The New York Times
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 00:00
The Honduran government has deployed soldiers to perform anti-crime patrols in some of the Central American country's most violent cities, following the massacre of 18 people.
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 00:00
Mexican authorities arrested seven suspected drug cartel members believed to have killed 72 migrants heading to the United States, in what is said to be the worst massacre in the country's escalating drug war, the government said on Wednesday.
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 00:00
The third Mexican mayor in a month was slain by suspected drug gang hitmen on the same day the U.S. secretary of state raised hackles in Mexico by saying the country is "looking more and more like Colombia looked 20 years ago."
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 00:00
The authorities said Wednesday that they thought they had found the bodies of two law enforcement officials who were involved in the investigation of the massacre of 72 migrants last month.
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 00:00
Three former soldiers will go on trial for the 1982 massacre of more than 250 people, a judge ruled on Wednesday in the first such court case in Guatemala for crimes committed in its dark civil war past.
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 00:00
Haiti's urgent and unmet needs are staggering.
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 00:00
We have delegated to drug lords the job of managing our immigrant supply, just as they manage our supply of narcotics. The results are clear.
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 00:00
Few leaders in Latin America embody the rise and fall of political fortunes like Mr. Garcia.
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 00:00
The bullet-pocked bodies of 72 people, believed to be migrants heading to the United States who resisted demands for money, have been found in a large room on a ranch in an area of northeast Mexico with surging violence.
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 00:00
Caracas itself is almost unrivaled among large cities in the Americas for its homicide rate, which currently stands at around 200 per 100,000 inhabitants.