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Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
The heroic status of Ingrid Betancourt, who was rescued from six years in the hands of Marxist guerrillas deep in the Colombian jungle, has been shattered by a memoir from her fellow captives
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
The move could allow the United States to make up for the potential loss of Ecuador's Manta air force base
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
Take it from someone who has known Mexican President Felipe Calderon since before he took the job -- back when we were in graduate school together nearly a decade ago -- that's not going to happen
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
The Senate homeland security committee plans hearings March 25 in Washington on border-area violence, and another for April in Arizona
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
Rampaging organized crime syndicates thumbed their noses at reinforced security measures in northern Mexico, killing 20 people overnight
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
A vast arms bazaar is rampant along the four border states, enabled by porous to nonexistent American gun laws
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
The army said on Thursday the deployment of up to 5,000 personnel could take the number of soldiers and federal police to over 7,000 in Ciudad Juarez
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said it will hold two hearings over the coming weeks
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The Mexican government's crackdown on the cartels has resulted in a quasi war in which the rich drug gangs are fighting back with increasingly more sophisticated and powerful weapons
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
Senators also want to look at how the U.S. government is working with Mexico, the statement said, for instance through the so-called Merida initiative