The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 00:00
The Zetas differ from other drug cartels in that local cells handle most of the crime
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 00:00
Justice Mendes claimed the former president asked him to urge a postponement of the trial until after municipal elections in October, as he faced heavy losses by the Workers Party, known as the PT.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 00:00
The soldiers in both cases, under orders to keep the standoff from getting out of hand, didn't fight back, and no injuries were reported.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 00:00
The head of the opposition in the Bolivian congress has taken refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz, alleging he has faced credible death threats and political persecution since denouncing what he says is evidence of corruption and links to drug traff
Friday, January 6, 2012 - 00:00
Venezuelan legislators Thursday voted Diosdado Cabello, a veteran lawmaker and influential ally of President Hugo Chavez, head of the country's national parliament, the second high-profile appointment for Cabello in as many months
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 00:00
A top US Justice Department official told lawmakers Tuesday that better controls are needed to help stem the flow of weapons from the United States into Mexico, where they may end up in the hands of drug cartels.
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 00:00
In what Mexican officials have called an "act of terror," a half dozen gunmen burst into a casino in Mexico's industrial capital of Monterrey Thursday, sprayed the place with gasoline, and started a fire in the bingo section, killing at least 53
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 00:00
Peru's largest resource sector industry group, the National Society for Mining, Petroleum and Energy, on Thursday praised the deal that will allow the government to place a new windfall tax that could raise about three billion soles ($1.1 billion) a year.
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 00:00
Some 500 Mexican soldiers fanned out across Mexico's northern business capital of Monterrey to hunt for members of a presumed drug gang that set fire to a casino a day earlier and killed 52 people, most of them women.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 00:00
Before reporters in Mexico City, Federal Police presented Moises Montero Alvarez, nicknamed "El Koreano" or "The Korean," who they said had led Acapulco's so-called Independent Cartel.