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EL INGENIERO (TIJUANA)
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16 MAR 2011
Mexican border city Tijuana saw a grisly weekend of eight murders, raising fears that the city is returning to the…
AUC
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15 MAR 2011
Colombia will hold elections for mayors, governors, state assemblies and city councilors in October. The approach of the local elections…
COLOMBIA
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15 MAR 2011
One of the wealthiest units of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC), the…
BRAZIL
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15 MAR 2011
The Brazil that President Barack Obama will visit in the coming days is one that is being torn…
COLOMBIA
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15 MAR 2011
With talk in Medellin about creating a cashless public transport system and moves in Bogota towards installing cell phone signal…
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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14 MAR 2011
Alongside the publication Sunday of an Op-Ed by President Barack Obama in the Arizona Daily Star, calling to…
VENEZUELA
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14 MAR 2011
As both Venezuela's government and the opposition battle over the significance of the country's rising murder rate, neither side seems…
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
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14 MAR 2011
Citizens of the Mexican state of Michoacan woke on Thursday morning to banners hanging from bridges, monuments, and school gates…
KIDNAPPING
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13 MAR 2011
El Nacional did a special over the weekend on kidnapping, charting how this crime has increased in Venezuela…
MEXICO
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11 MAR 2011
A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) discusses money laundering issues between the U.S. and Mexico, and how…
JUAREZ CARTEL
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11 MAR 2011
The appointment of retired colonel Julian Leyzaola, the controversial former head of Tijuana's police force, to lead a security crackdown…
AUC
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11 MAR 2011
Paramilitary commanders have said that the demobilization of some elements of the AUC was faked, with the blessing of government…
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