The Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 00:00
The increase in cop deaths is attributable in part to Venezuela's out-of-control crime, which has become the No. 1 issue in the presidential race.
Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 00:00
President Calderon vowed to create a trustworthy federal police force. Now as he apologizes for a police shooting of a U.S. Embassy vehicle, citizens scoff.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - 00:00
Colombian government officials had not acknowledged peace talks with the FARC since 2002.
Monday, August 27, 2012 - 00:00
Looking back, the TBI report suggests that drug-related violence may have begun to surge two years before Calderon took office
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 00:00
Yo Soy 132 ("I am 132") may end up being swallowed by the clamor of protest that is part of the country's daily dose of ambient noise. But like other outsiders who have stirred the Mexican moral imagination, it may also become something more.
Friday, August 10, 2012 - 00:00
Fourteen bodies were found in a truck Thursday in the state of San Luis Potosi, at least 17 people have been killed since Sunday in the port of Acapulco, and 12 others were reported killed in 24 hours in metropolitan Mexico City.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 00:00
The focus on Belize-a polyglot, 327,000-resident wedge of the Yucatan just south of Cancun-is the latest evidence of the overwhelming influence of the south-to-north movement of drugs.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 00:00
Does the memorial speak for all of them? And if not, how do you winnow the memorialized?
Monday, August 6, 2012 - 00:00
A long political rivalry between the Ferraz and Novaes families turned deadly in the 1990s. Revenge and counter-revenge have killed one man after another.
Friday, August 3, 2012 - 00:00
This week's numbers are encouraging. But we'd like to see a more thorough explanation of how they were compiled to guide U.S. counter-narcotics policy in the future.