Tim Johnson
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 00:00
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- At least once or twice a day, sirens blare as firefighters in this violent border city speed to the latest store or restaurant that gangsters have firebombed for ignoring extortion demands.
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 00:00
La Familia, as it's known in Mexico, recruits heavily among drug users in rehabilitation centers, taking them to remote training camps where they receive cult-like indoctrination.
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 00:00
In a fierce clash that began south of the famous Tikal ruins, the drug gang known as Los Zetas, based in Mexico's northeastern border area and the Yucatan Peninsula, was able to outgun local police.
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 00:00
he record-setting marijuana bust in Tijuana Sunday night wasn’t 105 tons as originally reported. According to an army statement, it was 134.2 tons.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 00:00
The inclusion of Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua on the Majors List was front-page news throughout the region.
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 00:00
MEXICO CITY: A debate about legalizing marijuana and possibly other drugs once a taboo suggestion is percolating in Mexico, a nation exhausted by runaway violence and a deadly drug war.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 00:00
Over the past four years, entities controlled by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega have received at least $1 billion in no-strings-attached donations through an oil deal brokered by President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 00:00
Almost every month, heavily armed squads break into a rehab center somewhere in Mexico and gun down those who are thought to be rivals from competing narcotics syndicates, along with innocent patients.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 00:00
Durante un periodo de 17 dias el mes pasado, Guatemala parecia estar cayendo bajo el control directo de presuntos mafiosos.
Friday, July 9, 2010 - 00:00
Drug gangs operate largely unhindered. As many as seven of Guatemala's 22 provinces may not be under government control.