Monthly Archives: August 2013
Southern Pulse has released a new investigation into corruption in Guatemalan politics, which...
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Southern Pulse: The Politics of Corruption in Guatemala
Armed men near the Pacific coast are apparently crossing into Nicaragua from Honduras to illegally...
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Armed Men Entering Nicaragua from Honduras for Illegal Logging
Police in Mexico have captured the alleged head of Sinaloa Cartel operations in Chihuahua, who...
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Captured Sinaloa Cartel Henchman ‘Responsible for 350 Murders’
The new head of the UN anti-impunity investigations unit in Guatemala is likely to be a Colombian...
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Colombian Investigator to Head CICIG in Guatemala
Venezuela has officially inaugurated a civil-military Joint Task Force to combat smuggling and drug...
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Maduro Launches Civil-Military Force on Venezuela Border
The identification of the bodies of 12 young people abducted three months ago from a bar just a few...
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Were the ‘Tepito 12’ Victims of Organized Crime in Mexico City?
As debate continues over claims by Mexico's president that his security policies are behind a drop...
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Mexico Govt Claims Murders Down, but Kidnappings Still Rising
Authorities in Ecuador have made the second four ton cocaine seizure in two weeks in Guayaquil,...
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Ecuador Makes 2nd 4 Ton Cocaine Seizure in Fortnight
The United States is to invest in new drug interdiction infrastructure in Honduras as authorities...
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US to Boost Anti-Drug Infrastructure in Honduras
The extradition to the United States of the founder of the Rastrojos, at one time Colombia's most...
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Diego Rastrojo Extradited from Colombia: The End of the Rastrojos?
Colombia's government and protesting coca farmers have reached an initial agreement that could...
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Colombia Strikes Coca Substitution Deal with Protesters
A recent study has shed light on the links between Latin American organized crime and West Africa,...
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