Monthly Archives: April 2011
One of Rio de Janeiros biggest paramilitary leaders is still commanding his group from prison,...
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Prison No Problem for Rio’s Militia Leaders
Police in Argentina have arrested the alleged top financial operative of a very wealthy but for a...
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Financial Head of Colombia ‘Soccer Cartel’ Arrested
A report from Just the Facts assesses the achievements of the Colombian government's...
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Just the Facts: Stabilization and Development – Lessons of Colombia’s ‘Consolidation’ Model
A series of three news reports, written by Jose Luis Sierra and published by New American Media,...
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New America Media: The Press Under Pressure
Colombia captured a top commander of one of the country's smaller drug-trafficking groups, Renacer...
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Renacer Arrest Points to Splintering of Colombia Drug Trade
A television cameraman was shot to death on a bus as he rode to work in El Salvador, the Associated...
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El Salvador Cameraman Murdered on Bus
The body count from two areas of mass graves in Mexico had grown to 279, the government announced....
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Toll from Mexico Mass Graves Inches Towards 300
A Chilean judge found eighteen members of a drug trafficking group known as "Los Gaete" guilty of...
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18 Chileans from ‘Gaete’ Sentenced
As the allocated term for National Guard troops sent to bolster security on the U.S.'s southern...
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US Rethinks National Guard Withdrawal from Mexico Border
With the arrest of alleged drug kingpin Waldemar Lorenzana, organized crime in Guatemala seems to...
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Guatemalan Drug Kingpin Arrested with US Assistance
The intimate photos of Martin Omar Estrada Luna, alias El Kilo, the reputed killer of hundreds...
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InSight: ‘Kilo’ Photos a Window into Mexico’s Future
With a British think tank set to publish a WikiLeaks-style database of unedited computer documents...
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