Monthly Archives: May 2012
Mexico's drug trafficking organizations have taken to the Internet to gather intelligence,...
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Mexico Gangs Use Social Networking Sites For Recruitment, Intelligence
FARC rebels deftly used both the capture and release of journalist Romeo Langlois for propaganda...
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FARC Use Capture, Release of Journalist for Propaganda
Synthetic drugs like the one that reportedly sparked a vicious attack by the infamous Miami...
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Could ‘Miami Cannibal’ Drug Gain Ground in Latin America?
The Brazilian Army has handed control of several neighborhoods in a Rio de Janeiro favela adjoining...
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Police Replace Army in Key Rio Favelas, as Pacification Advances
The Mexican state of Jalisco has been forced to suspend a purge of dirty police after criminal...
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How Mexico’s Police Reform Can Play into Hands of Criminals
The case of a shady Balkan crime network sheds light on the ways that the South American drug trade...
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A Look at Serbian Kingpin’s Latin America Connections
The Shining Path has launched an attack on a newly established military base in the village in...
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Shining Path Return to Attack Site of Mass Kidnapping
Honduran police say they have arrested five members of a kidnapping ring who are implicated in the...
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Honduran Police Arrest 5 over Murder of Radio Journalist
The story of a Brazilian campaigner forced to flee her Amazon home by death threats from illegal...
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Brazil Activist Flees After Threats From Illegal Loggers
Mexico's military discovered over 1.5 million liters of stolen oil in Veracruz state, a region...
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Million-Liter Fuel Find in Zetas Territory Highlights Oil Theft in Mexico
In Nicaragua, a shadowy organization claims to have launched a successful attack against the...
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Nicaragua ‘Armed Groups’ Raise Specter of Contra Warfare
Splinters of once-powerful criminal cartels are causing havoc in the central state of Morelos, in...
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