3 d. ago Female cousins aged 20 and girl, 15, all tortured to death on horrific livestream video

Two young cousins and a 15 year-old girl were lured into a van, tortured and killed in a video livestreamed to a warped audience.

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3 d. ago Female cousins aged 20 and girl, 15, all decapitated during livestreamed torture video

Two young cousins and a teen girl were tortured and killed on a livestream on social media in a case that has shocked Argentina and the world.

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3 d. ago As US warships prowl the Caribbean, our region must hold fast against Trump’s gaslighting

American attacks have killed more than 14 people they claim were drug traffickers in our waters. Now our islands are at risk of being dragged into a manufactured conflict we are ill-equipped to endureFor decades, the Caribbean has been caught in the slipstream of other people’s wars – from cold war proxy battles to Washington’s “war on drugs” and “war on terror”. Our islands have too often been turned into the frontlines for policies scripted elsewhere but fought in our waters, our communities, and on the backs of our most vulnerable.The recent US naval strikes against alleged “drug boats” leaving Venezuela, and the decision of Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, to grant access to territorial waters without first consulting the Caribbean collective of developing countries, Caricom, risk dragging our islands into yet another manufactured storm. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The UK’s summer of Oasis is over – but the unity and euphoria it created is unforgettable | Emma Garland

Bringing together people of every generation and accent, the Gallagher brothers articulate something at the very heart of BritishnessEveryone is here. Facebook mums clink plastic cups of frozen cocktails. Dads sneak their teenage daughters to the front of the heaving queue for the women’s toilets, which a girl with large hoop earrings has taken it upon herself to run like the navy (“Go! No time for wiping!”). A man desperately tries to keep up with his drunk-on-a-mission missus by hanging on to her belt loops, while a group of lads with photorealistic tattoos argue over whether to load up on pints or head in to secure a premium standing position. In every direction, best friends of all generations doggedly traverse a packed-out Wembley Stadium, each clutching two pints and a Twix to their chest. Others lean in for group selfies beneath the gigantic digital sign proclaiming “Oasis Live ’25”.The air is a tangle of Glaswegian accents, Rochdale accents, Cardiff accents, East End accents...

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7 d. ago Drug traffickers livestream Argentinian women’s torture and killing

Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez were lured with a promise of a $300 payment for a ‘sex party’‘The gangs never used to kill children, now they do’: how cocaine created Argentina’s first narcocityThe murder of three young Argentinian women whose torture by suspected drug traffickers was livestreamed on a private Instagram group has sent shock waves through a country unused to such extreme levels of narco violence.Brenda del Castillo, 20, Morena Verdi, 20, and Lara Gutiérrez, 15, went missing on Friday, after they were lured to a house in the outskirts of Buenos Aires by a promise that they would be paid US $300 for taking part in a “sex party”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Drug traffickers livestream torture and killing of young Argentinian women

Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez were lured with a promise of a $300 payment for a ‘sex party’‘The gangs never used to kill children, now they do’: how cocaine created Argentina’s first narcocityThe murder of three young Argentinian women whose torture by suspected drug traffickers was livestreamed on a private Instagram group has sent shock waves through a country unused to such extreme levels of narco violence.Brenda del Castillo, 20, Morena Verdi, 20, and Lara Gutiérrez, 15, went missing on Friday, after they were lured to a house in the outskirts of Buenos Aires by a promise that they would be paid US $300 for taking part in a “sex party”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Drug traffickers livestream torture and killing of young Argentinian women and girl

Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez were lured with a promise of a $300 payment for a ‘sex party’‘The gangs never used to kill children, now they do’: how cocaine created Argentina’s first narcocityThe murder of two young Argentinian women and a girl whose torture by suspected drug traffickers was livestreamed on a private Instagram group has sent shock waves through a country unused to such extreme levels of narco violence.Brenda del Castillo, 20, Morena Verdi, 20, and Lara Gutiérrez, 15, went missing on Friday, after they were lured to a house in the outskirts of Buenos Aires by a promise that they would be paid US $300 for taking part in a “sex party”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Three women raped, tortured and assassinated on horror TikTok livestream watched by dozens after haunting kidnapping

THREE women were brutally tortured, raped and assassinated on a horror TikTok livestream after being kidnapped by narco thugs. Cops said the sadistic torture was watched by dozens after a local gang in Argentina reportedly tricked them and snatched them away. The youngest victim has been identified as Lara Gutierrez, who was just 15. The...

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8 d. ago Tortured, raped and murdered on live stream: Ruthless narco gang chop girl's fingers off and butcher her along with two women in horrific 'revenge killing' film

Detectives say they believe around 45 people watched the sadistic scenes, in which one woman had her fingers amputated and another was suffocated with a plastic bag.

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8 d. ago Donald Trump must face criminal proceedings for deadly strikes carried out on drug smuggler boats in the Caribbean, UN is told

Colombia's leader condemned three attacks this month, which were defended as operations against drug traffickers. He accused the former president of criminalising poverty and migration.

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1 week ago Woman with cartel links found with 'enough fentanyl to kill 12m people' in car with child

Celia Lara-Rios who was allegedly found with 25kg of fentanyl in her car, reportedly has links to 'one of the world's most violent and prolific' drug trafficking cartels

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1 week ago Donald Trump claims 3 narcoterrorists killed as US military destroys boat

The US military carried out a strike against alleged drug traffickers that killed three 'narcoterrorists,' US President Donald Trump has said. Footage showed a boat exploding

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2 w. ago Venezuela begins military drills after lethal US strikes on ‘drug trafficking’ boats

The drills come days after President Trump confirmed another strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs to the US

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3 w. ago Why the Isle of Man is a hotbed for organised crime: How local prisons are being overrun by Liverpool drug traffickers and money launderers

With its sleepy atmosphere and stunning natural beauty, the Isle of Man seems an unlikely target for some of the UK's most ruthless drugs gangs.

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on the ‘war on drugs’: Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a more dangerous reality | Editorial

The strike on a speedboat allegedly containing Venezuelan drug traffickers may be performative, but sets a frightening precedentMore than five decades ago, Richard Nixon launched a “war on drugs”. The drugs won. Now Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a worse reality.On Tuesday the US president claimed that the military had killed 11 drug traffickers from Venezuela, posting footage of the strike that US officials said took place on a speedboat in international waters in the Caribbean. The administration supplied no evidence for its claim that the boat contained Tren de Aragua members, or drugs, and gave varying accounts of its destination. It also warned that there was more to come, with the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, arguing that intercepting boats had not curbed the drugs problem: “What will stop them is when you blow them up.” Earlier this year, Mr Trump secretly ordered the use of military force against cartels internationally. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Republican slams Vance for ‘despicable’ comments on Venezuelan boat strike

Rand Paul blasts ‘thoughtless’ comment after vice-president defends strike against alleged drug traffickersThe Republican senator who heads the homeland security committee has criticized JD Vance for “despicable” comments apparently in support of extrajudicial military killings.“Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military,” the vice-president said in an X post on Saturday, in defense of Tuesday’s US military strike against a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean Sea, which killed 11 people the administration alleged were drug traffickers. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Republican condemns Vance for ‘despicable’ comments on Venezuelan boat strike

Rand Paul decries ‘thoughtless’ comment after vice-president defends strike against alleged drug traffickersThe Republican senator who heads the homeland security committee has criticized JD Vance for “despicable” comments apparently in support of extrajudicial military killings.“Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military,” the vice-president said in an X post on Saturday, in defense of Tuesday’s US military strike against a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean Sea, which killed 11 people the administration alleged were drug traffickers. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump sends 10 fighter planes to Puerto Rico amid war on Caribbean drug cartels

Move comes after accusing Venezuela of buzzing US warship and a deadly US missile strike in Caribbean SeaDonald Trump is sending 10 F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico to bolster US military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean region, it was reported on Friday.If follows a deadly US missile strike on Tuesday on a boat in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration insisted was carrying 11 Venezuelan drug traffickers, and comments by secretary of state Marco Rubio on Wednesday that such attacks “will happen again”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump sends 10 stealth fighter planes to Puerto Rico amid war on Caribbean drug cartels

Move comes after accusing Venezuela of buzzing US warship and a deadly US missile strike in Caribbean SeaDonald Trump is sending 10 F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico to bolster US military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean region, it was reported on Friday.If follows a deadly US missile strike on Tuesday on a boat in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration insisted was carrying 11 Venezuelan drug traffickers, and comments by secretary of state Marco Rubio on Wednesday that such attacks “will happen again”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump’s DC crackdown is exposing all the FBI’s undercover cars, agents warn

FBI agents fearful of potential impact on surveillance operations against drug traffickers, fentanyl suppliers, and Russian or Chinese spies

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