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Pablo Escobar’s dark legacy refuses to die 25 years on
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Pablo Escobar’s dark legacy refuses to die 25 years on

  Twenty-five years after he was gunned down by police, Pablo Escobar’s legacy refuses to die in Medellin, the Colombian…
Philippine police return to war on drugs, cannot promise no bloodshed
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Philippine police return to war on drugs, cannot promise no bloodshed

Police in the Philippines on Monday resumed President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, making visits to the homes of users…
Ex-guerrilla launches historic presidential bid in Colombia
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Ex-guerrilla launches historic presidential bid in Colombia

Former guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londono was once one of Colombia’s most-wanted men. Now he is a presidential contender. The graying,…
Mexico posts record-breaking homicide rate in 2017
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Mexico posts record-breaking homicide rate in 2017

Nearly 30,000 people were killed last year, marking the worst year recorded in Mexico, the interior ministry said. But security…
US to reopen probe into Hezbollah ‘narcoterrorism’
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US to reopen probe into Hezbollah ‘narcoterrorism’

The US Justice Department announced on Thursday plans to create a special task force to crack down on what it…
Armed clashes kill 11 in Mexico’s troubled Guerrero state
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Armed clashes kill 11 in Mexico’s troubled Guerrero state

Violent clashes involving gunmen, a community police force and state police killed 11 people in the troubled southern state of…
Mexico: Latest murder highlights blurred lines in journalism
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Mexico: Latest murder highlights blurred lines in journalism

For some, Gumaro Perez was an experienced reporter who got on well with locals and earned the nickname “the red…
Mexico’s murder rate rises to 20,000 in ten months; worst in 20 years
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Mexico’s murder rate rises to 20,000 in ten months; worst in 20 years

A human rights ombudsman, a media executive and two men in a bitter union dispute are just the latest victims…
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