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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2019
American family may have been 'bait' in Mexican cartel fight
The nine American women and children killed in northern Mexico were victims of a territorial dispute between an arm of the Sinaloa Cartel and a rival gang, officials said on Wednesday, and may have been used to lure one side into a firefight.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2019
Bolsonaro threatens Brazil's Globo TV over 'villainous' report linking him to councilwoman's assassination
President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Wednesday to cancel the license of Brazil's largest TV network, Globo, accusing it of "villainous journalism" after a report connecting him with a former police officer accused of killing a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman last year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 31, 2019
Mexico shows footage of 'El Chapo' son's capture, and defends his release to avoid cartel bloodbath
Mexico's government on Wednesday showed dramatic video footage of the moment when its forces briefly captured a son of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman this month before they were ordered to release the suspected trafficker to avoid a bloodbath.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 29, 2019
'Global ring' involved in smuggling 39 Vietnamese found dead in U.K. freight container, court told
A court heard on Monday that a global ring had been involved in smuggling the 39 people whose bodies were found in a truck near London, as the driver faced charges of manslaughter and people-trafficking.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 15, 2019
Wakayama curry killings revisited: Kin of convicted killer Masumi Hayashi break silence after 21 years
On a recent summer evening, tranquility reigned in this small neighborhood in Wakayama, where nothing but the occasional barking of dogs and chirring of grasshoppers broke the peaceful silence.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2019
Livestreamed killings in Germany test social media measures to block extremist content
Social media companies scrambled on Wednesday to scrub footage of a shooting outside a German synagogue from their platforms, in the first major test of their systems since a massacre in the New Zealand city of Christchurch prompted a global outcry.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2019
Twenty held in child serial killer probe in Pakistan area with history of abuse and abductions
Pakistani police have detained 20 suspects as they investigate the possibility of a serial killer being behind the suspected murder and sexual assault of three boys in a district that has a history of child abuse and abduction.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 18, 2019
Over 300 slain in Brazil's Amazon over land and resources in past decade, HRW report says
A Human Rights Watch report on Tuesday found that more than 300 people have been killed over the past decade in conflicts over the use of land and resources in the Amazon, many by organized criminal networks profiting from illegal deforestation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2019
How can we trust the state when its enemies keep dying before trial?
Jeffrey Epstein died because the U.S. government let him.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 13, 2019
Hispanics in El Paso flock to firearms classes after being targeted in Walmart mass shooting
More El Paso residents than ever before crowded into a class over the weekend to become certified to carry a concealed gun in public in Texas following this month's mass shooting at a Walmart store that killed 22 people.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2019
Japanese Foreign Ministry issues safety advisory for U.S. after mass shootings, describes country as a 'gun society'
Prompted by deadly shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, that left 29 people dead over a 13-hour period from Friday, the Foreign Ministry warned Japanese citizens in the United States to stay vigilant against such dangers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 7, 2019
Canadian police find evidence of teen murder fugitives on remote banks of river
Canadian police said on Tuesday they found "several items directly linked" to two teenage boys charged with killing a university lecturer and suspected in the murders of two tourists.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2019
Hangings carried out for two Japanese death row inmates convicted of multiple rape-murders
The hangings of rapists and murderers Koichi Shoji and Yasunori Suzuki were Japan's first executions of 2019.

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