Monthly Archives: February 2012
Guatemalan authorities are investigating reports that "citizen security committees" have committed...
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Vigilantes Accused of Extortion in Guatemala City Suburb
Peruvian authorities said they recaptured the last two of 17 fugitives who escaped from prison this...
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Entire Staff of Peru Prison Removed After Mass Breakout
A woman in El Paso, Texas, has been injured by a stray bullet fired in Mexico during a gunfight...
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Juarez Bullet Hits Texas Woman, Fueling Fears of Spillover Violence
Guatemala is pressing on with a campaign to open a serious dialogue over drug legalization in...
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Guatemala Pushes Drug Legalization Debate, Amid Cautious Responses from Region
"Waiting for Consolidation" examines the role of the US's military and development aid programs to...
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Waiting for Consolidation: Monitoring Colombia’s US-aided Counterinsurgency and Development Program: NGOs
A report by the Inter-American Dialogue casts Latin America in a grim light, suggesting that...
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How Insecurity Taints ‘Latin America’s Decade’
As politicians prep for Honduras 2013 general elections, allegations are surfacing that some...
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Dawn of Honduras Election Season Sparks Warnings of Narco-Politics
A top human rights official in Brazil's government said that Congress should push through a bill...
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Killing of Brazil Journalists Prompts Talk of Stricter Law on Death Squads
Jamaica's top security official claims that the countrys violence is due to the mounting threat...
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Jamaica Minister: Street Gangs Primary Cause of Violence
Colombia think tank Indepaz has released its 2011 study on the narco-paramilitary gangs known as...
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Study: BACRIMs Continue Steady Expansion Across Colombia
A special US investigative team working with Honduran authorities ruled that a Valentine's Day fire...
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Honduras Prison Fire Ruled Accident as Govt Creates ‘Special Commission’
Recent prison disasters -- a deadly fire in Honduras and a massacre in Mexico -- point to the...
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