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Monday, March 4, 2013 - 00:00
The Network for the Rights of Children in Mexico calculates that between 15,000 and 20,000 minors are the victims of various kinds of "narco-exploitation"
Monday, March 4, 2013 - 00:00
The agreements with France cover the joint production of five submarines, one of them nuclear-propelled; 50 helicopters; a military shipyard; and a naval base, all with French technology.
Monday, March 4, 2013 - 00:00
The Complejo do Caju and Barreira do Vasco favela districts, which for decades had been controlled by drug traffickers, were taken over in half an hour by some 1,500 members of the security forces
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 00:00
El Chapo and his cronies have also perfected the strategy of "bribe over bullet," preferring to corrupt authorities rather than fighting them into submission.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 00:00
The National Gendarmerie proposed by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will begin operating at the end of this year and will have 10,000 members.
Monday, February 25, 2013 - 00:00
As president, he has maintained dialogue with Catholic leaders and eased repression against opposition leaders
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 00:00
The statement, which was dated Friday and titled "The Canadian stays," gave no reason for keeping Wobert, who was taken captive January 18 at a mining camp
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 00:00
A soldier was killed in fighting with leftist rebels in southwestern Colombia and one person was killed when a car bomb was detonated at a nearby checkpoint
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 00:00
Dozens of bars, discotheques, concert halls and other night spots have shut down in the main Brazilian cities following more rigorous safety checks in the wake of last week's tragedy
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 00:00
Manning roadblocks and patrolling by the truckload, these citizen posses have been rounding up accused drug dealers, rapists, killers and rustlers under the wincing but winking watch of state and federal security forces.