The British-US citizen, his younger brother and two Romanian women are under investigation for allegedly being part of an organised crime group, human trafficking, and rape.
The state prosecutor acknowledged that there are still five graves pending analysis due to the lack of staff.
Mexican drug cartels are distributing food and hand sanitiser as residents struggle because of the pandemic, while in Italy Mafia gangs are offering loans to the poor.
The arrest of a drug kingpin’s son triggered extreme violence, which saw armed men unleash terror across the city.
Several others were badly wounded in the blaze at The White Horse Nightclub in Coatzacoalcos in Veracruz state. The blaze is being investigated as an attack.
Men in white t-shirts, some armed with poles, stormed a subway station and attacked passengers. Witnesses said the masked men were attacking people that had been at the anti-government march.
More than 200 police, including officers from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have been carrying out 19 arrest warrants since dawn targeting the Inzerillo clan in Sicily's capital Palermo and the New York-based Gambino family.
For years US terror warnings have focused on groups like Al Qaeda or Daesh, but the latest warnings from US law enforcement agencies point to homegrown terrorists as the most immediate danger.
Although sex work is allowed in much of Mexico, states have different and sometimes unclear rules, meaning workers frequently operate in legal vacuums which can leave them vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking.
The recent attack on a California synagogue demonstrates a symbiotic relationship between violence and media.
Kuciak had written about his alleged murderer on several occasions, accusing him of exploiting his connections to the police to carry out corrupt dealings.
A survey by the UN had found that human trafficking cases have reached a record-high in recent years, with armed conflict and displacement being major drivers of human trafficking.
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