Security
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00
La violencia por el trafico de drogas obligo al gobierno de Nayarit, en el oeste de Mexico, a adelantar tres semanas el fin del ciclo escolar.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00
La region de los Herrera, ubicado cerca de los limites con Tamaulipas, ha sido escenario de enfrentamientos y balaceras protagonizadas por carteles del narcotrafico.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00
Las autoridades federales dejan sin investigar 95% de las muertes relacionadas a la "guerra" contra el narcotrafico.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00
The 1996 peace accords formally ended Guatemala's civil war but failure to address the conflict's root causes and dismantle clandestine security apparatuses has weakened its institutions and opened the door to skyrocketing violent crime.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00
Gunmen shot and killed the mayor of the Mexican town of Guadalupe as his wife and child watched.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today welcomed as "very good news" the declaration of Nicaragua as a landmine-free country and the passage of the New Hemispheric Drug Strategy at the recent OAS General Assembly
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00
The Archdiocese of Mexico says in an editorial that organized crime groups may try "to impose candidates" in the July 4 elections that will decide 12 of Mexico's 31 governorships.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00
So far this year, the number of killings in Nayarit has topped 100 - more than in the past four years combined, with 30 in just the past week.
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 00:00
With a drug war raging around them and an unreliable judicial system in place, Mexico's human rights activists have their hands full as they grapple with a growing new class of victims: themselves.
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 00:00
Two men were arrested and accused of participating in an ambush that killed 12 federal police officers on Monday in one of the worst drug-cartel attacks on Mexican security forces.