The Los Angeles Times
Monday, May 18, 2009 - 00:00
The prison warden and two top guards are arrested in Zacatecas after suspected drug cartel men in a 17-car convoy, backed by a helicopter, entered the facility and freed 53 inmates
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 00:00
Drugs, corruption and a history of violence and abuse contribute to a per capita homicide rate that is 10 times that of the U.S.
Monday, May 11, 2009 - 00:00
The museum, which is used to educate soldiers and is closed to the public, offers powerful testimony to the inventiveness and huge resources that traffickers continue bringing to the fight
Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 00:00
As the U.S. considers thawing relations further, support for a more lenient policy is emerging in the South, where Cuba is seen less as a Cold War antagonist than as a rare growth market
Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 00:00
Rafael Correa's reelection shows the country's confidence in the left-leaning president
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 00:00
Authorities say Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, the reputed leader of the Mexican cartel, has given his associates the OK, if necessary, to open fire across the border
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 00:00
He'll ask Congress to help curb the flow of arms to Mexico before seeking any immigration reform
Monday, May 4, 2009 - 00:00
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton charged Friday that China and Iran have made "quite disturbing" gains in Latin America
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 00:00
The bold assaults by heavily armed gunmen are said to have been aimed at intimidating the force.
Friday, April 24, 2009 - 00:00
Cuba watchers are glued to the former president's blog, which is always buzzing with his musings, in eight languages.