The Los Angeles Times
Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 00:00
They seized 63 tons of cocaine, twice as much as in 2008, and destroyed seven drug-processing laboratories, up from two.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 00:00
A cottage industry has exploded alongside the skyrocketing kidnapping rate: telephoned shakedowns that play on fears, in which the perpetrators scamming for pesos make random, scattershot calls.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 00:00
A kidnapping attempt in northern Mexico led to a highway car chase and gun battle that left seven gunmen and a federal police officer dead.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 00:00
The man tells reporters that assailants targeted the high-school party because members of a rival trafficking group were said to be in attendance.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 00:00
The school's owner clashes with post-earthquake squatters who have no place to call home. Nearby, young students eagerly wait to regain one normal aspect of their lives.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 00:00
The rival political parties are considering a marriage of convenience this year to thwart an elections sweep by the PRI.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 00:00
The attack on a party attended by mostly high school and college students has 'no apparent motive,' the mayor says. The death toll rises to 16.
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 00:00
Officials in the northern state of Chihuahua said high school students and others were at a private home celebrating a school soccer victory when armed men rolled up in seven vehicles.
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 00:00
Zelaya's departure and Lobo's inauguration allow Honduras to try to move past a crisis that laid bare deep political polarization and saw the first military coup in Central America in more than a decade.
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 00:00
Under a deal ending the Honduras political crisis, the ousted president leaves the country hours after Porfirio Lobo is sworn in to office.