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Costa Rica’s Solís flies in former drug plane to El Salvador

President Luis Guillermo Solís seems to have figured out that the key to flying in a jet with a tainted history is to do so after the police have seized it and given it a fresh coat of paint, and not while its owner is suspected of having links to drug cartels, an oversight that rocked former President Laura Chinchilla (2010-2014).

Desamparados residents plead for help as the San José canton turns into a gang war zone

OIJ official: “Victims are being tortured or mutilated, and most of these crimes occur in the streets. Previously we had information of at least six organized groups operating in Desamparados, but our intelligence now says that these gangs have merged into two major groups that are disputing control of the area.”

Clashes as Mexicans hold rally for 43 missing students

MEXICO CITY – Tens of thousands of black-clad protesters angry at the presumed slaughter of 43 students marched in Mexico City on Thursday, chanting for President Enrique Peña Nieto's resignation.

Mexico’s feeble police vetting ended in 43 vanished students

Across Mexico, several cases shed light on how corruption in law enforcement has continued to fester under President Enrique Peña Nieto as he focused on economic improvements and an international image makeover for the country.

Mexico horrified by suspected massacre, incineration of 43 students

AYOTZINAPA, Mexico – Mexico was confronted Saturday with one of the grisliest massacres in years of drug violence after gang suspects confessed to slaughtering 43 missing students and dumping their incinerated remains in a river.

Fugitive Mexican mayor and wife arrested in connection with missing students case

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican mayor and his wife accused in the disappearance of 43 student protesters in September were captured by police early Tuesday morning in Mexico City, hiding in a dilapidated concrete home filled with dogs.

Mexican police questioned over US siblings’ murder

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico – A group of Mexican police officers were questioned Friday over claims they kidnapped three U.S. siblings who were found dead in the northeast of the country near the U.S. border.

Mexico’s Peña Nieto pledge to find students falls short for families

Representatives of the students and their families said they'll stage protests in various cities nationwide on Nov. 5.

The undoing of Gary Webb and today’s news organizations

My impression of Gary Webb was that, in addition to being a novice to tumultuous Central American politics, he was dead set on his thesis that the Contras originated the crack cocaine epidemic in the United States.

Costa Rican police thank drug traffickers for new plane

The King Air F90, rechristened MSP 020, was seized while carrying a metric ton of cocaine in Costa Rica. The plane has since changed its feathers and has participated in an ambulatory mission and a historic flight to Isla del Coco.

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