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Banco Master Owner Closes In on Plea Deal That Could Reshape Bras'lia
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (640+ words) The Vorcaro plea bargain is in advanced talks with Brazil's Federal Police and could be formally filed in the first week of May, according to Correio Braziliense reporting on April 29. Daniel Vorcaro, jailed Banco Master owner, has signaled to investigators…...
Bolivia BCB Arrests Mark Paz's Biggest Anti-Corruption Move Yet
3+ day, 32+ min ago (369+ words) Bolivia BCB ex-president Edwin Rojas and three former senior directors were arrested on April 28-29 over inflated bond swap operations that cost the state $124 to $142 million. Seven bond swap transactions in June and July 2024 priced above market levels, with internal records…...
U. S. Indicts Sinaloa Governor Rocha Moya on Drug Trafficking Charges
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (497+ words) The US Department of Justice indicted Sinaloa Governor Rub'n Rocha Moya and nine other officials for conspiring with the Sinaloa Cartel to import narcotics. The indictment alleges "Los Chapitos" backed Rocha's gubernatorial campaign and he allowed them to operate with…...
Colombia Hits 48 Massacres by End of April 2026
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (402+ words) " Colombia recorded 48 massacres by the end of April 2026 according to Indepaz tracking data " already exceeding more than half the 54-massacre total Indepaz documented for all of 2025. The Colombia massacres 2026 trajectory marks the worst decade-start since systematic tracking began. Average pace:…...
Africa Intelligence Brief for Tuesday, April 28, 2026
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (118+ words) The Rio Times " Africa Pulse Covering: South Sudan " Plane Crash " South Africa " Police " Masemola " Nigeria " Kogi " Orphanage " Mali " Aftermath " Debt Distress " Ethiopia " TPLF " AU What Matters Today 1 South Sudan: City Link Cessna Crashes Near Juba " All 14 Killed " The [] The post…...
Mexico Captures Second CJNG Cartel Boss "El Jardinero" in Two Months
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (751+ words) " Aftermath: narcobloqueos and arson attacks broke out across Nayarit Monday evening as CJNG cells responded. The Nayarit state government asked residents to "shelter preventively" in their homes. Vehicles and businesses were set on fire across multiple Nayarit municipalities. CJNG was…...
The New York Times Just Found a Clan del Golfo Gold Mine Operating Inside a Colombian Army Base
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (687+ words) " The Times investigation also alleged that gold from La Mandinga reached the United States Mint through laundering chains " despite US legal restrictions limiting Mint purchases to gold extracted in US territory. The Clan del Golfo charges miners a tax for…...
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Monday, April 27, 2026
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (122+ words) The Rio Times " USA & Canada Pulse Covering: Fed " Warsh " Powell " DOJ " Tillis " Mag 7 " Apple " Meta " Amazon " WHCD Shooting " Regime Change " Rate Cuts " Canada " Carney What Matters Today 1 DOJ Drops Powell Criminal Investigation " Pirro Closes Probe Friday " [] The post USA & Canada…...
Brazil's Biggest Banking Scandal of 2026 Now Reaches a Former President, Three Ex-Ministers and a Sitting Party Chief
1+ week, 32+ min ago (739+ words) The Banco Master scandal " Brazil's largest bank-failure case in a generation " has now produced a political-reach map that crosses every recent administration, and four parallel plea-deal negotiations open the door to the names that haven't yet appeared in court documents....
Colombia Cauca Bomb: 19 Dead, 48 Wounded in FARC Dissident Attack
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (864+ words) A cylinder bomb thrown by FARC dissidents at the El T'nel section of the Panamericana highway in Cajib'o, Cauca, on Saturday April 25 killed 19 civilians and wounded 48 including five minors. The military attributed the attack to the Jaime Mart'nez column of…...