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Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near…

Salvador bans gang membership after bus massacre

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus…

Massacre survivor: Victims refused narco work

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South…

Election official: Chavez breaking campaign rules

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An electoral official accused President Hugo Chavez and his allies of breaking campaign laws by using…

14 cops killed in Colombia ambush, rebels blamed

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Suspected leftist rebels killed 14 police officers and wounded seven in an ambush of a five-truck convoy in…

5 police officers killed by road bomb in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian authorities say five police officers were killed and four wounded by a roadside bomb while on patrol…

New Suriname president back in power after illness

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Suriname's new president, former dictator Desi Bouterse, reassumed power Thursday after being sidelined for…

Correction: Colombia Rebel Haven

LA MACARENA, Colombia (AP) — In stories Aug. 7 and Aug. 8 about Colombian government efforts to cement control over a longtime rebel…

Bow and arrow used to send phones into Brazil jail

SAO PAULO (AP) — Police say a 17-year-old teen was detained after he shot arrows with cell phones attached over the walls of a prison…

Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the earthquake, as cell phones rang…

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