Murders up 40 percent in El SalvadorNovember 4th, 2009 SAN SALVADOR - The number of murders in El Salvador between Jan 1 and Nov 1 stands at 3,673, which is 40 percent more than during the same period last year, media reports said, citing official statistics. La Prensa Grafica newspaper based the figure on data from the National Police, the Attorney General's Office and the medical examiner's office.
Seeking atonement, El Salvador will honor 6 Jesuits slain by military 2 decades agoNovember 3rd, 2009 El Salvador to honor priests killed by army in '89SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador's president says the country will award its highest honor to six Jesuit priests murdered by the army in 1989. President Mauricio Funes says the National Order of Jose Matias Delgado awards are a "public act of atonement" for mistakes by past governments.
Mexico's top cop proposes disbanding local police forces to combat corruptionOctober 30th, 2009 Mexican official: Disband local police forcesMEXICO CITY — Mexico's top security official on Friday proposed disbanding Mexico's 2,022 municipal police forces and combining them with state law enforcement agencies to better combat corruption and crime. Local police have fewer resources to fight crime, and their lower salaries make them more susceptible to corruption, Mexican Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna said.
El Salvador receives first ambassador from Cuba in almost 50 yearsOctober 18th, 2009 El Salvador gets 1st Cuban ambassador since 1960sSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The first Cuban ambassador to El Salvador since the early 1960s has presented his credentials, the government of leftist President Mauricio Funes said Sunday. Funes re-established diplomatic relations with the island after taking office in June, almost a half-century after ties were broken at the height of the Cold War.
Official says 6 soldiers killed in Senegal's southern Casamance regionOctober 3rd, 2009 Six soldiers killed in Senegal's Casamance regionDAKAR, Senegal — A military official says that six Senegalese soldiers have been killed and three wounded in an attack near the border of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. Col. Ousmane Sar says the soldiers were in a vehicle returning to their base in the southern Casamance region east of its capital Ziguinchor when their vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade late Friday.
Violence kills 2 people in Iraq's capital and violence-plagued northern city of MosulSeptember 12th, 2009 Violence kills 2 in Iraq's capital and northBAGHDAD — Iraqi police officials say two people were killed in incidents involving bombs in the capital and the violence-plagued northern city of Mosul. In northwestern Baghdad, a bomb attached to a civilian car exploded, killing the driver and wounding two passengers.
Mexican soldiers detain man for multiple homicides in drug-plagued border citySeptember 10th, 2009 Mexico arrests suspect linked to 18 killingsCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Soldiers have arrested a man suspected of killing 18 people in a series of attacks this year in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas. Michael Escalante, 29, of El Paso, was allegedly a member of "La Linea," a group of hit men working for the Juarez drug cartel, Mexico's Defense Department said Thursday in a release.
El Salvador Navy finds boat with Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Eritrean migrants in PacificSeptember 6th, 2009 El Salvador finds boat with Bangladeshi migrantsSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Salvadoran navy says it has found 76 migrants from as far away as Bangladesh, Nepal and Eritrea aboard a boat in the Pacific. Navy Capt. Maximiliano Corado says the boat was detected about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the coast, and "without doubt the final destination was to arrive in the United States."
The migrants include 25 Bangladeshis, 25 Nepalese, 21 Eritreans and five Ecuadoreans.
12 Mexican off-duty federal agents slain in drug-plagued state after arrest of drug bossJuly 14th, 2009 12 Mexican off-duty federal agents slainMEXICO CITY — Mexico's national security spokesman says the 12 people tortured, slain and dumped along a mountain road were off-duty federal agents. Monte Alejandro Rubido says the 11 men and one woman were ambushed in drug-plagued Michoacan state.
Gunmen kill police officer, wound 3 more officers in Mexican border city of TijuanaJuly 13th, 2009 Gunmen kill policeman, wound 3 more in TijuanaTIJUANA, Mexico — Gunmen opened fire on a patrol car in the drug-plagued border city of Tijuana, killing one police officer and wounding three more, authorities said Monday. Tijuana police said in a statement that Sunday's attack brings to 18 the number of officers that have been killed this year in the city across from San Diego.
5 suspects arrested in killing of Mexican crime reporter in drug-plagued northern stateJune 13th, 2009 5 arrested in killing of Mexican crime reporterMEXICO CITY — Five suspects have been arrested in the killing of a veteran crime reporter in northern Mexico, including one man who told authorities the journalist was slain as a warning against meddling with a powerful drug cartel, authorities said Friday. Eliseo Barron was abducted May 25 by gunmen who barged into his home in Gomez Palacio, a town in the drug-plagued northern state of Durango, and beat the newspaper reporter in front of his wife and two daughters.
Gunmen kill 2 Acapulco officers, wound 2 others; link to weekend gunbattle probedJune 8th, 2009 2 police officers killed in AcapulcoACAPULCO, Mexico — Attackers used grenades and guns in near-simultaneous attacks on two police stations in Acapulco Monday, killing two officers and wounding two others in the Pacific coast resort city plagued by drug violence. The bold pre-dawn attacks follow a spectacular four-hour gunbattle that killed 17 people — 13 suspected hit men, two innocent bystanders and two soldiers — said Daniel Velasco, an army commander in Acapulco.
El Salvador to investigate claims by Chavez of a purported assassination plot against himJune 4th, 2009 El Salvador to investigate Chavez claimsSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador is investigating claims by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that an assassination plot prevented him from visiting the Central American nation. Interior Minister Humberto Centeno gave no details about the investigation but said that he personally does not find it "strange" that Venezuelan intelligence detected a possible plot.
El Salvador president-elect names wife, former guerrilla leader to Cabinet postsJune 1st, 2009 Salvadoran pres puts wife, ex-guerrilla in CabinetSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — President-elect Mauricio Funes has appointed his wife and a former Marxist guerrilla to Cabinet posts just hours before starting his five-year term. Funes, the first Salvadoran president from the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, has named First Lady Vanda Pignato as minister of social inclusion.
Mexican president proposes expanding army's power in drug-plagued areasApril 23rd, 2009 Mexico proposes expanding army's power, wiretapsMEXICO CITY — A bill that would let Mexico declare temporary states of emergency and expand the army's power in a bloody fight against powerful drug gangs drew immediate fire Thursday from human rights activists who say soldiers should not be doing the job of police. President Felipe Calderon's proposal, which centers on the idea of declaring drug trafficking hotspots "domestic security" zones, would also expand wiretap powers for Mexico's intelligence agency and give the army access to civilian court and police files.
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