Monthly Archives: February 2015
Police in Colombia have captured the so-called "fuel czar," the leader of a contraband smuggling...
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Colombia Captures Top Gasoline Smuggler
From seducing guards in Brazil to escaping from impenetrable fortresses in Mexico dressed in drag,...
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Latin America’s Top 5 Prison Breaks
Venezuela has initiated an offensive against the country's business sector in the face of...
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Is Venezuela’s ‘Economic War’ Giving Organized Crime a Free Pass?
A top police official in El Salvador has advocated an aggressive stance against street gangs, but...
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‘We’re At War’ With Gangs: El Salvador Police Official
The Dominican Republic Attorney General's Office said there are no plans to investigate allegations...
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Dominican Republic Drags Feet on Investigating Narco’s Claims
In response to blocked cell phone service, inmates in several Guatemalan prisons have begun using...
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With Cell Phones Blocked, Guatemala Inmates Write Notes
A captain in Brazil's military police force says he has decoded the meaning behind some common...
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What Brazil Prison Gang Tattoos Mean
Mexicos conspicuous effort to incorporate foreign forensic teams into its investigation of the...
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Forensics Reveal Mexico’s Credibility Gap in Missing Students Case
Mexicos state oil company Pemex has announced it will cease transporting fully refined gasoline...
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Will Pemex’s Plan to Fight Mexico Oil Thieves Work?
A couple convicted of money laundering are set to be the first members of Salvadoran drug...
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El Salvador to Seize Assets of Perrones Criminal Network
Seizures of munitions trafficked through Mexico City airport grew nearly 600 percent in two years,...
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Arms Trafficking Through Mexico City Airport on the Rise
Mexico has refuted the findings of a United Nations committee on the country's enforced...
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