News Analysis

UN Highlights Murders of Prosecutors in Central America

The United Nations expressed concern about the murders of prosecutors in Guatemala and Honduras less than a week apart, in…

Mexico Seizes 54 Tons Meth Chemicals

Mexico's authorities seized more than 54 tons of precursor chemicals, used to produce methamphetamine, in the Pacific…

Mexico Arrests 10 Police 'Linked to Zetas'

Authorities arrested 25 people for alleged links to the Zetas drug trafficking organization in Hidalgo, central Mexico, including 10 municipal…

'FARC' Murders Mayor Candidates in North Colombia

Two mayoral candidates were abducted and murdered in northern Colombia in an attack attributed to the FARC guerrilla group, providing…

Texas Department of Public Safety: Texas Gang Threat Assessment 2010

An assessment by the Texas Department of Public Safety of the security threat posed by gangs in the state. The…

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas: Coverage of Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean

A report by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, and the Open Society Foundations, on media coverage of…

Argentina, Mexico Sign Extradition Treaty

The presidents of Mexico and Argentina agreed to increase their cooperation in the fight against organized crime, signing an extradition…

Colombia Rejects FARC Prisoner Swap

Colombia's government rejected the idea of carrying out a prisoner swap with the FARC, after the guerrilla group publicly called…

Mexico Investigates Grenade Attack on Newspaper

Mexico’s Justice Department has opened an investigation into a Sunday night grenade attack on the Vanguardia newspaper, in the northern…

UN: 'Grave Concern' About Attacks on Migrants in Mexico

The UN high commissioner for human rights warned that the situation of migrants passing through Mexico is a matter of…

Mass Arrest in Mexico Exposes Familia's Internal Divide

With Mexican security forces' arrest of 36 alleged members of the Familia Michoacana drug trafficking organization, and the…

Battles, Tanks, Missiles, but no Insurgency in Mexico

Refugees fleeing towns to escape the fighting, corpses strewn on the road after a battle between rival groups, and combat…