nearly 300 people and fencing off the area.

05/12/2011 | World

Thousands protest against Putin after Russia vote

Several thousand protesters took to the streets to demand an end to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule after voters cut his party's parliamentary majority in an election that was condemned as unfair by European monitors.

06/12/2011 | World

Russian police crack down on anti-Putin protests

Hundreds of people demanded an end to Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule in protests in Russia's two largest cities, despite a crackdown by riot police and spoiling tactics by pro-Kremlin youth.

14/11/2011 | World

Police close down Occupy Oakland protest camp

Police moved in and cleared out anti-Wall Street protesters from Oakland's City Hall plaza, arresting 32 people but avoiding the sort of clashes that marked a previous attempt to shut down the Occupy Oakland camp.

19/11/2011 | World

Four police officers stabbed in London

Four police officers were stabbed as they tried to detain a man after a disturbance in north London, Scotland Yard said on Saturday.

23/11/2011 | World

Police clear Occupy Toronto with few detentions

City workers dismantled tents and cleared debris from a downtown park as part of a restrained, daylong operation by police to peacefully end a five-week encampment by Occupy Toronto protesters.

25/10/2011 | World

Police arrest 85 in Oakland, break-up protest camp

Police arrested at least 85 people and cleared a camp used by anti-Wall Street protesters near the Oakland, California, city hall, a city spokeswoman said.

27/10/2011 | World

Rain, raid fears raise tension at NY Occupy Wall St

Cold, wind, rain and fear of a police raid put New York's Occupy Wall Street protesters on edge, sparking conflicts at the 6-week-old camp over even the most mundane points of park life.

05/11/2011 | World

Northeast Nigeria militant attacks kill at least 65

At least 65 people were killed in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu, an aid agency said today, after Islamist insurgents bombed churches, mosques and police stations and fought hours of gun battles with police.

14/09/2011 | World

New York life slowly going back to normal

By Adrián Royo Caldiz, from NYC.-
New Yorkers gave a sigh of relief as many of the checkpoints put in place by the police in order to check for suspicious vehicles had been lifted. As the high threat level slowly moves away, security measures were gradually scaled back and would continue to decrease.

16/09/2011 | World

UK police want paper to reveal phone-hacking sources

British police are seeking an "unprecedented" court order to force the newspaper that led the coverage of a phone-hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire to reveal its sources, the paper said.

02/10/2011 | World

Anti-Wall Street protesters vow to keep up fight

Anti-Wall Street protesters vowed to keep up their fight despite the arrests of more than 700 people the previous day for blocking traffic lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge in an unauthorized protest.

05/09/2011 | World

Scuffles disrupt Mubarak trial as police testify

Police officers testifying at the trial of Hosni Mubarak said they were not aware of orders to shoot at protesters, as scuffles erupted inside and outside the courtroom between supporters and opponents of the ousted Egyptian president.

06/09/2011 | World

At least two dead in Nevada mass shooting

A gunman opened fire at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nevada today, killing one person and wounding some 10 others before taking his own life, authorities said.

10/09/2011 | World

Uneasiness invades New York on eve of 9/11

By Adrián Royo Caldiz -From NYC-
On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, New York has become a police stronghold in which anyone is a suspect.

17/07/2011 | World

Britain's top policeman quits over hacking scandal

Britain's top police chief resigned and the former head of Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper business was arrested  over a phone-hacking scandal that is lapping at Prime Minister David Cameron's door.

06/08/2011 | World

Crowds attack police, burn cars after UK protest

Crowds attacked riot police and set two squad cars alight in north London following a protest at the fatal shooting of a man by armed officers earlier in the week.

02/09/2011 | World

Police find bomb at IKEA store in Prague

Czech police defused an explosive package at an IKEA furniture store in Prague, in the latest in a series of attempted attacks on the Swedish group's outlets around Europe.

10/03/2011 | World

Saudi protest dispersed by police, shots heard

Saudi police dispersed a protest by a Shi'ite minority in the OPEC member's oil-producing Eastern province with one to four people wounded as shots were heard, witnesses said.

07/07/2011 | World

Suspect arrested in California Picasso theft

Police have recovered a Picasso drawing stolen from a San Francisco art gallery and arrested the man suspected of taking the valuable sketch, authorities said.

16/07/2011 | World

Tunisian police fire in air to disperse rioters

Tunisian police fired in the air and used teargas early on Sunday to disperse a crowd of about 200 people who had set fire to a police station in a suburb of the capital.

05/02/2011 | World

Two dead after Tunisian police fire at protesters

At least two people were killed and 17 others were wounded in northern Tunisia after police opened fire to quell protesters who threw fire bombs and stones at a police station, an interior ministry source said.

05/02/2011 | World

Police avert clashes at anti-Islamist rally

About 1,500 far-right protesters marched through the centre of Luton to rally against "militant Islam," requiring a heavy police presence to avert clashes with 1,000 anti-fascist demonstrators.

10/03/2011 | World

Teen in US charged for death of family hamster

A US teenager has been charged with a felony, and could face a two-year prison sentence if convicted, for killing her family's pet hamster, authorities said.

15/12/2010 | World

Greek protesters hurl firebombs, clash with police

Greek police fired teargas at protesters who threw petrol bombs at two luxury hotels in the central Syntagma square outside parliament, setting the balcony of one hotel on fire.

07/01/2011 | World

Terrorism threat level unchanged, London police

Britain has not raised its national terrorism threat level nor a separate threat gauge for airports and railway terminals, police said after reports that security had been stepped up at transport hubs.

29/01/2011 | World

Egyptians spurned Mubarak speech and stepped up protest

President Hosni Mubarak clung to power, replacing his cabinet in an effort to appease angry Egyptians who demonstrated in their tens of thousands to demand an end to his 30-year rule.

29/03/2012 | Latin America

Thirteen killed in Honduras prison fight

At least 13 people were killed in a prison fight in northern Honduras, spotlighting the country's dysfunctional prison system just weeks after a fire in a different jail killed more than 300 inmates.

10/02/2012 | Latin America

Brazil police strike spreads to Rio before carnival

Brazil stood ready to deploy troops on the streets of Rio de Janeiro on Friday, as a strike by the state's police force threatened to disrupt upcoming carnival festivities and raised new questions about security before the 2014 World Cup.

11/02/2012 | Latin America

Mexico picks first female chief of federal police

Mexico has for the first time appointed a woman to head the federal police, which is under pressure to bring the country's powerful drug cartels to heel.

26/03/2012 | Latin America

Colombian troops kill 35 rebels in new blow to FARC

Colombian troops killed 35 leftist FARC rebels in a remote jungle region, President Juan Manuel Santos said, the second blow to the drug-funded group in less than a week.

25/11/2011 | Latin America

Peru police break up protest at Newmont mine

Peruvian police fired tear gas to break up a protest at Newmont Mining Corp's proposed $4.8 billion Conga gold mine as the government tried to mediate a bitter environmental dispute over the project.

03/12/2011 | Latin America

Brazil: 36 dead and 11 injured after two trucks and bus crash in Bahía

Thirty-six people died today and eleven were injured after a two trucks and a bus crashed in the Brazilian city of Milagres, in Bahía province, Brazil’s Federal Transport Police informed. The bus was carrying illegal workers, which was making it harder for officials to identify bodies.

09/02/2012 | Latin America

Striking police vacate protest site in Bahia

Hundreds of striking police officers ended their 10-day occupation of a state assembly house in Brazil's third-biggest city, easing tensions in a walkout that unleashed a bloody crime wave and threatened upcoming carnival celebrations.

02/07/2011 | Latin America

Puerto Rico's police chief resigns as crime soars

Puerto Rico's top police official resigned as the US Caribbean territory battles a crime wave with killings on pace to set a record this year.

27/09/2011 | Latin America

Bolivia defence minister quits over police raid

Bolivia's defence minister resigned to protest a police crackdown on anti-highway demonstrators, heaping pressure on President Evo Morales over his handling of the unrest.

27/09/2011 | Latin America

Bolivia gov't minister quits over police crack down

Bolivia's interior minister resigned as leftist President Evo Morales tries to limit political damage from a police crackdown on protesters opposed to the construction of a road through the Amazon.

11/02/2011 | Latin America

Brazil arrests 35 in swoop on Río police corruption

At least 35 people, mostly Río de Janeiro police officers, were arrested on suspicion of colluding with drug gangs as the Brazilian city attempts to clean itself up before hosting the 2014 World Cup and the Olympic Games two years later.

15/02/2011 | Latin America

Río police chief quits amid corruption scandal

The head of Río de Janeiro's state's civil police quit, becoming the latest victim of a drugs and corruption scandal that has convulsed the police in Brazil's second city.

25/06/2011 | Latin America

Peru protesters shut airport after deadly clash

Thousands of protesters opposed to mining and energy projects in southern Peru took over a commercial airport, officials said, as the government struggled to restore calm a day after five died in a clash with police.

14/05/2012 | Sports

Scandal: Caruso detained after fight with Madelón's ex assistant

San Lorenzo's coach Ricardo Caruso Lombardi was attacked by Fabián García, assistant of the former coach of the team Leonardo Madelón, who was enraged after the critics he received during a radio show.

19/12/2011 | Sports

Italy police arrest 17 over soccer match fixing

Seventeen people, including former Atalanta captain and Italy midfielder Cristiano Doni, were arrested in connection with a match fixing and betting scandal, police said.

19/04/2012 | Sports

Unrest simmers ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix

Bahrain riot police fired tear gas and stun grenades at anti-government activists and members of the Force India race team were caught up in a petrol bomb incident as unrest simmered ahead of this weekend's Formula One Grand Prix.

12/05/2012 | Sports

Bahrain protesters clash with police outside capital

Pro-democracy protesters burned tyres and clashed with police in Bahrain today to demand the release of opposition leaders and rights activists, one of whom has been on a three-month hunger strike, residents said.

23/06/2011 | Sports

Fans allowed at River-Belgrano playoff

Authorities allowed the presence of fans for Sunday’s playoff second leg between River Plate and Belgrano to be held at the Monumental Stadium, and there will be 2,500 policemen to watch over the area.

23/06/2011 | Sports

Police clash with River's hooligans in front of the Monumental

27/06/2011 | Sports

Police investigates River Plate stadium after yesterday's incidents

One day after River Plate’s relegation and its subsequent riots, the Federal Police conducted an investigation at the Monumental stadium. District Attorney Gustavo Galante ratified his decision to shut it down as a preventive measure and in order to run an investigation and collect evidence that might help identify those involved in the incidents. 

13/02/2012 | Entertainment

'Houston found underwater, unconscious in tub'

Pop star Whitney Houston was found "underwater and apparently unconscious" when she was discovered in a Beverly Hills hotel room bathtub, police said.

26/03/2012 | Entertainment

Bobby Brown arrested for driving under the influence

Singer Bobby Brown, the ex-husband of late singer Whitney Houston, was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of driving under the influence, police said.

11/01/2011 | Entertainment

Homeless man with ‘golden voice’ questioned by police

A homeless former radio announcer who became a YouTube sensation for his "golden voice" has been questioned by police after a disturbance at his Hollywood hotel.

05/04/2011 | Entertainment

Police drummer and Monty Python comic turn to opera

Police drummer Stewart Copeland and Monty Python star Terry Jones are the unlikely pair in a new operatic double bill which opens in London on Friday.

16/06/2011 | Entertainment

NY police to investigate Tupac robbery confession

New York police are investigating an online posting from a man who claims to have shot the late rapper Tupac Shakur during a robbery attempt in 1994, a police spokesman said.

04/02/2011 | Editorial English

Hectic twits

Regardless of the accuracy (or not) of Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman’s charges that City Mayor Mauricio Macri’s new Metropolitan Police is being trained in torture techniques...

29/04/2011 | In Depth - The Royal Wedding

UK police make 55 arrests around royal wedding

British police arrested 55 people in London for a range of mostly minor offences as the force mounted one of the biggest security operations ever seen in the capital around the royal wedding.