Elyssa Pachico
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 00:00
This migration away from the biggest urban centers is part of the maras' strategy to lower their profile, the government report argues.
Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 00:00
Many members of Colombia's traditional land-owning elite could also trace their wealth back to criminal enterprises: contraband smuggling, land seizures, and slavery. Escobar's wealth came from just another industry that was technically illegal.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 00:00
This is one of the first reported arrests of a high-ranking member of the Texis Cartel network.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 00:00
Firefights between rival criminal groups, many of them claiming the name of Colombian paramilitary organizations like the AUC and the Aguilas Negras, have been reported in Tachira since last year.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 00:00
Aside from prioritizing large troop deployments in Mexico's most violence-racked cities, including Ciudad Juarez, the government's strategy has been mostly reactive.
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 00:00
Defense attorneys who represent the region's most powerful drug lords are offered tantilizing compensation packages from their clients but the risks inherent in the job are evident from the host of lawyers gunned down in Colombia, Mexico and elsewhere.
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 00:00
In a video, Colombia's rebel group the FARC say French journalist Romeo Langlois is a prisoner of war (POW). The Colombian government has rejected this labeling. Who is correct?
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 00:00
The current lack of an aggressive political turf war between Jamaica's gangs, known as "posses," is the most likely explanation for the relative peace.
Friday, April 27, 2012 - 00:00
Saldarriaga, a former member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) who was recruited by Barrera to run a network of assassins in Colombia's Eastern Plains, had killed in Buenos Aires on Barrera's behalf.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
According to Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM), Guatemala saw 213 kidnappings in 2008. The total dropped steadily over the following four years, falling to 126 cases in 2011.