Dangerous to use Mexico army against drug gangs: UN
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Mexico risks committing more rights abuses if it continues the "dangerous" policy of using its military to fight brutal drug gangs, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
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A recent standoff between National Guardsmen and heavily armed outlaws along the Mexican border has rattled some troops and raised questions about the rules of engagement for soldiers who were sent to the border in what was supposed to be a backup role.
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Afghanistan says its war on drugs is the top priority after a UN report warned it risked becoming a narco-state with opium cultivation jumping to record levels, but it says it opposes aerial spraying of opium fields.
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Some everyday cold medicines in Mexico will be modified or require a prescription starting in September to stop drug gangs from using them to make illegal drugs.
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A Mexican newspaper shuts temporarily amid continuing attacks and threats from suspected  drugs gangs.
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Resistance to barrier between U.S., Mexico raises concerns about feasibility, potential effectiveness.
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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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Nepal's army and police used   excessive force to crack down on April's protests against King   Gyanendra, causing deaths and injuries to demonstrators and   civilians, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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Mexico's increasingly brazen drug cartels may have been behind a bomb blast in the center of the capital in what would be a major escalation of a war with President Felipe Calderon's government.
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MONTERREY, Mexico  - Mexico and the United States plan to spend $8.4 billion on a three-year assault against Mexico's drug gangs but experts warn it could fail without a crackdown on cartel finances and better police intelligence.
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Mexico sends thousands of troops to deal with a wave of drug-related crime in the western state of Michoacan.
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Violence between rival Mexican drug   cartels is "boiling over" as a wave of grisly murders shocks   even hardened law enforcement agents, a senior U.S.   anti-narcotics official said on Thursday.
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MEXICO CITY, Jan. 21 -- Mexico's army announced on Monday the capture of Alfredo BeltrÃÂ¿n Leyva, thought to be one of the nation's most powerful and violent drug lords.
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The ferocious rate of killings in Mexico's drug war is unlikely to slow despite President Felipe Calderon's military assault on the cartels, a senior U.S. anti-drug official said on Monday.
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TAMPICO, Mexico  - The Mexican army convoy rolled off a Hercules plane in the middle of the night, purred through this sweltering port city's dingy back streets and swooped on traffickers unloading cocaine in a warehouse.
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The United Nations intends to step up security in Haiti in an effort to crack down on gangs that are "kidnapping and terrorizing ordinary people," the U.N. chief in Haiti said Monday.
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A proposal to legalize prostitution in Mexico City risks making women more vulnerable to human traffickers forcing them onto the street as sex slaves, a U.S. academic said on Friday.