Security
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 00:00
El parecido es innegable: dos paises llenos de riqueza cuyos gobernantes no han demostrado capacidad para mejorar las condiciones de vida de la poblacion. No se puede decir "mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos".
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico officials herald the killing of Arturo Beltran Leyva of Sinaloa as a coup. Still, the violence could grow.
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 00:00
El gobierno de facto de Honduras y los aliados del derrocado Manuel Zelaya se trenzaron en un cruce de acusaciones por un rebrote de violencia que deja cuatro muertos, lo que aleja mas un posible arreglo politico
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 00:00
"They are the big thinkers. . . . At the minimum, this will cause quite a bit of dislocation in the organization, and it is possible it could cause a power struggle within the cartel,"
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 00:00
But critics of Calderon's military approach to the drug war are dubious about whether the dramatic killing will actually help reduce the wanton trafficking and violence in Mexico.
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 00:00
We congratulate the Mexican navy and the Mexican Government on a well executed operation that was a significant blow against drug cartels in the country.
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 00:00
The death of a notorious drug lord in a shootout with Mexican commandos dealt a blow to organized crime in Mexico but will probably lead to a new surge of violence as rivals battle to fill a power void, U.S. and Mexican authorities said Thursday.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 00:00
Arturo Beltran Leyva, lider del cartel mexicano de los hermanos Beltran Leyva, murio en la noche del miercoles en un enfrentamiento con infantes de la Marina en el estado de Morelos, segun la informacion entregada a BBC Mundo por una fuente oficial.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 00:00
There was no information on the possible motive for the slayings, but beheadings are a hallmark of Mexico's brutal drug gang violence. Durango, a mountainous, largely rural state, is a major battleground for drug trafficking territory.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 00:00
El Senado brasileno aprobo el martes el protocolo de adhesion de Venezuela al Mercosur. La decision se produjo tras varios meses de negociaciones entre parlamentarios del gobierno y opositores.