Monthly Archives: December 2013
Federal authorities in Mexico said the case of 12 youths snatched from a bar in the capital and...
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Latest ‘Heaven’ Revelations in Mexico Show Underworld Complexity
Mexico's national government claims homicides have dropped significantly during President Enrique...
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Is Mexico Seeing Fewer Homicides Under Peña Nieto?
A new report into how Colombia's conflict has developed as the FARC guerrillas negotiate with the...
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Report Traces How FARC Wages War While it Talks Peace
Authorities in Costa Rica have dismantled a Colombia to Belgium cocaine trafficking network...
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Arrests Show Rise of Homegrown Costa Rica Drug Traffickers
Former sworn enemies from criminal clans based in Colombia's violence capital, Cali, have brokered...
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Cali Criminal Pact Could Spark New Era for Crime in Colombia
Police in El Salvador say the country's gangs are "mutating" and becoming more deeply involved in...
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El Salvador Gangs Getting Deeper into Drug Trafficking: Police
For many citizens, corruption is associated with state institutions and, above all, with the...
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What To Do About Police Corruption in Latin America
Bolivia has destroyed 11,407 hectares of coca in 2013, surpassing its previous record by over 300...
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Bolivia Hits Record Coca Eradication As Cocaine Seizures Fall
Authorities in Ecuador have declared over 80 percent of cocaine seized in the country this year was...
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80% of Ecuador Cocaine Hauls Destined for Europe: Anti-Drug Chief
A ceasefire declared by Colombia's FARC guerrillas has been broken after one day, illustrating the...
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Is Ceasefire Breaking Bombing a Message to FARC Leadership?
A plane has been captured in Costa Rica with over one ton of cocaine originating in Colombia,...
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Costa Rica Drug Seizure Shows Colombia Air Bridge Still Alive
The father of Argentina and Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi is under investigation for...
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