A conversation with Justin Scheck, who found that illegal Colombian gold transformed into legal North American gold through bureaucratic sleights of hand, and ended up in Canada. Source link
Richard Werstine was detained in Panama City last month after more than 30 years on the run, according to the authorities. He is accused of murdering Rodney Barger of the Detroit band Cold as Life. Source link
Mr. Castro, Cuba’s former president, could soon face charges in the 1996 killings of four volunteer airmen who were members of a humanitarian group that searched for migrants at sea. Source link
Amid stepped-up surveillance flights, a visit of the C.I.A. director and an energy embargo, the White House is trying to increase pressure on Cuba. Source link
The United States has choked off Cuba’s fuel supply, plunging the already impoverished island into an acute energy crisis. Source link
The Justice Department this week instructed federal prosecutors to build criminal drug cases against Mexican officials using new terrorism statutes. Source link
Cartel insiders say that in exchange for bribes and political support they were allowed to operate in Sinaloa state with near total freedom. Source link
They were shackled and sent to Kinshasa by the Trump administration. Now they face a dangerous choice: Go back to Latin America or stay in Africa. Source link
A long-running energy crisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves. Source link
One of the most prominent activists for Mexico’s disappeared recently found the remains of one missing son. Now she has turned her attention to finding the other. Source link