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Juan Escobar, son of notorious Colombian drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, said the true story of his father's death has been hushed up. Colombian National Police claimed they shot Escobar dead after using radio triangulation technology to pin point his location as depicted in the hit show 'Narcos.' However, Juan dismissed the role of the Colombian authorities, the Americans, and even the mafia in the role of Pablo Escobar's death, instead calling it a suicide.
An officer who was jailed for violence during the riots in Marseille, in the wake of the death of teenager Nahel at the hands of police, and whose arrest has sparked tensions in the city of Marseille, has asked for his hearing to be held behind closed doors. The investigating chamber has rejected his request. IMAGES
Lisa O. Monaco, Deputy Attorney General, says authorities have arrested the owner of China-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato for alleged money laundering, saying the move has "disrupted a busy corner of this criminal ecosystem." SOUNDBITE
Argentina's ex-president Mauricio Macri arrives at court to appear in front of Judge Martin Bava, in a probe about alleged orders to spy on relatives of 44 sailors who died in the sinking of a navy submarine. IMAGES
Lima, Sep 28 (EFE).- People from the indigenous communities arrived Tuesday at the Constitutional Court of Peru to protest the five years they have been waiting for a ruling on their lawsuit, where they claim to be the owners of thousands of hectares of Amazon rainforest razed by a company to grow oil palm. (Camera: JUAN PALOMINO).SOUND BITES: LEADER OF SANTA CLARA DE UCHUNYA, CARLOS HOYOS SORIA (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: - We demand that the State give us back our territory, the one that the transnational company has taken away our right of possession. That is why we come from so far to the capital to present our claim. - We are not asking the state for a favor. We claim the right that corresponds to us by law, and as indigenous peoples, we today have been suffering from so many threats and invasions in our own territories.