Description
Added on the 19/01/2024 16:57:08 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Military and police guard an air base in Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil where the wife and children of Ecuadoran fugitive Adolfo Macias, the drug lord known as "Fito," are being held after being expelled from Argentina. IMAGES
The trial of Colombian drug lord Henry de Jesus Lopez Londono starts in Buenos Aires. IMAGES
An associate of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, convicted of drug trafficking in a New York court, has been captured after being requested for extradition by the United States. Mario Jose Calix, 42, alias "Cubeta", former deputy mayor of the northwestern municipality of Gracias was captured in the department of Olancho. IMAGES
Convoy transporting arrested former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas leaves prosecutor's office in Quito. Ecuadoran authorities stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito on Friday to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas, who had been granted political asylum there, prompting Mexico to sever diplomatic ties after the "violation of international law". IMAGES
Dozens of military and police inspect vehicles on an avenue leading to the center of Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil, after the government and drug mafias declared war on each other. The small South American country has been plunged into crisis after years of growing control by transnational cartels who use its ports to ship cocaine to the United States and Europe. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.