Latin American Herald Tribune
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 00:00
An uprising at a prison in the northeastern Brazilian state of Sergipe ended late Monday with a police assault that led to the surrender of more than 400 rebellious inmates.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 00:00
Some 1,500 members of Brazil's MST Landless Movement occupied the Agriculture Ministry on Monday and demanded an audience with President Dilma Rousseff, police said.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 00:00
Five suspects were arrested over the weekend in connection with the killings in late February of journalist siblings Veronica and Victor Hugo Penasco, Bolivian Government Minister Carlos Romero said.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 00:00
The navy's participation in the operation was essential to its success, the governor said.
Friday, April 6, 2012 - 00:00
One inmate was killed and seven others injured Thursday in a disturbance at the Canada Prison Farm in the southern province of Escuintla, Guatemala's deputy interior minister said.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 00:00
A homemade bomb exploded over the weekend at a gas station in eastern El Salvador, causing damage but no injuries, a police spokesman told Efe.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 00:00
The group's leader was Silvia Meraz, one of the suspects arrested for the three killings in the town of Nacozari, Sonora AG's office spokesman Jose Larrinaga in a statement.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 00:00
The kidnappers expected the ransom money to come from the sale of a ranch supposedly owned by the businessman, who denied owning the property and told the criminals to check the property's title at the Public Registry.
Friday, March 16, 2012 - 00:00
The Juarez Valley, an arid area that is home to a stretch of rural towns on the city's outskirts, has become a clandestine cemetery for murdered women.
Friday, March 9, 2012 - 00:00
While many veterans of current U.S. wars wrestle with physical and emotional wounds and the challenges of getting a job, some must also contend with obstacles to obtaining legal residence for their loved ones.