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Salvador bans gang membership after bus massacre
(AP)
AP - El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus that killed 17 people.
09/02/2010 - 11:57 PM
Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border
(AP)
 AP - Soldiers killed 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has seen a surge in drug gang violence, the military said.
09/02/2010 - 11:47 PM
Massacre survivor: Victims refused narco work
(AP)
 AP - One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants said in an interview broadcast Thursday that they were killed because they refused to work for the traffickers.
09/02/2010 - 11:29 PM
Election official: Chavez breaking campaign rules
(AP)
 AP - An electoral official accused President Hugo Chavez and his allies of breaking campaign laws by using state-run media to berate rivals and praise friends ahead of this month's legislative elections.
09/02/2010 - 11:27 PM
Chile miners soon to 'see' loved ones over video link
(AFP)
 AFP - The 33 Chilean miners trapped underground longer than anyone on record will soon be able to see and talk to loved ones through a video link, Health Minister Jaime Manalich said Thursday.
09/02/2010 - 11:21 PM
Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico
(Reuters)
 Reuters - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release.
09/02/2010 - 09:03 PM
Chavez defends his record on crime in Venezuela
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended his socialist government's security record on Thursday, rejecting pre-election claims by the opposition that crime had risen sharply during his 11 years in power.
09/02/2010 - 08:14 PM
25 dead in Mexico military clash with gang members: reports
(AFP)
 AFP - A clash between soldiers and gang members near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey left 25 dead, local media reported Thursday.
09/02/2010 - 07:57 PM
Mexico media czar's cousin briefly kidnapped: reports
(Reuters)
Reuters - Armed men abducted and held the cousin of the owner of Mexico's top broadcaster, Televisa, for four hours on Thursday in one of the hotspots of the country's drug war, local media reported.
09/02/2010 - 06:47 PM
Mexico president defends drug policy, admits violence worse
(AFP)
 AFP - Mexican President Felipe Calderon admitted drug violence was worsening in Mexico but said the cartels had been weakened by the toppling of several major drug bosses, in his annual address Thursday.
09/02/2010 - 03:20 PM
Despite embargo, Cuba a haven for pirated U.S. goods
(Reuters)
Reuters - A few weeks after Ashton Kutcher's latest comedy "Killers" premiered in the United States, the movie was already entertaining the masses in communist Cuba.
09/02/2010 - 01:35 PM
Drug gangs prey on migrants in risky Mexico journey
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Hermelindo Maquin set out from his home in the Guatemalan countryside in early August, leaving behind his small farm and pregnant wife as he began the long, perilous journey to the United States.
09/02/2010 - 11:51 AM
Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti
(AP)
AP - The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the earthquake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel.
09/02/2010 - 12:05 AM
Chile miners' morale leaps as rescue inches closer
(AFP)
 AFP - The morale of 33 miners trapped in Chile soared after music and hot meals were supplied, while NASA advisers praised their "courage" and provided advice on daylight deprivation, as a rescue drill inched closer.
09/01/2010 - 09:43 PM
Mexico drug kingpin says he received trailers of US cash
(AFP)
 AFP - A captured Mexican drug kingpin admitted to "investments" in Colombia and said he had received trailers full of dollars from the United States, in a first interrogation video released here.
09/01/2010 - 04:36 PM
Ecuador announces second survivor of Mexican massacre
(AFP)
 AFP - Ecuador's president and Mexican officials confirmed Wednesday that a second person, a Honduran, had survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico last week.
09/01/2010 - 04:20 PM
Video: Captured Mexican drug lord knew top capos
(AP)
 AP - A former Texas high school football player and petty street dealer who allegedly rose to become one of Mexico's most savage assassins says he personally knew the country's top drug lords and shipped cocaine from Colombia through Panama.
09/01/2010 - 02:59 PM
Hold off on booze, NASA urges trapped Chile miners
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Already deprived of sunlight, fresh air and their loved ones for 26 days, NASA doctors say 33 miners trapped deep in a Chilean mine must continue to forego two other pleasures: alcohol and cigarettes.
09/01/2010 - 11:34 AM
Ecuador says 2nd migrant survived Mexico massacre
(AP)
AP - Ecuador's president says a second person survived a drug gang's massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico.
09/01/2010 - 10:20 AM
Mexico, US open joint office to combat drug gangs
(AFP)
 AFP - Mexican and US officials opened a first joint office to manage the distribution of more than 1.3 billion dollars in US security aid to help fight brutal drug gangs.
09/01/2010 - 09:36 AM
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