Nick Miroff
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 00:00
The drug traffickers and their Colombian suppliers smuggle $20 billion to $25 billion in U.S. bank notes across the southwest border annually.
Friday, August 13, 2010 - 00:00
The division of labor between Castro and his 79-year-old brother Raul - who took over Cuba's leadership temporarily, then permanently - has hewn to clear boundaries so far.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 00:00
Years of government neglect have produced a civic experiment gone awry, allowing organized crime to fill a moral and social vacuum in a place of rootless newcomers.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 00:00
Drug cartel violence in Mexico is quickly spilling south into Central America and is threatening to destabilize fragile countries already rife with crime and corruption.
Friday, January 8, 2010 - 00:00
Because the U.S. State Department has designated Cuba's communist government as a "state sponsor of terror," Cuban travelers will be pulled aside for extra security checks
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 00:00
U.S. residents without family in Cuba are still generally barred from going to the island, but many Cuban Americans here said they want that to change, too -- out of fairness and a desire to see American tourists flood the island