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The armored cars Mexican gangs use to do battle in the contested state of Tamaulipas are increasingly technologically sophisticated, equipped…
Authorities have arrested Raul Sabori Cisneros, an alleged lieutenant for the Sinaloa Cartel, reports El Universal. Cisneros is…
Honduran officials report that Mexican drug traffickers are expanding their activities in the country and forming links with local bosses…
Witnesses of rapes, kidnappings and murder discuss traveling the "highway of death" in Mexico's northern Tamaulipas state, where authorities recently…
A series of WikiLeaks cables paints a grim picture of Panamas capacity to respond to the increasingly aggressive FARC rebels,…
Paraguay captured five alleged members of Brazilian gang Red Command (Comando Vermelho), a sign of Brazil's organized crime stretching out…
Chief of the U.S. Southern Command, General Douglas M. Fraser, started a two-day visit to Honduras on Tuesday. He will…
U.S. border-state politicians have been saying for years that Mexicos drug violence is on the verge of spreading like wildfire…
The leader of the decimated Machos, a group once responsible for shipping hundreds of tons of cocaine to the US,…
A recently released WikiLeaks cable sheds light on the distrust between President Correa and the U.S., caused in part by…
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos told Television Española that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Revolucionarias Armadas…
Fugitive drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias El Chapo, is living in the Mexican state of Durango, a…