Since Ecuador’s president declared a state of emergency in January, military violence has increased. For Agência Pública, Ecuadorian journalist Thalíe Ponce talks to the families of three of those who were killed by the military.
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Homicidal Thoughts, Al Dente
For this patient, it’s the last spaghetti that broke the camel’s back.
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El Salvador Setting New Murder Record
SAN SALVADOR — Crime-ridden El Salvador is having a particularly bloody year. Facing the power of the “Mara” street gangs, the Central American country has already counted a “record” 4,427 homicides from January to Sept. 8, the country’s Institute of Legal Medicine, or state coroners, has reported. The figure was expected to top 5,000 by […]
BERLIN – Yes, he has investigated cases of murder by poisoning, says Burkhard Madea. The forensic pathologist at the University of Bonn, an expert in unexplained causes of death, recalls “a series of deaths about 20 years ago when a nurse deliberately gave old, helpless patients the wrong medication. The victims all died suddenly, but […]
FOLHA DE S.PAULO (Brazil) Worldcrunch SAO PAULO – One policeman is killed every 32 hours in Brazil, according to a new report by the State Public Security Department shows. Official statistics show that at least 229 police officers – from both civil and military police – were killed in Brazil this year, reports Brazilian daily […]