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Its not that you can see the truth but you can see the shape of the hole it left...
Guatemalan ex-dictator rushed to hospital
- From: AAP
- May 14, 2013
FORMER Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who was convicted of
genocide last week, has been rushed to a hospital after fainting in
court before a hearing on reparations for victims, his lawyer says.
The lawyer, Francisco Garcia, said the 86-year-old former general
began to suffer from high blood pressure after he was jailed on Friday
following his 80-year prison sentence for the massacre of indigenous
people during his 1982-1983 regime... read moreMexican drug cartel member jailed in US
- From: AAP
- May 14, 2013
A HIGH-RANKING Mexican drug cartel chief has been jailed for 35
years for plotting to smuggle vast quantities of cocaine and marijuana
into the United States.
Aurelio Cano Flores, described by the Justice Department as a
senior member of the Gulf Cartel, was convicted of conspiring to import
"multi-tonne" shipments of drugs into the US following a trial in
February.The 40-year-old was also ordered on Monday to forfeit a staggering $US15 billion ($A15.13 billion) in drug proceeds as part of a financial judgment.
The Justice Department said in a statement the Gulf Cartel was believed to have distributed 1.4 million kilograms of cocaine and 8,000 metric tonnes of marijuana between 2000 and 2010.
"For over a decade, Aurelio Cano Flores worked with some of the most dangerous criminals in the world to import massive quantities of cocaine and marijuana into the United States," said federal prosecutor Mythili Raman...read more
Pope Francis considers closing scandal-riven bank
- From: The Times
- March 25, 2013
POPE Francis is to consider abolishing the Vatican Bank -
which has been beset by a scandal over allegations of money-laundering -
in a drive for greater transparency at the heart of the Catholic
Church.
Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, who has been tipped as a
possible secretary of state, or "Vatican prime minister", said Francis
would weigh up appeals made by two cardinals on the eve of his election
for the bank - formally known as the Institute for Works of Religion
(IOR) - to be scrapped.