Mexico 'Dirty War' Tale Ends Happily, Victim Found
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Aleida Gallangos met her brother in Washington last week for the first time since he was kidnapped by Mexican police 30 years ago, closing one chapter in the annals of Mexico's "dirty war" on a rare joyous note.
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A victims' group said Tuesday that newly released documents support its claim that Mexico's most prominent cardinal knew a Mexican priest was suspected of molesting children but transferred him to the United States anyway.
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An Australian who became the first person convicted at an American war crimes trial since World War II was freed from prison on Saturday, after completing his U.S. imposed sentence.
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A federal court has cleared the way for TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman to be extradited to face charges in Mexico, but the decision can still be appealed.
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The decision was a significant victory for the government in the case of Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen who was initially designated an âenemy combatant.â
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Mexican soldiers have captured a suspected drug cartel boss in the most significant arrest since President Felipe Calderon sent thousands of troops to restore order in a western state terrorized by drug gangs, the military said Sunday.
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A Mexican judge has dismissed charges against a former domestic security chief accused in the disappearance of six reputed guerrillas at the height of the government's "dirty war" against insurgents.
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BOGOTA - Soldiers swarmed a farm yesterday and captured one of the world's most wanted drug traffickers, who was hiding in bushes in his underwear. Colombian officials called it their biggest drug war victory since the 1993 slaying of Medell&#xED;n cartel leader Pablo Escobar.
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Soldiers swarmed onto a farm Monday and captured one of the world's most wanted drug traffickers hiding in bushes in his underwear. Colombian officials called it their biggest drug war victory since the 1993 slaying of Medellin cartel leader Pablo Escobar.
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The ruling party&#039;s Felipe Calderon won the official count in Mexico&#039;s disputed presidential race Thursday, a come-from-behind victory for the stiff technocrat. But his leftist rival refused to concede and said he&#039;d fight the results in court.
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico  - The U.S. businessman and  his family were enjoying a steak lunch when the hit man pulled  up outside the restaurant, lowered the window of his car and  leveled a machine gun on his victim.
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By FRANK BAJAK  BOGOTA, Colombia - She was a plainspoken but determined woman, those who knew her said, seeking justice for hundreds of fellow peasants whose lands were stolen by right-wing militias during a more than decade-long reign of terror.
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MATAMOROS, Mexico  - Mexican journalist Francisco  Arratia used to tap out daily columns sounding off against the  drug traffickers and corrupt cops that blighted his home city  on the U.S. border.
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When machinegun-toting hit men fought a bloody battle with police and troops around the Mexico town of Cananea that left 23 dead in May, it at first seemed to be the latest chapter in a very Mexican drug war.
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TIJUANA, Mexico  - Drug gang hit men killed three Mexican army informants on Tuesday and dumped them near a military training base close to the U.S. border, scrawling threats on the bodies in black ink, police said.
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Traffic chaos eases at the scene of a border death crash, which claimed the lives of two people.
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LA HIGUERA, Bolivia -- The people here pray to a man who once limped through their village in tattered clothes, a legendary guerrilla who fought his last battle on their dusty, unpaved streets, and who was executed in their schoolhouse.