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COLOMBIA /
7 APR 2011
Juan de Dios Usuga, alias Giovanni, has seen all sides of Colombia's conflict, as guerrilla, paramilitary, and now…
MEXICO /
6 APR 2011
Speaking at the 28th International Drug Enforcement Conference in Cancun, Mexican National Security Council representative Alejandro Poire said that the…
CARIBBEAN /
6 APR 2011
The United Nations mission in Haiti told Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a memo that it had seen a rise…
COLOMBIA /
5 APR 2011
Colombia is the nation second most affected by landmines, just after Afghanistan. Mines are a low-cost, high-impact weapon that have…
MEXICO /
5 APR 2011
Killings linked to organized crime have nearly tripled in Jalisco, from 67 in the first quarter of 2010 to 181…
MEXICO /
5 APR 2011
After a group of unidentified gunmen faced off with Mexican security forces in an Acapulco street market, InSight takes a…
MEXICO /
5 APR 2011
Houston Chronicle: In a potentially sweeping and politically charged escalation of the U.S. offensive against…
BELTRAN LEYVA ORG /
5 APR 2011
Between March 2011 and the last day of President Calderons mandate in 2012, Mexicos narco-underworld will evolve at…
CARTEL OF THE SUNS /
4 APR 2011
As it becomes more and more likely that Colombia will extradite drug kingpin Walid Makled to Venezuela instead of the…
ECUADOR /
4 APR 2011
The report, published January 2010, is by Douglas Farah and Glenn R. Simpson, senior fellows at the International Assessment and…
JUDICIAL REFORM /
4 APR 2011
Mexico's Attorney General Arturo Chavez stepped down this week after just a year and a half in office. Most media…
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
2 APR 2011
The latest headlines about gun running from the United States south to Mexico may involve the resignation of Mexicos attorney…
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