The Los Angeles Times
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 00:00
A federal operation aimed at tracing weapons to Mexican drug cartels lost track of hundreds, including two guns found at the scene of a Border Patrol agent's killing.
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 00:00
Thursday's meeting provides a much-needed opportunity for President Obama and Calderon to get bilateral relations back on track.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 00:00
U.S. authorities say one of three men they arrested this week purchased an AK-47 at a Texas gun shop that was used in the attack last month that killed a Border Patrol agent and wounded his partner.
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 00:00
The Reyes family has become a case study of the unrelenting violence ravaging northern Mexico.
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican drug cartels have distribution channels in every major city in the U.S., said Derek Maltz, special agent in charge of special operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 00:00
The new face of U.S. aid to Colombia is not a Black Hawk helicopter or a Green Beret trainer but a smiling 77-year-old peasant clutching the deed to a five-acre farm.
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 00:00
The fatal shooting of a U.S. federal agent is not expected to fundamentally alter the U.S.-Mexican alliance, but the expanding corps of U.S. personnel helping Mexico's drug war may face new measures.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 00:00
Trade between Venezuela and Colombia has not recovered despite efforts by leaders of the South American neighbors to improve relations and leave behind recent bitter disputes, a business leader said Monday.
Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 00:00
Marcos Baquero, a San Jose del Guaviare city councilman who was kidnapped in June 2009, was released by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 00:00
A conservative party wins a governorship with a candidate who defected from the main leftist group. All are vying against the centrist former ruling PRI party.