Monthly Archives: July 2016
Recent homicide statistics out of Mexico continue to show an increasing trend, with murders linked...
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Mexico’s Deteriorating Homicide Trends Show No Sign of Abating
Colombia's seizure of a huge cocaine production complex is a clear sign that the drug trade is as...
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Huge Cocaine Lab Bust Reveals Colombia’s Challenges for Peace
A new report from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) marks the agency’s most recent...
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Mexico, China Are Key Nodes in Fentanyl Trade: DEA
Firearms are reportedly used in more than 80 percent of all homicides in Honduras, almost double...
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80% of Homicides in Honduras Result of Gun Violence: Report
El Salvador is the most violent peacetime nation in the world, seemingly stuck in a perpetual cycle...
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How to Solve El Salvador’s Security Crisis? A Modest Proposal
Authorities in Mexico continue to focus on hunting down the heads of the country's most prominent...
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Mexico Pursues Top Drug Lords Amid Fragmented Criminal Landscape
A New York court sentenced Daniel "El Loco" Barrera to 35 years in prison, closing the book...
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Colombia’s ‘El Loco’ Barrera Gets 35 years in US Prison
The mother-in-law of one of the most powerful figures in the international automobile racing scene...
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Auto Racing Magnate’s Mother-in-Law Kidnapped in Brazil: Reports
Panama and Guatemala have seen a sizeable increase in drug seizures through the first half of 2016,...
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2016 Seizures Suggest CentAm Still Top Drug Corridor to US
Paraguay and Brazil authorities say they destroyed nearly 67 metric tons of marijuana in a joint...
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Paraguay, Brazil Joint Operation Nets 67 Metric Tons of Marijuana
Court documents allege two nephews of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro's wife who face drug...
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Prosecutors Say Venezuela’s ‘Narco Nephews’ Liaised with FARC
The founder of Mexico's notorious and now defunct Guadalajara Cartel, Rafael Caro Quintero, has...
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