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Calgary woman accused of killing 2 newborns granted bail until her trial resumes

CALGARY - A Calgary judge has granted bail to a woman accused of killing two of her newborns. Meredith Borowiec (BOHR'-oh-wick) has been in custody since her arrest 18 months ago. She is charged with second-degree murder after two infants were place in garbage bags and thrown away — one in 2008 and the other in 2009. Borowiec's trial was scheduled to last six weeks but because of its length had to be adjourned until November.

US kidnap victim Amanda Berry arrives at family home

US kidnap victim Amanda Berry arrived at her sister's house on Wednesday for an emotional reunion with her family a decade after she was kidnapped and held against her will. Television images of the rear of the home showed someone carrying a small child, thought to be the six-year-old daughter Berry bore during her time as a prisoner of three suspected kidnappers in a house in Cleveland, Ohio. mso-dc/jm

Police arrest a suspected Sinaloa cartel member in Ecuador

Quito, May 8 (EFE).- A suspected member of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel and eight other people were arrested during an anti-drug operation in Ecuador, the National Police said. Four of the nine suspects detained in the operation are Mexican nationals. The suspects belong to a transnational criminal organization that smuggles drugs by sea from Ecuador to Mexico, the National Police said.

Factbox: Some notorious abductions which victims survived

(Reuters) - Three women abducted about a decade ago were found alive on Monday at a Cleveland house and police said a school bus driver was arrested in connection with their disappearance. Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight were found to be in good health. Local media reported that Berry vanished in 2003 and DeJesus in 2004 when they were teenagers. CNN reported that Knight disappeared in 2000 at the age of 20.

Treasury sanctions 8 drug bosses working for Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, calls them 'kingpins'

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has levied financial sanctions against eight drug gang bosses accused of working for Mexico's powerful and violent Sinaloa Cartel. The government accused the eight regional bosses of managing drug smuggling operations for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the purported head of the Sinaloa Cartel, the Treasury Department announced Tuesday. By declaring the men specially designated narcotics traffickers under the Kingpin Act, Washington has made it illegal for U.S. citizens to do business with them and freezes any assets they may have inside the U.S.

Natascha Kampusch, a scarred child kidnap survivor

The first words of the young Austrian woman who emerged in 2006 after eight years held captive in an underground bunker were eerily similar to those of Amanda Berry when she called police in Ohio on Monday. "My name is Natascha Kampusch. You must have heard of my case," she told incredulous police more than 3,000 days since disappearing on her way to school. "I'm Amanda Berry. I've been kidnapped. I've been missing for 10 years," said Berry, found on Monday with two others missing for years, according to a recording of her frantic 911 call.

US Air Force officer in charge of rape prevention arrested

A US Air Force officer in charge of preventing sexual attacks has been arrested for assaulting a woman, police said Monday, in the latest setback for a force struggling to stem a pervasive rape problem. US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel "expressed outrage and disgust over the troubling allegations and emphasized that this matter will be dealt with swiftly and decisively," Pentagon spokesman George Little said.

US Air Force officer in charge of rape prevention arrested

A US Air Force officer in charge of preventing sexual attacks has been arrested for assaulting a woman, police said Monday, in the latest setback for a force struggling to stem a pervasive rape problem. Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Krusinski, head of the Air Force's sexual assault prevention and response program, was drunk when he "approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks," according to a police report from Arlington, Virginia, just outside the US capital.

Emboldened, Mexican cartels put down roots in U.S. heartland

Washington, May 3 (EFE).- The Mexican cartels that are the principal source of illicit drugs coming into the United States have managed to extend their tentacles to the U.S. heartland, where they represent a significant threat to public safety, a senior Drug Enforcement Administration agent told Efe Friday. The battle against drug traffickers and organized crime was a major theme of President Barack Obama's just-concluded visit to Mexico. Mexican cartels have a presence in more than 1,000 U.S. cities, according to the Justice Department.

Danish police arrest 32 in gang crackdown

Danish police Thursday arrested 32 people in a morning raid on gangs and biker groups suspected of murder and other serious crimes, in the latest sting operation against criminal gangs. "We have arrested suspected perpetrators of a long slew of things, including murder, attempted murder, assault and other serious crimes," the head of the operation, Copenhagen police inspector Joergen Skov, said in a statement. In late March, police said a clampdown on gangs had led to around 80 arrests in three weeks.
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