Arrests Made After Cruisers Detained Due to False Visas

The episode of the cruise with 1,500 passengers on board that was immobilized by the police in April last year in the port of Barcelona because 69 Bolivians were travelling there with false visas has been closed with five arrests. Bolivian authorities have arrested those responsible for the travel agencies that allegedly sold the fraudulent documents. Most have been charged with crimes of documentary falsehood, according to police sources, and a…

Career criminal arrested for illegal reentry and false citizenship claim

DEL RIO, Texas — A career criminal was apprehended by Del Rio Station agents over the weekend after attempting to enter the United States illegally. The individual, who falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen, is now facing multiple felony…

The Attorney General's Office of the State of Coahuila, in coordination with the State Police, conducted a search at a residence of the Misión Cerritos colony, after obtaining an order issued by a control judge.The operation was backed by the Navy, the Mexican Army, the Saltillo Commission for Security and Citizen Protection and the Action and Reaction Police.During the intervention, the authorities found six motorcycles with alterations in the …

Arrests Made After Cruisers Detained Due to False Visas

Nearly one year ago, MSC Cruises’ MSC Armonia and the approximately 1,500 passengers onboard were detained in Barcelona, Spain, after visa discrepancies were discovered for 69 Bolivian guests. The passengers in question were denied disembarking in Barcelona on April 2, 2024, after it was discovered that they did not have valid visas – which led to their detainment and an investigation into how this happened. This came as quite the surprise, as t…

Five arrested for providing fake visas to cruise ship passengers stranded in Barcelona - Spain in English

The Spanish National Police, along with Ameripol, Interpol, and Bolivian law enforcement, have collaborated in the arrest of five individuals in Bolivia who were allegedly involved in providing fraudulent visas to 69 Bolivian citizens. These individuals had intended to enter the European Union last April via cruise ship. The MSC Armonia, which had travelled from Brazil, became stranded at Barcelona’s port after Spanish authorities discovered tha…

An international operation allowed the capture of five members of a criminal network that granted 69 false visas to Bolivian citizens, with whom they intended to enter Spain on board a cruise from Brazil to Italy.