The Houston Chronicle
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 00:00
He was widely criticized for not visiting Ciudad Juarez sooner after the massacre, in which gunmen burst into a party and opened fire with automatic weapons.
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 00:00
Haiti's endlessly resilient people are struggling to recreate their lives.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 00:00
Castresana said that blaming Colom apparently was a way of shaking up the powers that be and "opening up a Pandora's box that would result on change in the country."
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 00:00
Venezuela is at risk of a devastating power collapse as drought pushes water levels precariously low in the country's biggest hydroelectric dam
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 00:00
“I was hoping for a Swedish kind of socialism where everyone gets rich,” Armando said. “Instead, we are getting a Cuban kind of socialism where everyone will be poor”
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 00:00
A note left with his bound and blindfolded body warned, “This is going to happen to those who don't understand that the message is for everyone.”
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 00:00
Interviews, files and court records trace a syndicate's growth from small-time pot smuggling to a mega-empire with a hub in Houston
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 00:00
Gunmen have killed more than 170 bus drivers this year to scare them and transportation companies into paying extortion fees that fuel the country's multimillion-dollar organized crime network.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 00:00
Cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine gush into the United States, but Mexico's largest criminal organizations are taking a beating, and their futures have tumbled into uncertainty.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 00:00
There was no information on the possible motive for the slayings, but beheadings are a hallmark of Mexico's brutal drug gang violence. Durango, a mountainous, largely rural state, is a major battleground for drug trafficking territory.