A Murder Spree in Central America
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As Bush heads to the region, his key allies in Guatemala and El Salvador are reeling from gangland-style killings that many believe are related to drug smuggling and corruption
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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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It's called 'murderabilia'âthe buying and selling of items connected to grisly crime scenes. And it's a brisk business online. Inside the campaign to police the murder market.
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Not far from the luxury hotels,  bars and Caribbean beaches, a wave of grisly murders has hit  the Mexican holiday resort of Cancun, with 13 dead bodies  discovered in less than two months.
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The bodies of nine people, including three federal agents, were discovered at a pair of sites outside Cancun, a Mexican resort city that lies near a route used to smuggle cocaine from Colombia to America's streets.
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Violent gangs with roots in U.S.  crime culture are spreading through Mexico, with some setting  up shop in the capital, the government said on Thursday.
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Human rights groups and relatives  of women murdered near the Mexico-U.S. border want a  world-renowned Argentine forensic team to study more than 300  killings over the past decade, many of which are still  unsolved.
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SAN JUAN IXTAYOPAN, Mexico -- A pair of wooden crosses outside the elementary school are all that mark the macabre site where, just weeks ago, an angry mob captured two federal police officers, beat them unconscious, and set them on fire.
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Hurricane batters Central America, raising fears of catastrophe in a region with few resources.
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Brazen daylight killings by presumed drug smugglers just up the hill from Acapulco Bay are worrying business leaders that increasingly bloody drug wars will cripple Mexico's critical tourism industry.
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Police found the bodies of nine people, including three federal agents, in two areas Thursday near this Caribbean resort city, apparent victims of drug killings, officials said.
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Move follows series of suspicious deaths.
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A 44-year-old construction worker found guilty of immigration fraud in Alexandria is wanted in Peru in connection with at least 26 killings as an alleged member of a paramilitary death squad in the early 1990s, U.S. and Peruvian officials said.
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A deadly blast in Mexico City raises fears that Mexican drug cartels are adopting the tactics of their Colombian allies
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CULIACAN, Mexico  - From the lush mountain valleys of Peru to America's toughest streets, ruthless Mexican gangs are grabbing control of the multi-billion dollar cocaine and crystal meth smuggling trade.
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A cold snap has brought freezing temperatures, unusual snows and heavy rains to Mexico and Central America, and authorities said the weather may be to blame for several deaths.
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A U.S. man was shot and killed on the Caribbean coast of Honduras while trying to save a neighbor whose house was being robbed, authorities said Wednesday.