Latin American Herald Tribune
Friday, January 27, 2012 - 00:00
A total of 119 people were arrested in three operations undertaken by federal authorities in Southern California that dealt a heavy blow to the organized crime outfit known as the Mexican Mafia, or "La Eme."
Monday, January 23, 2012 - 00:00
A municipal police supervisor in Ciudad Juarez was murdered by gunmen while driving to work, a police spokesman said.
Monday, January 23, 2012 - 00:00
Army troops found 17 police officers who fought off 100 FARC guerrillas alive in Cauca.
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 00:00
There are dozens of Venezuelans who, after rigged trials and some with no trial at all, have been sent to prison, are paying a term of home confinement or have been forced into exile.
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 00:00
Mexican authorities have arrested four teenagers, including three minors, for their alleged role in the deaths of four youths and a man.
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 00:00
Army soldiers rescued four kidnap victims in the Mexican state of Morelos and arrested 14 suspected members of a criminal gang.
Friday, January 13, 2012 - 00:00
Mismanagement by he Chavez administration is the cause of the rampant rise in crime in Venezuela, which, today, has made addressing the lack of security a priority issue.
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 00:00
A Chilean magistrate quashed on Wednesday the arrest of two Mapuche Indian women and told prosecutors to investigate the case after he watched a cell-phone video showing a police officer striking one of the detainees.
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 00:00
Three inmates were killed in a riot at a reformatory in the northeastern Brazilian city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, authorities said Wednesday.
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 00:00
Daniel Ortega began his second consecutive five-year term as president of Nicaragua with a speech substantially devoted to defending the Iranian nuclear program.