A midlevel official in the Mexico City Attorney General's Office has been formally charged with kidnapping, the prosecutor's office announced. City police arrested César Alfonso Rodríguez last week as …
Ex-officials sought in 'dirty war' disappearance
A court has issued arrest warrants for former government officials ''of the highest levels'' in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero in connection with the disappearance of a farmer in 1972. Special …
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Crime Wave Rattles Paraguayans
Paraguay is suffering from a lingering economic recession, brought on by neighboring Argentina. This surge in violence?particularly the kidnappings--was also seen in the mid-1990s and 2002 by Mexico …
Mexican Rebels Withdraw From Reserve
Leftist Zapatista rebels announced Wednesday they will voluntarily withdraw seven squatter settlements from an endangered jungle nature reserve, a move that may mark the end a decade-long standoff …
Readying for potential foe
As the helicopter hovered over the oil terminal 110 miles offshore, navy Vice Adm. Carlos Ponce de Leon scanned a stretch of sea that used to be crowded with small shrimp boats. Below him on the water …
Traffickers now prefer sea routes
Mexican and Colombian cartels are increasingly turning to ocean routes to move drugs, and both groups maintain relations complete with representatives on each others' turf, Colombia's top anti-drug …
Lawless villages resort to lynching
State of Mexico María del Refugio Pérez is a 60-year-old street vendor who says she abhors violence. But earlier this year, she joined a raging mob that corralled, pummeled and hogtied a suspected …
Interior ministers meet, discuss security issues
The interior ministers of Guatemala and Mexico said Monday they have no evidence that terrorists are in either country, or that terror groups have ever allied with Central American street gangs known …
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Central America Terror Reports Downplayed
No evidence exists to back reports that al-Qaida terrorists are in Central America, the chief of the regional office for the international police agency Interpol said Wednesday. Saul Hernandez said …
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Sikh Group Finds Calling in Homeland Security
At the end of a dusty road, behind a barbed-wire fence, is the Sikh Dharma of New Mexico, a religious compound with a golden temple of worship, a collection of trailers used for business and a quiet …
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