Arquivos de Tag: murder

Cartel-linked woman wanted in brutal 1997 murder of her child in Arizona is captured in Mexico

A woman linked to drug cartels and accused of torturing and murdering her daughter in Arizona in 1997 has been captured in Mexico nearly 30 years after the crime, officials said Wednesday.  Anna Marlene Somoza was connected to a “major transnational drug trafficking network” along the Arizona border through the 1980s and 1990s, the U.S. […]

Starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 190 children, 1 adult in Kenya

A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher and his associates were found guilty of murdering 191 people, all but one of them children, in an infamous starvation cult by a Mombasa court on Monday. “I am satisfied that the prosecution has proved the case against all the 29 accused persons for the murder of 190 children and one […]

U.S. troops on Okinawa facing curfew, alcohol ban after Marine charged with murder

U.S. forces on Okinawa were barred from drinking alcohol for 48 hours on Wednesday and were put under a 30-day curfew in the wake of the murder of a local woman allegedly committed by an American Marine. The case has triggered outrage on the Japanese island, where any crimes involving U.S. forces have long inflamed […]

Japanese leader calls woman’s murder, allegedly by U.S. Marine in Okinawa, “heinous crime” as outrage spreads

A woman’s murder allegedly committed by a U.S. Marine in Okinawa is a “heinous crime,” Japan’s premier said on Monday, as the new accusation of violence involving American forces sparked public outrage. Crimes including rapes, assaults, hit-and-run and drunk-driving incidents by U.S. personnel have long sparked protests on the island, which bears a disproportionate burden […]

DOJ accuses Russian intelligence agents of plotting to murder U.S.-based dissident

The Justice Department is accusing several members of Russia’s intelligence services of running a “global assassination network” that targeted Kremlin critics — including one alleged murder plot on U.S. soil over the summer. Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed an indictment Tuesday against five people who belonged to what they called the “RIS Network,” including […]

Rape and murder of 3 year old girl sparks outrage in Nepal, with protesters demanding tougher laws

The rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl in Nepal has sparked widespread outrage and protests in the Himalayan country, with activists and politicians demanding tougher laws on rape, including calls for the death penalty to be imposed for the crime. The little girl went missing from her home in Bara, about 80 miles south […]

Australian Erin Patterson appeals 3 murder convictions in poison mushroom case

Convicted Australian triple-murderer Erin Patterson appealed her convictions Wednesday for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms. Three judges of the Victoria state Court of Appeal are hearing her appeal over two days against her convictions on three counts of murder and one of attempted murder relating to a lunch of […]

Norwegian teen found guilty of U.K. murder plot for Swedish organized crime group with links to Iran

London — A 19-year-old Norwegian has been found guilty of traveling to England to kill someone on behalf of a Swedish crime group that is under U.S. and U.K. sanctions for its links to Iran. Johannes Kongsnes Natland was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder after an investigation by British counterterrorism officers and a two-week […]

Fugitive in 1973 torture and murder of iconic singer Victor Jara is captured in Chile

Police have captured a fugitive who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering iconic singer-songwriter Victor Jara in 1973, during Chile’s military dictatorship, a Justice Department statement said Sunday. Author of songs such as “El derecho de vivir en paz” (The Right to Live in Peace), Jara was a major figure of New Chilean Song, a […]

Ex-South Carolina police officer wanted for wife’s murder extradited from China after 21 years on the run

A former police officer wanted for sexual abuse and murder has been brought back to the United States from China after over 20 years on the run, the U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday.  Dan Hiers Jr., 53, was suspended from the Charleston Police Department in South Carolina in 2004 after he was accused of sexual […]