Associated Press
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 00:00
The human and financial costs of Mexico's drug war, diplomatic cable leaks, the influx of U.S. arms and a wave of anti-immigration initiatives in the United States are all taking a toll on Mexico-U.S. relations that had shown steady improvement in recent
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 00:00
Soldiers on Tuesday unearthed 17 bodies buried in two clandestine graves in the southern state of Guerrero and authorities said they were searching for more.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 00:00
Hombres armados asaltaron y mataron el martes a cuatro policias y dos civiles en una balacera para robar una remesa de dinero transportada en helicoptero en el suroeste colombiano, informaron las autoridades.
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 00:00
The mayor of a town in northeast Mexico survived an apparent assassination bid Friday after his bodyguards repelled the attackers in a gunfight that left three gunmen dead and two others detained.
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 00:00
At least 28 people were killed in attacks over the weekend along Mexico's border with Texas and on the Pacific Coast, the authorities said Sunday.
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 00:00
A senior Interior Ministry official who recently headed Bolivia's counternarcotics police has been arrested in Panama and sent to the United States to face charges that he ran a cocaine trafficking ring.
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 00:00
Survivors of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship are hoping Barack Obama's visit next month will lead to the release of more classified U.S. documents that could be critical to prosecuting the Chilean agents responsible for torturing and killing leftists
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 00:00
Followers of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya are meeting to determine whether they will form a party and participate in elections in 2013.
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 00:00
In its "Map of Violence" report, the ministry said the number of Brazilians aged 15 to 24 murdered rose from 30 per 100,000 inhabitants in 1998 to 52.9 a decade later.
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 00:00
Violence has spread in Jalisco recently as rival gangs battle for control of crime.