Honduras’ attorney general escapes unharmed after gunmen open fire on his convoy

November 7th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Ten people have been arrested for killing a police chief in northern Mexico, officials said. Arturo Esparza Garcia and his four bodyguards were killed Wednesday in Garcia town when they rushed to the house of Mayor Jaime Rodriguez Calderon to protect him from gunmen who barged into his house.

October 23rd, 2009 Inmates escape, set fire to prison in HondurasTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Police say escaped inmates set fire to a prison, a public market and a cultural center in western Honduras before authorities stopped the riot and captured 76 of the 79 fugitives. Police spokesman Orlin Cerrato says officers shot and wounded 11 of the inmates who escaped Friday from a state-run prison in the town of Santa Barbara, located about 220 miles (350 kilometers) west of Tegucigalpa.

September 30th, 2009 Afghan Cabinet minister escapes bombing; 4 deadKABUL — An explosion targeting Afghanistan's energy minister outside a girls school killed four civilians in the country's far west, police said. A Taliban official claimed responsibility for the Sunday morning blast.

September 21st, 2009 Ousted President Zelaya says he's back in HondurasTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Deposed President Manuel Zelaya says he has come home to Honduras to reclaim his presidency, appearing on local television to rally supporters. Zelaya tells local TV Channel 36 he cannot give details of his return, "but I'm here," Zelaya was forced out of the country at gunpoint on June 28.

September 17th, 2009 Death penalty OK'd in Cleveland fire that killed 9CLEVELAND — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is allowing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against a Cleveland man accused of setting a fire that killed a woman and eight children.

August 30th, 2009 CULIACAN, Sinaloa — Gunmen opened fire on a crowd of young people partying at a seaside boulevard in northwestern Mexico, killing eight people and wounding four, an official said Sunday. A 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were among the victims of the shooting Saturday night in Navolato, a Pacific coast town in Sinaloa state, said Martin Robles, a spokesman for the state prosecutor's office.

August 29th, 2009 Gunmen kill 5 police in shootout in western MexicoMEXICO CITY — A convoy of gunmen engaged state police in a running shootout Friday that killed five officers and possibly one of the attackers in the western Mexico state of Jalisco, authorities said. The state attorney general's office said the gunbattle began when a convoy of seven vehicles carrying at least 30 gunmen approached state policemen on a local highway.

August 7th, 2009 OAS announces delegation to HondurasWASHINGTON — The Organization of American States has named a delegation to try to persuade the interim government in Honduras to return ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The OAS says foreign ministers from Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico and the Dominican Republic will travel to Honduras on Tuesday.

August 7th, 2009 Shootouts in Mexico leave at least 12 deadPACHUCA, Mexico — A running battle between police and gunmen has left 12 people dead in this central Mexican city, officials said Friday. The dead included three police officers and nine gunmen, said Hidalgo state Attorney General Jose Alberto Rodriguez.

July 22nd, 2009 Freeport buses ambushed near Papua mine, 2 deadJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's state news agency says gunmen have fired on a convoy of 12 buses carrying employees of U.S. mining company Freeport in Papua, the latest attack on the world's largest gold mine.

July 15th, 2009 A list of shootings at Freeport's Indonesian mineThe road to Freeport's gold mine in Indonesia's militarized Papua province has been the site of many deadly shootings since it opened four decades ago during the Suharto dictatorship. An overview based on information provided by the police, military and Freeport: — August 2002: An ambush on a convoy carrying schoolteachers to the Grasberg mining complex kills two Americans and an Indonesian.

June 30th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN General Assembly Tuesday condemned the military coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, saying that the event interrupted the democratic and constitutional order in the Central American nation. Zelaya was present in the 192-nation assembly when that body adopted a resolution to condemn Sunday's coup.

June 30th, 2009 Ousted president seek to return to HondurasTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya says he wants to return to Honduras this week accompanied by the head of the Organization of American States. Zelaya says he will accept an offer by OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza to return to the Central America country with him.

June 26th, 2009 12 killed in shootout in central MexicoMEXICO CITY — A shootout between police and suspected cartel hit men in central Mexico Friday left at least 12 people dead and one police officer wounded, officials said. Guanajuato state Attorney General Carlos Zamarripa said police and soldiers were checking a report of armed men at a building in the town of Apaseo el Alto when assailants opened fire and lobbed grenades at them.

June 9th, 2009 BANGKOK - At least 10 people have been killed and 13 others wounded when gunmen opened fire indiscriminately inside a mosque in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat, officials said. Five gunmen armed with assault rifles opened fire inside a mosque in Ibaye village Monday, killing 10 people and injuring 13 others, a police official said.