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narco-gangs
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Mexico: Chiapas Peasants March Against Narco-Violence
Indigenous Maya peasants in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas are marching cross-country to oppose violence by the local…
May 6, 2015
Mexico: Narco-Gang Decapitates Mayoral Candidate
Aide Nava, 42-year-old woman running for mayor in Mexico’s conflicted southern state of Guerrero, was found decapitated March…
March 13, 2015
Terror Interminable in Tamaulipas
Mexico’s northeastern border state of Tamaulipas, right on the South Texas border, continues to suffer the worst of…
November 5, 2014
Colombia: Guajira Crime Lord Falls, Para Links Revealed
Colombia’s President, Juan Manuel Santos, on Oct. 22 announced the capture of one of the country’s top fugitive…
October 29, 2014
Narco-Counter-Coup In Guinea-Bissau?
Two years ago, a military putsch in the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau was dubbed a “narco-coup,”…
September 26, 2014
Peru: New Ops Against ‘Narco-Senderistas’
Peru’s National Police force has stepped up operations against what the press in the South American nation calls narco-senderistas…
July 26, 2014
Mexico: More ‘Narco-Fosas’ Uncovered
Mexican authorities unearthed five recently buried bodies from a clandestine grave in the rural pueblo of Mochicahui, El…
July 23, 2014