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🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

Tuxpan ‘Under Siege’ After Clash Between Suspected Hitmen and the National Guard: Two Dead

A clash between the National Guard and armed civilians in Tuxpan, Jalisco, resulted in two fatalities, just days after the death of CJNG leader Nemesio Oseguera ‘El Mencho’.

Feb 26 • 04:35 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

Abandoned to Their Fate: Tourist Bus of Elderly Tourists Burned by CJNG Hitmen

A group of 15 elderly foreign tourists was attacked by members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) during narcoblockades in Mexico after a police operation.

Feb 26 • 00:16 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

Capture of presumed hitmen for the murder of a woman in Machala: the crime is linked to extortion of a mining businessman

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Viviana del Rosario Cerón Yunga in Machala, Ecuador, with the crime reportedly linked to extortion activities in the local mining sector.

Feb 24 • 17:47 UTC
🇸🇪 Aftonbladet
Crime & Justice

Supreme Court: Ordering a Murder in Chats is Criminal

The Swedish Supreme Court ruled that soliciting murder through encrypted chats constitutes conspiracy to commit murder, as illustrated by a man's online messages seeking hitmen.

Feb 24 • 07:45 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
World

Hitmen, weapons and armored vehicles... What you need to know about the CJNG cartel in Mexico after the death of Nemesio Oseguera, alias 'El Mencho'

The leader of the CJNG cartel, Nemesio Oseguera, was killed by Mexican army forces, prompting violent retaliation from the cartel.

Feb 23 • 07:00 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
Crime & Justice

Who is Alma ‘N’, ‘La Leona’, alleged recruiter of CJNG linked to Rancho Izaguirre?

Federal authorities in Mexico arrested Alma ‘N’, known as ‘La Leona’, for allegedly recruiting hitmen for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

Feb 22 • 02:09 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

Four dead and two injured in hitman massacre in Las Orquídeas of Guayaquil

A shooting incident in Las Orquídeas, Guayaquil, resulted in four fatalities and two injuries, attributed to hitmen attacking people in a park late at night.

Feb 19 • 11:28 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

Supposed hitmen fall in Manta: a 14-year-old was part of the gang

The police dismantled a group of suspected hitmen in Manta, Ecuador, including a 14-year-old who was allegedly involved in the gang's logistics.

Feb 12 • 22:24 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
Crime & Justice

Drug Traffickers Exploit Legal Loopholes, Using Underage Non-Punishable Offenders as Hitmen and Soldiers

Drug traffickers in Argentina are increasingly utilizing minors, who cannot be punished under current law, as hitmen and drug runners due to legal loopholes.

Feb 12 • 21:48 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
National & Local

Alias ‘Chuky’ captured, hitman linked to ‘Fito’ in the Amazon region

Alias ‘Chuky’, a high-value target and leader of hitmen linked to the criminal organization Los Choneros, was captured by Ecuadorian Armed Forces in Rumiñahui, Pichincha.

Feb 12 • 19:44 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

Hitmen on motorcycle kill man on the Daule road

A man was shot dead on the Daule road as he drove a black car, with police identifying the victim as Óscar Andrade.

Feb 6 • 20:33 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

Who were the two men shot in Urdesa Norte: a camera captured the hitman act

A camera recorded the moment hitmen attacked two men in a car in Urdesa Norte, leading to one fatality.

Feb 5 • 20:11 UTC
🇮🇹 Il Giornale
Crime & Justice

Ambush on via Marsala: driver of the hitmen squad arrested in Prato

A Chinese man has been arrested in Prato for allegedly aiding the escape of hitmen involved in a failed assassination of a Chinese entrepreneur in via Marsala on March 26, 2025.

Jan 16 • 04:00 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
Crime & Justice

Hitmen, Recruitment of Immigrants and Orders from Iran: The Powerful Swedish Gang Foxtrot Targeted by a Decisive Police Operation

Europol announced the arrest of a key figure in the Swedish gang Foxtrot, linked to numerous adolescent deaths and direct ties to Iranian intelligence, raising concerns in Europe.

Jan 13 • 18:16 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
Crime & Justice

A parking lot was key to the swift arrest of the hitman brothers from Belgium

The National Police successfully apprehended three suspects within four hours of an attempted murder in Genk, Belgium, after they fled to Madrid.

Dec 30 • 04:15 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
Crime & Justice

A detained person for hiring hitmen to murder a Sevillian businessman dedicated to fair attractions

A well-known fairground entrepreneur in Spain has been arrested for allegedly hiring hitmen to kill a competitor who was attempting to seize administrative concessions for fairground attractions.

Dec 27 • 09:59 UTC

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