NPR
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 00:00
In 2010, hundreds of migrants went missing or were killed in Mexico. More than 20,000 were kidnapped.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 00:00
The challenge is how to define spillover violence. The federal government says spillover must be drug-related violence that targets innocent civilians or law enforcement on U.S. soil.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 00:00
As one group uses the Shining Path name to consolidate power for drug trafficking, the other collects signatures and tries to quietly leave that name behind.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 00:00
La Familia split into warring factions after Moreno's death, but Mendez was believed to have remained the leader of the main faction.
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 00:00
The dehydrated and hungry migrants were found when the truck was searched at a highway checkpoint.
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 00:00
Leyzaola has a multiyear plan to take back control of Juarez one neighborhood at a time by attacking crime at its roots.
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 00:00
Ollanta Humala, 48, won Sunday after softening his radical image.
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 00:00
Rife with mudslinging and dirty tricks, the campaign was marred by doubts about both candidates' commitment to democracy.
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 00:00
They're saying that narcotics is not about just law enforcement. It's about safety. It's about health, and that there needs to be a much broader look at how to attack this problem.
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 00:00
Venezuela has for years been a refuge for Colombia's leftist insurgents and it was not clear whether the arrest of Guillermo Torres, better known by his alias "Julian Conrado," indicates that is changing.