Recently, the Honduran government has begun to transfer more dangerous criminals to higher security prisons in efforts to regain control of the prisons rather than the convicts being the ones in control. By separating these more violent and powerful prisoners and isolating them into their own prisons and into their own cells, the Honduran government will be able to eliminate the possibility of said… Read more »
Al Jazeera: Only a handful of leaders have travelled to a meeting of a large Cold War-era bloc in Venezuela in an embarrassment for the crisis-hit socialist government. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has touted the 17th meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement as one that would “be remembered for centuries”, as the unpopular leftist seeks to bolster his international legitimacy.
BBC NEWS: Honduras police have begun transferring groups of dangerous convicts to a new maximum security prison as part of a government security plan. Thirty-seven prisoners were taken by helicopter to the new jail in the western region of Santa Barbara.
BBC NEWS: Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will stand trial on corruption and money laundering charges over an alleged scheme at the state oil company, Petrobras, a judge has said. Prosecutors say he accepted 3.7m reais ($1.11m; £867,000) in bribes connected to the multi-billion dollar scheme.
Guadalajara, Mexico – Having spent the morning rumbling through downtown Guadalajara in their impenetrable armoured van, the three Seguritec employees entrusted with collecting cash from local businesses stopped to receive one last payment. Two of them got out to collect the money, but upon returning to their vehicle they realised their colleague had fled with about $800,000 in local currency.