Peruvian Government Burns 7.7 Tons of Seized Drugs

LIMA – Peruvian authorities on Tuesday burned 7.7 tons of drugs seized in recent months in the first such operation since President Pedro Pablo Kuczinski took office on July 28.

Interior Minister Carlos Basombrio oversaw the drugs’ incineration at the National Police Special Forces base in Lima’s Ate district.

“This first ceremony is a symbol of the successes in the war on drugs,” Basombrio said, adding that the incineration was carried out “with a system providing all safety guarantees.”

“This is the first incineration of drugs under this administration,” the interior minister said. “It is part of the very difficult fight against drug trafficking.”

“We know well the destructive power, the corrosive power, the damage that drug trafficking causes to society. Our country produces the raw materials for drugs and increasingly produces the drugs themselves,” Basombrio said.

“It is a titanic effort required day after day to try and corner this scourge that moves huge fortunes around the world,” Basombrio said.

The drugs burned were seized by the National Police in raids across Peru and included cocaine, marijuana, opium latex and opium poppies.

The illegal drugs were seized between July and October “after the last incineration, in June of this year,” the Interior Ministry said.

The ceremony was also attended by Deputy Interior Minister Ruben Vargas; National Police chief Vicente Romero; and representatives of the courts, prosecutor’s office and other agencies involved in the war on drugs

Man dressed as Batman chases ‘killer clowns’ in Cumbria

A“killer clown” craze is sweeping Britain, with police warning people against dressing as clowns in order to intimidate or harm people.

Now, the craze has taken a change for the strange in Cumbria, where a man is dressing as Batman and vowing to chase down the creepy clowns.

A photograph has been shared on Facebook of “Batman” seemingly chasing off a “killer clown”.

Plenty of Fish dating site rapist jailed

 

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Image captionDave Wilby's victim had refused to meet him for a drink

A man who raped a mother in her own home after contacting her on dating website Plenty of Fish has been jailed for 12 years.

Dave Wilby, 35, went to the address in Swaffham, Norfolk, after she had refused to meet him for a drink.

He pushed his way inside and attacked the woman while her children were upstairs, hours after first exchanging messages online.

Wilby, of Montagu Close, Swaffham, had denied rape but was found guilty.

He had described himself as a "nice, honest, decent guy" on his profile, police said.

The two had been chatting on the site during the afternoon of 28 December when Wilby suggested they meet for a drink.

The victim refused, but Wilby continued to message and, at around 19:00 GMT in the evening, he knocked at the front door and said "It's me from Plenty of Fish."

She asked him to leave on a number of occasions but he eventually raped her in the lounge.

He left the house after being disturbed by one of the victim's children who had been upstairs.

'Horrendous attack'

Wilby was arrested the following day and was found guilty at Norwich Crown Court in July following a five-day trial.

He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and placed on the sex offenders register for life.

Det Con Amy Beck from Norfolk Police said: "This was a horrendous attack on a woman who was in the safety of her own home.

"It has had a profound impact on the victim who had no intention of meeting with Wilby that evening.

"What makes this case even more shocking is the fact Wilby committed the offence knowing the victim's children were upstairs

"Such a stranger attack is extremely rare in Norfolk and we would like to commend the victim for the bravery she has shown throughout this investigation."

Terror Suspect Commits Suicide in German Jail

BERLIN – A suspected Islamist militant arrested earlier this week committed suicide in his cell at a prison in Leipzig, the state government of Saxony said Wednesday, confirming earlier reports by German media.

Jaber Albakr, a 22-year-old Syrian refugee, was taken into custody Monday on suspicion he was planning an imminent terrorist attack.

Der Spiegel magazine reported on its Web site that the prisoner had begun a hunger strike and been placed on suicide watch.

German intelligence had indications that Albakr might have been preparing to carry out an attack “this week,” the head of the BfV domestic security agency, Hans-Georg Maassen, told the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Authorities moved to arrest Albakr last Saturday, but he managed to elude them and flee his residence in the eastern city of Chemnitz.

Police found explosives and detonators in the residence.

Using an Internet chat room, the suspect arranged temporary lodging for himself with other Syrian refugees in Leipzig, about an hour away from Chemnitz.

But when his hosts realized Albakr was being sought by police, they tied him up and handed him over to authorities in the wee hours of Monday morning.

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Wednesday that officials were still trying to determine when Albakr became radicalized.

He first arrived in Germany in February 2015 and was granted refugee status in June after a background check uncovered nothing that raised suspicions.

Albakr traveled twice to Turkey last year and made at least one visit to the Syrian city of Idlib, according to a report on Saxony’s MDR television.

Mexican Governor to Step Down amid Corruption Investigation

MEXICO CITY – Javier Duarte, the governor of the Mexican Gulf state of Veracruz, said on Wednesday that he planned to step down 48 days before the end of his term to deal with the corruption investigation targeting his activities.

“I have made the decision, as of today, to ask the state legislature to grant me leave so I can step down from the post of governor,” Duarte, who took office in 2010 and was to finish his term this year, said in an interview with Televisa.

The 43-year-old Duarte, who is under investigation by the Attorney General’s Office for illicit enrichment, embezzlement and failure to perform his official duties, said “Veracruz does not need a part-time governor, it needs a full-time governor.”

“And it’s the right time to deal with, to face up to, the allegations and I cannot, if I stay on, govern on the one hand and on the other deal with this situation,” Duarte said, adding that the allegations against him were “unfounded.”

The Veracruz state legislature plans to hold a special session on Wednesday afternoon at which it may take up Duarte’s request.

The governor will not appear before the legislature in person, but his request is contained in a letter to lawmakers, state government spokesman Alberto Silva told EFE.

Duarte, a member of the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, said no one demanded his resignation and that the move was “a personal decision.”

“I have nothing to hide, my assets have been made public, my financial statements have been very clear and have no variations in them,” Duarte said.

The governor said he had not touched “a single peso” from the public coffers and that the state’s debt “is balanced.”

“It would be truly laughable (to say) that I stole 35 billion pesos (nearly $1.85 billion). Where is it? It’s not simple or easy to hide” a sum of that size, Duarte said, adding that the allegations were “mere speculation.”

The governor was suspended by the PRI in late September, the final step before expulsion from the party.

Duarte has been accused of engaging in corrupt acts during his nearly six years in office and of attempting to shield himself legally from prosecution.

State lawmakers in Veracruz approved the creation of an anti-corruption prosecutor’s office and a special court in the state judicial system focused on corruption, with both initiatives seen as a way to protect Duarte, who was scheduled to leave office on Nov. 30.

The last governor to request a leave to step down before the end of his term was Angel Aguirre, a member of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, or PRD, in Guerrero in October 2014, following the disappearance of 43 education students at the hands of police and drug traffickers in the city of Iguala.

Over 600 Human Remains Found in Mexico’s Coahuila State

MEXICO CITY – The remains of over 600 corpses have been unearthed in a field in the San Pedro municipality of northern Mexico’s Coahuila state, according to Grupo VIDA, a civil society group comprising the relatives of disappeared persons.

Bones, teeth, pieces of clothing and shoes were discovered in a 16-hectare field in San Pedro, west of the state capital of Saltillo.

Grupo VIDA president Silvia Ortiz said the remains have been handed over to authorities be identified, as cited by local media.

The ranches of San Pedro were the preferred mass killing sites for criminal groups active in the area years ago, when Torreon municipality was listed as one of the most violent cities in the world.

According to official data, almost 2,000 people from the area have been missing since that time, mostly as a result of violence between drug cartels.

Members of the office for the Attorney-General of Mexico and its forensics branch were involved in gathering the remains, alongside the National Human Rights Commission.

Hours before the remains were discovered, the assistant Attorney General’s office for Special Investigations said that since April last year, over 3,500 body parts were found in the ranch land.

The process of identification has been complicated owing to the deterioration of the bodies, some of which were set on fire in metal drums up to eight years ago as perpetrators attempted to erase the traces of their violent acts.

MOSCOW - There are so many pussies around your presidential campaign " stated Russian Foreign Minister ."

MOSCOW, October 12. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has dismissed Washington’s claims that Moscow is interfering in the US presidential race.

 

 "It's flattering, of course, to get this kind of attention -- for a regional power, as President Obama called us some time ago," Lavrov said in an interview with CNN, adding that Russia had not seen “a single fact, a single proof” that Russia is meddling in the election.

When asked what he thinks about Republican candidate Donald Trump’s latest campaign scandal, Lavrov said that English was not his first language and that he was unsure if he would sound "decent.”

Then Lavrov said: "There are so many pussies around your presidential campaign on both sides that I prefer not to comment."

The video in which Trump talked about women in lewd terms back in 2005 emerged last week, forcing the candidate to apologize for his words.