Category archives for: DRUGS

FARC cancels planned hostage release

The Americas Post -  A demonstrator's poster shows how many years hostages have been held.  Photo Credit:  AFP

FARC guerrillas on Wednesday postponed releasing six Colombian soldiers held for over a decade, claiming that the area where the prisoners were to be freed has been occupied by government troops. “The area we had chosen for the release of prisoners of war captured in battle has been unfairly militarized by the Government of Colombia, [...]

Zetas cartel hitman captured in northern Mexico

The Americas Post - This was the last face ever seen by at least 75 murder victims

Police in northern Mexico have captured a suspected member of the Zetas drug cartel, who confessed to killing at least 75 people, authorities announced Monday. Enrique Elizondo Flores admitted to investigators that 36 of his victims were bus passengers traveling through the town of Cerralvo, near the Texas border, according to  Nuevo Leon state security [...]

Colombia and Peru team up against organized crime

The Americas Post - This bridge is covered, but what about the other 1,600 kilometers?

Colombia and Peru have agreed upon a plan to combat criminal organizations on their common border, the defense ministers of the two countries announced to the press after a Wednesday meeting in Bogota. “Colombia and Peru have decided to aggressively confront organized crime which respects no borders, such as drug trafficking and illegal logging and [...]

Top Sinaloa cartel lieutenant killed in raid

The Americas Post - These were the lucky Sinaloa Cartel members who were taken alive

Mexican security forces killed a top aide to the country’s most wanted drug trafficker in a raid in a mountainous area of northern Mexico, defense officials said Monday. Luis Alberto Cabrera Sarabia, alias “The Architect,” was killed Friday during an air and ground operation in Canatlan, Durango state. The action began with a firefight at [...]

US Supreme Court rules against police use of GPS

The Americas Post - US cops will need to get a GPS warrant or just follow suspects the old fashioned way.

The United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police may not install a GPS device on a suspect’s car to track his movements without a warrant, in a test case that upheld basic privacy rights in spite of new surveillance technology. The high court ruling was a defeat for the Obama administration, which had [...]

From Mexico to South America: Gral. Petraeus (CIA) visited the Colombian jungle.

Colombia’s government today praised U.S. support for strengthening systems of technical (Sigint) and human intelligence (Humint)  in the fight against illegal organizations like FARC operating in this South American country. “With the support of the U.S. government we are strengthening our systems of technical and human intelligence,” said Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón, through a [...]

FARC guerrillas take out Colombian radar installation

The Americas Post - FARC may be weakened but they can still mess up your travel plans

Air operations in a wide region of southwestern Colombia were delayed on Saturday following an attack by FARC guerrillas against a radar antenna system key to commercial aviation, said that nation’s Civil Aviation authority. One policeman was killed in the attack by the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) launched on Friday night above [...]

Mexican helicopters hit at least 28 times so far in drug war

The Americas Post - As pilots say, any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

  According to official figures released by the Mexican government this week, helicopters belonging to that nation’s police and military have been subjected to a minimum of 28 gunfire attacks in the five years since the government launched its campaign against drug cartels. The attacks demonstrate the increasing firepower of Mexican drug gangs, but may [...]

U.S. Peace Corps pulls out of Honduras

The Americas Post - Honduran criminals won't have Peace Corps volunteers to prey on anymore

Worsening drug and organized-crime violence in Central America has forced the Peace Corps to pull out of Honduras and halt the flow of new volunteers to Guatemala and El Salvador, that organization has announced. Last month Peace Corps officials reviewed worsening conditions and decided to withdraw all 158 volunteers from Honduras in January and suspend training for 29 recruits. [...]

Mexican drug war death toll now approaching 50,000

The Americas Post - Unless it's your job to do so, you probably shouldn't look inside that car

Mexican officials report that almost 13,000 people were killed in violence blamed on drug cartels between January and September of 2011. That would bring the death toll to 47,515 since President Felipe Calderon launched his offensive against drug traffickers at the end of 2006.  Officials claimed the 11% rise in murders was slower than in [...]

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