Chile fines Pinochet’s ex son-in-law
Craig TaylorJulio Ponce, chemicals billionaire and former son-in-law of Chile’s military ex ruler Gen Augusto Pinochet, is fined for illegal share trading. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Spain returns Colombian treasure
Spain returns to Colombia hundreds of indigenous artefacts that were seized from drug gangs in 2003, but later smuggled out of the country. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
El Salvador gangs re-launch truce
Leaders of five of El Salvador’s powerful gangs say they will stop attacking police and military in a bid to re-launch a gang truce agreed two years ago. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Jews ‘forced’ from Guatemala village
Some 230 members of an Orthodox Jewish group begin leaving a village in western Guatemala after a bitter row with the local indigenous community. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Strike disrupts Argentine capital
Sections of Argentina’s General Confederation of Labour are holding a 36-hour strike, which has caused disruption in the capital Buenos Aires. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Policemen jailed over Ecuador revolt
Six Ecuadorean police officers who took part in a 2010 mutiny are sentenced to 12 years in jail for trying to assassinate President Rafael Correa. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean