Ex-Mexican leader accused of violating law
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Mexico's largest leftist party announced Wednesday that it is filing a legal complaint against former President Vicente Fox, accusing him of violating the law by intervening against its presidential candidate who lost last year.
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MEXICO CITY, July 12 -- A Mexican court ruled Thursday that a 1968 student massacre was genocide because government officials plotted to "exterminate" demonstrators, but the court cleared former president Luis EcheverrÃÂ­a of involvement.
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Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator, was stripped of presidential immunity by Chile&#39;s highest court in a ruling that may lead to charges that he took part in killings during his regime.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A judge on Friday accused  Augusto Pinochet of having false passports, deepening the  former Chilean dictator's legal woes three days after he was  placed under house arrest in a human rights case.
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The last army chief from Argentina's dictatorship and five other retired officers went on trial Tuesday for their alleged roles in the illegal detentions and torture of dissidents during military rule.
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SANTIAGO  - Lawyers for Augusto Pinochet stepped up efforts to stop the former Chilean dictator from appearing in court to face charges of murder and kidnapping during his 1973-90 rule.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 25 -- A lawsuit to be unsealed Wednesday in a U.S. District Court in Maryland seeks civil damages against Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada -- the former president of Bolivia now living in exile in Chevy Chase -- for allegedly presiding over a 2003 government crackdown that left 67 civili...
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A Mexican judge issued an injunction on Thursday that could prevent former President Luis Echeverria from facing trial for his alleged role in a 1968 massacre of leftist students.
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Gen. Augusto Pinochet, one of Latin America&#39;s most notorious ex-dictators, must stand trial on murder and kidnapping charges in connection with a massive conspiracy by South American
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A federal judge Thursday ordered former de facto president Reynaldo Bignone arrested in connection with human rights abuses stemming from Argentina's 1976-83 dictatorship, local media reported.
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Mexico has captured a drug lord  accused of handling half of the illegal drugs smuggled across  the border into the United States and who had a $2 million  price tag on his head, the government said on Monday.
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Peruâs former president, Alberto K. Fujimori, will likely face trial on corruption and human rights charges.
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A spokeswoman said he was charged with two counts of illegally using his weapon, of obstruction of justice, conduct unbecoming an officer, and improper use of authority.
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MEXICO CITY -- Ines Fernandez Ortega was with her four children, drying meat on her patio, when three soldiers entered her home in a small indigenous village in southern Guerrero state. They accused her of stealing the meat.
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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox faces an inquiry into his finances, after congress approves the probe.
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Abimael Guzman, ex-leader of Peru's Shining Path rebels, faces retrial in a civilian court 12 years after his capture.
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Washington's failure to change its immigration laws is a blow to pro-U.S. Mexican President Felipe Calderon as he faces his toughest challenges since taking office in December.