BBC (UK)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 00:00
Police in Mexico say they have found three decapitated bodies on a rubbish dump in Tijuana, in the latest incident of gang-related violence
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 00:00
He could face charges of dangerousness, which allow the authorities to detain people who are likely to commit crimes
Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 00:00
The alleged leader of one of Colombia's most powerful drug cartels has been extradited to the US by Brazil
Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 00:00
The Brazilian government is to launch a campaign as part of an effort to get 300,000 guns off the streets and to cut the country's high murder rate
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
Mexican leaders have agreed a series of tough measures to tackle rising kidnap and murder rates, which has sparked public outrage
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 00:00
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has convened a security meeting to discuss strategies to tackle a wave of kidnappings and drug-related murders.
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 00:00
Mexican cement giant Cemex plans to go to the World Bank to seek arbitration after Venezuela's government seized the firm's local subsidiary
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 00:00
Indigenous Amazonian tribes in Peru have begun lifting armed blockades on roads and energy installations after a week-long protest
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 00:00
El ex senador Mario Uribe, primo del presidente Álvaro Uribe y el politico colombiano preso mas importante por el escandalo de la parapolitica, recuperara su libertad este miercoles
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 00:00
Venezuela has seized control of plants and offices belonging to Mexican cement giant Cemex, as it proceeds with nationalising its cement industry