Mexican authorities seized 119,000 tons of iron ore at Michoacán's Pacific seaport of Lázaro Cardenas, following tips about drug cartels exporting black-market ore to China.
A Human Rights Watch investigation in Colombia's Pacific port of Buenaventura finds a city in the grip of paramilitary terror, with more than 13,000 displaced last year.
A family was massacred during regional elections on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, but National Police said they were victims of score-settling between criminal gangs.
Authorities in the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila announced that they have recovered at least 500 sets of human remains from mass graves along the Texas border.
Mexican authorities announced the arrest of the country's top drug lord, the notorious Joaquin Guzmán AKA "El Chapo" (Shorty)—who had eluded capture for over 10 years.
Cannabis took a greater share of total drug crops eradicated in Peru in 2013, and authorities hope to expand eradication this year—bringing the program beyond the remote coca zones.
Mexican security forces announced the arrest of a top leader of the New Generation drug cartel, based in the western state of Jalisco, and linked to the Michoacán violence.
A spike in deadly violence came just as El Salvador faced presidential elections, leading to speculation of an intentional provocation by resurgent death squads.
Mexico's government signed an accord with Michoacán's "community police" network, calling for the self-defense militias to be incorporated into the official security forces.
Michoacán's blood-drenched Knights Templar cartel have amassed a land empire in the Mexican state, using the avocado industry to launder narco profits.
Mexican federal police arrested 38 people across violence-torn Michoacán state, claiming a blow against the notorious Knights Templar drug cartel.
Up to 12 were reported dead after Mexican army troops were sent in to take back Michocacán villages from the "community police" vigilante force.
