Uruguay — Crime News in English
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- Adviser to National Party councillor convicted after seizure of 260 kilos of drugs in Montevideo
- 14-year-old detained with weapons and drugs in police operation in Montevideo
- Two homicides in Peñarol and Colón shake Montevideo in the same night
- US allocates 6.5 million dollars to Uruguay to combat drug trafficking
- Two arrested in Montevideo for vehicle theft; gun and scales seized
- Money laundering in Uruguay: Investigation opens into the "boss" named by Leiva upon arrest
- National Party refers alderman Gómez case to Ethics Committee over hiring adviser convicted of money laundering
- Montevideo: man arrested with ten outstanding warrants for bus robberies
- 17-year-old detained in Punta de Rieles following getaway in stolen car
- Woman convicted of computer fraud in Maldonado: extracted nearly US$10,000 through banking deception
- Owner of real-estate firm detained at Carrasco airport over land fraud in Punta Negra
- Car attendant sleeping rough found beaten to death in Montevideo city centre
- Man found dead with head injury in Montevideo city centre
- Homeless man beaten to death in central Montevideo
- Public Ethics Committee receives complaint against councillor Gómez for hiring adviser convicted of money-laundering
- Man killed in Mercedes was member of network dismantled in Operation Jaguar
- Man shot dead upon arriving at his home in Toledo, Canelones
- Man found shot dead in open ground in La Paloma neighbourhood, Montevideo
- Operation Tracer: Gandini distances himself from narco convict for money laundering
- Gandini denies links to money laundering after conviction of nationalist councillor's adviser in Montevideo
- Money laundering: police investigate collection agency linked to Gandini's wife in Montevideo
- Senator Da Silva on white-party adviser convicted of drug trafficking: "serious case"
- Off-duty police officer shoots 18-year-old robbery suspect in Punta de Rieles
- Police officer films arrest of two thieves who attempted to steal his motorcycle in Villa Colón
- DEA alerts to Albanian mafia: Uruguayan police monitor entry from the Balkans
- Anti-drugs operation in Mercedes and Montevideo results in 13 convictions, three of them minors
- Young man detained in Montevideo after fleeing over rooftops; used drone and carried fake weapon
- Young man charged with attempted femicide at the Faculty of Medicine in Montevideo
- GRT police officer shot three times in Punta de Rieles during robbery attempt
- Femicide in Artigas: home of Silvia Moreira robbed as attacker transferred to Montevideo
- Family of Facundo Cuadrado sues parents of shooting suspect in Tacuarembó
- Triple homicide in Cerro: "Ricardito" transferred to maximum security prison
- Police officer from GRT kills partner and in-laws in Montevideo before taking own life
- Student charged with attempted femicide after stabbing fellow student at Faculty of Medicine
- Student charged with attempted femicide after stabbing fellow student at Faculty of Medicine
- Attack on Prosecutor Ferrero: Seven convicted, trips to Bolivia and Marset connection revealed
- Cloned motorcycle seized in Ciudad del Plata: 24-year-old man arrested
- Two men shot dead in Montevideo: Tres Ombúes and Casabó
- Alias "Sopita" remanded to custody for murder in Monarca neighbourhood
- Light aircraft with suspected Bolivian registration dropped 408 kg of drugs in Uruguay
- Two murders in one morning in Montevideo: 15-year-old teenager and man killed in Manga and Flor de Maroñas
- 25-year-old detained in Cerro Norte after making error whilst evading police
- Medical College opens disciplinary proceedings against anaesthetist convicted of homicide
- Uruguay Customs and Brazilian Police seize contraband cigarettes worth $U 10 million
- Quintuple homicide in Uruguay reveals territorial dispute between drugs gangs
- Man stabbed outside Police Headquarters in Montevideo dies at Maciel Hospital
- University student stabs fellow student in class and detained without being able to testify
- Woman stabbed in robbery dies in Ciudad Vieja; 30-year-old suspect detained
- Army sergeant charged with manslaughter after head-on crash in Canelones
- Twenty-year-old man shot dead in Barros Blancos: attackers fled on motorbikes
- One dead and three injured by gunfire in Montevideo in less than 24 hours
- Army sergeant charged with homicide and drug supply following fatal accident in Las Piedras
- Organised crime and lethal violence: why not all illegal markets are equally bloody
- Orsi confirms that police are investigating BROU robbery in Pando
- Femicide in Villa Española: 28-year-old man kills his partner with sharp weapon
- Kevin Morotto charged with four homicides in Montevideo, 180-day preventive detention
- Four arrested and weapons seized in police operations in Montevideo
- Four arrested and weapons seized in two police operations in Montevideo
- Kevin Morotto charged with four murders in Montevideo after operation involving 150 police officers
- Cuban man charged with stabbing fellow countryman in Cordón, Montevideo