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Conniving “burglary tourists” are coming from other parts of the world through a visa program and targeting luxurious homes in the US — with some even using ghillie suits as they wait for the perfect time to strike, one prosecutor told CNN. Police and prosecutors in different high-end communities are trying to keep up with international heist rings that come into the nation, loot pricey items from wealthy homeowners and sell the swiped goods with the money sent back to their home countries, mostly to South America. “They take advantage of the fact that most people don’t have window sensors...

South American “crime tourists” who exploit the US visa system to enter the country and commit burglaries have now infiltrated at least half the states in America and taken “millions of untraceable” goods, The Post has learned. The organized groups of burglars and jewel thieves, particularly from Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, have been targeting wealthy homes across the US for decades, but their crimes have spread — and recently soared in some cities, authorities say. “They travel to cities across the nation – including in Maricopa County – and steal millions in untraceable items,” said Maricopa County Attorney Rachel...

Using mummy head lice cement gathered from South American mummified remains dating back 1,500-2,000 years, the study’s new analysis technique can now be used when recovered bodies are void of teeth and bones. Natural History, England, and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Until the development of this new way of analyzing ancient DNA, archaeologists were restricted to samples gathered only from bone or tooth fragments . The new DNA technique was useful because most of the sampled mummies were exposed to extremely cold temperatures when they died. Lice depend on the host's head heat to gestate their eggs and they...

resident Joe Biden claimed there is no "federal solution" to the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. He then jetted off to Delaware for the rest of the week. Today, he called a lid at 10:13 am. ... The admission has prompted calls from lawmakers on Capitol Hill and around the country to end federal vaccine mandates, which are destroying the economy. ... Joe Biden, who ran for President on the promise of ending the COVID-19 pandemic: "There is no federal solution. This gets solved at a state level. ... If there’s no federal Covid solution, why is there a federal vaccine mandate?...

The situation in neighboring Venezuela is going from strange to foreboding. President Hugo Chavez has been unsuccessful in getting the voters to make him president for life, but he has used his presidential powers to replace thousands of key officials with people selected mainly for their loyalty to Hugo Chavez. Since the government controls so much of the economy (mainly because of the oil industry), this has had disastrous results. There are increasing power blackouts, and an increasing number of state employees are not getting paid, or paid on time. There are increasing shortages of consumer goods. There is growing...

BARILOCHE, Argentina (AFP) – South American presidents attacked plans for US bases in Colombia at a summit on Friday, and issued a statement warning "foreign military forces" against threatening national sovereignty. The meeting, in the Argentine mountain resort of Bariloche, heard fears from Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and his leftwing allies that the bases were part of a US strategy to act freely in Latin America, possibly against his oil-rich country. The final summit declaration warned that "foreign military forces must not... menace the sovereignty and integrity of a South American country and in consequence regional peace and stability." Its...

Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- November 14 "They're using identities of American citizens and the IRS is allowing it to happen." Casey Wian: More than 1,300 illegal aliens near Greeley, Colorado, have been using either stolen or phony Social Security numbers to receive at least $2.5 million in tax refunds, according to local law enforcement officials. (unbelievalbe video clip) Chief Jerry Garner, Greeley PD: These folks that are here illegally are victimizing American citizens by stealing their identity. Very, very often they are victimizing American citizens who are Latino. John Cooke, Weld County Sheriff: They're using identities of American...

Brazil's booming economy is shifting into overdrive, with biofuels and deep-water oil providing energy independence and the government collecting enough cash to irrigate the desert and pave highways across the Amazon. The country's currency is strong, its exports are booming and its foreign debt is gone. The economy is growing at more than 5 percent a year and millions of people with new access to credit are buying homes and cars. Topping off all the good news, an energy official said this week that a newly discovered oil field could be the world's third-largest.

With most of the votes counted in the second round of Peru's election, it has become clear that ex-president Alan Garcia has won a convincing victory. Mr Garcia polled 53.52% of ballots to 46.47% for nationalist rival Ollanta Humala, with 91% of votes counted. The two men had fought a fierce and aggressive campaign. Mr Garcia, who served for five turbulent years from 1985-1990, told cheering supporters: "We thank the people of Peru." We must think this night of all of our past errors, about all our defects and make an act of contrition Alan Garcia Second chance for Garcia...

SEATTLE - A water-loving rodent native to South America that has destroyed thousands of acres of wetlands in the southeast has been spotted near Lake Washington. Nutria are semi-aquatic, chocolate-colored rodents that can weigh more than 20 pounds and eat one-quarter of their weight a day in crops and plants of all varieties. Also called coypu, or swamp rats, they burrow through marshes and levies, and females can produce more than a dozen offspring a year. A trapper recently caught nine along the shores of Lake Washington. Two University of Washington students are studying the rodents to determine where they...

Detained Chinese undocumented migrant Weizhong Shao, left, sleeps while others play cards in the immigration office in this April 30, 2004 file photo, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Shao is one of 14 Chinese citizens who were set free Sunday June 13, 2004, by three gunmen who attacked the immigration office, according to immigration officials. 20 undocumented migrants and alleged migrant smugglers from China and South America were set free. The migrants, including 14 Chinese and six South Americans, had been arrested in May in operations all over the country (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme, file)

American expatriates plant roots in Brazil after loss in Civil WarAMERICANA, Brazil -- The monument could stand on any small-town courthouse square in America's Deep South, the names etched in white marble calling up memories of the bloody war that split the United States more than 140 years ago.But this monument isn't in Vicksburg or Antietam. Tucked beneath shade trees on a picturesque hilltop, it is more than 4,000 miles south of the land once known as Dixie.The families memorialized here were Southern survivors of the Civil War who left America in the wake of defeat and resettled in Brazil,...

Mystery boat finds port after storm Two Louisiana men uncover a potential archaeological treasure 12/02/2002 By MATT GRESHAM / The (Houma, La.) Courier HOUMA, La. - Two weeks after Hurricane Lili blew through Terrebonne Parish in early October, Donnie Bergeron and Mike Gambarella went to Lake Decade to search for an aluminum boat that floated away from a fishing camp during the storm. The duo searching the nearby marsh in a mud boat failed to locate the missing craft but ended the day with a more interesting find. Entangled with a piece of floating marsh swept away by floodwaters...