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VENEZUELA
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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
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27 MAY 2011
Colombia's authorities seized more than 1,000 firearms and arrested nearly 800 people in a nationwide operation against arms…
MEXICO
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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
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27 MAY 2011
Mexico's Marines arrested a man accused of being a Sinaloa Cartel contact in Honduras. The suspect owns shipping companies…
COLOMBIA
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26 MAY 2011
Colombia has announced a new security plan which aims to wipe out guerrilla groups and emerging drug gangs by 2014.
MEXICO
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26 MAY 2011
Seventeen inmates in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas tunneled out of a prison in Reynosa, offering another…
CARIBBEAN
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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
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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
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26 MAY 2011
A shootout between rival drug trafficking gangs left at least 28 people dead on a highway near the town of…
COLOMBIA
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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
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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
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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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