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      	  <title> 27th Meeting of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP)</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Earlier today, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer was a featured speaker at the 27th Meeting of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP), in Nassau, Bahamas.  Also speaking today was Miami DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Mark Trouville, who discussed the emerging drug trafficking trends in the Caribbean Basin.
 
The ACCP is made up of police commissioners from Antigua&#38;Barbuda,]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14631/27th-meeting-of-the-association-of-caribbean-commissioners-of]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Dominican Republic Will Support Haiti with Super Tucano Fighters</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ The Dominican Republic will support Haiti with combat planes and patrol boats in the fight against drug trafficking, by President Leonel Fern&#225;ndez’s express order, according to the head of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), Major General Rolando Rosado Mateo.

Rosado announced that President Fern&#225;ndez has given instructions, both to the DNCD and to the Armed Forces, “that the defense]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14578/dominican-republic-will-support-haiti-with-super-tucano-fighters]]></link> 
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      	  <title> NY moving to close ex-senator Espada's clinics
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          <description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK (AP) — The state health department is moving to close the struggling health care network founded by ex-politician Pedro Espada Jr. following his conviction on charges stemming from allegations he looted from the nonprofit clinics.

Representatives from Soundview Health Care Network said Friday they were working to stave off the closure and keep the struggling clinics afloat because]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14571/ny-moving-to-close-ex-senator-espada-s-clinics]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Dominican Senator Allege DRP Presidential Candidate Is Sponsored By Sinaloa Cartel</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Santo Domingo, RD.- Wilton Guerrero, Peravia province senator said on Wednesday that opposition PRD party’s presidential candidate  Hipolito Mejia, was transported to Sinaloa by the piloto of the drug cartel leader Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzm&#225;n.

The senator said that Chapo Guzman pilot, Chavez Ramirez, flown on February  to Sinaloa with former president Mejia. The legislator challenged Mejia to]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14551/dominican-senator-allege-drp-presidential-candidate-is-sponsored]]></link> 
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      	  <title> FBI arrest false investors allegedly defrauded Dominicans in EEUU</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Janice K. Fedarcyk, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the arrests of JAMES MONAHAN, the owner of a real estate investment company called Panam Management Group, Inc., and EDWARD ADAMS, a New York based attorney, on mail and wire]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Attempted Murder Suspect Arrested</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Albuquerque, NM - The United States Marshal Service in New Jersey arrested a man accused in Albuquerque, NM of attempted murder. Frederico Enrique-Perez, (47) was one of the United States Marshals Service District of “New Mexico’s Most Wanted”. Enrique-Perez was wanted by the Albuquerque Police Department for attempted murder after stabbing a man several times with a knife. Enrique-Perez was added]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14546/attempted-murder-suspect-arrested]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Marshals Capture Elusive "Bobby Thompson"</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Cleveland, OH – The United States Marshals Service captured one of America's Most Wanted and elusive fugitives who is accused of stealing millions of dollars that had been donated for the sole purpose of aiding U.S. veterans. “Bobby Thompson”, which was an alias, was on the run for over the last two years where he assumed numerous fictitious names and was known to alter his appearance. He was]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14545/marshals-capture-elusive-bobby-thompson]]></link> 
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      	  <title> 6 charged in Puerto Rico drug trafficking ring</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico  — A federal grand jury has indicted six men on charges of running a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking ring to import cocaine into Puerto Rico.

Dante Tagiaventi, a.k.a “El Viejo, was the ring leader.  Rene Ramos Rivera, a.k.a. “Robin”; Francis Roman Tavales, a.k.a. “El Se&#241;or de los Caballos”; James Fonseca Rivera, a.k.a. “Jimmy”; and Samuel Ortiz Ojeda, a.k.a. “El]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14502/6-charged-in-puerto-rico-drug-trafficking-ring]]></link> 
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      	  <title> A Dominican man was charged today in federal court with passport fraud.</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Wady Joel Rodriguez, also known as Alexis Melendez-Rivas, 27, of the Dominican Republic and recently of South Boston, was indicted on charges of false claim to citizenship and false statement in application of U.S. passport.

The indictment alleges that on Sept. 14, 2011, Rodriguez falsely and willfully represented himself to be a citizen of the United States and willfully and knowingly made]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14499/a-dominican-man-was-charged-today-in-federal-court-with-passport]]></link> 
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      	  <title> VINCHO - Dominican Officials Fear Growing Influence of Mexican Drug Cartels</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ SANTO DOMINGO — At first glance, Marino Vinicio Castillo RodrÌguez doesn’t look the warrior. Dressed in an impeccable, tailored suit, he’s the epitome of a successful second-generation attorney and grandfather.

But when Castillo talks about his fears for his country of nine million inhabitants, the humor drains from his eyes. He said the Dominican Republic is at risk of being overwhelmed by]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14496/vincho-dominican-officials-fear-growing-influence-of-mexican]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Federal indictments in case of $3 million, 40 kilos of cocaine</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Two Englewood Cliffs, Leonardo Blanco, 52, and Michael Jiminez, 19, of Englewood Cliffs,  were indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark in connection with the seizure of 40 kilos of cocaine and nearly $3 million in cash.

Both have been in federal custody since their Oct. 5, 2011 arrests following searches of their homes that turned up the drugs and more than $2.9 million, authorities]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14467/federal-indictments-in-case-of-3-million-40-kilos-of-cocaine]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Five Mexican Charged for Distributing Heroin That Led to Death of
21 Year Old Laurin Putnam</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Sergio Quezada Lopez, 33, Braulio Acosta Mendoza, 34, Jose Romo Gonzalez, 22, Jose Aldan Soto, 30, and Julian Hernandez Castillo, 31, were charged in a  federal indictment for conspiracy that resulted in the death of Laurin Putnam. 

Laurin Putnam, 21, was found dead at her residence in Keizer, Oregon on April 16, 2012, from an apparent heroin overdose.


“We will not allow traffickers to]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14466/five-mexican-charged-for-distributing-heroin-that-led-to-death]]></link> 
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      	  <title> The Art of Forgetting</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Lost information of past childhood memories to where one has left their keys a few minutes prior, forgetting has left people frustrated and confused. Forgetting refers to a loss of encoded and stored information in a person’s long-term memory. When one tries to remember information lost, they pull from their storage. However, retrieval failure stops one from retaining the information they wanted]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14461/the-art-of-forgetting]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Crack cocaine dominican drug dealer faces 10-years prison
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          <description><![CDATA[ CONCORD — A Massachusetts man described as the head of a drug organization that distributed crack cocaine near the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua, as well as in Massachusetts, was convicted of two drug charges in U.S. District Court.

A jury convicted Rafael Benitez, 45, of Lawrence, of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and the unlawful distribution of more than 280 grams of]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14442/crack-cocaine-dominican-drug-dealer-faces-10-years-prison]]></link> 
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      	  <title> WATER</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ WATER

It takes 35 gallons of water to make one cup of coffee. Why? All the water used to cultivate the coffee beans. Similarly, it can take about 635 gallons to make one hamburger because of all the water required to grow feed for the cows.

The need for clean fresh water is increasing rapidly, too, as populations rise and standards of living improve around the world. In some places -- such]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14427/water]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Troopers Seize Over $750K During Routine Traffic Stop
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          <description><![CDATA[ Fort Lee, Bergen County - Troopers from the Totowa Sub-station made a large cash seizure on Thursday, April 19th. More than $783,000 was confiscated and two Bronx men were charged with money laundering and conspiracy.

The incident began when Trooper Stephen Spitaleri saw a blue Ford Expedition driving erratically on Interstate 95 southbound near milepost 121. The investigation that followed led]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14387/troopers-seize-over-750k-during-routine-traffic-stop]]></link> 
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      	  <title> NJ to collect payments in the Dominican Republic
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          <description><![CDATA[ TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey has added the Dominican Republic to the 21 countries it has agreements with to enforce child support orders.
Department of Human Services Commissioner Jennifer Velez says New Jersey is the first state to gain the enforcement tool to collect payments from parents living in the Caribbean nation.
Velez says the agreement, announced last week, means New Jersey and the]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14350/nj-to-collect-payments-in-the-dominican-republic]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Swiss Bank Allegedly Conspired to Hide More than $1.2 Billion from the IRS
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          <description><![CDATA[ Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain entered a default judgment and final order of forfeiture for over $16 million seized from the U.S. correspondent account of WEGELIN&#38;CO., a Swiss private bank.  The funds will be deposited in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. 
 
WEGELIN was indicted in]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14349/swiss-bank-allegedly-conspired-to-hide-more-than-1-2-billion]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Washington state man nabbed in federal crackdown on illegal firearms  found guilty
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          <description><![CDATA[ Roman Rosas-Martinez, 31,  arrested during a three-month federal crackdown on illegal firearms and violent repeat offenders in King County was found guilty Thursday by a federal jury. Now faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years in prison.

The crackdown, called "Operation Center of Attention," targeted suspects in the White Center neighborhood of King County, resulted in 50 arrests and]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14264/washington-state-man-nabbed-in-federal-crackdown-on-illegal]]></link> 
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      	  <title> US agents seize large cocaine shipment off Puerto Rico’s north coast
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          <description><![CDATA[ SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Federal authorities in Puerto Rico say they have seized 320 pounds (145 kilograms) of cocaine and arrested six people from the Dominican Republic on suspicion of trafficking drugs.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency says in a statement that authorities seized the drugs several miles north of Puerto Rico after a customs plane detected a ship traveling toward]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14263/us-agents-seize-large-cocaine-shipment-off-puerto-rico-s-north]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Dominican Senate apologizes to Barack Obama  for insulting racial comment by former President Mejia</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ The Dominican Senate issued yesterday an apology to United States president, Barack Obama, for the insult said in public by former president  Hipolito Mejia, in a political event organized by U.S. senator  Rev. Ruben Diaz, giving his support to Mejia in the next presidential elections in DR.

In the video, senator Ruben Diaz laughs to Mejia racial comment against Barack Obama.

The apology]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14239/dominican-senate-apologizes-to-barack-obama-for-insulting]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Philadelphia Pair Charged with Conspiracy to Rob Alleged Drug Dealer </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Elchin Aliyev, 22, and Yves David Weche, 25, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were charged today by indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, one count of attempted Hobbs Act robbery, and one count possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.

If convicted of all charges, each defendant faces a]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14226/philadelphia-pair-charged-with-conspiracy-to-rob-alleged-drug]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Haiti: Senator Edo Zenny Urges Martelly to File Complaint against Dominican Journalist Piera</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The senator from the southeast, Edwin Zenny (Sud-Est/Independent) encouraged President Michel Martelly to file a complaint against the Dominican Journalist Nuria Piera for her allegations of corruption against the Head of State.

With most Parliamentarians avoiding to comment on the corruptin scandal, indeed on Thursday, Senator Zenny characterized the report]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14213/haiti-senator-edo-zenny-urges-martelly-to-file-complaint]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Former FBI agent sentenced in NY </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ADRIAN BUSBY, a former Special Agent with the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year and one day in prison for making false statements. 

 BUSBY was convicted in November 2011 after a five-day jury trial.  U.S.]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14211/former-fbi-agent-sentenced-in-ny]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Jury Convicts Providence Woman of Possession of 33 Kilos of Marijuana</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Attorney General Peter Kilmartin announced that a Providence County Superior Court jury found Elizabeth Mendez (DOB: 12/14/84), with a last known address of 27 Narragansett Street, Providence, guilty of possession of a controlled substance; in excess of 5 kilos of marijuana. The eight day trial was presided over Superior Court Associate Justice William Carnes.
During the trial, the State proved]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Cops nab Vaseline Bandit suspect
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          <description><![CDATA[ Luis Gonzalez, 40, of the Bronx, the dominican was busted late Wednesday in 14 burglaries where he smeared the peepholes of apartments near the one he was targeting so the neighbors couldn’t seem him.

Gonzalez confessed to the crimes but told detectives he’s really the Lip Balm Bandit because that’s what he used to mess up the peepholes, not petroleum jelly, police sources said.

Gonzalez, an]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14176/cops-nab-vaseline-bandit-suspect]]></link> 
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      	  <title> DANBURY ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH A MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
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          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUCY DeMELO, 39, of Danbury, Connecticut, was sentenced on April 4, 2012 by Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to six months and a day in prison to be followed by six months of home confinement for participating in a mortgage fraud conspiracy.  The home confinement was ordered as]]></description> 
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      	  <title> STAMFORD MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS  IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SELLING CRACK</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[  David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUAN ALVAREZ, also known as “Los,” 33, of Maple Tree Road, Stamford, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
        
This matter stems from “Operation]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Dangerous criminals captured by ICE will be deported</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[  ICE informed it has arrested 3,168 aliens. The arrests include fugitives; aliens who illegally re-entered the United States after having been removed, and at-large criminal aliens. Among the captured were:

-Rodolfo Jesus Munoz-Pineda, 55, a national of El Salvador, who was residing in Norcross, Ga., a criminal alien who illegally re-entered the country after having been removed in Sept. 1986]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14145/dangerous-criminals-captured-by-ice-will-be-deported]]></link> 
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      	  <title> ICE arrests 145 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives In New England</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ NEW ENGLAND.- ICE arrests 145 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives in New England States; Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

This six-day operation, the largest of its kind, involved the collaboration of more than 1,900 ICE officers and agents from all of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations' (ERO) 24 field offices, assistance from]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14144/ice-arrests-145-convicted-criminal-aliens-and-immigration]]></link> 
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      	  <title> ICE Arrest 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON — As part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, the agency announced today the results of a six-day national "Cross Check" enforcement operation-which led to the arrest of more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Major Obama donor accused of stealing $650,000</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Abake Assongba, who has contributed more than $50,000 to Obama's re-election campaign this year, has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank official,   federal records show.

She has been accused of thieving more than $650,000 to help build a multimillion-dollar home in Florida.

Mrs Assongba and her husband, Anthony J.W. DeRosa, run a charity called Abake's]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14119/major-obama-donor-accused-of-stealing-650-000]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Cops take down drug pipeline stretching from New York City to Vermont</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrests and 261 count indictment of 52 members of a violent narcotics network who were distributing massive quantities of cocaine, heroin and various illegal prescription medications, including Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, and Percocet from New York City, throughout the Capital Region, as well as Greene, Orange, Rensselaer, Rockland,]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Grand Jury Indicts Spectator Who Disrupted Trial</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ The Suffolk County Grand Jury today returned indictments charging a man with witness intimidation and disrupting a court proceeding for shouting taunts at a prosecution witness, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

DENNIS JONES (D.O.B. 1/5/67) was held on $20,000 cash bail at his district court arraignment on identical charges a week ago today. The indictments move his case to Suffolk]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Two Charged in Major Chelsea Drug Bust
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          <description><![CDATA[ MANUEL A. CASTILLO (D.O.B. 1/11/77), who has residences in Chelsea and Revere, and FERNANDO MARCANO-GARCIA (D.O.B. 11/17/68) of Orlando, Florida, were arraigned today in Chelsea District Court on charges of trafficking in more than 200 grams of a Class B substance, conspiracy to violate the state’s drug laws, and violating the state’s drug laws in a school zone.

Chelsea District Court Judge D.]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Married couple  sentenced in Florida for immigration fraud</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Levy Garcia-Crespo, 35, from Cuba and Anyelina Cid Bonilla from Dominican Republic ,  husband and wife living in  Lake Clarke Shores, pleaded guilty last year to immigration fraud conspiracy. They summited more than 3,000 applications to help undocumented immigrants obtain driver's licenses.

His wife, a former lawyer in her native Dominican Republic who ran the office side of the fraud, was]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14110/married-couple-sentenced-in-florida-for-immigration-fraud]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Illegal Gambling Bust in Rockland Nets $130,000 in Cash, 32 Arrests</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ An illegal betting ring in Rockland with international ties met a swift end Wednesday night when police culminated Operation Big Splash, an investigation that netted more than $130,000 in cash and 32 arrests.

The sting uncovered a Dominican Lottery that was operating out of 18 businesses—many of them mom-and-pop stores—throughout Haverstraw and West Haverstraw; barbershops, delis, grocery]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Hundreds of Harlem Girls Dazzle New Yorkers on the ice</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ On Saturday March 24th, 2012, Figure Skating In Harlem held its 15th annual Ice Show “Puttin’ on the Hits” at the World Ice Arena in Flushing, Queens

One-hundred seventy girls, ages 6 to 18, took to the ice for the season’s culminating event. They dazzled the crowd with their skills, skating to timeless hits by Ella Fitzgerald, the Supremes, Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, Harry]]></description> 
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      	  <title> WOMAN WHO ORCHESTRATED $6 MILLION EMBEZZLEMENT
SCHEME SENTENCED TO MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[   David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SUSAN A. CURTIS, 50, of Naugatuck, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport to 102 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for defrauding Webster Bank and Bank of America of more than $6.8 million, and for failing to pay more than $1 million]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14106/woman-who-orchestrated-6-million-embezzlement-scheme-sentenced]]></link> 
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      	  <title> WILTON ATTORNEY ADMITS FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS, OBSTRUCTING IRS AUDIT</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH COLBERT, 44, of Wilton, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to one count of subscribing a false tax return.
        According to court documents and statements made in court, COLBERT, an attorney, filed false federal tax returns in 2006, 2007 and 2008. ]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14088/wilton-attorney-admits-filing-false-tax-returns-obstructing-irs]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Dominican Republic seizes 1.5 tonnes of cocaine; arrest 3 venezuelans</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ SANTO DOMINGO : Authorities in Dominican Republic have seized 1.5 tonnes of cocaine and detained three Venezuelans allegedly transporting the drugs in a speedboat. Agents found bales of white power in the 40-foot (12-meter) speedboat.
 
The cocaine was intercepted off the coast of Juan Dolio, 45 km from Santo Domingo. 
The suspects, Richard Chirino Primera, Eliezer Hern&#225;ndez Guanita and  Cruz]]></description> 
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      	  <title> CITIZEN OF MEXICO SENTENCED TO 42 MONTHS FOR
ILLEGALLY REENTERING THE U.S., VIOLATING SUPERVISED RELEASE</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADALBERTO ARTEAGA-RODRIGUEZ, 35, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the United States after being deported, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release stemming from a previous federal]]></description> 
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      	  <title> People Buying Counterfeit Licenses Often Are 
Unaware of Identity Theft Risk, Criminal Prosecution</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ WETHERSFIELD – The Department of Motor Vehicles is warning that stepped up numbers of people buying fake driver's licenses sold overseas risk increased chances of identity theft and having credit-card numbers stolen in these transactions.

And when they use the fraudulent licenses they face criminal penalties and license suspensions from the state.

This risk can be higher for underage people]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14069/people-buying-counterfeit-licenses-often-are-unaware-of]]></link> 
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      	  <title> A Canadian tourist drowned Tuesday morning after going on a diving trip off the coast of Pompano Beach.
</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ The Broward Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received the call at around 11 a.m. advising that the boat “Aqua View” would be arriving on shore with a deceased male onboard. After going for a dive, Bruce Magill, 63, had resurfaced and began swimming toward the boat along with other divers, but he never made it to the vessel. The boat captain and passengers searched the surface of the water]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Czar Antidrugs DR Said Hipolito Mejia Was In Bankruptcy Before Presidency </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Today's millionaire and former president of Dominican Republic, Hipolito Mejia, was in bankruptcy in 2000, before his presidency (2000-2004), said the president of Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission, Marino Vinicio Castillo.

Back in 2000, before Mejia took office, he had been subject to bankruptcy court proceedings by Everflora Company, said Castillo, for not honoring loan payments.]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14042/czar-antidrugs-dr-said-hipolito-mejia-was-in-bankruptcy-before]]></link> 
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      	  <title> HARTFORD MAN SENTENCED TO 24 MONTHS
IN FEDERAL PRISON  FOR DISTRIBUTING COCAINE</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ AMAURIS TOMAS GARCIA-LOPEZ, aka “Esteban Morales-Vega,” 37, of Hartford, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine.

  This matter stems from a long-term investigation into gang activity and the trafficking of firearms and narcotics in southwestern]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/14019/hartford-man-sentenced-to-24-months-in-federal-prison-for]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Testifies  on Fair Lending</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ The housing crisis has touched so many communities across the country.    Communities of color, in particular African Americans and Latinos, have been hit particularly hard, said Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez, before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Since the establishment of the Fair lending Unit, thanks to the committed career professionals in the division, we have brought record]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Broward Mortgage Broker Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud
</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, Miami Field Office, and Tom Grady, Commissioner, State of Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation, announced the sentencing of defendant Jinnie Mathurin, 42, of Coral Springs, Florida. U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks sentenced Mathurin to a]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13979/broward-mortgage-broker-sentenced-in-multi-million-dollar]]></link> 
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      	  <title> License Fla. doctor suspended after illegal stem cell therapy in USA</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Bonita Springs cardiologist Zannos Grekos can't practice medicine, according to an emergency order issued this week by the Florida Department of Health, for  "illegal" or "unlicensed" stem cell treatment on patients.

The Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant Thursday morning at Grekos’ practice, Regenocyte, 9500 Bonita Beach Road, Suite 310, looking for evidence on the death of 77-year-old]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13968/license-fla-doctor-suspended-after-illegal-stem-cell-therapy-in]]></link> 
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      	  <title> $2 million in cocaine, methamphetamine seized by federal agents</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in Imperial County seized more than $2 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine in two separate incidents, federal authorities said Tuesday.

In the first incident, a 40-year-old Mexican citizen was pulled over at a checkpoint while driving a vehicle on Highway 86 near the Salton Sea. Authorities found 11 packets of cocaine hidden in compartments of the]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13964/2-million-in-cocaine-methamphetamine-seized-by-federal-agents]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Menendez Announces Proposals in Camden County to Close Skills Gap&amp;#38;Help Unemployment By Connecting Workers With In-Demand Jobs</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Camden County – At events at Camden County College (CCC) and Bergen Community College today, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) announced a set of proposals designed to help close the gap created by jobs that are available, but cannot be filled due to lack of workers with the necessary specialized skills. As the economy slowly recovers and demand for skilled workers in specialized fields grows,]]></description> 
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      	  <title> ICE raid catches 45  illegal immigrants in Conn and Mass</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ HARTFORD, Conn.—Federal immigration officials say they have arrested 44 illegal immigrants in Connecticut and southwestern Massachusetts who have previous criminal convictions. The effort dubbed ’Operation Threats Against the Community’ got underway on Feb. 24.  The arrests came during a four-day operation that ended Monday, taking  place in Bridgeport, Danbury, Darien, Derby, Shelton, Stamford,]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13919/ice-raid-catches-45-illegal-immigrants-in-conn-and-mass]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Jose Pimentel Indicted in 'Lone Wolf' Terror Case</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[  Jose Pimentel, 27, had converted to Islam, begun using the name Muhammad Yusuf, and started Web sites encouraging violent jihad against the United States, according to prosecutors, has been indicted on terrorism charges, the authorities announced Wednesday.

ose Pimentel engaged in a plot to build improvised explosive devices and use them to commit acts of violent jihad,” Mr. Vance said.

His]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13914/jose-pimentel-indicted-in-lone-wolf-terror-case]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Jose Alvarez Sold More Than 25 Loaded Firearms in New York City</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the guilty plea of JOSE ALVAREZ, 36, to Criminal Sale of a Firearm in the First and Second Degrees, as well as  Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree for selling more than 25 loaded firearms in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Yonkers. The defendant will be sentenced on March 16, 2012. The conviction follows a]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13911/jose-alvarez-sold-more-than-25-loaded-firearms-in-new-york-city]]></link> 
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      	  <title> PARALEGAL SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN FEDERAL
PRISON FOR STEALING MORE THAN $120,000 IN LOAN FUNDS</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[  David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STACEY WILLIAMS, 39, of Trumbull, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 41 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for stealing more than $120,000 in loan funds while working as a paralegal at a Stamford law firm.
       ]]></description> 
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      	  <title> HARTFORD MAN WHO DEFRAUDED SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IS SENTENCED</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESUS GARCIA, 59, of Hartford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to one year of probation, the first two months of which GARCIA must serve in home confinement, for defrauding the U.S. Social Security Administration.
        According to court documents and]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13880/hartford-man-who-defrauded-social-security-administration-is]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Woman Sentenced for Defrauding Her Husband’s Family </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier today in federal court, a woman from Hawaii was sentenced for defrauding her husband’s Minnesota family out of more than $180,000. United States District Court Judge Joan N. Ericksen sentenced Laumatafiafia T. Rosetter, age 43, to 27 months in prison on one count of wire fraud in connection to this crime. Rosetter was indicted on April 6, 2010, and pleaded guilty on May 12,]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13866/woman-sentenced-for-defrauding-her-husband-s-family]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Manchester Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Berlin Bank </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that FELIX SOTO, 43, of Manchester, was sentenced yesterday, February 16, by Chief United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank robbery.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 25,]]></description> 
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      	  <title> NORAD fighters respond to infraction by general aviation aircraft over L.A.</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two F-16 fighters under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted a general aviation aircraft in the vicinity of Los Angeles shortly after noon today, MST. 

Two F-16 fighters scrambled out of March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, to respond to a temporary flight restriction violation by a Cessna 182 aircraft over Los]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Record $4.1 Billion Recovered Through Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ 
Record $4.1 Billion Recovered Through Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement
 
A new report was released today showing the government’s health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered a record-breaking nearly $4.1 billion in taxpayer dollars from individual and companies during fiscal year 2011.]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13807/record-4-1-billion-recovered-through-health-care-fraud]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Kerlikowske Meeting with Ambassadors from Seven Central American Nations</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Washington, D.C.– Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy, met today with ambassadors to the United States from seven Central American nations to discuss the Administration’s efforts to reduce drug use and its consequences and stem the flow of drugs into the United States.  Participants included Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro, Ambassador of Honduras and Pro-tempore Representative]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13792/kerlikowske-meeting-with-ambassadors-from-seven-central-american]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Obama Administration’s first-ever National Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Washington, D.C. – Today, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy, released the Obama Administration’s first-ever National Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy.  The Strategy outlines new actions that seek to reduce the two-way flow of illicit drugs between the United States and Canada by increasing coordination among Federal, state, local, and tribal enforcement]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13791/obama-administration-s-first-ever-national-northern-border]]></link> 
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      	  <title> The Emerging Threat of Synthetic Drugs</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ By Gil Kerlikowske, Director Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Public health and law enforcement agencies across the country are seeing the emergence of synthetic drug use, especially among young people. While the harms of these types of drugs are not yet fully understood, we need to join together to keep these substances out of the hands of our youth. 

Recently, I joined officials]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13790/the-emerging-threat-of-synthetic-drugs]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Gang Members Indicted For Middletown Drug Trafficking</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK—Federal narcotics charges have been lodged against 33 members of a drug trafficking ring operating in and around Middletown.

The ring was allegedly led by Quiane Williams, Curtis Mack and Stephone Herring, who were, along with many other defendants charged Thursday, members of the Bloods, a nationwide gang.

Williamd and another defendant, Joshua Martin, are also charged with]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13788/gang-members-indicted-for-middletown-drug-trafficking]]></link> 
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      	  <title> CITIZEN OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SENTENCED TO
FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RODOLFO ROBERTO TAVERAS, also known as “Cafe,” 37, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Hartford, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for possessing with intent to]]></description> 
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      	  <title> CONNECTICUT MAN ADMITS ROLE IN $3.2 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[  David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DOMINGOS DIAS, 42, of New Haven, formerly of Trumbull, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and seven counts of wire fraud.  The charges stem from DIAS’ involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13783/connecticut-man-admits-role-in-3-2-million-mortgage-fraud]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Two Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Seven Years’ Imprisonment</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Senior United States District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik has sentenced Marcus Holder, age 24, and Michael F. Bruce, age 23, both of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, to seven years’ imprisonment on drug trafficking charges.

According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, the Criminal Information to which]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Mexican Alien Charged With Illegal Re-Entry Pennsylvania
</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[  The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging an illegal alien from Mexico with alleged unlawful re-entry into the United States.

     According to United States Attorney, Peter J. Smith, Cesar Hernandez-Aguilar a/k/a Glorimar Rivera-Davila, age 33, of Lackawanna County was charged by the]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13545/mexican-alien-charged-with-illegal-re-entry-pennsylvania]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Supplier To Schuylkill County Drug Ring  Pleads Guilty In Federal Court</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[   The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a 37-year-old former Allentown, Pennsylvania resident pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

     According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Hector Rivera admitted to assisting his brother Juan Rivera in]]></description> 
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      	  <title> DR authorities open investigation for extortion against UK Biwater International </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ The Justice Ministry’s Anti-Corruption Department (DPCA) Hotoniel Bonilla Garcia , announced the investigation of alleged extortion in Dominican Republic against British companies based in the country Biwater International, and have subpoenaed Fulgencio Marcelo Abreu Villavizar.

Fulgencio Marcelo Abreu Villavizar will be questioning on Tuesday  January 18th at at 9am. 

The investigation]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13535/dr-authorities-open-investigation-for-extortion-against-uk]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Cat Burglar Luis Torres Indicted For Three Separate Break-ins of Manhattan Apartments</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the indictment of LUIS TORRES, 50, for burglarizing apartments on the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, and in Midtown Manhattan. In addition to a large amount of jewelry and electronics, New York City Police Department detectives found more than 100 keys and cards in TORRES’s apartment at the time of his arrest. The defendant is]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13531/cat-burglar-luis-torres-indicted-for-three-separate-break-ins-of]]></link> 
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      	  <title> STAMFORD MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS
IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUT MUHAMMAD, also known as “Luke Muhammad,” “Lut Billie,” and “Lut Mohammad,” 36, of Stamford, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 240 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for his role in a southwestern Connecticut narcotics]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13530/stamford-man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-federal-prison-for]]></link> 
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      	  <title> CITIZEN OF MEXICO LIVING IN STAMFORD
ADMITS REENTERING U.S. AFTER DEPORTATION</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ANTELMO MOJICA ORTIZ, 48, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Stamford, pleaded guilty yesterday, December 20, before United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to one count of reentry of a removed alien.
        According to court documents and statements made in court, in September]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13391/citizen-of-mexico-living-in-stamford-admits-reentering-u-s]]></link> 
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      	  <title> JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES $335 MILLION SETTLEMENT TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS OF LENDING DISCRIMINATION BY COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed its largest residential fair lending settlement in history to resolve allegations that Countrywide Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries engaged in a widespread pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in their mortgage lending from 2004 through 2008. 
 
The settlement provides $335]]></description> 
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      	  <title> FOURTEEN CITIZENS OF ROMANIA CHARGED
WITH PARTICIPATING IN INTERNET PHISHING SCHEME</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced the unsealing of an indictment charging 14 Romanian citizens with conspiracy, fraud and identity theft offenses stemming from their alleged participation in an extensive Internet “phishing” scheme.
        A phishing scheme]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/13388/fourteen-citizens-of-romania-charged-with-participating-in]]></link> 
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      	  <title> CITIZEN OF MEXICO SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON
FOR ILLEGALLY REENTERING THE U.S. FOLLOWING HIS DEPORTATION</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMIRO FLORES MORENO, 44, a citizen of Mexico recently residing in New Britain, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport to 30 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the United States following his deportation.
        According to court documents and statements]]></description> 
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      	  <title> N.H. teen dies following Merritt Parkway crash in Stamford</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ STAMFORD -- A New Hampshire teen who crashed his vehicle into a tree off the Merritt Parkway in Stamford on Thursday died early Friday from the injuries he sustained in the accident, according to Stamford Hospital officials.

Hospital spokesman Scott Orstadt said Branden Myers,19, of Chester, N.H., died at approximately 5:30 a.m. Friday.

It took nearly one hour on Thursday morning for]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Rasmussen: 60% Think Federal Government Encourages Illegal Immigration as AZ sheriff targeted
</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Voters continue to believe strongly that the federal government’s actions are encouraging illegal immigration even as the Obama administration announces bias charges against a popular Arizona sheriff for his anti-immigration efforts. Also this week, the U.S. Supreme Court sped up its review of the Justice Department’s legal challenge of state laws aimed at stopping illegal immigration.

The]]></description> 
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      	  <title> VENEZUELA TO SEND DRUG KINGPIN TO U.S.</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela will extradite one of the region's most-wanted drug traffickers to the United States on Thursday, a Venezuelan government source said.

Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, a 39-year-old Colombian who had a $5 million bounty on his head and was better known by his alias Valenciano, was captured in the central Venezuelan city of Valencia late last month.

His arrest had]]></description> 
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      	  <title> STAMFORD MAN SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS
IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING COCAINE</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LORENZO JONES, also known as “Bubba Bean,” 48, of Ludlow Street, Stamford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for his role in a narcotics trafficking ring.
        This matter stems from]]></description> 
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