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Monday, October 6, 2008
A Tijuana blood bath
World |
12:00AM, October 6
The birthplace of one of Mexico’s most infamous drug cartels looks more and more like its graveyard. Read more
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Nine more bodies found in Tijuana
World |
October 5, 2008
Police said Saturday that they had found nine more bodies dumped in this border city, where 49 people were killed last week in violence related to the drug trade. Read more
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Calderon in a corner on drug battle
World |
October 1, 2008
Stretched thin in an uphill battle against drug gangs, the government of Mexican President Felipe Calderon faces increasingly stark options at a pivotal moment. Read more
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Violence strikes close to home
World |
September 30, 2008
Leonor Merino said she was shocked enough Monday to find that what she thought was a pile of rags was a dozen bodies. Read more
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Suspect tells of holding a grenade
World |
September 28, 2008
Slumped at an interrogation table, a gang member accused of participating in an attack that killed eight people at an Independence Day celebration described calmly how he was eager to get rid of the grenade he tossed into a crowded plaza. Read more
Thursday, September 25, 2008
A ‘time bomb’ in Darfur
World |
September 25, 2008
This overcrowded Darfur displacement camp is preparing for battle. Read more
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Young Bolivians fuel mob violence in civil conflict
World |
September 20, 2008
His mother pleaded: Don’t go to the road blockade. Read more
Thursday, September 18, 2008
A new kind of victim
World |
September 18, 2008
Gloria Alvarez never got to shout “Viva Mexico!” Read more
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Mugabe can’t be held liable, Tsvangirai says
World |
September 17, 2008
Zimbabwe’s new prime minister said President Robert Mugabe could not be held accountable for the political violence during his 28-year rule but that others might face prosecution in the future. Read more
Monday, September 15, 2008
Death toll rises in Bolivian violence
World |
September 15, 2008
The death toll in last week’s violence in a remote northern province rose to more than two dozen, the government said Sunday, as it held frantic talks with opponents to avert further bloodshed. Read more
Sunday, September 14, 2008
24 bodies found near Mexico City
World |
September 14, 2008
Gagged and bound, the bodies were dumped on a grassy roadside littered with trash. Read more
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Bolivia imposes martial law on eastern province
World |
September 13, 2008
Bolivia declared martial law Friday in the isolated northern state of Pando, site of violent clashes a day earlier that left at least nine dead and dozens injured. Read more
Sunday, September 7, 2008
it got him killed.
California | Local |
September 7, 2008
Tecate, Mexico
Adrug-sniffing dog pulled the U.S. Border Patrol agent to a rusty cargo container in the storage yard just north of the Mexican border. Read more
Friday, September 5, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Protesters battle it out with police
National |
September 2, 2008
Police and protesters clashed here on the opening day of the Republican National Convention after groups of self-described anarchists, black cloths covering their faces, began roaming the downtown streets – setting fires, throwing rocks and breaking windows. Read more
Monday, September 1, 2008
In Mexico, a bounty on every head
World |
September 1, 2008
Perhaps nothing reveals this country’s kidnapping dread better than one product now on offer from a Mexican company: a tiny transmitter that is implanted under the skin to beam the person’s whereabouts to a satellite. Read more
Friday, August 29, 2008
12 decapitated bodies are found in Mexico
World |
August 29, 2008
In a sign of the spreading violence in Mexico, 11 decapitated bodies were found late Thursday near the colonial city of Merida on the Yucatan peninsula, officials said. Read more
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
4 decapitated bodies discovered in Tijuana
World |
August 27, 2008
The gruesome discoveries this week of five bodies, four of them decapitated, have shattered a period of relative calm and revived concerns that organized crime groups are escalating their battle for control of this border city. Read more
Monday, August 25, 2008
Iraq suicide attack kills 25
World |
August 25, 2008
A suicide bomber rushed into a neighborhood celebration for a man who had just been released from detention Sunday night, detonating his explosives and killing at least 25 other people, police said. Read more
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Mexican governor calls for tougher crackdown
World |
August 19, 2008
The governor of violence-torn Chihuahua state on Monday urged President Felipe Calderon to revamp his anti-crime strategy after a weekend shooting there killed 13 people, including a baby. Read more
