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Federal police present alleged members of the Mexican drug cartel "La Familia Michoacana," detained in a recent police operation, as they are presented to the press in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009.
Drug   Mexico   Photos   Police Arrest   Wikipedia: Mexican Drug War		  Al Jazeera 
Mexican police seize record drug haul
Fri 10 Feb 2012
" />" /> Police in Mexico have seized a record 15 tonnes of pure methamphetamine in the western state of Jalisco. According to the UN, the record haul is twice the total amount of methamphetamine... (photo: AP / Gregory Bull)
Aerial view of Bayou La Batre from the harbor entrance on the Gulf of Mexico. As part of the French settlement of the Gulf Coast, the bayou was originally called "Riviere D'Erbane" and acquired the present name from the French-maintained battery of artillery on the west bank ("bayou of the battery").
Gulf   Mexico   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Gulf of Mexico		  US News 
Miss. lawmaker: 'Gulf of America' bill was a joke
Fri 10 Feb 2012
By JEFF AMY, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — All the people outraged about the Mississippi bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" have missed its satirical intent, the... (photo: Creative Commons / DanMS)
Mexican army members salute during a ceremony honoring the 201st Fighter Squadron at Catapulted Park in Mexico City, Mexico.  Jakarta Post  Fri 10 Feb 2012
Mexican army finds 15 tons of pure methamphetamine
The historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in western Mexico, equal to half of all meth seizures woldwide in 2009, feeds growing speculation that the country could become a world platform... (photo: Creative Commons / Sgt. Adam M. Stump,)
Drugs   Meth   Mexico   Photos   Wikipedia: Methamphetamine
Brazil: Rio police holding strike vote  Breitbart  Fri 10 Feb 2012
Brazil: Rio police holding strike vote
Soldiers patrol the streets in the historic center of Salvador, Brazil,... Onlookers watch the covered body of a man killed during a shooting at Itinga... Onlookers watch as morgue workers remove the... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Brazil   Photos   Police   Salvador   Travel   Wikipedia: Brazil
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Mexican navy sailors arrive during an operation in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. A Mexican navy official said alleged drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed in a shootout with sailors Wednesday. Two hundred sailors raided an upscale apartment complex and killed a reputed Mexican drug cartel chief in a two-hour gunbattle, one of the biggest victories yet in President Felipe Calderon's drug war. Austin American Statesman Thu 9 Feb 2012
Mexican army chief admits mistakes in drug war
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican army's highest official concedes the military has committed errors in the fight against organized crime and drug traffickers but says... (photo: AP / OEM, Froylan Trujillo)
Drugs   Mexico   Photos   War   Wikipedia: Mexican Drug War
Haitians bound for Brazil stuck in limbo Taipei Times Thu 9 Feb 2012
Haitians bound for Brazil stuck in limbo
Nearly 300 Haitians fleeing the poverty of their earthquake-ravaged homeland have been stuck for a month in the Peruvian Amazon, where a gate to what they saw as a better... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Amazon   Brazil   Photos   Poverty   S. America   Wikipedia: Peruvian Amazon
Punta Gorda, Florida: great place for snowbirds to 'season' The Examiner Thu 9 Feb 2012
Punta Gorda, Florida: great place for snowbirds to 'season'
It is Thursday night and "gangs" of musicians and their adoring fans have already taken up residence in the gazebo, the pavilion, and along the grassy areas of the... (photo: WN / Marzena)
C. America   Florida   NAture   Photos   Wikipedia: Florida
This May 1989 file photo shows General Manuel Antonio Noriega speaking to the press in Panama. A Paris court has convicted former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega for laundering drug money in France in the 1980s and ordered him to spend seven years in prison, Wednesday July 7, 2010. Noriega already spent 20 years in U.S. custody for drug trafficking and was extradited to France in April to stand trial on charges here. The Australian Mon 6 Feb 2012
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been hospitalised with a suspected stroke
FORMER Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been hospitalised for what officials have described as "hypertension with a possibility of a stroke". The... (photo: AP)
Crimes   Panama   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Manuel Noriega
Brazilian military takes charge in Bahia Breitbart Mon 6 Feb 2012
Brazilian military takes charge in Bahia
A force of 2,600 army, navy and federal police was ordered to Brazil's four... Brazilian security forces took control of Bahia on Sunday, patrolling key intersections in... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Bahia   Military   Navy   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: Bahia
Crime wave follows police strike in Brazil Independent online (SA) Sun 5 Feb 2012
Crime wave follows police strike in Brazil
Brasilia - Brazilian security forces took control of Bahia on Sunday, patrolling key intersections in the state capital Salvador after a police strike led to a major... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Brazil   Crime   Photos   Police   Security   Wikipedia: Bahia


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