National Briefing | Southwest: Seizures of Illicit Cash Rise
Customs authorities along the border with Mexico seized $85 million in illicit cash in the last year, the first year of the Obama administration’s enforcement plan. feeds.nytimes.com |
Mexico Charges 25 Acapulco Police for Drugs, Arms
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) -- Drug, weapons and organized crime charges have been filed against 25 police officers caught with unregistered weapons in the resort city of Acapulco, prosecutors said Thursday. feeds.nytimes.com |
Man Wanted in Cuba Bombings Is Held in Venezuela
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela said the suspect, Francisco Chávez Abarca, was detained by Venezuelan intelligence agents as he arrived with a false passport. feeds.nytimes.com |
3rd Mexican Mayor in Month Slain by Hit Men
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The third Mexican mayor in a month was slain by suspected drug gang hitmen on the same day the U.S. secretary of state raised hackles in Mexico by saying the country is ''looking more and more like Colombia looked 20 years ago.'' feeds.nytimes.com |
Polls Close in Venezuela Legislative Elections
Ballots cast for all of the 165 members of the National Assembly, which is controlled by the Socialist Party of President Hugo Chavez voanews.com |