36 percent of Russians would like a black car. In addition, our compatriots have white, gray, blue, and red shades in the top colors. 70 percent of respondents opted for an automatic transmission. More than half settled on a gasoline engine. For a third of the inhabitants, 150-200 horsepower is enough. And only 20 percent of Russians are ready to pay an increased tax for a motor whose output exceeds 250 “horses”.
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December 27, 2022
Traffic accidents: 20 dead and 1,963 injured in urban areas last week (DGSN)
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 8:20 PM
Rabat – Twenty people died and 1,963 were injured, including 65 seriously, in 1,462 traffic accidents that occurred in the urban area during the week from December 19 to 25, 2022, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) said on Tuesday. .
These accidents are mainly due to driver inadvertence, failure to respect the right of way, excessive speed, inadvertent pedestrians, change of direction without using a signal, failure to respect the distance safety, lack of control of vehicles, unauthorized change of direction, failure to stop at the stop sign, failure to obey the red light, driving in the left lane, faulty overtaking, driving in good condition of drunkenness and traffic in the wrong direction, explained the DGSN in a press release.
Regarding the control and repression of traffic violations, the security services established 42,549 fines and drew up 8,077 reports submitted to the prosecution, while 34,472 settlement fines were recovered, said the same source.
The sums collected for these fines reached 7,464,775 dirhams, adds the press release, which reports the municipal impoundment of 4,419 vehicles, the seizure of 8,077 documents and the withdrawal from circulation of 215 vehicles.
“With money everything can be settled”: the ordeal of Nicaraguan migrants in Honduras
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
“With money everything can be settled”: the ordeal of Nicaraguan migrants in Honduras
“With money everything can be settled”: for the thousands of migrants from Nicaragua wishing each year to reach the United States with the hope of starting a new life there, the customs officers of neighboring Honduras constitute the first obstacle to their long and exhausting journey.
Fleeing political and economic turmoil under the government of President Daniel Ortega, dozens of Nicaraguans, unemployed or on poverty wages, leave the small Central American country every day, leaving behind families and possessions, even getting into debt sometimes, to try to reach the United States.
Yesica Centeno, 42, is one of the passengers on a bus that arrived at the Honduran border post of El Guasaule at the end of the year following a three-hour trip from Managua, and which must continue to Guatemala.
“It is possible that some of you will have problems with your vaccination certificates or your travel documents”, immediately warns an agent on board. “If that happens, don’t argue with the Honduran ‘migra’ (the customs officers). Come see me and I’ll help you. But you already know that with money everything can be settled,” he continues. address of travellers.
Accompanied by her two teenage children, Yesica Centeno is rightly informed that she cannot enter Honduras due to a problem with her Covid vaccination certificate.
“It’s all regarding money. They tell you that for a wrong letter or number in a document, you cannot continue the journey. The only option they give you is to settle with money” , she testified to AFP.
A quarter of Nicaraguans live in poverty, according to official figures. Central America’s smallest economy has been mired in a political and economic crisis since 2018. Its president has been criticized for his growing authoritarianism, the arrest of dozens of political rivals and the imprisonment of hundreds of opponents.
– $40 each –
Because of this political and social crisis, Nicaraguans are migrating en masse, particularly to the United States. In power since 2007, President Ortega believes that this massive exodus is the consequence of the American sanctions imposed on his country.
Border agents “take advantage” of the critical situation of Nicaraguans, regrets Yesica Centeno, on her way to the United States where her husband migrated a year ago.
Twenty bus passengers will have to pay 40 dollars each in order to be allowed to enter Honduras, notes AFP. Others will have to shell out $100 or even $250.
“Almost all of us have been deducted 40 dollars, it’s not fair,” complained Eriselda Soza, a 32-year-old Nicaraguan.
For those who arrive without a Covid vaccination certificate – mandatory to enter Honduras – the “fine” is 250 dollars, says another passenger on condition of anonymity.
In total, Honduran officials extorted $1,300 from the passengers on the bus, the agent on board serving as their intermediary. Presumably, the same fate was reserved for the Nicaraguan migrants from the sixteen other buses parked nearby.
According to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), more than 164,000 Nicaraguans attempted to enter the United States without valid documents in 2022, up three times from a year earlier.
Questioned by AFP, the Honduran authorities assured that they were not aware of any irregularities at the border post.
“The National Institute of Migration does not charge entry into the country, we are once morest any illegal collection,” said spokesman Wilson Gomez. “If it is established that fees are collected, the Institute will seize the prosecution to investigate”.
Honduran President Xiomara Castro, elected last January, promised a “war on extortion” and signed an agreement in December with the United Nations in New York to form a commission to investigate corruption.
This was the death report delivered by Legal Medicine in Cali
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, in its most recent report, indicated that in the first eleven months of this year there was an increase in violent deaths.
In the case of the country’s capital, Bogotá, there were 2,126 violent deaths; while in Cali 1,385 were reported; It is followed by the city of Medellín with 901; Cartagena with 555; Barranquilla with 516, and Cúcuta with 362.
“Throughout the country there were 25,272 violent deaths, of which 21,942 corresponded to men and 3,323 to women. This represents an increase of 1,632 violent deaths compared to the same period in 2021, when the total number was 23,640, of them 20,683 men and 2,951 women, ”says the report.
In terms of age, people between the ages of 20 and 24 registered more violent deaths with 4,003 deaths; It is followed by the range of 25 to 29 years with 3,817 cases; from 30 to 34 years with 3,032; from 35 to 39 years with 2,401, and from 40 to 44 years with 1,908 deaths.
Legal Medicine also indicated that the events that produce the most violent deaths are the following:
- Transport events (12.97%).
- Accidental deaths (12.71%).
- Suicides (9.96%).
- Homicides (1.54%).
Meanwhile, there was an increase in non-fatal injuries. In 2021 there were 145,173, while this year there were 186,400, with 85,092 cases for men and 101,279 for women. “Mostly it was due to intrafamily violence with 78,600 cases, followed by interpersonal violence with 55,864; injuries in a transport event with 26,251; medical-legal examinations for alleged sexual abuse with 23,726, and finally, accidental injuries with 1,959 cases,” the document revealed.
On the other hand, Bogotá is the city with the most cases of domestic violence with 13,014; Medellín follows with 3,247; Cali with 2,002; Barranquilla with 1,638; and Villavicencio with 1,292 cases.
Police rescued a foreigner who had been kidnapped in Cali
Safe and sound is a foreign citizen who, apparently, had been detained once morest his will following arriving in Colombia with a friend from Guatemala.
His rescue occurred in the Santa Elena neighborhood (commune 10) of the capital of Valle, when the uniformed members of the Santiago de Cali Metropolitan Police advanced a checkpoint as a strategy to provide greater and better security conditions for citizens within the framework of the festivities that take place these days in the capital of Valle del Cauca.
Simultaneously, the National Police Intervention Unit (Unipol) carried out search procedures for people and vehicles in different parts of the city. “When carrying out one of these requirements, a distress signal is heard coming from said vehicle, for which reason the operational security protocols were activated,” said the Police.
According to the authorities, two men were on board the car, one of them said at that time that he was a victim of kidnapping. According to the information collected, he had arrived from Guatemala on November 23; the person driving the vehicle was captured and left at the disposal of the competent authority.
“The Institution will continue to pay attention to the requirements of the citizenry and invites the community to provide information that helps to break down the scourges of crime. For this purpose, they can contact the cell phone 3116253670, the emergency line 123 or 156 of the Cooperating Network, where police professionals guarantee complete confidentiality,” said the Police.