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Video: Narco-Trucks Ready for War in Mexico

The armored cars Mexican gangs use to do battle in the contested state of Tamaulipas are increasingly technologically sophisticated, equipped…

Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Operative Captured, Makled To Be Extradited

Authorities have arrested Raul Sabori Cisneros, an alleged lieutenant for the Sinaloa Cartel, reports El Universal. Cisneros is…

Mexican Cartels Expand into Honduras

Honduran officials report that Mexican drug traffickers are expanding their activities in the country and forming links with local bosses…

Video: 'Highway of Death' Runs Past Mass Graves in Northern Mexico

Witnesses of rapes, kidnappings and murder discuss traveling the "highway of death" in Mexico's northern Tamaulipas state, where authorities recently…

Cables Highlight Panama's Weakness While FARC Threaten Border

A series of WikiLeaks cables paints a grim picture of Panama’s capacity to respond to the increasingly aggressive FARC rebels,…

Brazil Red Command 'Members' Arrested in Paraguay

Paraguay captured five alleged members of Brazilian gang Red Command (Comando Vermelho), a sign of Brazil's organized crime stretching out…

SouthCom Head Visits Honduras for Drug Talks

Chief of the U.S. Southern Command, General Douglas M. Fraser, started a two-day visit to Honduras on Tuesday. He will…

Rethinking the 'Spillover' Effect of Mexican Violence

U.S. border-state politicians have been saying for years that Mexico’s drug violence is on the verge of spreading like wildfire…

Head of the Once-Mighty Machos Surrenders

The leader of the decimated Machos, a group once responsible for shipping hundreds of tons of cocaine to the US,…

Cable Invokes Fear of FARC Links with Ecuador

A recently released WikiLeaks cable sheds light on the distrust between President Correa and the U.S., caused in part by…

Colombia Praises Venezuela's Efforts To Remove FARC

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos told Television Española that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Revolucionarias Armadas…

Is the US Raising Stakes in Search for 'El Chapo'?

Fugitive drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias “El Chapo,” is living in the Mexican state of Durango, a…