16/01/2013 | High Tech
Twitter Producing New Breed of 'War Correspondents' in Mexico
A report from Microsoft looks at the emerging role of Twitter in sharing information about the Mexican drug war, highlighting the role of users who gather and disseminate large quantities of news.
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10/12/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazil - Rio Mass Arrest Points to Complex Police-Gang Relations
The arrest of 59 Rio de Janeiro military police officers accused of drug ties, and the sentencing of an officer who confessed to killing a judge, are signs that the state is taking action against corruption in the police.
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05/12/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Under Calderon, 80% of Federal Organized Crime Detainees Went Free
Of more than 600,000 people detained in operations against organized criminal groups during former Mexican president Felipe Calderon's six years in power, some 80 percent went free, according to official figures.
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24/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Can Guatemala's Military President Reform the Police?
Six months into Otto Perez’s first year as president of Guatemala, a report from International Crisis Group asks if he will be able to carry out the much-needed police reform that eluded his predecessors.
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08/06/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Bolivian Senator Claims Persecution for Revealing Govt Drug Ties
A Bolivian senator says he is being persecuted for exposing the relationship between some officials in the Morales government and the drug trade. Is this an accurate report of corruption, or political maneuvering, or both?
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29/04/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Peru - Was Captured Shining Path Boss a Double Agent?
A new report sets out how, after his capture in 1999, Shining Path leader "Comrade Raul" won the confidence of the Peruvian authorities, before leading them into an ambush and escaping -- though some question whether he was in fact playing a more elaborate game.
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10/10/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
El Salvador: The New Disappeared
El Salvador is suffering a new wave of disappearances, mostly of young people and teenagers, who go missing without explanation in a phenomenon linked to the gang violence hitting the country.
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01/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
'Guatemala Anti-Drug Operations Force Refugees into Mexico'
A community of at least 200 people in north Guatemala has sought refuge over the border in Mexico, after their village was allegedly torched in a government operation against drug trafficking.
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01/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
'Guatemala Anti-Drug Operations Force Refugees into Mexico'
A community of at least 200 people in north Guatemala has sought refuge over the border in Mexico, after their village was allegedly torched in a government operation against drug trafficking.
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23/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Are Foreign Criminal Gangs Driving Honduras Land Conflict?
A bloody and long-running land dispute in Honduras has claimed dozens of lives, and some parties to the conflict claim that drug traffickers and foreign armed groups are involved.
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23/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Are Foreign Criminal Gangs Driving Honduras Land Conflict?
A bloody and long-running land dispute in Honduras has claimed dozens of lives, and some parties to the conflict claim that drug traffickers and foreign armed groups are involved.
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