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COSTA RICA
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13 DEC 2010
The Sinaloa cartel controls the drug trade in Costa Rica and coordinates cocaine shipments from there to the U.S., a…
EL CHAYO
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13 DEC 2010
Sunday peace rallies across Michoacan emphasized a deep distrust of government authority, with some demonstrators voicing support for the Familia…
LA FAMILIA MICHOACANA
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13 DEC 2010
Intelligence documents signal that Colombian ex-soldiers train members of the Familia Michoacan, reports La Razon.
INFOGRAPHICS
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13 DEC 2010
A March 2009 U.S. diplomatic cable from Lima written by then U.S. Ambassador to Peru, P. Michael McKinley,…
MEXICO
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13 DEC 2010
Reprinted with perimission from James Bosworth, of Bloggings by Boz. …
LA FAMILIA MICHOACANA
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11 DEC 2010
The Familia Michoacana -- the criminal syndicate whose battles this week with authorities in their western stronghold from which…
EL CHAYO
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11 DEC 2010
After the death of its top leader, the Familia Michoacana is injured, but it is far from done. The government's…
EL CHAYO
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10 DEC 2010
The leader of the Familia Michoacana, Nazario Moreno González, alias "El Chayo" or "El Más Loco," was killed Thursday in…
COLOMBIA
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10 DEC 2010
The penalties for drug offenses in Colombia and Mexico do not successfully target large-scale traffickers, says a report released Thursday.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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10 DEC 2010
A Mexican NGO estimates that there are around 50,000 child abductees in Mexico today. According to Guillermo Gutiérrez Romero, the president…
EL CHAYO
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10 DEC 2010
In a record surge of violence, federal police clashed with Familia Michoacana members yesterday in fourteen different municipalities in Michoacán,…
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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9 DEC 2010
The mayors of Huehuetenango, a western department in Guatemala known for high levels of drug-related activity, have called on the…
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