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Juan de Dios Usuga, alias Giovanni, has seen all sides of Colombia's conflict, as guerrilla, paramilitary, and now…
Speaking at the 28th International Drug Enforcement Conference in Cancun, Mexican National Security Council representative Alejandro Poire said that the…
The United Nations mission in Haiti told Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a memo that it had seen a rise…
Colombia is the nation second most affected by landmines, just after Afghanistan. Mines are a low-cost, high-impact weapon that have…
Killings linked to organized crime have nearly tripled in Jalisco, from 67 in the first quarter of 2010 to 181…
After a group of unidentified gunmen faced off with Mexican security forces in an Acapulco street market, InSight takes a…
Houston Chronicle: In a potentially sweeping and politically charged escalation of the U.S. offensive against…
Between March 2011 and the last day of President Calderons mandate in 2012, Mexicos narco-underworld will evolve at…
As it becomes more and more likely that Colombia will extradite drug kingpin Walid Makled to Venezuela instead of the…

International Assessment and Strategy Center: Ecuador at Risk - Drugs, Thugs, Guerrillas, and the Citizens' Revolution
The report, published January 2010, is by Douglas Farah and Glenn R. Simpson, senior fellows at the International Assessment and…
Mexico's Attorney General Arturo Chavez stepped down this week after just a year and a half in office. Most media…
The latest headlines about gun running from the United States south to Mexico may involve the resignation of Mexicos attorney…