Mexican drug cartels suspected in American missionary's slaying

A 59-year-old American missionary was shot in the head and killed in northern Mexico, possibly because one of the local drug cartels coveted...

Baby Doc's return to Haiti revives dark memories of Duvalier era

Jean-Claude Duvalier's unexpected return to Haiti after 25 years has awakened the ghosts of his repressive rule.

20 arrested in gun smuggling case

In a case aimed at stemming the flow of U.S. weapons to the Mexican drug war, federal authorities indicted 20 men Tuesday on charges of...

Hillary Clinton praises Mexico for its battle against drug cartels

During a one-day trip south of the border, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday lauded Mexico for battling drug cartels she...

Duvalier breaks silence, offers condolences to quake victims

Former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier broke his silence Friday, five days after arriving unexpectedly in his Caribbean birthplace, expressing...

Theories abound in Haiti over why Baby Doc came back

There are as many theories about why Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti as there are cracks in the crumpled walls of the presidential...

Haiti detains 'Baby Doc' Duvalier for questioning

Inside the courthouse shaded by mango trees, the deposed dictator sipped coffee as lawyers and judges conferred.

Mexico says Zetas drug gang figure arrested

Mexican authorities said Tuesday that they have arrested a founding member of the notorious Zetas gang who oversaw the smuggling of drugs...

Fear and calls for justice follow return of 'Baby Doc'

His victims remember Baby Doc Duvalier. The long periods in hiding, friends who simply vanished, activists who went into the Fort Dimanche...

'Baby Doc' Duvalier returns to tense Haiti

Jean-Claude Duvalier, the once-reviled dictator of Haiti known as Baby Doc, made a surprise return to this country Sunday evening, ending...

Standoff over presidential runoff seen as threat to Haiti

Haiti is locked in a political crisis that threatens to further stall recovery from the devastating earthquake of a year ago and could...

14 killed in army raid in Mexico's Veracruz state

Mexican soldiers clashed with gunmen for hours in the capital of the coastal state of Veracruz, leaving at least 12 suspects and two...

Amid drug violence, Acapulco watches tourism recede

The black-and-white photos still hang in the faded Hotel Los Flamingos. Over there is the muscled star of "Tarzan," Johnny Weissmuller,...

Brazil's flash floods and mudslides leave at least 470 dead

Emergency crews were working feverishly to reach survivors of flash floods and mudslides in Brazil that have killed at least 470 people...

Haitians turn out for one-year anniversary of quake

Hundreds of white balloons were released into the air, buglers played taps and Haitians sang their national anthem a capella Wednesday...

Haiti still mired in post-quake problems

Gray ribbons of fresh concrete streak the side of Clarisse Brisson's broken home, where she and her family are slowly making repairs....

Residents of Colombia oil patch complain boom is passing them by

Weather-beaten rancher Leonardo Bautista brings to mind the character in a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel who waited years in vain for a...

25 bodies found in Acapulco, 15 decapitated

The bodies of at least 25 people, 15 of them with their heads cut off, were discovered Saturday in the resort city of Acapulco,...

Mexico has arrested a leader of Santa Muerte 'church'

Her skull-face peers from beneath a cloak, the Grim Reaper's scythe often clutched in her hand. She is the Saint of Death, icon of an...

High mercury levels in Colombia port raise concern

A scientific study indicating high levels of mercury in Colombia's largest Pacific port, a possible byproduct of illegal mining, has...