Der afghanische Präsident Hamid Karsai hat laut den von Wikileaks veröffentlichten US-Geheimdokumenten die Freilassung zahlreicher gefährlicher Krimineller und Drogenhändler angeordnet. Die Straftäter seien von den internationalen Truppen in Afghanistan festgenommen und von Karsai ohne Prozess wieder freigelassen worden, heißt es in den am Dienstag von der Enthüllungsplattform veröffentlichten Dokumenten.

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Internet whistleblower WikiLeaks has begun releasing a quarter of a million confidential US diplomatic cables, detailing embarrassing and inflammatory episodes in what the White House called a “reckless and dangerous action”.

In the August 2009 cable, American officials said that since 2007, 150 of the 629 detainees transferred from coalition to Afghan custody had been released without trial.

It said Karzai had pardoned five border policemen in April 2009 who were caught with 124 kilograms (273 pounds) of heroin in their police vehicle and had been sentenced to terms of 16 to 18 years in prison.

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A four-year army crackdown in Mexico's methamphetamine-producing heartland has provoked a dizzying increase in violence, fueling fears that the country is losing its battle against organized crime.

Grisly assassinations and gang extortion are terrifying Mexicans in the western state of Michoacan, where President Felipe Calderon launched his war on drug cartels, sending in about 5,000 soldiers in December 2006 following a narrow election victory.

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Brazilian police discovered a giant portrait of Justin Bieber in the home of a Rio de Janeiro drug lord during a raid at the weekend.

The hand-painted mural of the teenage pop star was hung from a wall in the luxurious mansion, which was abandoned by drug kingpin Alexander Mendes da Silva ahead of the raid.

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