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Trump LatAm allies up fight vs. organized crime

ASUNCION, Paraguay – Latin American governments including those in Paraguay and Ecuador took steps Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time) towards cracking down on drug cartels,...

Colombia complains over exclusion from alliance

BOGOTA—Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday (Tuesday, Manila time) complained about the exclusion of his country —the world’s biggest cocaine producer— from a new...

Trump offers LatAm leaders US missiles to hit drug cartels

DORAL – US President Donald Trump on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time) urged Latin American nations to use military power against the “cancer” of drug...

48 bags with human bodies found in Mexico

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – As many as 48 bags containing human remains were discovered and recovered from a clandestine grave near Guadalajara, Mexican authorities said...

Free at last

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe offers food to the media after a press conference in Rionegro, Antioquia department, Colombia on Wednesday, Manila time. A...

Judge killed incartel-plagued Ecuador

QUITO – An Ecuadoran judge was killed Thursday (Friday Manila time) while walking his children to school, and a footballer was shot and wounded...

Trump indicates quick approval of covert CIA action vs. Venezuela

WASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday he had authorized covert CIA action against Venezuela and said he was considering strikes against...

Trump declares ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels

WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump has declared the United States is engaged in “armed conflict” with drug cartels, his administration said in a...

Rubio ramps up Ecuador support

QUITO, Ecuador – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday (Friday Manila time) promised security aid to violence-wracked Ecuador as he sought to...

‘Venezuelan planes buzzed US ship’

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pentagon said two Venezuelan military planes flew near a US Navy vessel in international waters Thursday in a “highly provocative”...

Mexican senators come to blows after heated debate

Mexico City, Mexico—Mexican senators came to blows Wednesday after a heated debate over alleged opposition calls for the United States to intervene militarily against...

Mexico accuses US of ‘slander’ over cartel claim

MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum angrily rejected an accusation by the United States Saturday (Sunday Manila time) her government has an alliance...

Mexican cartel infighting leaves 15 people dead

Escalating fighting between factions of one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels has left at least 15 people dead this week in a gang...

Drug turf war kills 10 in Mexico town

Mexico City—Ten bodies were found Thursday in a sports utility vehicle left outside a town hall in a northern Mexican state gripped by a...
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