Uruguay — Crime News in English — Page 2
The latest crime news from Uruguay: organized crime, drugs, violence, courts and more.
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- Four military armoured vehicles arrive in Montevideo to patrol high-crime neighbourhoods
- 11-year-old boy kills younger child with mother's police firearm in Rosario: investigation into parents
- 66-year-old woman beaten to death in her home in La Aguada, Montevideo
- Taxi driver sentenced to prison for trafficking cocaine in Montevideo
- Man sentenced to four years in prison for two robberies in Barros Blancos
- Police shot dead minor in Borro: GoPro video contradicts official version
- Stolen weapon recovered from Argentine police commissioner along with over one kilogramme of cocaine in central Concordia
- Man arrested in alleged small-scale drug dealing operation in Federación
- Man sentenced to two years in prison for drug dealing in Montevideo
- Man arrested in investigation into infant's death in Colón and double murder in Las Piedras
- Moneylender in Artigas charged with sexual abuse of teenager
- Ten years in detention confirmed for youth who killed with shotgun in Toledo
- Pharmacy robber arrested dressed as police officer
- Man arrested at horse festival in connection with murder of child and two killings
- Sentenced to prison for car theft, pursuit and concealment
- Man arrested for supermarket robbery in Uruguay
- Two men detained with firearms in Montevideo after attempting to flee
- Two years in prison for drug dealer arrested in capital
- Prosecutor's office orders statements and disarming of police officers following killing of teenager during search operation
- 21 arrested and nearly 40,000 cigarette packs seized in binational operation between Uruguay and Brazil
- Republican Guard officer shoots robber who attempted to steal her car in Peñarol
- Ten months in prison for attempting to pass drugs to an inmate in Canelones
- Nearly eight kilogrammes of narcotics seized at traffic stop in Concordia
- Police seize more than three kilogrammes of drugs in Cauceglia operation
- Two people detained in Montevideo for four counts of computer fraud
- Man arrested in Montevideo with drugs and cash after fleeing police patrol
- Man found shot dead next to a dump truck in Montevideo
- Man sentenced to two years imprisonment for drug supply in Montevideo
- Two arrested with firearms in Montevideo following patrol in area of repeated robberies
- 27-year-old arrested for shop robbery in Uruguay
- Former officer held in custody dies from gunshot at Concordia detention centre: authorities investigate how he accessed weapon
- Canelones officer shot twice in leg while confronting thief in Montevideo
- Court revokes house arrest for man who killed violent father
- Uruguayan public force launches citizen alert to track two alleged murderers
- Uruguayan wanted for drug trafficking arrested in Argentina and returned to Montevideo
- Former footballer, 39, shot dead in Maldonado
- Minor confessed to killing Cuban delivery worker in Montevideo and released
- Police officer from Canelones arrested after pursuit in Punta de Rieles
- Driver arrested after hitting motorcycle and fleeing in Paysandú area
- Police officer shot whilst attempting to prevent robbery in Punta de Rieles
- Man, 54, shot dead in Villa Española
- Canelones officer sentenced after being found with pistol reported as stolen
- Police officer shot in armed assault in Nuevo Ellauri
- Woman sentenced for assaulting police officer after altercation on Montevideo bus
- Three people shot dead in Montevideo during violent Saturday
- Femicide in San José: 19-year-old student killed in public street
- Two minors convicted of killing a delivery driver in Carrasco Norte
- Organised crime in Montevideo: neighbourhoods with more homicides than New Orleans
- Oral trial in Montevideo: "El Fisura" accused of contract double murder in Cerro
- Court upholds Cabral bankruptcy in Conexión Ganadera case
- Operation Tala: Customs officials seize 629,000 contraband cigarettes valued at $U 10 million
- Organised crime overwhelms Latin American and European democracies
- One-year-old baby shot dead in Montevideo: conflict between criminal gangs
- Organised crime in Uruguay: clans, gangs and regional networks concern government
- Uruguay launches inter-ministerial system against organised crime and drug trafficking
- Tunnel beneath Montevideo: police foil bank robbery and detain 11 people
- Shooting in Marconi ends with one detained and modified Glock seized
- Teenager escaped from Inisa detained with weapons in Malvín Norte
- Three Marines Killed at Montevideo Naval Base: Former Serviceman Detained
- Minors with weapons at illegal party: Police investigate video in Cauceglia, Montevideo