blocked off
at least 13 major roads in the city of Monterrey on Saturday. Drivers were
dragged out
of their vehicles by armed men and their cars used to cut off roads. The blockade happened after a shoot-up between the Mexican army and the alleged members of a local drug cartel, in which four people were killed by the security forces.
World News from the BBC.
The international peacekeeping force in the Sudanese region of Darfur says two of its peacekeepers have been kidnapped. The Joint United Nations-African Union Mission, UNAMID, says two police advisors were
abduct
ed by gunmen in a vehicle near their home in Nyala in South Darfur. Seventeen foreign workers have been seized in Darfur since March last year.
A man described as Japan’s most wanted
fugitive
for his alleged involvement in a jewelry robbery has been taken into custody in Tokyo. Rifat Hadziahmetovic, a 42-year old Montenegro national, have been extradited to Japan from Spain. The Japanese accused him of being a member of the international Pink Panther criminal gang. A Spanish police officer described their alleged crimes.
We’re talking about an international criminal group
made up of
more than 200 people. They’re organized in independent cells and they live in different countries. They’re supposed to be the authors of more than 120 robberies in high class jewelry stores, and they have