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SAN JUAN (Catholic Priest Arrested in Puerto Rico on Sex-trafficking Charges )

Priest Arrested in Puerto Rico on Sex-Abuse Charges

SAN JUAN – A Catholic priest was arrested Tuesday by FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for crimes of sexual trafficking and pedophilia, Puerto Rican government spokesman Miguel Pereira told Efe.

The Rev. Israel Berrios Berrios, 58, was arrested at his residence in Naranjito, a village in the central part of this U.S. commonwealth.

Berrios, who in the photo of his Facebook profile appears taking the hand of the late Pope John Paul II, had been relieved of his duties by the diocese of Caguas, a city neighboring San Juan, while he was being investigated.

This was the first arrest of a priest by U.S. federal authorities in Puerto Rico, with local authorities expected to confirm the charge, which would make Berrios the second priest charged with sex crimes on the island.

The first priest to be accused by Puerto Rican authorities is the former president of the Ecclesiastical Court of Arecibo Diocese, the Rev. Edwin Mercado Viera, scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing on May 30.

Berrios, who could be sentenced to life in prison if found guilty, previously worked in the parishes of San Jose in Aibonito and San Andres Apostol in Barranquitas, both in central Puerto Rico.

La Paz ( Accused Killer Burned Alive in Bolivia )

LA PAZ – An enraged mob tortured and then burned alive a man accused of having committed a murder in a peasant community in western Bolivia, police reported Monday.

Lenard Olivera Cerruto, 35, died around midnight Sunday in the town of San Antonio, near Caranavi in La Paz province.

The mob said that they had applied community justice against the man, whom they accused of having robbed and then killed a vehicle driver identified as Joaquin Paco Lopez.

After capturing him, the crowd held the accused murderer hostage, tied him to the goal of a soccer field and then doused him with gasoline and set him on fire, without the few police officers stationed in the town being able to do anything to stop them.

Olivera was tortured and burned to death in the presence of his family members, witnesses told the media.

Lynchings of this sort are a very widespread practice in Bolivia.

Bolivian authorities and international organizations such as the United Nations have expressed their concern over these criminal acts, which usually are carried out under the supposed protection of community justice, a practice recognized under the country’s constitution but which in no way authorizes torture or the death penalty.

Between 10 and 20 known lynchings are carried out in Bolivia each year, according to human rights organizations.

QUITO ( Mayor-Elect Gunned Down in Ecuador )

QUITO – Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa condemned the murder of the mayor-elect of the coastal city of Muisne and asked his compatriots to prevent violence from taking over the country.

“We won’t allow violence to take over. Most of us are good,” Correa wrote Monday on Twitter.

Walquer Vera, 42, a member of Ecuador’s governing AP party, won the election for mayor of Muisne in Esmeraldas province and was to take office in just a few days, but was shot and killed Sunday by unidentified gunmen.

“Brotherly embrace for the family of our companion Walquer Vera and for all Esmeraldas,” Correa said in another tweet.

The interior minister announced Sunday an investigation into Vera’s murder and said a relative of the victim told authorities that the mayor-elect had received death threats.

Interior Minister Jose Serrano said he won’t stop until the guilty parties are identified and arrested.

“We won’t let Esmeraldas become a no-man’s land,” he said.

The National Assembly also mourned the death of Vera, husband of acting legislator Italia Jijon.

The Assembly also demanded that “all necessary action be taken so that this act does not go unpunished.”

Mexico ( Zetas Co-Founder Killed, Mexico )

MEXICO CITY – A founder of the ultraviolent Los Zetas drug cartel was killed in a gunfight with security forces in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, the Mexican government said Monday.

Galdino Mellado Cruz, alias “Z-9,” was cornered last Friday at a residence in the border city of Reynosa, the head of Mexico’s National Security Commission, Monte Alejandro Rubido, told a press conference.

Mellado, reinforced by gunmen who arrived at the home in several SUVs, resisted the federal forces, leading to a battle that left him and four of his associates dead, along with one soldier.

Forensic investigators identified Mellado’s body at the scene based on fingerprints and physical features, Rubido said.

The 41-year-old Mellado, according to Rubido, was the “second-in-command of a criminal group” operating in the area of Reynosa, which sits just across the border from McAllen, Texas.

The initial raid in Reynosa led to the arrest on Saturday of four other members of the same criminal organization and the seizure of assault rifles, grenades and 500 rounds of ammunition, Rubido said.

Two of the three top Zetas bosses have been taken out of commission since the summer of 2012.

Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, alias “Z40,” was captured last July, less than a year after Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano died in a shootout with Mexican troops.

Lazcano, known as “El Lazca,” deserted from the Mexican army in 1999 and formed Los Zetas with several other former members of an elite, U.S.-trained special operations unit.

After several years as the armed wing of the Gulf cartel, Los Zetas went into the drug business on their own account in early 2010 and now control several lucrative territories.

Tamaulipas has been terrorized in recent years by a brutal battle for supremacy between the Gulf outfit and the Zetas.

Mexico (Police Find Drug Cartel’s Training Camp in Western Mexico)

Police Find Drug Cartel’s Training Camp in Western Mexico
The “narcocamp” was discovered in a remote area in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains of Michoacan state near El Pitayo, a town outside the city of Tumbiscatio, a Michoacan Public Safety Secretariat spokesman said

MORELIA, Mexico – Police found a camp apparently used by the Caballeros Templarios drug cartel to train gunmen in western Mexico, security officials said.

The “narcocamp” was discovered in a remote area in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains of Michoacan state near El Pitayo, a town outside the city of Tumbiscatio, a Michoacan Public Safety Secretariat spokesman told Efe.

The camp has a helipad that police suspect was used by the cartel for smuggling and other illegal activities, the spokesman said.

Solar panels were used to generate electricity for sleeping quarters, two kitchens and two other buildings at the camp.

State police found a makeshift firing range and a grave at the camp, but investigators have not yet checked for human remains.

The camp appears to have been abandoned recently based on the fact that food was left behind and there are signs of activity, the spokesman said.

Investigators suspect that the camp may have been used to train the gunmen who work for the cartel in Michoacan’s 113 cities.

Servando Gomez Martinez, who took over the Caballeros Templarios cartel’s leadership in March following the killing by marines of Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, was presumably in charge of the camp.

A high-level cartel member was arrested last weekend, officials said.

Hector Lopez Andrade, Gomez Martinez’s right-hand man in the cities of Tumbiscatio and Arteaga, was arrested last Saturday, the federal commissioner for security and development in Michoacan, Alfredo Castillo, said.

Lopez was arrested along with 154 other people who were posing as members of a vigilante group in the port city of Lazaro Cardenas.

Authorities also announced the seizure of a ship carrying minerals that belonged to the cartel.

The Bets Vision, a Panamanian-flagged ship carrying nearly 100,000 tons of illegally mined iron ore, was seized in Manzanillo, a port city in Colima state, before it could sail for Zhoushan, China, Castillo said.

The cartel mined the iron ore in Michoacan illegally, officials said.

A total of 300,000 tons of iron ore valued at tens of millions of dollars have been seized by authorities since late April.