Elyssa Pachico
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 00:00
A week after the former security minister was gunned down, Honduras' chief of police said during a graduation ceremony that some officers have plotted to kill him
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 00:00
The risk now is that the Urabenos will try to step in and take over Bonilla's faction of the Medellin mafia, known as the Oficina de Envigado. Parts of this faction may not be so willing to adapt to new leadership
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 00:00
Perez is a member of the leftist Polo Democratico, Colombia's only opposition party. He was elected mayor in San Vicente del Caguan, Caqueta
Friday, November 18, 2011 - 00:00
The US government is researching use of robots, microgravity sensors, and other high-tech tools to find smuggling tunnels under the US-Mexico border. But police work may be the most effective tool.
Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 00:00
Over a year after Colombia repaired diplomatic relations with Venezuela and Ecuador, the border areas remain some of the worst affected by conflict and drug trafficking.
Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 00:00
A TV special by PBS details the threats community activists in Colombia face from armed groups, as they try to keep an industrial gold mining company from seizing their land.
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 00:00
The amount of ammunition that Mexican police have seized in Tijuana has more than doubled since 2008, an official testified during a California Senate hearing
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 00:00
Paraiba is at the periphery of Brazil both in terms of geography and attention from the national government
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 00:00
El Universal reports that out of the 8,327 officers who passed their entrance exams between 2007 and 2010, over 6,000 of them have since become inactive
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 00:00
The fear is that the UPP will turn out to be just another community policing experiment, limited in terms of scope and benefits