Argentina identifies dozens of victims killed in its ‘Dirty War’
Forensic anthropologists have identified the remains of at least 38 people who were disappeared during Argentina’s last military dictatorship. Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo filed this report near the once clandestine detention centre known as La Perla.
Leonardo Bertulazzi, ex-member of Italy’s radical far-left Red Brigades, fled in dramatic fashion, ‘like something out of a movie’ As dozens of police and sniffer dogs poured into San Telmo, a traditional Buenos Aires neighbourhood with cobblestone streets, on Tuesday morning, one of the clerks at a shop selling dulce de leche asked them why. “An Italian mafioso, right?”
Police confirm sixth victim in DC condo shooting; suspect dead after barricading himself and starting a fire.
Suspected kidnappers have reportedly abducted four people, including a graduate in the Alabata area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The incident was confirmed by the Ogun state police command’s public relations officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, who said that rescue efforts had been launched immediately after the incident was reported to the police.
The abductors of a recent graduate of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Adedoja Hannah, and three other individuals have reportedly demanded a ransom of N500 million for their release. The statement partly reads, “The Students’ Union Government wishes to update the FUNAAB community and the general public on the abduction of Adedoja Hannah, a recent graduate of the Department of Agricultural Administration, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), alongside three other individuals at a farm along the Akintobi-Alabata axis of Abeokuta.
Authorities identify suspect as Matt Wade Lambert, 55, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Washington DC shooting latest updates Four people were injured and one person died after a shooting in Northwest Washington DC on Thursday morning, local police said. In a Thursday afternoon press conference, law enforcement identified the suspect as 55-year-old Matt Wade Lambert, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Legal notice comes as Buenos Aires ramps up rhetoric over UK territory and seeks to halt Sea Lion project The Argentinian government threatened a British businessman involved in an offshore Falkland Islands oil project with jail, the Guardian can reveal. Sam Moody, the chief executive of Rockhopper Exploration, and his company’s chief financial officer received the correspondence this autumn as Buenos Aires began ramping up its rhetoric over the British overseas territory.