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An investigation by The Guardian reveals how Jos Leijdekkers, the most wanted cocaine trafficker in Europe and son-in-law of the president of Sierra Leone, transformed the country into the first narco-state in the world by orchestrating a vast cocaine trafficking operation and a series of brutal kidnappings. #Narcoestado #Cocaína #JosLeijdekkers (translated)

The Mossos d'Esquadra are investigating two alleged kidnappings that occurred this morning in Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Fontanals de Cerdanya, where at least one person was illegally detained and another was found with minor injuries. #SecuestrosCatalunya #MossosdEsquadra #SantaColomadeGramenet (translated)

Four men have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a man in 2024, in an operation stemming from a joint investigation between the National Police and the Mossos d'Esquadra concerning a criminal organization linked to drug trafficking. #Narcotráfico #Secuestro #Asesinato (translated)

Russy Millán said that he had reviewed the security figures for the first 55 days of Abelardo's government and considered them very positive. He highlighted the reductions in homicides, kidnappings, terrorism, and extortion, and noted that he would later gather the information to publish it. #Seguridad #Gobierno #Homicidios (translated)

Omar H. García Harfuch reported that, following instructions from President Claudia Sheinbaum, authorities were conducting intelligence, investigation, and coordination efforts against criminal groups that, as he noted, were generating violence in Oaxaca, especially in Juchitán de Zaragoza and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. He stated that the Naval Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of the Navy and the National Intelligence Center had participated in the arrest of Iván N., alias "El Cromo," in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He identified him as one of the leaders of Los Cromos, an organization that, according to investigations, was linked to the CJNG and involved in homicides, extortion, racketeering, kidnapping, and drug and arms trafficking. García Harfuch indicated that the arrested individual had two documented arrest warrants for qualified homicide, related to three victims, and a third warrant for the same crime from 2020, mentioned in intelligence records. He added that the investigations implicated the organization in the alleged involvement in the murder of a four-year-old girl in Juchitán. A reward of up to two million pesos had been offered for information leading to Iván N.'s capture. The official noted that the arrest continued the investigations that led, on September 23, to the arrest of Miguel N., then mayor of Juchitán de Zaragoza, and another member of the organization. Both were being investigated for their probable involvement in aggravated extortion and crimes against state security, as well as for alleged protection schemes for criminal groups, he said. He added that the operation was led by the Ministry of the Navy along with the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection, the Ministry of National Defense, the Attorney General's Office, the National Guard, the National Intelligence Center, the Financial Intelligence Unit, the Oaxaca Prosecutor's Office, and other authorities from Oaxaca and Jalisco. He also thanked the support of governors Salomón Jara and Pablo Lemus. #Seguridad #Justicia #Oaxaca (translated)

"We received notice that a passenger plane crossing our airspace indicated an attempted hijacking. As it did not respond to the requirements, we escorted it out of our airspace," Anusic stated, according to the N1 television network. #InterceptaciónAérea #SeguridadAérea #OTAN (translated)

The filming of 'The Son of Everyone' begins, a film about the kidnapping and murder of Miguel Ángel Blanco, directed by Álvaro Brechner and starring Pol Monen, which will address the events from the perspective of his family and society. #ElHijoDeTodos #MiguelÁngelBlanco #CineEspañol (translated)

Filming of 'The Son of Everyone' begins, a film directed by Álvaro Brechner that explores the kidnapping and murder of Miguel Ángel Blanco from the perspective of his family, in an attempt to capture the collective shock it generated in Spain in July 1997. #ElHijoDeTodos #MiguelÁngelBlanco #CineEspañol (translated)

Seven people have been arrested in Molina de Segura for the alleged kidnapping and assaults on a man, who was found with multiple injuries and burns after being held for several days, in a case linked to a drug trafficking debt. #Secuestro #MolinaDeSegura #TráficoDeDrogas (translated)

Maria Clara Posada stated that the FARC had used the JEP to improve their image and justify their actions, and said that new revelations had upset Timochenko and the court. According to Posada, within the framework of macrocase 01 on kidnappings, on March 15, 2019, it was claimed that the FARC had not taken up arms to kidnap and enrich themselves, that the figures on kidnappings were inflated, and that these had not been used to enrich their leaders or a small group. #FARC #Justicia #Colombia (translated)

Maria Clara Posada wrote that, three years before, Hamas had murdered more than 1,200 people and kidnapped hundreds of innocents, among them the Colombians Ivonne Rubio and Antonio Macías. She pointed out that remembering the victims and their families remained a duty, as well as condemning terrorism, confronting antisemitism, and defending Israel's right to exist and live in freedom and security. She added that, in her opinion, freedom, life, and the condemnation of terrorism allowed for no exceptions. #Terrorismo #DerechosHumanos #Paz (translated)

Ariel Sbdar recalled October 7, 2023, and wrote that it had been three years since Hamas killed and kidnapped people, whom he said included young people who had gone out to dance and families in their homes. He added that thousands of families continued to live with the pain of what had happened. Sbdar stated that no cause justified those acts and said that, as a Jew and a Zionist, they hurt him. He also maintained that Israel had the right to exist and defend itself, and for people to live securely and happily. He said he would not normalize anti-Semitism nor remain silent in the face of those who justified terrorism, and he dedicated his message to the victims, their families, and those who continued to rebuild their lives. #Israel #Paz #NoAlAntisemitismo (translated)

Whoever published the image claimed that they took it in the kibbutz Nir Oz a month after October 7th. They described it as a symbol of an ideology that, as they wrote, had massacred, tortured, raped, kidnapped, and killed children, young people attending a peace festival, and entire families, which they claimed had been burned. They described what happened as absolute horror. https://t.co/RVNOQLmRru #NirOz #Paz #Justicia #IL (translated)

Orlando Avendaño wrote that a former magistrate of the chavista TSJ had claimed that the regime threatened her and kidnapped family members to force her to maintain the disqualification of María Corina Machado. https://t.co/4QeZ8eEaBx #Venezuela #DerechosHumanos #Justicia (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella stated that the Army and the Police captured Diana Milena Agudelo Salazar, alias “La Morocha,” along with two members of her security team in Cartagena del Chairá, Caquetá, and seized a pistol and a shotgun. He pointed out that she was the leader of the Rodrigo Cadete structure, which he described as narcoterrorist, and said that her role was to raise criminal resources and pressure the civilian population. He added that she had three arrest warrants for aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime and offenses related to weapons, ammunition, and explosives. De La Espriella also attributed to her forced recruitment of minors, drug trafficking, extortion, murder, kidnapping, and forced displacement. He maintained that she had promoted the expansion of illicit crops and the displacement of six people, five of them minors, who were later rescued by the Army. He described the capture as a blow to the command and finances of the structure, congratulated the military and police, and called for the pursuit of the other members. #Narcotráfico #Seguridad #Justicia (translated)