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COLOMBIA
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25 APR 2011
Despite criticism from sectors of the previous Colombian administration, including former President Uribe, President Santos strategy of pursuing friendship with…
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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25 APR 2011
As Mexican cartels infiltrate Central America, corrupt elements within the regions militaries from places like Honduras are providing them with…
MEXICO
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25 APR 2011
Two factions associated with the Sinaloa Cartel have turned their guns on each other in Durango, raising questions about the…
ECUADOR
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22 APR 2011
Ecuador has arrested a Colombian drug lord from a little known but very rich gang, Cordillera. Loosely translated as the…
GUATEMALA
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22 APR 2011
The state of siege had not yet ended and they had already returned. "Did you hear a cardamom seller…
GULF CARTEL
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22 APR 2011
A spate of recent arrests in Morelos has confirmed the belief that the South Pacific Cartel (SPC) is the gang…
HONDURAS
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22 APR 2011
Sixteen national congressmen in Honduras are drug traffickers, according to a former security advisor for the Honduran government quoted in…
CARIBBEAN
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21 APR 2011
More than 5,000 members of the Dominican security forces have been fired over the last three years amid accusations of…
HUMAN SMUGGLING
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21 APR 2011
Mexican federal police said they rescued 68 migrants being held for ransom in the border city of Reynosa.
GENDER AND CRIME
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21 APR 2011
While focus continues on the dangers to migrants traveling north in Mexico, a new phenomenon appeared in the south: forced…
COLOMBIA
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21 APR 2011
Forty-five Mexican police have been arrested over alleged ties to the Zetas cartel. The police are all from…
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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20 APR 2011
Authorities have arrested 55 suspects, including 16 police, for participating in the murders of at least 217 people…
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