The Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 00:00
In a major army-led operation, a top crime boss' alleged lieutenant is caught, and 8 state police agents are among those arrested and accused of links to organized crime
Sunday, March 8, 2009 - 00:00
Once-skeptical U.S. sponsors say the national program, modeled after one developed in Medellin, may eventually serve as a template for war-torn societies
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 00:00
Hebert Veloza Garcia is sent to New York to face drug-trafficking charges. Rights groups fear that could mean details of government collusion with the militias may never be known
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 00:00
Two former top Cuban political figures who were fired from the Cabinet by President Raul Castro said they had made "errors" and resigned from their other official posts, completing a stunning fall from grace.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
The deal has languished in Congress. Under Obama's trade agenda, it has a future
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
Business owners, law enforcement officers, journalists and other professionals are among those seeking asylum in the U.S. -- even when it means sitting in jail
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 00:00
The government is deploying 1,000 more federal police officers as part of a wider effort to restore order in the nation's most violent city. Thousands of soldiers are also being sent
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
The killing of a newly-hired security official and two others raises questions about the drug trade's impact on the popular resort, especially with suspicions falling on the ex-police chief.
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
Colombian soldiers have unearthed guerrilla hide-outs in caves deep in the jungles where rebels evaded attacks, stashed land mines and stored medical supplies
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 00:00
Fifty arrests in California and elsewhere are the latest among 730 targeting the Sinaloa cartel in a 21-month investigation