A Cease-Fire in Mexico's Drug War?
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Even if the bloody feud between cartels stops, the police force is badly compromised and must be rebuilt
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia's biggest leftist rebel group proposed a conditional cease-fire with the government on Monday, its most significant step toward peace since conservative Alvaro Uribe became president in 2002.
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The bodies of nine people, including three federal agents, were discovered at two sites outside Cancun, Mexico, and police are blaming the killings on a drug turf war in the Mexican resort city.
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Whether a cease-fire in UgandaÂs Acholi war lasts may depend on whether a rebel commander is given amnesty.
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EL MIRADOR, Colombia -- The latest shift in Colombia's war on drugs is evident on a green hilltop in this town, as weather-beaten men in gray jumpsuits -- government-paid eradicators -- use hoes and muscle to rip out bushes of coca. Policemen carrying M-16 assault rifles and land-mine detectors...
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Mexico's government said Thursday it would send troops and police to root out drug smugglers in several states, expanding an offensive that began this week in one violence-plagued state where soldiers clashed with traffickers trying to protect a marijuana field.
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MONTERREY, Mexico  - Mexican troops and police fought a fierce battle with suspected drug hitmen armed with grenades in a town near the U.S. border on Monday, and one police officer was killed, witnesses and Mexican media said.
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MEXICO CITY - Mexican drug cartels now operate in almost every region of the United States and bring in as much as $23 billion a year in revenue, according to a Government Accountability Office report.
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SILVERBELL, Ariz. -- Among the statuesque saguaro cactuses in the desert south of this old mining town lies the remnant of a crime scene that federal authorities say signals a troubling and escalated level of violence associated with the human smuggling trade.
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Mexicoâs country music stars are being killed at an alarming rate, in a trend that has gone hand in hand with a surge in violence between drug gangs.
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TIJUANA, Mexico  - Mexico sent hundreds of police reinforcements to the border city of Tijuana on Tuesday following a rash of organized crime killings and as Mexican media said two cops were shot dead in another northern town.
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CANCUN, Mexico -- Moving to halt a bloody drug war that has moved south, Mexico was investigating the federal prosecutor's office in this beach resort town for possible involvement in the killings of nine people, including three federal agents.
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A purported cease-fire between al-Qaeda and Iraq's leading Sunni insurgent group could be bad news for the U.S.
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Mexican President Felipe Calderon's government wants to decriminalize first-time possession of small amounts of drugs in a move likely to draw criticism from U.S. anti-narcotics officials.
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MEXICO CITY, Sept. 1 -- For weeks, one question dominated political talk in Mexico: Would he or wouldn't he?
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MEXICO CITY -- One of Mexico's most wanted drug-trafficking suspects was captured without a shot fired over the weekend, authorities said yesterday. It was the latest in a series of high-profile arrests by Mexican law enforcement using intelligence supplied by US antinarcotics agents.
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Mexico sends more troops and police to states bordering Texas, in a further attempt to crack down on drug gangs.