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VENEZUELA / 27 MAY 2011

A Venezuelan non-governmental organization has released a report warning of the spread of vigilante groups, often involving police, operating in…

ARMS TRAFFICKING / 27 MAY 2011

Colombia's authorities seized more than 1,000 firearms and arrested nearly 800 people in a nationwide operation against arms…

MEXICO / 27 MAY 2011

Almost two-thirds of high-ranking state-level security officials in Mexico will be removed from their posts after failing vetting tests, according…

HONDURAS / 27 MAY 2011

Mexico's Marines arrested a man accused of being a Sinaloa Cartel contact in Honduras. The suspect owns shipping companies…

COLOMBIA / 26 MAY 2011

Colombia has announced a new security plan which aims to wipe out guerrilla groups and emerging drug gangs by 2014.

MEXICO / 26 MAY 2011

Seventeen inmates in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas tunneled out of a prison in Reynosa, offering another…

CARIBBEAN / 26 MAY 2011

The Dominican Republic is tightening controls on fuel sales in a bid to reduce the number of drug flights that…

COSTA RICA / 26 MAY 2011

In less than a week Costa Rica's Police confiscated 938 kilos of cocaine, which is about a tenth of the…

MEXICO / 26 MAY 2011

A shootout between rival drug trafficking gangs left at least 28 people dead on a highway near the town of…

COLOMBIA / 26 MAY 2011

Colombia has announced a $1.1 million reward for information leading to the capture of former guerrilla leader and alleged drug…

GUATEMALA / 26 MAY 2011

Guatemala's president has warned that the country is being "invaded" by drug traffickers, following the arrest of another alleged member…

BELTRAN LEYVA ORG / 25 MAY 2011

Mexico announced the arrest of Jesus Radilla, a boss of the South Pacific Cartel, who is accused of ordering the…

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