Associated Press
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 00:00
A Chilean judge has agreed to investigate the death of a general who was tortured and imprisoned for supporting President Salvador Allende before the 1973 military coup.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 00:00
The Roman Catholic Church in Nicaragua is demanding answers about the death of a priest whose body was found wrapped in a mattress at a trash dump this week.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 00:00
Spain has asked El Salvador to clarify the legal status of nine former military officers indicted in Madrid over the slayings of six Jesuit priests during the Central American country's 1980-1992 civil war, a court official said Thursday.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican officials have announced that select court proceedings will be available through the Internet for the first time in the country.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 00:00
Gunmen attacked a group of parents waiting for their children outside an elementary school Wednesday, killing one man and wounding five other people in a dangerous part of the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 00:00
Gunmen hung a man from a pedestrian bridge over a busy avenue in the Mexican city of Monterrey Tuesday and shot him to death in front of dozens of motorists.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 00:00
An adviser to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said Tuesday that his government would consider giving asylum to Libya's Moammar Gadhafi if he asked for it, but acknowledged it would be difficult to arrange.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 00:00
A Central Texas woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in a guns and money laundering case with ties to Mexico.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 00:00
The Justice Department says a high-ranking member of what's known as the Gulf Cartel has been extradited to the United States from Mexico to face drug conspiracy charges.
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 00:00
Federal border inspectors are not only seizing drugs coming into the country from Mexico, but are also making arrests for drug smuggling that is going the other way.