Houston Chronicle
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 13:24
President Obama has just broken through the Cold War wall to normalize relations with Cuba. But elsewhere in Latin America, in Honduras, his administration is supporting a terrifying military takeover. For the first time in the 16-year history of the position, the country's president has just named an active-duty general from the Armed Forces, Julián Pacheco Tinoco, to be the country's new Minister of Security, with full jurisdiction over the domestic police. Pacheco's ascendance is just the latest in a dangerous militarization of post-coup Honduras.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 05:20
Seven Houstonians have been convicted in a federal court of conspiring to traffic dozens of AK-47 variant rifles into Mexico.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 05:41
Negotiators for the government and the opposition have agreed to broaden membership in a truth commission that is to investigate who is to blame for 41 deaths.
Friday, July 19, 2013 - 00:00
We would like to think that Trevino's arrest would mean a decrease in the killing that has rent Mexico for the past several years. That's not likely
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:49
The U.S. Department of Defense has warned that the growing terrorist presence in Mali threatens U.S. citizens and interests in the region, even leaving embassies vulnerable to attack... In a few days, the newest United Nations peacekeeping mission will commence in the northern African nation with 12,640 boots on the ground. They will begin the essential process of rebuilding the Malian security sector, disarming militias, and strengthening Mali's state police, which ultimately will reduce the likelihood that attacks like these will threaten more innocent lives.
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 00:00
Kerry offered his thanks to Maduro, referring to him as president, after his meeting with the foreign minister
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 00:00
Bringing groups like the Zetas into submission will arguably require a much more robust response authority. Acknowledging a situation of armed conflict facilitates that vital national strategic objective
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 00:00
Sending in the troops to do police work or enforce drug laws, though, is a poor choice. It is a last resort, an admission that all other government institutions have failed
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 00:00
Texas state officials and border-area business leaders have sought additional federal funding to reduce the waiting time at the Texas-Mexico border, which, they say, discourages economic development
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 00:00
The Border Patrol Chief, Michael Fisher, said his agency is now using an effectiveness ratio. The ratio measures how many of those who crossed the border were apprehended