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Police inspect an area where suspected gang members set a bus on fire in the western state of Jalisco

World

Swoop on drug cartels sparks chaos in two Mexican states

Suspected drug cartel members went on the rampage in Mexico, setting fire to vehicles after a military operation targeted an meeting of gang bosses.

AFPAugust 10, 2022

Alessandra Sampaio, widow of British journalist Dom Phillips, who was killed in the Amazon forest along with indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, speaks to the press following a farewell ceremony

World

Wake held in Brazil for slain British journalist

Phillips, 57, and Bruno Pereira, 41, an expert in Indigenous affairs, were shot while returning from an expedition in the rainforest.

AFPJune 26, 2022

Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips went missing on June 5 in a remote part of the Amazon rife with illegal mining, fishing and logging, as well as drug trafficking

World

Indigenous farewell for expert killed in Amazon

Bruno Pereira, the Brazilian Indigenous expert murdered in the Amazon with British journalist Dom Phillips, was given a moving sendoff.

AFPJune 24, 2022

Paraguayan security forces destroy a drug factory in Pedro Juan Caballero in May 2022

World

Paraguay’s slow slide into a state held hostage to drug trafficking

Two Paraguayan officials murdered in as many weeks: an anti-drug prosecutor executed while on honeymoon in Colombia.

AFPJune 1, 2022

A protester holds a picture of 18-year-old student Debanhi Escobar whose death in northern Mexico has unleashed public anger

World

Mexico president vows justice as report says teen raped and murdered

Mexico's president on Friday promised justice to the parents of a teenager whose death triggered a public outcry.

AFPMay 13, 2022

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro (left) met with Guyana counterpart Irfaan Ali (right) to discuss energy cooperation

World

Brazil, Guayana agree to widen energy cooperation

Brazil and Guyana on Friday agreed to broaden energy cooperation during a visit by President Jair Bolsonaro to Georgetown, in which the South American...

AFPMay 6, 2022

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador travels to Central America and Cuba on a trip that aims to address the root causes of migration in the region

World

Mexico president to visit C.America for migration, development talks

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will embark Thursday on a tour of Central America and Cuba, as his country braces for increased flows...

AFPMay 3, 2022