Mexico
Mexican feds race vigilantes to crush cartels
Mexican federal police arrested 38 people across violence-torn Michoacán state, claiming a blow against the notorious Knights Templar drug cartel.
Tag: paramilitaries
Mexico
Michoacán: army clashes with ‘community police’
Up to 12 were reported dead after Mexican army troops were sent in to take back Michocacán villages from the "community police" vigilante force.
Mexico
Michoacán: ‘community police’ open war on narcos
Some 100 gunmen from a "community police" force in Mexico's Michoacán state seized the town of Nueva Italia—precipiatating a shoot-out with the Knights Templar cartel.
The Andes
Colombia: cops seize ton of para cocaine
Colombia's National Police announced the seizure of 1.2 tons of cocaine allegedly belonging to paramilitary group Los Urabeños.
South Asia
Bangladesh Islamist dies awaiting war crimes trial
Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf died at age 87 while awaiting trial on charges of crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
The Caucasus
Circassians call for boycott of Sochi Olympics
Circassians are calling for a boycott of the Sochi Winter Olympics, demanding that Russia's 19th-century military campaign against their people be recognized as a genocide.
The Andes
Bogotá stand-off amid renewed repression
As Bogotá waits to see if Colombia's prosecutor general will honor a court order allowing Mayor Gustavo Petro to remain in office, threats are reported against his supporters.
The Andes
Colombia: Embera indigenous leaders assassinated
Colombia's indigenous movement charges that the government is failing to act after a wave of deadly violence and threats against Embera leaders by paramilitaries.
Africa
Nigeria: Fulani nomads named in attack on village
A clash between Fulani herdsmen and Berom farmers in Nigeria's Plateau state follows growing ethnic violence and vigilantism across the country's northern plains.
The Andes
Colombia: photos link Uribe to narcos, paras
Just as he has launched a new political party, photos emerge showing Colombia's ex-president Alvaro Uribe with figures linked to the "para-politics" scandal.
The Andes
Medellín terror targets Afro-Colombian family
Forty-five family members of an Afro-Colombian man who was shot in Medellin have been displaced from their homes following threats from illegal armed groups.
Colombia: intensified violence against labor leaders
The campaign of violence against organized labor in Colombia intensified in 2013, with 26 unionists assassinated—a 15% jump over the figure for 2012.