MEXICO CITY – Mexican soldiers have captured Héctor Beltrán Leyva, one of the country's most-wanted men and a suspected drug-cartel kingpin who had a bounty of more than $7 million on his head, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Cocaine seems to be falling from the sky in Costa Rica, as cops in the past 24 hours have seized more than a metric ton of cocaine in separate operations throughout the country.
A hero in the financial world for the reforms he has enacted to open up Mexico's economy, President Enrique Peña Nieto took time out from his appearances at the United Nations and the Economic Club of New York this past week to talk about the U.S. border, crime and security, and how, in almost two years in office, he has sought to change his country.
Last week, a criminal court in the Caribbean slope town of Pococí found Colombian helicopter mechanic Andrés Camilo Ramírez Sánchez not guilty of drugs, weapons and money laundering charges. But photos obtained by The Tico Times raise questions about his presence in Costa Rica.
LIMA, Peru – Peruvian police on Wednesday seized a record six tons of cocaine from a Mexican drug cartel operating in the country, in what authorities hailed as a major blow to organized crime.
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico – Mexico's government decided Tuesday to increase military control over security in the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas and purge corrupt police to reverse a surge in drug cartel violence.
