Monthly Archives: January 2012
Guerrillas from the FARC attacked a radar installation in the southwest province of Cauca,...
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FARC Take Out Radar in Biggest Recent Infrastructure Attack
After months of negotiation, Bolivia has agreed to work with Brazil and the US to track coca...
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Bolivia Makes Coca Monitoring Deal With US
Ecuador's President Rafeal Correa announced that 12 South African-built Cheetah fighter-bombers...
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Ecuador to Get More Cheetah Planes, in Warning to Colombia
Reports that emissaries of the Zetas tricked 22 Nicaraguan farmers into coming to Mexico to work...
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Zetas Recruit Nicaraguan Farmworkers: Reports
A clash between two gangs over illegal gold mining has killed nine in French Guiana, in an example...
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Clash Over Illegal Mining Kills 9 in French Guiana
A massive surge in the number of synthetic drug labs discovered in Mexico indicates a nationwide...
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Mexican Drug Gangs Attracted by Lucrative Meth Trade
Brazil, which borders on the world's three biggest cocaine producers, is increasingly moving to...
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Brazil Comes to the Fore in Regional Security
Guatemala's central police authority withdrew the police force based in a western border region,...
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Guatemala Police Retreat as Locals Protest Contraband Seizure
The United States Treasury Department has designated a little-known Guatemalan woman as major...
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US Adds Guatemalan ‘Drug Queen’ to Blacklist
Colombian police have captured Luis Fernando Otalvaro, alias El Matematico, believed to be a...
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Colombia Arrests Member of ‘Drug Trafficking Directors Board’
Bolivias prison system, already running at almost double capacity, saw a 20 percent rise in the...
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Overcrowding Allows Bolivia’s Prison Gangs to Flourish
Colombia police seized over $400,000 worth of contraband liquor smuggled from Venezuela, reportedly...
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