Indian Posse street gang 'striker' who stabbed a man pleads guilty to aggravated assault - Brandon Sun

Indian Posse street gang 'striker' who stabbed a man -- nearly piercing the victim's heart -- was acting under orders of higher ranking gang members, court has heard.
Crown attorney Jim Ross described how the blade entered through the victim's back, passed through his ribs, punctured a lung and 'nicked' the victim's heart."

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Army Troops Rescue 16 Kidnapped in Mexico

Army Troops Rescue 16 Kidnapped in Mexico: "Soldiers rescued 16 people being held hostage in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas and killed two suspected kidnappers in a shootout, the army said Monday.

An army patrol was attacked Saturday near the highway that links Ciudad Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas, and Mante, the 8th Military Zone said.

The soldiers “repelled the attack, killing two of the suspected assailants,” the army said.

The hostages – three women and 13 men – being held by the suspects were rescued, the 8th Military Zone said, without providing further details about the group.

Army troops seized a rifle, three ammunition clips and a vehicle that had been reported stolen.

In August, 72 Latin American migrants were massacred at a ranch in Tamaulipas."

Mexico’s Teen Hitman to Be Held Under Preventive Arrest

Latin American Herald Tribune - Mexico’s Teen Hitman to Be Held Under Preventive Arrest: "Mexican teenager accused of being a drug cartel hitman who allegedly decapitated his victims has been ordered held in preventive arrest for 60 days by a juvenile court judge, giving prosecutors and the defense more time to gather evidence in the case, the press reported.

Edgar Jimenez Lugo, a 14-year-old boy known as “El Ponchis” (The Cloak), allegedly committed several murders for the South Pacific drug cartel.

A judge in the central state of Morelos ruled that the boy should be kept in prison while the investigation moves forward.

The teenager spent several hours Sunday at the courthouse in Cuernavaca, the capital of Morelos, and was taken away with his head covered and under tight security.

Prosecutors have charged the boy with murder, illegal arms possession and drug possession, the Reforma newspaper reported on its Web site."

Borderland Beat: Four Cops Die in Ambush in Ciudad Juarez

 Four Cops Die in Ambush in Ciudad Juarez: "Four municipal police officers were killed and one was wounded in an ambush staged by gunmen in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico’s murder capital, police spokesmen said.

The officers were driving Saturday through Aguilas de Zaragoza, a neighborhood on the east side of the border city, when the gunmen opened fire on them at the intersection of Acamapiztle and Cuauhtlatoatzin streets."

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Jailed gangster Colin Gunn wins demand for prison officers to call him 'Mr' - mirror.co.uk

Jailed gangster Colin Gunn wins demand for prison officers to call him 'Mr' - mirror.co.uk: "NOTORIOUS gangster will now be called “Mister” by prison officers.
Colin Gunn, serving 35 years for ordering the killing of two ­grandparents, made an official complaint that he did not receive enough respect.
Officers at Belmarsh Prison in South-East London have now been told to address him as “Mr Gunn” after the Prison and Probation Ombudsman upheld his claim."

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‘Khar builder helped gangster identify targets’ - Hindustan Times

‘Khar builder helped gangster identify targets’ - Hindustan Times: "Ravi Punjabi, 32, the Khar-based builder arrested by the Crime Branch on Wednesday for alleged underworld links, is said to have come across gangster Ravi Pujari five years ago. Crime Branch sources said on Thursday, on condition of anonymity, that Punjabi met Pujari when he just broken away from don Chhota Rajan and was trying to gain a foothold in Mumbai’s extortion racket.
Sources said the meeting was arranged by Punjabi’s college friend Bhusan Satam, son of another former Rajan confidant Guru Satam. Bhusan is thought to be hiding in a South East Asian country."

Heartbreak for gangster's wife - Times LIVE

Heartbreak for gangster's wife - Times LIVE: "On Tuesday, her world fell apart when her husband of 11 years, school sweetheart and gang leader Duncan, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Speaking to the Sunday Times Extra from her home, an outbuilding on her parents' Chats-worth property, she recounted her disbelief when Durban High Court Judge Esther Steyn sentenced her husband to life imprisonment for the 2008 murder of Chatsworth businessman Kelvin Naidoo in a drive-by shooting.
Duncan, owner of the Dre Boyz taxi fleet, Pravandran Perumal and Brandon Govender were convicted of murder, attempted murder and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.
The men pleaded not guilty to all charges. All three were sentenced to life imprisonment. They plan to appeal but a date has not been set.
During the trial, it emerged that Naidoo's killing was motivated by revenge. In 2005, the Arumugams' five-year-old son, Dredin-Lee, was killed in a drive-by shooting."

‘I didn’t trust Chhota Rajan’ - Hindustan Times

‘I didn’t trust Chhota Rajan’ - Hindustan Times: "Notorious gangster Bunty Pandey, who was deported from Vietnam in November, has told officers from the Mumbai crime branch that he broke away from underworld don, Chhota Rajan, because he had stopped trusting him. Police sources said Pandey has told interrogators that Rajan’s refusal to help the family of an aide, who was killed in an encounter, was a “wake-up call” for him.
“The Mumbai crime branch killed three of our top shooters, Jaggu Shetty, Sushil Gaonkar and Pandya Salvi, in an encounter in Bangalore in 2003…Salvi’s wife was handicapped and he had saved
very little,” Pandey told the police."

Jailed killer has Facebook account closed after probe by Daily Record - Glasgowgangland.com

Jailed killer has Facebook account closed after probe by Daily Record - Glasgowgangland.com: "PRISON chiefs raided a maniac killer's cell after the Record revealed he was using a mobile phone to update his Facebook site.
Brian Venuti's social networking page was shut down yesterday as a probe was launched into the latest scandal to hit Addiewell jail in West Lothain.
Venuti, jailed for life in 2004 for killing a Scotland football fan and leaving another brain damaged, boasted he was 'living the dream' behind bars.
The dad-of-two, who called himself the 'Devil's son', posted sexually explicit and vile racist and bigoted rants on his Facebook page.
Balding Venuti, 33, of Rutherglen, Glasgow, was told by Judge Lord Bracadale at the High Court in Glasgow that he would serve 15 years for deliberately running over Liam Henderson near Hampden Park.
The Scottish Prison Service and Sodexo Justice Services - who run the prison - took immediate action to find Venuti's illegal phone and pull his Facebook after being alerted by the Record.
A prison insider said: 'They swooped on him as soon as they heard about it and took the right action.
'Venuti got the shock of his life when intelligence officers appeared at this cell.'"

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Remains found in decade-old hunt for ex-Hells Angel

Remains found in decade-old hunt for ex-Hells Angel: "RCMP in Nova Scotia have uncovered remains in a wooded area near downtown Truro, but say it's too soon to confirm whether or not they belong a missing former Hells Angel.
Officers had been combing the area for several days in hopes of finding some trace of Randy Mersereau, 48, a past member of the Hells Angels' Nova Scotia chapter. He was last seen alive on Oct. 31, 1999.
The discovery of the body on Sunday afternoon could have implications for Jeffrey Albert Lynds, 42, of Nova Scotia. He, too, is a former Hells Angel, and is currently in custody in Montreal while he faces two first-degree murder charges in connection with the deaths of two South Shore men who were fatally shot in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant in Notre Dame de Grâce in January."

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