The Los Angeles Times
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 00:00
Mexico's most powerful organized crime group, the Sinaloa drug cartel, has increased its control of Baja California, where the once powerful Arellano Felix drug cartel has been largely dismantled
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 00:00
A judge wants former U.S. Navy Capt. Ray E. Davis, whereabouts unclear, to face murder charges in the death of freelance journalist Charles Horman
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 00:00
Santos hailed Venezuela's arrest of suspected Colombian trafficker Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias "El Valenciano," calling Orozco a "high value" target
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 00:00
"My companions ran towards them [the guerrillas] and they were killed in cold blood," Erazo said. "I forgot the rules and ran the other direction"
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 00:00
Unlike Colombia, Mexico does not have laws that allow authorities to freeze assets of a person or company, or otherwise punish them, just because they appear on a U.S. blacklist
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 00:00
Officials here say the tide of laundered money could reach as high as $50 billion, a staggering sum equal to about 3% of Mexico's legitimate economy
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 00:00
Those who want to stop cartels from easily moving their money express concern that banks that are caught get off with a slap on the wrist
Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 00:00
When the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela meet on Monday for one-on-one talks on the sidelines of a Latin America summit, one topic of conversation is sure to be: Where is Timochenko?
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 00:00
The Obama administration ought to urge Calderon to focus on strengthening Mexico's judicial system and encourage his government to adopt reforms
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 00:00
President Michel Martelly is expected to announce a plan to reconstitute the military. But the last thing Haiti needs is a $25-million plan to rebuild a failed institution.