Mexico: Human smugglers using same routes as narco-traffickers
The smugglers in Mexico use the same routes used by drug cartels to move drugs and guns from southern Mexico to the U.S. border, said on Monday a senior Mexican official. The smugglers of migrants’ is often guided by the course of drugs or weapons in southern Mexico or north “to” move through our territory to nationals of practically everyone, “said Undersecretary of Population and Migration Ministry of Interior, Gustavo Mohar. Read Article
Africa
- Within a Decade, Trade Between Brazil and Africa Increases by 416%
- President of Brazil Visits Ethiopia to Celebrate African Union
- African gangs using mail, courier services in Brazil to smuggle drugs to Europe
- Guayana: Breeze Soap Powder shipment contained 350 kilos cocaine set to ship to Africa
- Guyana: Nigerian arrested, convicted of entering country illegally from Suriname
Agriculture
- Brazil orange growers bracing for tough season
- President of Brazil Visits Ethiopia to Celebrate African Union
- Ecuador shrimp industry finding barriers to to access in five international markets
- Brazil: Eight Arrested Rio Grande do Sul for producing, selling adulterated milk
- Central America: Major job losses due to coffee rust fungus epidemic
Antartica
- Antartica: Russian researchers find unidentified life form under lake
- New Zealand rescue group searching for missing Canadians in Antarctica
- West Antarctica warming faster than scientists thought
- Japanase travel company cancels Antartica tour due to protest by researchers over safety issues
- Norwegian explorer arrested in Chile after making illegal trip to Antarctica
Archaeology
- Archaelogy: Ecuador's link to Asia
- Antartica: Russian researchers find unidentified life form under lake
- New evidence indicates maize cultivated in Peru 5,000 years ago
- Ancient temple discovered near Lima Peru, possibly 5,000 years old
- Machu Picchu Peru: skeletal remains found of high ranking person from pre-Hispanic times
Argentina
- Colombian Human Trafficking Network Operating in Argentina Disbanded
- Koluel Kayke, Argentina: Police Rescue Three Victims of Trafficking and Labor Exploitation
- Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina: Police Rescue 7 Females from Sex Trafficking
- Buenos Aires, Argentina: 189 Kilos of Cocaine Found Under a Bed
- Formosa Argentina: Woman Accused of Forcing 3 Daughters into Prostitution
Asia
- Guayaquil, Ecuador: Police Break Up Gang Trafficking Victims from India to US
- Archaelogy: Ecuador's link to Asia
- Japanese banks increasing presence in Latin America
- Peru: Asian investors interested in gas pipeline and Metro Lima projects
- Drugs from Hong Kong found in Guatemalan port after passing through Panama
Belize
Bolivia
- Chile: Government Grants Visas to 64 Bolivian Trafficking Victims
- Bolivia: Justice Minister Summoned to Report on Laws Protecting Women
- Ecuador and Bolivia Assess Progress in Fight Against Drugs and Human Trafficking
- Bolivian Anti-Drug Operation Discovers Traffickers’ Workshop and Makes Arrests
- 64 Bolivians Victims of Trafficking in Chile
Border Issues
- Guatemala: Police Seize 14 Kilos of Cocaine, Detain Seven People
- Venezuela: Authorities Seize 216 Kilos of Cocaine, 2.5 Tons of Marijuana in Two Operations
- Number of undocumented immigrants increasing across U.S., Arizona border
- Baby born while mother crossing U.S. Mexico international border
- 64 Bolivians Victims of Trafficking in Chile
Brazil
- Brazil: Resolution Passed to Ban Use of Certain Weapons During Protests
- Minas Gerais, Brazil: 870 kg of marijuana seized by Federal Highway Police
- Brazil Will Host UN Committee on Urban Violence in Latin America
- Support for Protests in Brazil Against Increased Bus Fare Spreads to Europe
- Porto Alegre, Brazil: Paraguayan Detained for Using Books to Transport Drugs
Business
- Report Reveals Brazil is Most Closed Economy in the G-20
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Business Reopens After Traffickers Order Shutdown
- Brazil: President Visits Portugal for Privatization Debate and Bilateral Educational Agreements
- Within a Decade, Trade Between Brazil and Africa Increases by 416%
- Brazil: President Dilma Anticipates Success to Host Best World Cup
Cacao Global
- Improving the organisation and commercialisation of small coffee and cocoa producers in the Northern Amazon Region of Ecuador
- Chile: Imports of chocolates grew 35 % in 2011
- Ecuador claims to have 62% of the world's market for high quality cacao
- Ecuador among top ten cocoa producing countries
- Ecuador, prices trend lower for coffee, cacao on European crisis fears
Caribbean
- Colombia: Sailboat passengers rescued after going adrift, five Americans on board
- Hotel Samasati Costa Rica victim of armed attack, 18 tourists robbed
- 20 die in plane crash St Barthelemy Caribbean, numerous dead French tourists
- Curacao: gold heist worth eleven million dollars committed on boat
- Colombia: New type of fraud scheme reported at Interbolsa
Chile
China
Ciudad Juárez
- Mexico: Police Detain12 Suspected of Murdering 11 Young Women
- Ciudad Juarez Mexico: returns to life four years after being labeled most dangerous city
- Ciudad Juárez Mexico, no confirmed cases of West Nile Virus
- Mexico to increase numbers of Federal troops in areas of high violence
- Ciudad Juarez Mexico: Man and woman charged in trafficking woman
Colombia
- Colombia: Authorities Arrest the Last Leader of Los Urabeños
- Venezuela: Authorities Seize 216 Kilos of Cocaine, 2.5 Tons of Marijuana in Two Operations
- Panama: Panamanian and Colombian Forces Locate Drug Plantation and Lab
- Colombian Human Trafficking Network Operating in Argentina Disbanded
- 26 Kilos of Cocaine Found in Stranded Boat in Cartagena
Conflicts
- Brazil: Resolution Passed to Ban Use of Certain Weapons During Protests
- Brazil Will Host UN Committee on Urban Violence in Latin America
- Brazil: Talks About Use of Drug Land to Resolve Indian-Farmer Land Dispute
- Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: President Orders “Pacification” Operation in Indigenous Areas
- Mexico: anti-mining group demands haulting of operation in Tetlama, Morelos
Corruption
- Brazil Will Host UN Committee on Urban Violence in Latin America
- Salvador, Brazil: Police Operation Makes Arrests for Selling Counterfeit Ethanol Fuel
- Brazil: Senate Approval for U.S. $18 Million Loan to Combat Corruption
- Nova Venda, Brazil: Gang Suspected of Multiple Murders in Region is Captured
- Ecuador: members of uniformed units investigated for ties with drug cartels
Costa Rica
- Costa Rica: Websites Abound for Sex Tourism Industry
- Costa Rica Takes Steps to Prevent “Organ Transplant Tourism”
- Costa Rica on blacklist of 17 tax havens according to French government
- Costa Rica: Canadian murdered in gated community
- Drug Traffickers Captured in Costa Rica with Ties to Mexico and Ecuador
Crime
- Colombia: Authorities Arrest the Last Leader of Los Urabeños
- Puerto Rico: Three Dominicans Detained with 688 Kilos of Cocaine
- Guatemala: Police Seize 14 Kilos of Cocaine, Detain Seven People
- Venezuela: Authorities Seize 216 Kilos of Cocaine, 2.5 Tons of Marijuana in Two Operations
- Lima, Peru: Authorities Detain Spanish, Mexican, Bolivian, and Peruvian Traffickers in International Airport
Cuba
Culture
Dominican Republic
- Dominican Republic: Series of Raids Leads to 28 Arrests and Drug Seizure
- Dominican Authorities Thwart Drug Shipment to Canada
- Italian Drug Mule Detained in Dominican Republic
- Dominican Republic: Fear and Shame Among Reasons Few Trafficking Cases Reported to Police
- Dominican Republic: Hotels Pledge to Prevent Sexual Exploitation of Minors
Drug Activity
- Puerto Rico: Three Dominicans Detained with 688 Kilos of Cocaine
- Guatemala: Police Seize 14 Kilos of Cocaine, Detain Seven People
- Venezuela: Authorities Seize 216 Kilos of Cocaine, 2.5 Tons of Marijuana in Two Operations
- Lima, Peru: Authorities Detain Spanish, Mexican, Bolivian, and Peruvian Traffickers in International Airport
- Panama: Panamanian and Colombian Forces Locate Drug Plantation and Lab
Earthquake
- Brazilian Scientists Confirm Significant Seismic Activity in Northeast
- Nicaragua on Alert: six earthquakes registered in 24 hours off coast
- Ecuador mistakenly put out alert for 6.2 earthquake warning Santa Cruz Galapagos Islands
- Colima Volcano Jalisco Mexico erupts, column reaches 3000 meters
- Baños Ecuador: Volcano Tungurahua, two minor earthquakes
Easter Island
Economy
Ecuador
- Ecuador: student from the U.S. missing near resort town of Baños
- Ecuador and Bolivia Assess Progress in Fight Against Drugs and Human Trafficking
- Ecuador: new law to curtail free speech of media
- Ecuador: 1 Kilo of Heroin Found in Shipment of Bread
- Ecuador: members of uniformed units investigated for ties with drug cartels
El Salvador
- El Salvador: Human Trafficker Arrested in La Union
- PAHO reveals 73,000 new cases of hypertension diagnosed El Salvador
- Girl kidnapped in Mexico, located in El Salvador, arrest made
- Guatemala: alleged narco extradited back to El Salvador
- Hostile environment in Gulf of Fonesca between Honduras, El Salvador
Enviromental Issues
- Nicaragua close to granting rights to unknown Chinese company for canal
- Brazil: Deforestation Rates in Amazon Drops 84%
- Oil spill in Ecuador shows up in Peru's rivers
- Brazil: Mata Atlântica Records Highest Rate of Deforestation Since 2008
- Ecuador: Oil spill may threaten tourism on Napo and Coca Rivers
Europe
- Lima, Peru: Authorities Detain Spanish, Mexican, Bolivian, and Peruvian Traffickers in International Airport
- Support for Protests in Brazil Against Increased Bus Fare Spreads to Europe
- Paraguay: Europeans Detained with 6.1 Kilos of Bolivian Cocaine
- Ecuador's Ambassador to U.K. sent home, reported failure to bring Assange matter to end
- Brazil: International Drug Traffickers Detained After Federal Police Operation
Explosives / Bombs
- Accidental Grenade Detonation Kills Ecuadorian Soldier
- Dynamite and Ammonium Nitrate Seized on Bus in Peru
- Otavalo Ecuador: two men detained with 60 sticks of pentolite explosive
- Police Operation in Bahia, Brazil, Nets 2,500 Kilograms of Illegal Explosives
- Colombia: Defense Minister claims ground to air missles belonging to FARC, minimal threat
Extortion
- El Salvador: businessmen complain authorities do little to curb extortion
- Ecuador: Despite warning from President Correa, police continue corruption of demanding money from victims to investigate
- Head of La Familia Michoacana drug trafficking organization caught in Mexico
- Peru: Man forced to traffick drugs after girlfriend is kidnapped by Colombians
- Arson at Mexican Pepsi subsidiary company linked to Knights Templar cartel
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Argentines' upset over call to rename Falkland Islands capital, "Port Margaret"
- Crisitna Fernández rejects Falkland Island's referendum, calls voters as squatterss
- Falkland Islands: referendum results, no desire to be governed by Argentina
- Falkland (Malvinas) islanders to vote on sovereignty
- Argentina accuses Britain of sending nuclear ships to Falklands
FARC
- Colombia: two Spanish tourists kidnapped near Venezuela border
- FARC deserters setting up camp in Bolivia, training narcos
- Colombia, FARC begin new round of discussions in Cuba
- Rafael Correa states that FARC is not a terrorist group
- Colombia: Defense Minister claims ground to air missles belonging to FARC, minimal threat
Galapagos Islands
- Galapagos Islands Ecuador: missing British-Israeli tourist found dead
- Galapagos Islands: struggle against invasive plant species
- New Species of Fish discovered in Galapagos Islands
- U.S. military intercepts 1,700 kilos of cocaine off coasts of Ecuador, Panama
- Ecuador: German tourist may get four years prison in attempt to smuggle Iguanas from Galapagos Islands
Guatemala
- Guatemala: Police Seize 14 Kilos of Cocaine, Detain Seven People
- Ecuadorian Minister of the Interior Promotes Decriminalization of Drugs
- Guatemala: Police Seize 1,048 Kilos of Cocaine Shipped from Ecuador
- Colombian Police Seize 1.4 Tons of Cocaine Heading to Guatemala
- Guatemala: 34 Kilos of Cocaine Seized Along with Weapons and Vehicles
Guyana
- Guayana: visit teenager from Ireland charged after threatening to assasinate president
- Guayana: Breeze Soap Powder shipment contained 350 kilos cocaine set to ship to Africa
- Guyana: Nigerian arrested, convicted of entering country illegally from Suriname
- Guyana: Caribbean Airlines had 30 kilos cocaine on board for scheduled flight to New Yorkocaine at international airport, flight
- Women from Venezuela being trafficked to Guyana for mining labor, prostitution
Haiti
- Dominican Republic: National Army Increases Border Security Along Haitian Border
- Brazil and Haiti Partnership to Reduce Human Trafficking Activity
- Task Force in Acre, Brazil, To Address Situation of Haitian Refugees
- Survey Says: Haiti, Bolivia, Ecuador among most corrupt countries in Latin America
- U.S. Department of State, travel warning for Haiti
Health
- Mato Grosso, Brazil: Drug Abuse Grows in Indigenous Communities
- Study Reveals Brazil Ranks Number One Consumer of Crack Worldwide
- Brazil Hosts WHO Conference to Increase Distribution of Foreign Doctors
- Brazil: Launch of Operation Ágata 7 to Patrol Entire Border
- Task Force in Acre, Brazil, To Address Situation of Haitian Refugees
Honduras
- Honduras: Suspected Drug Dealer Injured in Gunfight
- Honduras Plans to Destroy 30 Clandestine Airstrips in July to Combat Drug Trafficking
- Red Bridge in Saltillo, Mexico is a Hotspot for Honduran Drug Traffickers
- Escaped Drug Trafficker Recaptured in Roatan, Honduras
- Honduras using covert radars on nation's highways to reduce speeding
Human Rights Latin America
- Ecuador: new law to curtail free speech of media
- Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: Ranked 3rd for Highest Rates of Human Trafficking Activity
- San Martín de Porres, Peru: Victim of Labor Exploitation Rescued from Indigenous Community
- Mexico: Gang targeting Central American migrants detained
- Amazonas, Brazil: Professor Detained for Sexually Exploiting Indigenous Girls
Human Smuggling
- Monterrey, Mexico Experiencing Dramatic Increase in Human Trafficking
- Chile: Government Grants Visas to 64 Bolivian Trafficking Victims
- Peru: 94% of Trafficking Victims Are Women
- Bolivia: Justice Minister Summoned to Report on Laws Protecting Women
- Colombian Human Trafficking Network Operating in Argentina Disbanded
Intelligence
Internet
- Cuba broadens unrestricted internet use
- Chile: Anonymous says it will attack government April 22, 2013
- Ecuador: municipal accounts of Riobamba hacked, thirteen million dollars stolen
- Cuenca Ecuador: 2.5 million dollar budget to correct flaws in internet service
- Mexico City: Ministry of Public Security Forms Cyber-Crimes Task Force
Jamaica
Labor Issues
- Brazil: 1.97 Million Children Work in Unsafe Environments
- Brazil Eases Work Visa Application To Attract Foreigners
- Ecuador: Audit of Media companies reveals 50 percent not following salary laws
- Central America: Major job losses due to coffee rust fungus epidemic
- Mexican Police use tear gas to disperse protesting teachers (Video)
Latin America Aviation
- Quito Ecuador: High Winds, Turbulence Force LAN flight back to Guayaquil
- Costa Rica: Drug Czar resigns after President's use of plane with drug trafficking ties
- Venezuela Destroys 12 Clandestine Airstrips near Colombian Border, Seizes 1.8 Tons of Drugs
- Bogota Colombia: New Method of Trafficking Cocaine to Spain
- Gold heist of shipment from flight at Miami International from Guayaquil Ecuador
Latin America Book Review - Recorded Interviews with Authors
- TAME airlines begins new route Guayaquil-Latacunga, Latacunga-Coca-Guayaquil
- Oil Injustice, Resisting and Conceding a Pipeline in Ecuador: Recorded Interview With Author Dr. Patricia Widener
- Guide to Documentary Sources for Andean Studies, 1530–1900, recorded interview with editor Dr. Joanne Pillsbury
- Murder and Politics in Mexico, Author Interview with Dr. Sara Schatz
- Policing Democracy: Overcoming Obstacles to Citizen Security in Latin America
Latin America Health
- Ecuador: prevention screening in place for H1N1 along border with Colombia
- Ecuador: analysis of IESS indicates 49 percent of patients not obtaining appointments through call center
- Man dies in Ecuador hospital from gunshot wound, no surgeon on duty
- High Altitude Sickness in Latin America
- Ecuador: Man dies after being denied emergency medical services for gunshot wound
Latin America Indigenous Issues
- Brazil: Talks About Use of Drug Land to Resolve Indian-Farmer Land Dispute
- Indigenous People in Brazil Murdered Increases by 269%
- Mato Grosso, Brazil: Drug Abuse Grows in Indigenous Communities
- Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: President Orders “Pacification” Operation in Indigenous Areas
- Pará, Brazil: Indians Discuss Relocation During Hydroelectric Plant Project
Latin America Mining
- Ecuador: Indigenous group opts for resistance to mining law
- BBC to Broadcast Special on Gold mining in Zamora Ecuador
- Mexico: anti-mining group demands haulting of operation in Tetlama, Morelos
- Peru: illegal mining contributing to other criminal activity, influx of foreign mafias
- Ecuador: Canadian mining firm awaiting legislative changes in proposed billion dollar investment
Latin America News
- Brazil: International Drug Traffickers Detained After Federal Police Operation
- Brazil and Peru Meet To Strengthen Trade Relations
- Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil: Governor of Paraguay Visits to Increase Border Security
- Brazil and Bolivia Partnership to Increase Border Security
- U.S. using blimps to fight drug trafficking in Latin America
Latin America Travel
- Porto Velho, Brazil: Portuguese Travelers Detained at Airport for Smuggling Cocaine
- Brazil: National Council of Justice Passes Resolution for Same Sex Marriage
- New Airport Quito Ecuador: 4 and 5 star hotels to use private companies for shuttles
- Mexico: Authorities tighten control after infant is caught in human trafficking scheme
- 75% of Airline tickets in Mexico are for fees
Latin America Wikileaks
- U.S. ambassador explains corruption in cable released by WIKILEAKS concerning Brazil
- Ecuador, Wikileaks cable discusses long term impact of melting glaciers
- Jamaican Prime Minister states U.S. officials misrepresented him in diplomatic cables
- Wikileaks shows U.S. and Brazil to partner against drug trafficking
- Wikileaks, Brazil pays off Paraguay to “keep them happy”
Latin America Womens Issues
- United States/ Mexico: Oaxacan Couple Sentenced to 20 Years Prison for Sexual Exploitation
- Santo Domingo Ecuador: 70 year old woman raped at cemetery while visiting deceased son
- Ecuador: hundreds of women march against gender violence in Quito
- Ecuador: teenage pregnancies, 45,708 births recorded in 2011
- Study from São Paulo, Brazil, Finds 11.7 Million Brazilians Alcohol Dependent
Mexico
- Guatemala: Police Seize 14 Kilos of Cocaine, Detain Seven People
- Monterrey, Mexico Experiencing Dramatic Increase in Human Trafficking
- Chiapas, Mexico: 17 Kilos of Cocaine Seized at Highway Checkpoint
- Mexico: Police Detain12 Suspected of Murdering 11 Young Women
- Number of undocumented immigrants increasing across U.S., Arizona border
Nicaragua
- Nicaragua close to granting rights to unknown Chinese company for canal
- Nicaragua to Begin New Campaign against Drugs
- United States Aids Nicaragua in the Fight against Drug Traffickers
- Nicaragua: Chilean photo journalist deported after being held in jail four days
- Nicaragua: Sex Offender wanted in U.S. detained
Oil
Organized Crime
- Monterrey, Mexico Experiencing Dramatic Increase in Human Trafficking
- Colombian Human Trafficking Network Operating in Argentina Disbanded
- Ecuador and Bolivia Assess Progress in Fight Against Drugs and Human Trafficking
- Ecuador: members of uniformed units investigated for ties with drug cartels
- Brazil: 10 Arrested in Operation against Multinational Drug Gang
OXFAM Latin America
Panama
Paraguay
- Paraguay: Authorities Seize 5 Kilos of Drugs on the Bank of the Parana River
- Porto Alegre, Brazil: Paraguayan Detained for Using Books to Transport Drugs
- Paraguay: Authorities Destroy 6 Hectares of Marijuana
- Paraguay: Massive Marijuana Production amongst Peasants
- Paraguay: Europeans Detained with 6.1 Kilos of Bolivian Cocaine
Peru
- Lima, Peru: Authorities Detain Spanish, Mexican, Bolivian, and Peruvian Traffickers in International Airport
- Peru: 94% of Trafficking Victims Are Women
- Miraflores, Peru: 21 Peruvians and 28 Colombians Arrested for Trafficking and Prostitution
- Trujillo, Peru: Married Couple Arrested for Pimping
- Huamachuco, Peru: Teens Rescued from Clandestine Brothel
Police/Military Activity
- Colombia: Authorities Arrest the Last Leader of Los Urabeños
- Puerto Rico: Three Dominicans Detained with 688 Kilos of Cocaine
- Guatemala: Police Seize 14 Kilos of Cocaine, Detain Seven People
- Venezuela: Authorities Seize 216 Kilos of Cocaine, 2.5 Tons of Marijuana in Two Operations
- Lima, Peru: Authorities Detain Spanish, Mexican, Bolivian, and Peruvian Traffickers in International Airport
Politics
- Bolivia: Justice Minister Summoned to Report on Laws Protecting Women
- Ecuador and Bolivia Assess Progress in Fight Against Drugs and Human Trafficking
- Ecuador: new law to curtail free speech of media
- Ecuador's Ambassador to U.K. sent home, reported failure to bring Assange matter to end
- Human Trafficking Not Included in 13-Point Agenda Between Bolivia, Chile
Religion
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Pastor detained for allegedly raping members of his church
- Muslim population growing in Tijuana Mexico
- Vatican Wants Brazilian President Dilma at First Papal Mass
- Mexican sexual abuse victims say they have no hope after abuse by priests
- Controversial Pastor Confirmed to Head Brazilian Human Rights Committee
Shining Path
- Peruvian Military Destroys Clandestine Airstrip in the Jungle
- Cusco Peru: Shining Path may increase kidnappings after rainy season, Hunt Oil possible target
- Peru: three collaborators with Shining Path detained with explosives (dynamite)
- Peru: Shining Path seeking new drug routes through La Convención
- Terrorists attack military airfield Cusco region Peru with explosives
Sinaloa
- Ecuador: Drugs Seized have Ties to Mexico via Sinaloa Cartel
- Three Asian criminal organizations providing Sinaloa Cartel precursor chemicals
- Mexican narco-trafficker extradited to United States; Linked to Sinaloa cartel
- Paraguay: In 2008, Sinaloa cartel attempted unsuccesfully to start base of drug operations
- Mexico: Members of Sinaloa cartel arrested ; Wanted in United States
Social Issues
- Support for Protests in Brazil Against Increased Bus Fare Spreads to Europe
- Ecuador: new law to curtail free speech of media
- Formosa Argentina: Woman Accused of Forcing 3 Daughters into Prostitution
- Brazil: Issue of Rape Raises Debate on Class Division and Gender
- President of Brazil Visits Ethiopia to Celebrate African Union
South America
- Brazil: International Drug Traffickers Detained After Federal Police Operation
- Brazil and Peru Meet To Strengthen Trade Relations
- Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil: Governor of Paraguay Visits to Increase Border Security
- Brazil: Launch of Operation Ágata 7 to Patrol Entire Border
- OAS Report Reveals Global Source of Cocaine, Primary Source of Heroin in the Americas
Suriname
- Guyana: Nigerian arrested, convicted of entering country illegally from Suriname
- Suriname, China hold discussions on bilateral ties
- Brazil assisting Suriname in fight against transnational crime, opens up lines of credit
- Suriname, increase in number of leishmaniasis
- Latin American Countries to Study Amazon Deforestation and Water Resources
Terrorism
- Ecuador on list of countries not cooperating in fight against money laundering, terrorist financing
- FARC launches grenade attack against police in Ituango
- Possible Hezbollah business contacts in Merida, Mexico
- Colombia: Alirio Comején Second in Command of FARC unit "Camilo Torres" killed in combat
- Colombia: ELN claims Canadian engineer kidnapped still under their control
TRAVEL
United States
- Puerto Rico: Three Dominicans Detained with 688 Kilos of Cocaine
- Baby born while mother crossing U.S. Mexico international border
- Texas, Mexico Border: Big Bend National Park security issues
- Transnational Operation Leads to the Seizure of 2.7 Tons of Cocaine in Panama
- Brazil: U.S. Vice President Visits Brazil to Strengthen Energy Partnership
Uruguay
- Brazil: 10 Arrested in Operation against Multinational Drug Gang
- Uruguay: man posing as army official found in possession of $30,000 USD counterfeit bills
- Uruguay: tourist from U.S. drowns in La Barra
- Hearings begin in lawsuit filed against Uruguay by Philip Morris International against anti-smoking laws
- Zulia Venezuela: large supplies of rice confiscated by government
Venezuela
- Venezuela: Authorities Seize 216 Kilos of Cocaine, 2.5 Tons of Marijuana in Two Operations
- Venezuela: plans for food rationing
- Venezuela: More than 400 Kilos of Cocaine Seized on the Way to Spain.
- Kidnappings a way of life in Venezuela
- Colombia: Two Girls Escape from Trafficking Network in Bucaramanga
Z1test
- Guatemala will be declared in "nutritional risk" next week
- Guayaquil, Husband allegedly kills x-wife with machete in front of their children
- Colombia, 15 human traffickers detained, bringing undocumented across Ecuador border
- Montevideo Uruguay, 1,600 people living on the streets
- TRANSLATINA, trailer from documentary about transvestites (graphic)











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