Uruguay — Crime News in English
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- 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
- Operation in Durazno: firearm linked to homicide in Montevideo seized and four detained
- Man detained in Montevideo suspected of four homicides who survived three assassination attempts
- Major operation in Cerro Norte: 20 raids, four arrested and weapons seized
- Major operation in Cerro Norte: four detained and weapons seized from criminal gangs
- Homicide in Plácido Ellauri: 25-year-old man shot dead
- Major police operation in Cerro Norte: four detained and weapons seized
- Armed bank robbery in Pando: four robbers flee with money in three currencies
- Bus hijacking in Montevideo exposes serious failures in Uruguayan police
- Homicide in Cerrito: man shot falls from motorcycle on San Martín and Hum
- Three homicides in 24 hours in Montevideo neighbourhoods
- Cycle-riding worker shot dead caught in crossfire in Montevideo
- Ten months' imprisonment for man over digital fraud in Lavalleja
- Three individuals detained and narcotics seized in simultaneous operations
- Man sentenced to 10 months in prison for computer fraud in Uruguay
- Police officer from Castillos reports release of man who attacked officers
- Five people shot dead in Monarca neighbourhood, Montevideo
- Police discover irregular residential facility in La Unión with overcrowded elderly residents calling for help
- 18-year-old arrested in Argentina for triple murder in Cerro Norte
- Son of Manini Ríos detained following accusation of defrauding his grandfather
- Massacre in Villa García: five family members die in armed attack
- Man arrested in connection with care home robbery in Atahualpa
- Montevideo Police Chief Confirms That Residence of Quintuple Murder Was Searched in February
- House of quintuple homicide in Uruguay had been searched in February and three victims had criminal records
- Botana described quintuple homicide as "clash between clans" and announced "restructuring" at Montevideo Police Headquarters
- Interior Minister Negro attributes quintuple homicide to dispute between criminal family clans
- Interior Minister Negro announces enhanced controls and restructuring at Montevideo Police Headquarters following quintuple homicide
- Woman shot dead in attack in Villa García
- Woman killed by her partner in front of four minors in Uruguayan town
- Police officer shot during residential complex assault remains in critical condition
- 23-year-old man shot dead in the head in Montevideo
- Teenager admits role in murder of 63-year-old man in La Cruz de Carrasco
- Two police officers shot during robbery at care home in Atahualpa
- 11-year-old boy shoots and kills younger child with police-issued firearm in Rosario, Colonia: mother under investigation
- Police officer shot during armed confrontation in Peñarol neighbourhood
- 66-year-old woman killed in her home in Aguada
- Taxi driver accused of murder in Montevideo: war weapons found at his residence
- Taxi driver arrested following homicide in capital neighbourhood; explosive device found at his residence
- Man charged with murder in death of female partner beaten in La Aguada
- Human remains discovered hidden behind makeshift wall at construction site in Colón
- Four arrested in Concordia following police operation with seizure of drugs and homemade gun
- Three arrested in police operations in Marconi and Cerro neighbourhoods
- Man arrested over murder of female partner in La Aguada
- Two homicides in different Montevideo neighbourhoods: victims aged 24 and 38
- Twelve-year-old boy shot dead by another child handling his mother's police firearm in Rosario, Colonia
- Three homicides in Montevideo: two brothers killed in Lavalleja and one man in Pérez Castellanos