FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT There has been widespread domestic and international criticism of the Mexican government’s inability to tackle spiralling levels of drug-related violent crime. Increasingly, Mexicans are calling for a new approach to the drug war launched in…
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Venezuela/Colombia/Organised Crime: Security forces capture Norte de Valle cartel leader
Local Media reported that Carlos Alberto Renteria Mantilla, the last leader of Colombia’s Norte de Valle Cartel who had remained at liberty, was captured in Venezuela on Monday.
Jamaica/Civil unrest: death toll climbed to 50 in Kingston
For the fourth consecutive day violence engulfed Jamaica’s capital city Kingston as the death toll reached to 50, media and government officials reported on Thursday.
Mexico/Organised crime: Six hotel guests kidnapped by gunmen
At least 6 people, including an American woman, have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from two hotels in downtownMonterrey, Nuevo Leon state, early on Wednesday. About 50 gunmen stormed into the Holiday Inn and Hotel Mision and took the hostages away, said a…
Mexican army captures Juarez Cartel Leader’s brother
The Mexican Defence Secretariat stated on Monday that government troops captured Roberto Sanchez Arras, third in command of theJuarez drug cartel, on Thursday in the violence-plagued state of Chihuahua.
21 drug traffickers arrested in US-Colombia operation
In a joint operation on Monday morning Colombian national police and US authorities arrested 21 suspected drug traffickers in several cities around Colombia and the raid is still ongoing in the US.