Uruguay — Crime News in English
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- Moisés case: defence prepares cassation appeal after 12-year sentence upheld in Uruguay
- Teenager from Paysandú found in Argentina: human trafficking being investigated and extradition of detainee being sought
- Teenage girl from Paysandú found in Argentina: 37-year-old man detained and facing extradition
- Arrested for illegal trafficking of Camila Rodríguez: 37-year-old Uruguayan with dual nationality
- Court of Appeals upholds investigation into Treinta y Tres doctor for practising as cardiologist without qualifications
- Traffic police officer charged with shooting daughter in Santa Lucía: 150 days' preventive detention
- Teenage girl from Uruguay found alive in Argentina: man detained for concealing her in his vehicle
- 15-year-old from Paysandú found in Argentina: 37-year-old Argentine detained on suspicion of sexual exploitation
- Argentine arrested in Buenos Aires over disappearance of teenager in Paysandú
- Man found bound and injured at Casavalle residence; suspect remanded in custody for 90 days
- Man sentenced to two years for sexual assault on Montevideo streets
- 15-year-old teenager convicted of shooting in Malvín Norte that injured a baby
- Young Cuban sentenced to 7 years for cocaine seized in Canelones, Uruguay
- Operation Tracker in Montevideo: 265 kg of drugs and four detained
- Taxi with 9mm pistol and marijuana stopped in Montevideo: one arrested
- Man dead in raid in José Pedro Varela: Police investigate use of force
- Four homicides in one night in Montevideo: three deaths in less than an hour
- Montevideo police chief confirms regional coordination amid organised crime expansion
- Police officers charged with homicide in Canelones: family demands justice with "considerable evidence"
- Operation Trident: police officer and three others detained over sexual exploitation of INAU minors
- Three police officers charged with homicide of young man in Canelones, Uruguay
- Hitmen execute another member of La Mafilia in Montevideo following crime in Palermo
- Four homicides in Montevideo on a single Tuesday, three in under two hours
- Weapons of war seized in operations following gunfire in western Montevideo
- Stabbing murder in Cerro district of Montevideo: three suspects flee by car
- Man barricaded in Rivera fires at police seven times and is detained following negotiation
- Man fatally stabbed in Cerro, Montevideo; police search settlement
- Police officer who blinded a young man in Montevideo again involved in violent incident
- Escape from Inisa in Montevideo: Agustín Cuello, 20, convicted of killing a police officer
- Agustín Cuello escapes from Inisa: wanted for multiple homicides, including killing of police officer
- Robbery at Redpagos: suspect disguised as police officer stole money and erased camera footage
- Member of Los Colorados charged with homicide in Cerro Norte, Montevideo
- 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
- Operation Tracer: Gandini distances himself from narco convict for money laundering
- Man found shot dead in open ground in La Paloma neighbourhood, Montevideo
- 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