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COLOMBIA
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24 NOV 2010
At least twelve police officers and soldiers have been killed since Tuesday in attacks by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of…
BRAZIL
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24 NOV 2010
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday launched a massive air and ground operation in a score of shantytown neighborhoods…
COLOMBIA
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24 NOV 2010
Julio Alberto Lozano, alias "Patricia," accused by Colombian authorities of being one of the hemisphere's most important drug traffickers, has…
PERU
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23 NOV 2010
Edgar Mejía Asencio, alias "Izula," an alleged former commander of the Shining Path's Upper Huallaga faction who was arrested October…
CARIBBEAN
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23 NOV 2010
Police in Puerto Rico arrested 17 people yesterday accused of ties to the island's most notorious drug trafficker, Jose Figueroa…
GUATEMALA
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23 NOV 2010
Citing recent clashes between Guatemalan security forces and the Zetas drug trafficking organization, Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Menocal called on…
COLOMBIA
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23 NOV 2010
Colombian National Police on Monday captured Rastrojos leader Hector Eudoro Rivera Erazo, alias "Caballo," in the town of Soacha, just…
MERIDA INITIATIVE
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23 NOV 2010
Under the framework of the Merida Initiative, the US will give $333 million in aid and equipment to Mexico before…
FARC
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22 NOV 2010
InSight Crime translates an excerpt from Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's weekly column, "Las Lineas de Chávez," in which Chavez speaks…
EL LOCO BARRERA
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22 NOV 2010
Arturo Paredes Cordoba, the brother of Jorge Mario Paredes Cordoba (pictured), alias "El Gordo," was assassinated along with another man…
BELTRAN LEYVA ORG
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22 NOV 2010
Mexican authorities formally began extradition proceedings for Edgar Valdez Villareal, alias "La Barbie," a former top-level member of the Beltran…
MEXICO
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22 NOV 2010
Silverio Cavazos Ceballos, the former governor of the western state of Colima, was assassinated Sunday. …
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