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| Apr.7 |
 Sao Paulo |
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Lula surrenders to police 
Map of Sao Bernardo do Campo Brazil| Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is starting a 12-year sentence for corruption after surrendering to police | |
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| Feb.22 |
Argentina |
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Argentina foils diplomatic luggage cocaine plot |
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| Feb.19 |
Peru |
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Ex-President Fujimori ordered to stand trial again |
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| Feb.18 |
Haiti |
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Oxfam Haiti scandal: Suspects 'threatened' witnesses
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| Feb.16 |
Peru |
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Inmate drugs twin brother in brazen escape from prison |
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| Feb.9 |
Mexico |
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Mexico: Zetas drugs cartel leader caught |
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| Jan.1 |
Brazil |
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Brazil prison: At least nine killed in new year riot |
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| Dec.25 |
Peru |
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New clashes after Fujimori is pardoned |
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| Dec.16 |
Chile |
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Chile: Landslide destroys village and kills at least five |
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| Jul.14 |
Colombia |
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Colombia coca cultivation rises by 50% says UN |
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| Jul.12 |
Brazil |
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Ex-Brazilian President Silva convicted of corruption Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was found guilty of corruption and money laundering Wednesday and sentenced to almost 10 years in prison
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| Jul.8 |
Venezuela |
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Venezuela opposition leader freed and under house arrest |
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| Jul.6 |
Mexico |
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28 dead in prison fight in Acapulco |
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| Jun.28 |
Brazil |
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Temer: Car rams gate of presidential palace |
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| Jun.26 |
Brazil |
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Brazil's Michel Temer charged with corruption 
President has been charged with accepting bribes by the country's chief prosecutor
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| Jun.23 |
Colombia |
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Colombia conflict: Seized Dutch journalists still held |
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| May.21 |
Sao Paulo |
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Brazil police raid Sao Paulo 'Crackland' and make arrests |
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| May.17 |
Brazil |
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Brazilian leader denies hush money claim |
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| May.10 |
Brazil |
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Brazil's ex-President Lula questioned over corruption |
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| May.4 |
Brazil |
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Brazil jails eight militants over Rio Olympic plot |
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| Apr.19 |
Venezuela |
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Teenager and woman shot dead at anti-government protests |
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| Mar.31 |
Paraguay |
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Paraguay congress set on fire amid presidential controversy
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| Aug.18 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Olympics: US swimmers not robbed - police chief | Four US swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city's civil police has insisted | |
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| Mar.4 |
Sao Paulo |
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Brazil Petrobras scandal: Former president Lula questioned Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been questioned by police and his house raided as part of a major fraud inquiry into the state oil company Pet...
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| Sep.26 |
Mexico |
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Thousands march to remember Mexico's missing students |
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| Sep.10 |
Venezuela |
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Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez sentenced |
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| Jul.12 |
 Mexico |
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Drug lord Joaquin Guzman used tunnel for prison break Guzman, known as El Chapo or 'Shorty', used an elaborate tunnel to break out of a maximum security prison, officials say
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| May.22 |
Mexico |
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Mexico gang shoot-out leaves 40 dead
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| Jan.19 |
 Argentina |
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Prosecutor in Jewish center bombing found dead Map of Puerto Madero Buenos Aires Argentina Alberto Nisman became a controversial figure when he accused Argentina's President and foreign minister of covering up Iran's involvement
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| Dec.11 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Brazil killer alleges 42 victims |
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| Nov.30 |
Colombia |
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Colombian rebels free captured general
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| Nov.19 |
 Honduras |
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Honduran beauty queen found dead María José Alvarado Muñoz and her sister were found dead Wednesday, and the sister's boyfriend and another man have been arrested
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| Nov.7 |
Mexico |
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Missing students apparently killed, burned, dumped into river Map of Cocula Mexico The 43 students disappeared in September were abducted by police on order of a local mayor
| Suspected Mexican gang members have confessed to killing more than 40 students. The students are believed to have been turned over to a gang that killed them and burned their bodies
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| Oct.22 |
Mexico |
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Missing students: Iguala mayor arrest ordered |
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| Oct.8 |
Mexico |
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Mexico missing students: Nationwide protests held Map of Iguala Mexico Thousands of people have held protests in cities across Mexico against the disappearance of students in the southern town of Iguala last month
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| Oct.1 |
Mexico |
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Mexico arrests drug lord Hector Beltran Leyva |
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| Aug.27 |
Sao Paulo |
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Brazil pursues Amazon 'destroyers' |
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| Aug.24 |
Brazil |
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Deadly riot in southern Brazil jail |
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| Jan.8 |
 Venezuela |
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Venezuelan beauty queen slain Map of Carabobo Venezuela Monica Spear and her ex-husbandy, were driving when their car broke down, officials said. Armed robbers opened fire, killing both of them
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| Dec.4 |
Mexico |
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Radioactive truck 'stolen in Mexico' A truck carrying medical radioactive material has been stolen in Mexico, the UN's nuclear watchdog says
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| Nov.26 |
Mexico |
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Count of bodies in Mexico mass graves rises to 48 |
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| May.10 |
Guatemala |
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Guatemala's Rios Montt found guilty of genocide
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| Apr.30 |
Venezuela |
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Venezuela MPs in punch-up over poll |
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| Feb.26 |
Mexico |
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Mexico's 'most powerful woman' held |
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| Feb.5 |
Mexico |
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Hooded gunmen rape 6 tourists in Mexico Map of Acapulco Mexico A pack of masked and hooded gunmen broke into a beach bungalow and raped six women spanish tourists after tying up a group of men
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| Dec.5 |
Guatemala |
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John McAfee arrested in Guatemala
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| May.5 |
Guantanamo |
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Key 9/11 suspects appear in court
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| Nov.13 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Police target drug gangs in biggest slum
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| Nov.10 |
Venezuela |
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Baseball star abducted in Venezuela
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| Sep.21 |
Mexico |
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35 bodies found in roadway
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| Jun.21 |
Mexico |
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Top cartel leader captured
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| May.15 |
Guatemala |
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27 headless bodies found in drug region
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| Nov.28 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Brazil forces take over Rio slum
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| Nov.25 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Rio police 'in control of favela' |
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| Aug.3 |
Mexico |
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Drug war toll since 2006 exceeds 28,000 |
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| Jul.29 |
Mexico |
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Military 'kills' drug lord Ignacio Coronel |
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| Jun.22 |
 Jamaica |
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Alleged drug kingpin arrested Map of Kingston Jamaica| Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, 41, was arrested outside Kingston. He was detained at a roadblock accompanied by a Christian pastor... | |
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| Jun.7 |
Mexico |
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55 bodies found in mass grave |
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| Jun.3 |
 Chile |
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Van der Sloot arrested in Chile He's the suspect in a young woman's slaying in Peru and previously considered a suspect in the disappearance of U.S. Natalee Holloway in Ar...
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| May.24 |
Jamaica |
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Police storm stronghold of drugs lord Jamaican security forces hunting for alleged drugs lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke have stormed his Kingston stronghold
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| Feb.4 |
Haiti |
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U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping
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| Dec.22 |
Colombia |
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Kidnapped governor found dead |
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| Oct.22 |
Guatemala |
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Officials seize cocaine submarine |
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| Aug.11 |
Amazon |
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TV host 'ordered killings'
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| Dec.9 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Protesters: 9,000 disappeared in 2 years
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| Dec.8 |
Guantanamo |
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Top 9/11 suspects to plead guilty |
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| Oct.7 |
Guantanamo |
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Chinese Muslims ordered freed from Gitmo
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| Aug.6 |
Guantanamo |
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Bin Laden ex-driver found guilty
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| Jul.2 |
 Colombia |
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Betancourt rescued from FARC In a secret operation the Colombian military infiltrated rebel group and deceived its members into giving up 15 hostages
| Along with French-Colombian politician, 3 American contractors and 11 other hostages who were Colombian police were rescued. Appearing healthy after being held for 6 years in the jungle, Betancourt walked down from a military jet in Bogota and hugged her mother and husband
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| Jun.5 |
Guantanamo |
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9/11 suspects on trial
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| Apr.8 |
Haiti |
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Rioters storm presidential palace |
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| Dec.11 |
 Peru |
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Fujimori gets 6 years in prison A Peruvian Supreme Court judge convicted former President of abuse of authority. Fujimori faces human rights and corruption charges
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| Oct.4 |
Chile |
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Pinochet family arrested
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| Sep.21 |
Chile |
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Chile court extradites Fujimori Supreme Court has approved the extradition of Peru's former President. He is to be sent back to Peru
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| Jun.4 |
Guantanamo |
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Charges dropped for two detainees |
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| Mar.26 |
Guantanamo |
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Australian admits terror charge |
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| Mar.22 |
Jamaica |
|
Woolmer was strangled, police say A pathology report indicated that Pakistani cricket coach died of 'manual strangulation'
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| Mar.14 |
Guantanamo |
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Mohammed says responsible for 9/11
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| Oct.27 |
Mexico |
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Shootouts kill journalist
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| May.14 |
Sao Paulo |
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Gang attacks leave 52 dead A powerful criminal gang launched a wave of attacks against police stations and uprisings in jails across the state
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|
| Nov.24 |
Chile |
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Pinochet charged over dissidents Former military ruler has been ordered to stay under house arrest
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| Nov.6 |
Chile |
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Fujimori under arrest
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| Jun.3 |
Guantanamo |
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Detainees, not soldiers, flushed Quran |
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| Dec.24 |
Honduras |
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Gang linked to massacre
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| Dec.13 |
Chile |
|
Judge charges Pinochet |
|
|
| Sep.24 |
Guantanamo |
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Guantanamo Bay spy probe expanded |
|
| Feb.7 |
Colombia |
|
Club blast kills 33
|
|
| Aug.7 |
Colombia |
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Blasts kill 17 as Uribe takes office
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| Mar.20 |
Peru |
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Car bombs kill 8 near US embassy |
|
| Jan.11 |
 Guantanamo |
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Afghan captives start detention The first group of 20 prisoners are now in a detention camp at a military base at Guantanamo
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|
| Dec.6 |
Brazil |
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Pirates kill America's Cup skipper |
|
| Jul.9 |
Chile |
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Court rules Pinochet unfit for trial |
|
| Jun.24 |
Venezuela |
|
Montesinos caught in Caracas |
|
|
| May.24 |
Chile |
|
Pinochet's immunity ends
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Mar.31 |
Paraguay |
Paraguay congress set on fire amid presidential controversy
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| Feb.22 |
Argentina |
Argentina foils diplomatic luggage cocaine plot |
|
| Feb.9 |
Mexico |
Mexico: Zetas drugs cartel leader caught |
| 2017 |
|
| Jul.14 |
Colombia |
Colombia coca cultivation rises by 50% says UN |
| 2014 |
|
| Oct.1 |
Mexico |
Mexico arrests drug lord Hector Beltran Leyva |
| 2010 |
|
| Jul.29 |
Mexico |
Military 'kills' drug lord Ignacio Coronel |
|
| May.24 |
Jamaica |
Police storm stronghold of drugs lord Jamaican security forces hunting for alleged drugs lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke have stormed his Kingston stronghold
| 2009 |
|
| Oct.22 |
Guatemala |
Officials seize cocaine submarine |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| May.17 |
Brazil |
Brazilian leader denies hush money claim |
| 2016 |
|
| Mar.4 |
Sao Paulo |
Brazil Petrobras scandal: Former president Lula questioned Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been questioned by police and his house raided as part of a major fraud inquiry into the state oil company Pet...
| 2007 |
|
| Oct.4 |
Chile |
Pinochet family arrested
| 2001 |
|
| Jun.24 |
Venezuela |
Montesinos caught in Caracas |
|
|
| 2013 |
|
| Apr.30 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela MPs in punch-up over poll |
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Feb.7 |
Colombia |
Club blast kills 33
| 2002 |
|
| Mar.20 |
Peru |
Car bombs kill 8 near US embassy |
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| Feb.19 |
Peru |
Ex-President Fujimori ordered to stand trial again |
| 2017 |
|
| Dec.25 |
Peru |
New clashes after Fujimori is pardoned |
|
| Jul.12 |
Brazil |
Ex-Brazilian President Silva convicted of corruption Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was found guilty of corruption and money laundering Wednesday and sentenced to almost 10 years in prison
|
| Jul.8 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela opposition leader freed and under house arrest |
|
| Jun.26 |
Brazil |
Brazil's Michel Temer charged with corruption President has been charged with accepting bribes by the country's chief prosecutor
|
| May.4 |
Brazil |
Brazil jails eight militants over Rio Olympic plot |
| 2015 |
|
| Sep.10 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez sentenced |
| 2013 |
|
| May.10 |
Guatemala |
Guatemala's Rios Montt found guilty of genocide
| 2012 |
|
| May.5 |
Guantanamo |
Key 9/11 suspects appear in court
| 2010 |
|
| Feb.4 |
Haiti |
U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping
| 2008 |
|
| Dec.8 |
Guantanamo |
Top 9/11 suspects to plead guilty |
|
| Oct.7 |
Guantanamo |
Chinese Muslims ordered freed from Gitmo
|
| Aug.6 |
Guantanamo |
Bin Laden ex-driver found guilty
|
| Jun.5 |
Guantanamo |
9/11 suspects on trial
| 2007 |
|
| Dec.11 |
Peru |
Fujimori gets 6 years in prison A Peruvian Supreme Court judge convicted former President of abuse of authority. Fujimori faces human rights and corruption charges
|
| Sep.21 |
Chile |
Chile court extradites Fujimori Supreme Court has approved the extradition of Peru's former President. He is to be sent back to Peru
|
| Jun.4 |
Guantanamo |
Charges dropped for two detainees |
|
| Mar.26 |
Guantanamo |
Australian admits terror charge |
| 2005 |
|
| Nov.24 |
Chile |
Pinochet charged over dissidents Former military ruler has been ordered to stay under house arrest
| 2004 |
|
| Dec.13 |
Chile |
Judge charges Pinochet |
| 2001 |
|
| Jul.9 |
Chile |
Court rules Pinochet unfit for trial |
| 2000 |
|
| May.24 |
Chile |
Pinochet's immunity ends
|
|
| 2015 |
|
| Sep.26 |
Mexico |
Thousands march to remember Mexico's missing students |
|
| May.22 |
Mexico |
Mexico gang shoot-out leaves 40 dead
| 2014 |
|
| Dec.11 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil killer alleges 42 victims |
|
| Nov.19 |
Honduras |
Honduran beauty queen found dead María José Alvarado Muñoz and her sister were found dead Wednesday, and the sister's boyfriend and another man have been arrested
|
| Nov.7 |
Mexico |
Missing students apparently killed, burned, dumped into river Map of Cocula Mexico The 43 students disappeared in September were abducted by police on order of a local mayor
| Suspected Mexican gang members have confessed to killing more than 40 students. The students are believed to have been turned over to a gang that killed them and burned their bodies
|
| |
|
| Jan.8 |
Venezuela |
Venezuelan beauty queen slain Map of Carabobo Venezuela Monica Spear and her ex-husbandy, were driving when their car broke down, officials said. Armed robbers opened fire, killing both of them
| 2013 |
|
| Nov.26 |
Mexico |
Count of bodies in Mexico mass graves rises to 48 |
| 2011 |
|
| Sep.21 |
Mexico |
35 bodies found in roadway
|
| May.15 |
Guatemala |
27 headless bodies found in drug region
| 2010 |
|
| Aug.3 |
Mexico |
Drug war toll since 2006 exceeds 28,000 |
|
| Jun.7 |
Mexico |
55 bodies found in mass grave |
| 2009 |
|
| Aug.11 |
Amazon |
TV host 'ordered killings'
| 2006 |
|
| Oct.27 |
Mexico |
Shootouts kill journalist
|
| May.14 |
Sao Paulo |
Gang attacks leave 52 dead A powerful criminal gang launched a wave of attacks against police stations and uprisings in jails across the state
| 2004 |
|
| Dec.24 |
Honduras |
Gang linked to massacre
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Jun.23 |
Colombia |
Colombia conflict: Seized Dutch journalists still held |
| 2014 |
|
| Nov.30 |
Colombia |
Colombian rebels free captured general
|
| Oct.8 |
Mexico |
Mexico missing students: Nationwide protests held Map of Iguala Mexico Thousands of people have held protests in cities across Mexico against the disappearance of students in the southern town of Iguala last month
| 2011 |
|
| Nov.10 |
Venezuela |
Baseball star abducted in Venezuela
| 2008 |
|
| Dec.9 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Protesters: 9,000 disappeared in 2 years
|
| Jul.2 |
Colombia |
Betancourt rescued from FARC In a secret operation the Colombian military infiltrated rebel group and deceived its members into giving up 15 hostages
| Along with French-Colombian politician, 3 American contractors and 11 other hostages who were Colombian police were rescued. Appearing healthy after being held for 6 years in the jungle, Betancourt walked down from a military jet in Bogota and hugged her mother and husband
|
| |
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Apr.8 |
Haiti |
Rioters storm presidential palace |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Dec.16 |
Chile |
Chile: Landslide destroys village and kills at least five |
| 2013 |
|
| Dec.4 |
Mexico |
Radioactive truck 'stolen in Mexico' A truck carrying medical radioactive material has been stolen in Mexico, the UN's nuclear watchdog says
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| May.10 |
Brazil |
Brazil's ex-President Lula questioned over corruption |
| 2016 |
|
| Aug.18 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Olympics: US swimmers not robbed - police chief | Four US swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city's civil police has insisted | |
| 2015 |
|
| Jan.19 |
Argentina |
Prosecutor in Jewish center bombing found dead Map of Puerto Madero Buenos Aires Argentina Alberto Nisman became a controversial figure when he accused Argentina's President and foreign minister of covering up Iran's involvement
| 2007 |
|
| Mar.22 |
Jamaica |
Woolmer was strangled, police say A pathology report indicated that Pakistani cricket coach died of 'manual strangulation'
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| Apr.7 |
Sao Paulo |
Lula surrenders to police Map of Sao Bernardo do Campo Brazil| Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is starting a 12-year sentence for corruption after surrendering to police | |
| 2017 |
|
| May.21 |
Sao Paulo |
Brazil police raid Sao Paulo 'Crackland' and make arrests |
| 2014 |
|
| Oct.22 |
Mexico |
Missing students: Iguala mayor arrest ordered |
|
| Aug.27 |
Sao Paulo |
Brazil pursues Amazon 'destroyers' |
| 2012 |
|
| Dec.5 |
Guatemala |
John McAfee arrested in Guatemala
| 2011 |
|
| Jun.21 |
Mexico |
Top cartel leader captured
| 2010 |
|
| Jun.22 |
Jamaica |
Alleged drug kingpin arrested Map of Kingston Jamaica| Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, 41, was arrested outside Kingston. He was detained at a roadblock accompanied by a Christian pastor... | |
|
| Jun.3 |
Chile |
Van der Sloot arrested in Chile He's the suspect in a young woman's slaying in Peru and previously considered a suspect in the disappearance of U.S. Natalee Holloway in Ar...
| 2005 |
|
| Nov.6 |
Chile |
Fujimori under arrest
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Dec.22 |
Colombia |
Kidnapped governor found dead |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Apr.19 |
Venezuela |
Teenager and woman shot dead at anti-government protests |
|
|
| 2013 |
|
| Feb.26 |
Mexico |
Mexico's 'most powerful woman' held |
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| Feb.16 |
Peru |
Inmate drugs twin brother in brazen escape from prison |
|
| Jan.1 |
Brazil |
Brazil prison: At least nine killed in new year riot |
| 2017 |
|
| Jul.6 |
Mexico |
28 dead in prison fight in Acapulco |
| 2015 |
|
| Jul.12 |
Mexico |
Drug lord Joaquin Guzman used tunnel for prison break Guzman, known as El Chapo or 'Shorty', used an elaborate tunnel to break out of a maximum security prison, officials say
| 2014 |
|
| Aug.24 |
Brazil |
Deadly riot in southern Brazil jail |
| 2005 |
|
| Jun.3 |
Guantanamo |
Detainees, not soldiers, flushed Quran |
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.11 |
Guantanamo |
Afghan captives start detention The first group of 20 prisoners are now in a detention camp at a military base at Guantanamo
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Dec.6 |
Brazil |
Pirates kill America's Cup skipper |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Jun.28 |
Brazil |
Temer: Car rams gate of presidential palace |
| 2007 |
|
| Mar.14 |
Guantanamo |
Mohammed says responsible for 9/11
| 2002 |
|
| Aug.7 |
Colombia |
Blasts kill 17 as Uribe takes office
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Sep.24 |
Guantanamo |
Guantanamo Bay spy probe expanded |
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| Feb.18 |
Haiti |
Oxfam Haiti scandal: Suspects 'threatened' witnesses
| 2013 |
|
| Feb.5 |
Mexico |
Hooded gunmen rape 6 tourists in Mexico Map of Acapulco Mexico A pack of masked and hooded gunmen broke into a beach bungalow and raped six women spanish tourists after tying up a group of men
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