The Washington Post
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 00:00
The Quispe Palomino brothers, who command about 500 combatants, solidified their reputation with last month's abduction of 36 construction workers near Peru’s main natural gas fields.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 00:00
Residents of this remote hamlet that lacks running water and electricity, and lives off cattle ranching and coca-growing were preparing a barbeque for Wednesday's planned handover of a French journalist.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 00:00
About one hundred state and federal police are guarding the distribution centers of Sabritas, a Mexican snack firm owned by PepsiCo.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 00:00
Ten other men from Soacha met the same fate. Their cases are being decided in separate trials.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 00:00
The FARC announced over the weekend that it would present the coordinates for Langlois’ handover to the International Red Cross, a delegate of the French government and former Colombian Sen. Piedad Cordoba
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 00:00
The race in many ways is a judgment on the success and failure of the ruling party of President Felipe Calderon.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 00:00
Some observers say that a strategy to reduce violence above all else could mean that drug dealers who conduct their businesses discreetly will be quietly left alone.
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 00:00
Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin traveled to Caracas on Thursday and met with her Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro.
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 00:00
The two most important criminal organizations in Mexico are engaged in all-out war, and the most spectacular battles are being fought for the cameras.
Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 00:00
Mexico's prisons are plagued by corruption and violence.