Today in Latin America Top Story – Two people were shot dead at a military checkpoint in northern Mexico, authorities said Monday. Soldiers attacked a car passing a military checkpoint, saying the car failed to stop, shooting and killing a 15-year-old boy and his father, The Miami Herald Reports. Relatives said the car had passed the [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mudslides caused by torrential rains have killed dozens of people in Guatemala, with President Álvaro Colom calling it a “national tragedy.” At least 37 people have been killed and rescue crews are digging through the mud in the hopes of finding nearly two dozen people missing. The people [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexico’s bloody drug war continued as the Mexican army claims to have killed 27 suspected drug cartel members in a shootout in the state of Tamaulipas. The shootout took place after a military patrol approached a suspected training camp that had been spotted during an aerial search. Authorities [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Two days after the arrest of Mexican drug figure Edgar Valdéz Villarreal, also known as “La Barbie,” more news has come to light about his alleged links to drug traffickers in Colombia. Colombian police arrested 11 people allegedly linked to Valdez Villarreal in cities of Bogotá, Medellin, Cali, [...]
After being hit with a machete handle by his stepfather, 14-year-old Isau thought only the United States would provide some relief. Isau is one of tens of thousands of kids passing unaccompanied into the country each year. From toddlers to teenagers, they jump on trains through Mexico or make their way through the desert, the [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has been in the news a good amount recently. In an interview with the Mexican newspaper La Jornada, the former Cuban head said that in the early years of the revolution homosexuals were persecuted and that he regretted that they were marginalized or sent [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexico announced Monday the capture of one of the country’s most infamous drug lords. Edgar Valdez Villarreal, also known as “the Barbie,” was captured by federal police in the state of Mexico, which borders the capital of Mexico City, after a yearlong intelligence operation. “This capture constitutes a blow [...]
LIMA, Peru — Antiestablishment, “chavista,” ethnic nationalist—these are some of the terms that people have used to stigmatize him. But Ollanta Humala, the most likely presidential candidate for the Peruvian Nationalist Party, shuns these epithets. He wants a new economic system and to change the Constitution. He says all the other possible candidates represent “fujimorismo” [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Immigration enforcement officials have begun halting some deportations, putting into effect a policy that prioritizes arresting and deporting undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes or that present a national security threat. The Department of Homeland Security is reviewing thousands of cases and will likely dismiss those of people [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — The bodies 72 migrants, who were allegedly making their way to the United States, have been found piled in a large room on a ranch in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Initial reports assumed that the 72 bodies were part of a dumping ground that has become [...]
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