Elisabeth Malkin
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 00:00
Torreon, in the state of Coahuila, which borders Texas, has become a battleground in the drug war as a transit point to the United States.
Friday, July 2, 2010 - 00:00
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations has appointed Costa Rica's attorney general, Francisco Dall'Anese, to lead an international panel fighting organized crime and corruption in Guatemala.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 00:00
Two decades after United States troops invaded Panama and arrested Manuel Noriega, the country's dictator, Mr. Noriega left federal prison in Miami on Monday and was extradited to France.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 00:00
The suspects, who said they were members of La Linea, the enforcement arm of the Juarez drug cartel, confessed to 36 other killings since the beginning of 2009.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 00:00
In the past few months, this discreet first lady has taken on a public role consoling the families of victims as Mexico's drug war claims a growing number of innocent lives.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 00:00
Mauricio Funes, the first president from the left since the 1992 peace accords ended a war in which as many as 75,000 people were killed, asked for forgiveness in the name of the state.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 00:00
In the six weeks since gunmen killed 15 people in a working-class neighborhood here, the police, the governor, psychologists and even the president’s wife have descended....And then everybody left.
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 00:00
The killings provoked outrage from Washington and raised new questions about whether employees of the United States and their family members were increasingly at risk of being swept into the cross-fire of Mexico's bloody drug wars.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 00:00
Mexico, long one of the world's top oil-exporting countries, could begin importing oil within the decade.
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 00:00
Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that attacks on opponents of last year's coup in Honduras have continued since a newly elected government took office.