The Washington Post
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 00:00
ATF employees brought on most recently to stanch the flow of U.S. guns used by Mexican drug cartels to murder thousands of their compatriots would probably face layoffs if the agency is further squeezed.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 00:00
Whistleblowers who have contacted a U.S. senator allege that federal agents allowed guns, including the AK-47s, to be sold to suspected straw buyers who transported the weapons throughout the region and into Mexico.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 00:00
A drug gunman shot to death a woman who distributed newspapers in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez because his gang thought she threatened their control.
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 00:00
Even when having dinner with friends, he seemed withdrawn and often sat quietly chain-smoking as others chattered nosily around him. At those moments it was hard to picture him as the brute force who once terrorized his own people.
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 00:00
Clinton's visit to Haiti came as the U.S. government is pressing President Rene Preval to accept election monitors' conclusion that his handpicked candidate did not qualify for a runoff.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 00:00
Salvadoran officials expect to talk to President Obama about efforts to keep Mexico's drug violence from spilling into Central America.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 00:00
The region has typically received less attention from U.S. presidents.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 00:00
"We need to make sure any human rights violations committed by the military against civilians are tried in civilian courts. We know the Mexican government is working on that."
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 00:00
So closely was the Syrian immigrant's son tied to what Washington has deemed a narcotics-trafficking cabal of military men loyal to leftist President Hugo Chavez that his arrest last year in a Colombian border city had U.S. and Colombian drug agents beami
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 00:00
There is only one thing the United States needs to do for Colombia right now: Pass the free-trade agreement.