World News - Latin America & Caribbean
Mexican town helps migrants flee police
RAFAEL LARA GRAJALES, Mexico - Monday, 13 October 2008 20:25:08
By EDMUNDO VELAZQUEZ - Associated Press Writer
An angry crowd in central Mexico attacked police and helped nearly three dozen illegal Central American immigrants escape from custody after hearing that officers had allegedly sold the migrants to human smugglers, officials said Monday.
2 tourists die in parasailing accident in Mexico
CANCUN, Mexico - Monday, 13 October 2008 20:21:39
By JORGE DOMINGUEZ - Associated Press Writer
A security official says two foreign tourists fell to their deaths while parasailing south of Mexico's resort town of Cancun.
Bolivia's Morales kicks off march for constitution
CARACOLLO, Bolivia - Monday, 13 October 2008 19:08:46
Thousands of President Evo Morales' supporters have started a weeklong march from this highland town to Bolivia's capital to demand Congress back a referendum on his proposed constitution.
Venezuela to arrest 8 suspects in student's murder
CARACAS, Venezuela - Monday, 13 October 2008 17:57:19
A Venezuelan court has issued arrest warrants for eight suspects in the killing of a student leader who helped organize protests against constitutional amendments proposed by President Hugo Chavez.
Assailants attack US consulate in Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico - Monday, 13 October 2008 15:04:28
By MARK WALSH - Associated Press Writer
Additional police guarded the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey on Monday as investigators analyzed a security video in search of assailants who shot at the building and threw a grenade that failed to explode.
Goya engraving recovered unscathed in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia - Monday, 13 October 2008 10:11:45
Colombian police have recovered an unscathed engraving by the Spanish master Francisco de Goya that was stolen last month from a visiting exhibit.
Official: Gunmen shoot at US consulate in Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico - Monday, 13 October 2008 00:16:31
By MARK WALSH - Associated Press Writer
Assailants opened fire on the U.S. consulate in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, a Mexican official said.
Gunmen open fire on US consulate in Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico - Sunday, 12 October 2008 23:32:46
By MARK WALSH - Associated Press Writer
A federal official says assailants opened fire on the U.S. consulate in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.
Gunmen kill 6 at party in northern Mexico
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Sunday, 12 October 2008 19:39:00
Gunmen killed six young men at a family party in the gang-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, prosecutors said Sunday.
Norbert weakens to tropical depression over Mexico
PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico - Sunday, 12 October 2008 15:13:14
By KIRSTEN JOHNSON - Associated Press Writer
Norbert dissipated into a tropical depression over the northern mountains of mainland Mexico on Sunday, after ripping off roofs, flooding streets, and forcing thousands to seek shelter in Baja California.
No Internet access for 9/11 defendants at Gitmo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Sunday, 12 October 2008 13:32:14
A U.S. military judge has denied a request from professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for Internet access inside his Guantanamo cell, ruling he does not need it to prepare for his death penalty trial.
Norbert weakens to tropical storm over Mexico
PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico - Sunday, 12 October 2008 07:07:35
By KIRSTEN JOHNSON - Associated Press Writer
Norbert weakened Sunday into a tropical storm as it pushed its way over Mexico's mainland toward western Texas, after ripping off roofs and forcing thousands to seek shelter in Baja California.