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Germany pledges to flush out neo-Nazi prison network

April 11, 2013 10:01
German authorities vowed Thursday to root out a just-discovered neo-Nazi network in the country's prisons that attempted to establish contact with criminals and militants still at large. The far-right gang in the western state of Hesse used secret code to seek out potential allies beyond the prison walls including a woman set to go on trial next week for her alleged role in 10 murders.

US prosecutor murdered with wife in Texas

March 31, 2013 10:46
A Texas district attorney and his wife were found dead in their home -- the second murder of a US prosecutor in the same office in less than two months, sparking fears of a larger plot. In January, Kaufman County assistant district attorney Mark Hasse, 57, reportedly investigating the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood, was gunned down just outside a courthouse in a small Texan town. On Saturday, the county's district attorney, Mike McLelland, and his wife, Cynthia Woodward McLelland, were found shot dead at their home.

More than 100 guns found in Venezuela riot prison

February 7, 2013 19:16
Authorities found more than 100 firearms, including rifles and submachine guns, in a Venezuelan prison where nearly 60 people died in rioting last month, the government said Thursday. It took security forces two days to regain full control of the Uribana prison in northwestern Venezuela after the prison brawl, which brutally underscored the crowded and violent conditions in the country's jails. The arsenal included 27 revolvers, five shotguns, 62 pistols, four submachine guns and 12 grenades, prisons minister Iris Varela said at a press conference.

US prosecutor shot dead outside Texas courthouse

January 31, 2013 20:45
A US prosecutor reportedly investigating the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood organized crime syndicate was gunned down Thursday just outside a courthouse in a small Texan town, officials said. Kaufman County assistant district attorney Mark Hasse, 57, was walking toward the courthouse having just parked his car when a suspect approached and shot him "multiple" times, Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Pat Laney told AFP. She said the suspect fled with an accomplice in a car after the incident took place at around 8:30 am (1430 GMT).
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