Fewer people have disappeared in drug war than feared says Mexican official

The Globe and Mail - Friday 24th May, 2013

Mexico's top security official said Friday that far fewer people disappeared during Mexico's drug war than were feared when the government released a list of about 26,000 cases.Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said federal and state governments are working to weed out people who have been located. He noted that many of those included on the original list of 26,121 released ...

Reversal of Rios Montt verdict in Guatemala sparks criticism of genocide charge

McClatchy - Friday 24th May, 2013

GUATEMALA CITY - The overturning this week of former military dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt’s conviction on charges stemming from Guatemala’s brutal civil war has created a surprising consensus among critics on both the left and the right: Prosecutors badly overreached when they tried to pin accusations of genocide on the 86-year-old former president. Despite sharp divisions ...

OAS Permanent Council and CIDI Submit Proposals to the General Assembly in Antigua Guatemala

OAS - Friday 24th May, 2013

May 24, 2013 The Permanent Council and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved the submission of several draft resolutions to the next General Assembly, which will take place from June 4 to 6 in Antigua, Guatemala. In a joint session, the Permanent Council and CIDI approved the draft resolution on the ...

Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced in Racketeering Conspiracy

FBI - Friday 24th May, 2013

United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Mexican Mafia member Salvador Nicola Colabella was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia to serve 262 months in federal prison based on his August 9, 2012 plea to RICO conspiracy charges, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1962(d). Colabella has been in custody since his arrest on January 25, ...

Guatemalan ex-president extradited to U.S. on money-laundering charges

Baltimore Sun - Friday 24th May, 2013

Former Guatemalan president Portillo is escorted before boarding plane for his extradition to United States for money laundering, in Guatemala ...

Panamanian Lawyers to Impugn Appeal of Annulment in Favour of Posada

Prensa Latina - Friday 24th May, 2013

Panama, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Lawyers in lawsuit in the case of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and his accomplices in Panama who were punished because of terrorism and indulted by former president Mireya Moscoso, will impugn a cassation to revoke their penal sentences. So it was said by Julio Berrios, one of the five lawyers in the trial in Panama against Posada, Pedro Remn Rodrguez, Gaspar ...

Ex-Guatemalan President Extradited To U.S.

NPR - Friday 24th May, 2013

Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo speaks with journalists in Guatemala City before boarding a plane for the U.S. on ...