Brazil ( Robbers Kill Little Boy “Because He Wouldn’t Stop Crying” )

SAO PAULO – Robbers who assaulted the home of a Bolivian couple before dawn Friday in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo killed their only child “because he wouldn’t stop crying,” police officials said.

The mother identified the boy as 5-year-old Bryan Yanarico Capcha and told police that six armed men had broken into their home.

The married couple, who came to the city at the beginning of the year to work in a clothing factory, gave the assailants the 4,500 reais ($2,000) they had in the house, but the criminals wanted more money, the woman told police.

Police officials cited in the media said the boy, who was in his mother’s arms, “would not stop crying,” which irritated one of the assailants who shot him in the head.

The criminals fled immediately and the child was rushed to a nearby hospital, but died on the way.

In recent years Sao Paulo has become the destination of thousands of Bolivians looking for a better future, often in the textile industry.

Human rights organizations estimate the number of Bolivians living in Sao Paulo at some 100,000, most of them illegally and many the victims of slave-labor practices in the textile industry. EFE

CUBA ( Two Havana high school teachers arrested for selling students copies of a mathematics exam prior to the test )

HAVANA – Two Havana high school teachers and a worker at a printing company were arrested for selling students copies of a mathematics exam prior to the test, Cuba’s official media said Thursday.

The math test was for 11th grade students in the capital and was given several days ago, Communist Party daily Granma said.

When the illicit activity was detected, however, authorities decided to throw out the results and hold a new exam on July 1.

“Unscrupulous people, violating their principles, decided to steal an exam with an eye toward profits,” Granma said in an article entitled “The terrible damage of fraud.”

Police arrested the trio in the Cerro neighborhood and the daily said that the situation “cannot be seen as a minor incident.”

“Once again the concept of vigilance and thoroughness is lacking and the conditions are facilitated whereby a worker who has been entrusted with participating in the printing of a test takes a copy and uses it for an illicit business,” Granma said.

The daily said it was worrisome that some parents of students “fell into the trap” and paid for the exam, which was then resold by students, spreading the fraud into other Havana neighborhoods.

Many parents reacted with indignation to the report of the fraud and are demanding that “exemplary measures be taken against those responsible,” Granma said. EFE

Mexico ( Across from McAllen Texas border - Shoot -out that lasted for more than an hour ) Cartel Wars

MEXICO CITY – At least 11 people were killed and seven others wounded in a shootout between army troops and gunmen in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, state officials said.

The shootout occurred Wednesday in Reynosa, located across the border from McAllen, Texas, the Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office and the Public Safety Secretariat said in a statement.

The shootout lasted more than an hour and ended close to a Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, facility and in front of a school.

Three dead civilians were found inside a pick-up truck with homemade armor, the AG’s office said, adding that the men were armed.

One of the dead men was identified as 30-year-old Javier Antonio Cardenas Lopez, who was from the northwestern state of Sinaloa.

Three men wounded in the shootout – two soldiers and a Pemex employee – were transported to a clinic operated by Pemex, officials said.

One of the wounded soldiers died while being treated by doctors and the other underwent surgery for a gunshot wound in the back and is listed in stable condition.

The Pemex employee was treated for a slight wound and later released.

Five bystanders were wounded and hospitalized, but they are all expected to survive, the AG’s office said.

The Gulf, Sinaloa and Los Zetas drug cartels have been fighting for control of Tamaulipas and smuggling routes into the United States.

The war on drugs launched by former President Felipe Calderon, who was in office from 2006 to 2012, left about 70,000 people dead, or an average of 32 per day, in Mexico, officials say.

Calderon, of the conservative National Action Party, or PAN, deployed thousands of soldiers and Federal Police officers across the country to fight drug cartels.

President Enrique Peña Nieto, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, has continued the strategy implemented by Calderon of taking on the cartels, but he has also called for bolstering intelligence capabilities and attacking criminal organizations’ entire structures, not just kingpins. EFE

Mexico ( Citizens block road - Demand release of Mr. Torres - King of the Mango producers )

Protesters Block Road Near Mexican Tourist Zone

TECPAN, Mexico – Residents of several communities in a coastal area in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero blocked a highway to demand the release of a peasant who was arrested by marines.

The protest started Wednesday on the highway that links the Pacific resort city of Acapulco to the tourist town of Zihuatanejo.

Demonstrators blocked the road in Los Laureles, a community outside the city of Tecpan.

The protest continued into the night, with vehicles, including buses and trucks, backed up for miles on the highway, affecting both residents and tourists.

The highway was blocked to pressure officials into releasing Pablo Valle Torres, who was detained by marines on Wednesday, the peasants said.

Valle Torres, who is the biggest mango producer in the area, was not told the charges against him, protesters said.

Five people were arrested by the marines, but four of them were later released under pressure from residents, protesters said.

Protesters blocked the same highway in Tecpan for 30 hours last week to demand more security in the area.

Vigilante groups have appeared in recent months in several communities in Guerrero to fight gangs that stage kidnappings and run extortion rackets targeting residents.

Acapulco, one of Mexico’s most famous tourist destinations, has been plagued by drug-related violence in recent years.

The Guerrero state government launched an operation in 2011 with the support of the federal government to step up security in areas frequented by foreign and domestic tourists.

“Operation Safe Guerrero” was launched on Oct. 6, 2011, in an effort to reduce the soaring crime rate in the state. EFE

Canada news ( Iran admires determination and bravery Canadian aboriginals to follow their rights )

Iran Blasts Violation of Human Rights in Canada

 

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran deplored Canada's weak record in respecting human rights, and condemned the Ottawa government for abusing the rights of the Canadian people, natives in particular.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry in a statement congratulated native people of Canada on Canada's National Aboriginal Day, and asked Ottawa to respect the rights of Canadian aborigines.

The statement said Iran admires determination and bravery of Canadian aboriginals to follow their rights and felicitates anniversary of their national day and supports their legitimate demands and expresses its deep concern over continuation of systematic discrimination against these people.

The statement went on to say, unfortunately, Canadian aboriginal societies suffer from all kinds of social and economic discrepancies and do not enjoy the least primary human rights and face with different types of violations and threats.

It said Iran strongly calls on Canadian government to be committed to the rights of aboriginals.

Canada has had a very bad track record when it comes to the treatment of natives and most of the native Canadians suffer poor educational, economic and social conditions, and are among the poorest members of the Canadian society

TUCSON Az ( Swat team -stand off - U.S Marshals kidnapping suspect with child )

US Marshals, TPD on scene of barricaded suspect out of Las Vegas

Posted: Jun 27, 2013 11:25 AM by Brian White
Updated: Jun 27, 2013 12:03 PM

 

 

TUCSON - Hostage negotiators have been dispatched to an eastside home where a kidnapping suspect from Las Vegas is barricaded.
The suspect has an outstanding warrant out of Las Vegas, US Marshals spokesman Daniel Leyva said.
US Marshals and Tucson Police are at the home in the 7800 block of East Callisto Circle.
That's near Tanque Verde Road and Camino Pio Decimo

TUCSON Az ( Wild wild West - Man with AR- 15 assault rifle on Bus " triggers legal Questions " )

Gun on a city bus: Is it legal?

Posted: Jun 26, 2013 6:35 PM by Nathan O'Neal
Updated: Jun 27, 2013 8:50 AM

 

TUCSON - Passengers on a Suntran bus received a startling surprise Wednesday morning when a passenger boarded carrying a high-capacity rifle, stirring emotions and questions about the legality of carrying the weapon on a city bus.
Nicholas Draper was just finishing a bike ride when he hopped on that bus near Palo Verde and Ajo.

"I lifted my glasses and look across from me and there's this kid with an assault rifle with a smoky transparent clip that was full of bullets... and he's sitting there with his finger on the trigger and the safety," Draper told News 4 Tucson.
Concerned, Draper got up to tell the bus driver about the armed bus rider.
"He's basically glaring everybody on the bus down like he's suspicious of everyone and it's making me very uncomfortable," Draper said. Draper exited the bus at the next bus stop.
A spokesperson with Suntran said that while they do not have a policy preventing people from bringing legal weapons on board, they highly discourage it.
While it's perfectly legal to carry an AR-15 in public without a permit, Tommy Rompel, the owner of Black Weapons Armory, said acting in an intimidating way could pose a problem.
"I think that would be an issue depending on where his finger is and how he's acting in public," Rompel said.
State law comes into play in terms of how you carry a firearm, but more importantly, how you behave while carrying it. State statute prohibits the reckless handling, display or firing of a deadly weapon.
"Unless he's doing something really inappropriate with it, it's more of bad etiquette is what it boils down to," Rompel said.
As for Draper, he never wants to run into that kind of situation again.
"I'm sure I wasn't the only one scared. I saw a few people glance over... minding their own business," Draper said.
A spokesperson with Suntran told News 4 Tucson that this incident turned out very peacefully. However, they acknowledge that it's very important for the public to act as their eyes and ears - letting the bus driver know if anything suspicious is going on.