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MEXICO
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13 JUN 2011
Mexico's authorities have linked two weapons allegedly found in the possession of former Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon to homicide…
COLOMBIA
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13 JUN 2011
A recent report on drug policy, backed by high-profile political figures, argues for a move away from the zero tolerance…
HONDURAS
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10 JUN 2011
With Honduras set to build its first ever maximum security prison, the government is wrestling with some serious questions: will…
MERIDA INITIATIVE
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10 JUN 2011
Washington has paid out billions of dollars to contractors for counternarcotics operations in Latin America in recent years -- but…
CONTRABAND
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10 JUN 2011
A Paraguayan politician with ties to the cigarette industry was shot dead while driving in the Alto Parana province, close…
COLOMBIA
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10 JUN 2011
Colombia's police arrested a boss of the Urabeños drug gang, who ran operations in the northeast region of La Guajira.
BELTRAN LEYVA ORG
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10 JUN 2011
Mexico's authorities have discovered 14 bodies in a series of clandestine graves in Acapulco, thought to be victims of drug…
MEXICO
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10 JUN 2011
Two top homeland security officials testifying before a U.S. Senate subcommittee this week said that they have seen a marked…
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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9 JUN 2011
The arms trafficking industry is generally thought to be a significant contributor to drug violence in Central America. But do…
MEXICO
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9 JUN 2011
Recent discoveries of homemade "tanks" belonging to Mexican criminal groups have caused widespread concern, but these heavily-armored trucks…
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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9 JUN 2011
The Caribbean nations of Barbados, Grenada and St Lucia signed up to an Organization of American States security program aimed at combating…
GUATEMALA
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9 JUN 2011
Guatemala's president says intelligence information indicates that fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, alias 'El Chapo,' is moving between Honduras…
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