central america

Seafaring Drug Smugglers Challenge US Coast Guard

...  drug smugglers challenge US Coast Guard Defense officials have warned the cuts would hamper efforts to reach President Barack Obama's goal of intercepting 40 percent of the illicit drug shipments flowing into the region by 2015. Fighting drug traffickers… Continue reading

After Badgers, Penn State Coach Bill O'Brien Focuses on Recruiting

...  Badgers, Penn State coach Bill O'Brien focuses on recruiting Already, the program has 15 verbal commitments who are expected to sign in February. O'Brien likes … Florida Atlantic has withdrawn Carl Pelini's resignation as football coach and has fired… Continue reading

Program to Give Free Drug Needles to Curb Disease

...  drug needles to curb disease CARSON CITY (AP) — The statistics are shocking: Seventy percent of illegal-injection drug users will contract hepatitis C from the use of dirty needles. About 10 percent will acquire HIV. The lifetime cost of… Continue reading

Mexico's New Gov't Follows Calderon Drug War Strategy

...  new gov't follows Calderon drug war strategy The once-powerful Gulf cartel still controls most of the cocaine and marijuana trafficking through the Matamoros corridor and has an international reach into Central America and beyond. But the cartel has been… Continue reading

New Jersey Governor Rallies “ChristieCrats” in New Re-Election Ad

...  Jersey governor rallies “ChristieCrats” in new re-election ad They say they support the Republican because he welcomed President Barack Obama after Sandy. They liked when he criticized House Republicans for holding up relief funds. And they appreciate how he's… Continue reading

The Metamorphoses of Police Work & Strategy in the Americas

...  Metamorphoses of Police Work & Strategy in the Americas There have been large seizures of cocaine in Europe linked to Argentina. Cocaine use has risen sharply in Argentina, and the country is home to 25 percent of the cocaine… Continue reading