Monthly Archives: January 2014
El Salvador's police chief has denied the country's murder rate is rising and accused the media of...
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Why Is El Salvador Police Chief Downplaying Homicide Spike?
In the new annual report published by Human Rights Watch, the NGO argues that governments should...
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‘War on Drugs’ Subverts Human Rights, Strengthens Organized Crime: HRW
If Mexico's government thinks that "legalizing" vigilante groups in the embattled state of...
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A Legal Framework Will Not Solve Mexico’s Vigilante Issue
Brazil's efforts to combat drug trafficking and organized crime by reinforcing border security have...
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Brazil Border Patrols Not Enough to Control Crime, Drugs: Police
Honduras' newly sworn in president has deployed military police and a new police unit into the...
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Soldiers on Honduras Streets Provides Preview of Security Strategy
Self-defense forces in Michoacan, Mexico have signed an agreement with federal and regional...
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Mexico Vigilante Legalization Raises Paramilitary Concerns
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has announced the creation of "peace zones" and his...
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Talk of ‘Peace Zones,’ Possibly More Gun Control in Venezuela
Nearly half of the murders that occurred in the first 26 days of January in Rosario, Argentina,...
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Argentina Hired Assassins Sign of Growing Drug Violence
A firefight between security forces and a group of heavily armed suspected drug traffickers on...
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Deadly Coastal Firefight Inaugurates Honduras’ New President
A candidate for senate says the murder of a well-known neurologist in Colombia's northern coastal...
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Jailed Ex-Governor Ordered Assassination of Colombia Doctor: Candidate
Authorities in Mexico have uncovered evidence of an alliance between the Knights Templar and the...
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Mexico Sees Budding Alliance: Beltran Leyva, Knights Templar
Youth and minors are responsible for a rising percentage of violent crimes in Mexico, Colombia and...
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