Category: North America
October 10, 2012 > Staff
Zetas Leader Body Stolen From Funeral Home, Mexico says.
Top Story — The body of Zetas leader Heriberto Lazcano, alias “The Executioner,” was stolen out of the funeral home where it was being kept by armed men, Mexican authorities […] Read More >
October 9, 2012 > Staff
Mexico Arrests Alleged Zetas Leader Suspected Of Migrant Massacre
Top Story — The Mexican Navy captured alleged Zetas cartel chief, Salvador Alfonso Martinez Escobedo, suspected of some of the country’s most well known crimes. Martinez Escobedo was arrested on […] Read More >
October 9, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Guatemala Implements Police Reform Aimed At Reviewing 20,000 Officers
Guatemala will implement a program to root out corruption in the police and military, according to Mexican daily El Informador. The wide-reaching anti-corruption program marks an effort by the administration […] Read More >
October 3, 2012 > Staff
U.S. Embassy Car Was Targeted In Mexico Attack
Top Story — New evidence suggests that the Mexican police officers who shot at a U.S. Embassy vehicle on Aug. 24 near Cuernavaca, wounding two CIA officers, were working for organized crime, a […] Read More >
September 27, 2012 > Staff
Latin American Presidents Push Drug War Debate
Top Story— The presidents of Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico urged the U.N. to begin a global debate about the U.S.-backed drug war at Wednesday’s U.N. General Assembly in New York. The […] Read More >
September 11, 2012 > Staff
Border Patrol Will No Longer Fly Deportees to Mexico From Arizona
Top Story — The U.S. Border Patrol will stop flying deportees back to Mexico from Arizona, according to the Associated Press. The controversial program flew more than 125,000 people since […] Read More >
September 10, 2012 > Staff
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador To Start New Leftwing Party
Top Story — Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leftwing candidate in the last two presidential elections in Mexico, announced Sunday he will start a new political party. Speaking at Mexico […] Read More >
September 4, 2012 > Staff
Mexico’s Felipe Calderon Defends Security Policies in Final Speech
Top Story — Mexican President Felipe Calderón defended his security and economic policies in his final state of the nation speech on Monday. He highlighted the role he played in cleaning up corruption […] Read More >
August 16, 2012 > Staff
Arizona To Deny Licenses To Undocumented Youth
Top Story — As thousands of young undocumented immigrants across the U.S. applied for deferred status and work visas on Wednesday, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer ordered state agencies to deny them […] Read More >
August 13, 2012 > Staff
Mexico Violence Kills Mayor-Elect, Four Others
Top Story — Three people were murdered in Mexico City and two men, including the mayor-elect of the town of Matehuala, were killed in the central Mexican state of San […] Read More >