Last week, Mr. Obama returned to capitals in Latin America with a vastly different message. Relationships with countries racked by drug violence and organized crime should focus more on economic development and less on the endless battles against drug traffickers and organized crime capos that have left few clear victors. The countries, Mexico in particular, [...]
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The head of security for a Mexican prison in Culiacan, the capital of the northwestern state of Sinaloa, has been gunned down, according to police. Alejandro Osuna Rios was murdered on Friday in front of his house, authorities announced. The 36-year-old had been in charge of security at the prison for four months. Osuna Rios was attacked by several gunmen [...]
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Mexican authorities confirmed that a man arrested earlier this week and initially reported to be the son of fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman is in fact another individual. “After conducting the necessary tests to determine their identities, we found that (the two suspects presented to the media Thursday) are Felix Beltran Leon [...]
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The Mexican army this week accused top leaders from the ultra-violent Zetas drug cartel of ordering the dumping of 49 mutilated bodies in a northern Mexico town square, then hanging banners around the country denying responsibility in an effort to have their enemies blamed for the massacre. The charges were announced in a news conference presenting the alleged Zetas local leader detained in [...]
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Senior United Nations officials yesterday drew the world’s attention to threats posed by transnational organized crime and drug trafficking in Central America and called for concerted global efforts to combat the scourge, which they said was spreading to other regions. “Countries in Central America face a tide of violence, born of transnational organized crime and [...]
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In response to growing bilateral and multilateral dialogues on citizen security, Presidents Obama and Santos met today on the margins of the VI Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, and agreed to deepen coordination of ongoing security cooperation activities throughout the hemisphere and West Africa. Both presidents agreed to formalize this coordination in [...]
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Guatemalan authorities have begun to see disturbing evidence of an alliance between the Mara Salvatrucha street gang and another of the most feared criminal organizations in Latin America — a deal that could set back U.S.-backed efforts to fight violent crime and narcotics trafficking in Central America. Jailhouse recordings and a turncoat kidnapper describe a pact between leaders of the Maras [...]
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The government of Guatemala has formed a new military unit with financial and technical support from the United States to fight drug trafficking in the Pacific Ocean and the San Marcos region bordering Mexico, an official source announced yesterday. Guatemalan Defense Minister Ulysses Anzueto told reporters that Military Task Force Tecun Uman aims to prevent the entry of [...]
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And defends 2013 budget requests From congressional testimony by William R. Brownfield Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Statement Before the House Appropriations Committee Washington, DC March 29, 2012 The persistently high homicide and crime rates throughout Central America, the Caribbean, and the horrific violence inside Mexico, are symptoms of a broader [...]
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A Guatemalan court on Monday sentenced a former special forces soldier to 6,060 years in prison for participating in a 1982 slaughter where 201 people were killed. Pedro Pimentel, 55, was deported last year from Los Angeles to Guatemala to face charges of murder and crimes against humanity. He is the fifth soldier to be sentenced for [...]
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