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FILE - Photos of slain journalists are displayed on a wall during a vigil to protest the murder of journalist Fredid Roman, outside Mexico's Attorney General's office in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. According to a report released Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, killings of journalists around the world jumped by 50% in 2022 compared to the previous year, driven largely by murders of reporters in the three deadliest countries: Ukraine, Mexico and Haiti. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Mexican journalist says he was abducted, beaten and questioned by armed men about his reporting

Authorities confirmed that radio and television anchor Jaime Barrera, who has written about drug cartel violence, was found alive and well Wednesday.

March 13, 2024

A person posts photos of slain journalists during a vigil to protest the murder of journalist Heber Lopez, on the gate of Mexico's Attorney General's office in Mexico City, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Lopez, who was the director of the online news site Noticias Web, was shot to death Thursday, Feb. 10, in the coastal city of Salina Cruz, in Oaxaca state. The Committee to Protect Journalists declared these six past weeks the "deadliest for the Mexican press in over a decade." (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Prominent Mexican journalist abducted by armed men in violent western state

March 12, 2024

A soldiers from the 3th Battalion of Parachute Riflemen of the Mexican Army patrols the community of El Aguaje, in the municipality of Aguililla, Michoacan state, Mexico, on February 18, 2022. - While in the US tons of avocados were eaten while people watched the Super Bown, in Mexico, where they were produced, soldiers deactivated explosives planted by drug traffickers who impose their law in the state of Michoacan. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images)

Soldiers and civilians are dying as Mexican cartels embrace a terrifying new weapon: Land mines

March 9, 2024

FILE - Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday Nov. 1, 2021. Orlando Hernández has been convicted in New York, Friday, March 8, 2024, of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers, his military and police to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United States. (Andy Buchanan/Pool via AP, File)

Former president of Honduras convicted in U.S. of aiding drug traffickers

March 8, 2024

Masked members of "G9 and Family" gang stand guard during a press conference by their leader Barbecue in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Haiti's latest violence began with a direct challenge from Barbecue, a former elite police officer, who said he would target government ministers to prevent the prime minister's return and force his resignation. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Politicians seek coalition to lead Haiti as gangs take over and premier tries to return home

March 6, 2024

Hondurans glued to their former president’s U.S. drug trafficking trial

March 6, 2024

Ex-Honduran president defends himself at New York drug trafficking trial

March 5, 2024

El Salvador’s former leftist strongholds contemplate party’s demise

March 5, 2024

California man first in U.S. to be charged with smuggling greenhouse gases

March 5, 2024

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