Monthly Archives: February 2014
The US State Department's annual Human Rights report highlights how in Latin America deeply...
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US State Dept Report Highlights Impact of Corruption in LatAm
With Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman now back in a cage many analysts and ordinary Mexicans alike fret...
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How to Reach New Criminal-Political Equilibrium in Mexico’s Post-‘Chapo’ Vacuum
The children of Cali Cartel founders the Rodriguez Orejeula brothers are facing money laundering...
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Colombia Money Laundering Case Reminder of Cali Cartel’s Influence
Reporters Without Borders' latest ranking of world press freedom highlights how the impact of...
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Report Shows Crime’s Rising Impact on LatAm Media Freedom
The US Treasury has added an alleged Sinaloa Cartel member linked to drug lord Juan Jose "El Azul"...
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US Treasury Keeps Pressure on Sinaloa Cartel After ‘El Chapo’ Arrest
Among 12 alleged members of the Urabeños captured in western Colombia were local community...
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Colombia Arrests Show Urabeños Network of Corruption
Insecurity in Mexico's northern states has prompted a flow of business migration to other areas of...
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Mexico Businesses Fleeing Violence Creates Economic Disparity
Warring gangs behind two years of heightened violence in Jamaica's capital, Kingston, are...
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Jamaica Gangs in Talks to Halt West Kingston Bloodshed
Police believe a bomb that killed five people in Choco, Colombia was either planted by the FARC...
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‘FARC’ Bomb in Colombia: Insurgency Terror with Criminal Motives
Succession in the Sinaloa Cartel does not necessarily mean more violence. Indeed, the arrest of...
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Sinaloa Cartel Succession in Mexico: More Political Intrigue than Violence
Argentina has approved the creation of a special unit to facilitate the fight against drug...
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Argentina Creates Office to Combat Rising Drug Trade
Mexico's attorney general has said in an interview that officials used DNA tests and telling...
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