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The Salvadorean government has dismissed 330 prison staff members since Friday, in an attempt to crack down on gang activity.
Several coordinated bank assaults and robberies have led shops to close their doors in Apatzingan, in the embattled state of…
Nicaraguan police arrested four people accused of controlling airstrips in southern Nicaragua, used to launch drug flights for Mexican cartels,…
The hottest book in Mexico this Christmas season is called 'Los Señores del Narco' (loosely translated, 'The Drug Traffickers'). Using…
The Sinaloa cartel controls the drug trade in Costa Rica and coordinates cocaine shipments from there to the U.S., a…
Sunday peace rallies across Michoacan emphasized a deep distrust of government authority, with some demonstrators voicing support for the Familia…
Intelligence documents signal that Colombian ex-soldiers train members of the Familia Michoacan, reports La Razon.
A March 2009 U.S. diplomatic cable from Lima written by then U.S. Ambassador to Peru, P. Michael McKinley,…
Reprinted with perimission from James Bosworth, of Bloggings by Boz. …
The Familia Michoacana -- the criminal syndicate whose battles this week with authorities in their western stronghold from which…
After the death of its top leader, the Familia Michoacana is injured, but it is far from done. The government's…
The leader of the Familia Michoacana, Nazario Moreno González, alias "El Chayo" or "El Más Loco," was killed Thursday in…