The Los Angeles Times
Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 00:00
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS -- Honduran and U.S. authorities seized at least 4.6 tons of cocaine on a boat in the Caribbean Sea and arrested six of the vessel's crew members.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 00:00
CARACAS, VENEZUELA — Hundreds of Venezuelan military officers are no longer assigned duties and have been relegated to their homes, quietly pushed aside for their dissent under President Hugo Chavez, according to former military commanders and a watchd
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 00:00
EL PARAISO, EL SALVADOR -- Like a prizefighter nearing the ring, Mauricio Funes strides through a gantlet of feverish fans.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
MEXICO CITY -- Police officials on Tuesday fired 17 officers here in connection with a botched raid on a bar last week that triggered a stampede, leaving a dozen people dead.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
A Mexican judge has released the suspected killer of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar, leaving U.S. officials “shocked and appalled,” according to a statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
In anticipation of the scheduled debate around the controversial Merida Initiative aid package in the U.S. Senate this week, the British newspaper Financial Times urges President Felipe Calderon to accept the human rights conditions attached to the plan a
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
"Paraguayan prisoners rioted Friday to press a list of demands, including more sex. Inmates seized the Esperanza prison's director and other administrators, demanding nighttime conjugal visits and an end to mistreatment by guards," the Associate
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 00:00
BERN, SWITZERLAND -- Swiss authorities will hand over to the Mexican government $74 million from bank accounts linked to the brother of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, the Justice Ministry said Wednesday.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 00:00
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday announced a price freeze on more than 150 pantry staples as part of a pact with producers that have promised to cap prices through the end of the year.
It's the second such deal he has reach
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 00:00
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has sharply ratcheted up prosecutions of illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in the last year, with increases so dramatic that immigration offenses now account for as much as half the nation's federal crim