The Los Angeles Times
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
Minerva Bautista and her entourage were attacked by gunmen in Michoacan, turf of La Familia drug gang.
Friday, June 25, 2010 - 00:00
Instead of facilitating imports of equipment, leaders have lapsed into a pattern of corruption and delay.
Friday, June 25, 2010 - 00:00
According to the case against him, Gonzalez-Uribe ran an enterprise that shipped drugs to Mexico and countries in Central and South America, and then moved the narcotics to the U.S. and Europe.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 00:00
Funes faces an avalanche of criticism, from opponents and supporters alike, over broken promises, corrupt management and a failure to halt rising violence that threatens to turn the nation into "a criminal state."
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
Santos comes with some heavy baggage. On his watch, the military developed an anything-goes swagger, not only when taking on guerrillas but also with noncombatants
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
Acting on a tip, police find Christopher 'Dudus' Coke disguised as a woman.
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 00:00
Police Brig. Gen. Luis Herlindo Mendieta and Col. Enrique Murillo had been held hostage by FARC since November 1998. Details of the rescue operation have not been disclosed.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 00:00
Mexico's labor secretary on Tuesday defended his government's decision to send federal police officers to remove striking workers from a historically symbolic copper mine in northern Mexico.
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 00:00
The failure or inability of the Mexican government to pierce intricate money-laundering operations is often cited as one of the major flaws in an offensive against cartels that was launched by President Felipe Calderon
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 00:00
Juan Manuel Santos wins more than twice as many votes as his nearest rival, former Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus, but not enough to avoid a runoff