Geoffrey Ramsey
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 00:00
Asserting that the donation of “seven or 10” helicopters would be the equivalent of merely "pulling a hair" for either international organization, Morales publicly urged them to contribute more
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 00:00
Colombia-based groups remain highly active in the region, using it as a base for drug shipments and money laundering schemes
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 00:00
According to authorities, the Independent Cartel is responsible for extorting scores of local businesses, and is thought to be responsible for several deaths in the Acapulco area
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 00:00
Authorities also claimed to have seized some 1,600 tons of marijuana and five tons of cocaine, down from just over 2,200 and 9.4, respectively, in 2010
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 00:00
It is unclear whether this increase is due to improved interdiction efforts or the country's growing importance as a cocaine transit route
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 00:00
Diego Alvarez, the CICIG's press officer, said that the budget reduction was due to a drop in donations
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 00:00
On November 22, two separate bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in downtown Guayaquil
Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 00:00
El Faro looks at the dynamics of gang activity in one Nicaraguan neighborhood, giving a microcosm of the reasons why the country has been spared the excesses of violence and unrest that have hit other countries in Central America.
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 00:00
Salazar claims that Perez’s campaign is being buoyed by the work of one Efrain Maldonado, alias "Don Efra," a demobilized paramilitary of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 00:00
Colombian officials have found the third "narco-submarine" in less than a month, in a makeshift shipyard on the Caribbean coast