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Central American leaders meet to discuss regional security
1. Various of summit taking place
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alvaro Colom, Guatemalan President:
"This is a large-scale job that will generate financial and technical solidarity and a horizontal cooperation which will reinforce security and...
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President Barack Obama says legalizing drug use is not the answer to trafficking in illegal narcotics in the Americas, countering a growing chorus in Latin America to discuss decriminalization as a way to ease deadly cartel violence. (April 14)
HEADLINE: Obama says no to legalizing drugs
CAPTION: President Barack Obama says legalizing drug use is not the answer to trafficking in illegal narcotics in the Americas, countering a growing chorus in Latin America to discuss...
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USA: ALLEGED RUSSIAN MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME LATEST (2)
Russian/Eng/Nat
President Clinton met briefly on Wednesday with Russia's foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, and discussed allegations of Russian money laundering.
In New York, meanwhile, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright vowed to keep...
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ITALY: REPUTED MAFIA BOSS GOES ON TRIAL
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Italy's reputed Mafia "boss of bosses" Salvatore "Toto" Riina went on trial today for the killing of top mob-fighter Giovanni Falcone.
Falcone, who was a symbol of Italy's renewed anti-mafia efforts, was killed by a bomb...
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Marchers protest rampant drug cartel violence in border city
1. Tilt down from Mexican flag to first row of marchers
2. Medium of marchers shouting " For peace"
3. First row of marchers carrying a banner reading " A solution for Juarez"
4. Start of the march
5. Medium of marchers
6. SOUNDBITE (...
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Government confirms detention of top leader in notorious Gulf cartel
A top leader of Mexico's Gulf Cartel was captured on Saturday in a military operation near the Texas border.
At a news conference in Mexico City on Sunday, Federal Security spokesman Eduardo Sanchez said the army caught Mario Armando...
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MORE SECURITY FOR PEPSICO SUBSIDIARY TARGETED BY FIREBOMBS
Mexican police are providing increased security for a PepsiCo subsidiary targeted by firebomb attacks over the weekend, an official said on Wednesday.
About one hundred state and federal police are guarding the distribution centres of...
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COLOMBIA: POLITICIANS INCLUDED IN DRUGS INQUIRY
Spanish/Nat
In Colombia's biggest probe of drug traffickers' infiltration into politics, an ex-senator was arrested Friday.
Eight congressmen and the nation's comptroller have also fallen under the inquiry which includes an...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: ALLEGED DRUG CARTEL LEADER ARRESTED: UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
Colombian police have arrested another suspected leader of the notorious Cali drug cartel.
Jose Santacruz Londono, thought to be the number three man in the cartel , was picked up by police officers Tuesday, as he was...
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Christopher "Dudus" Coke appeared in U.S. court after the government sought for months to extradite him from Jamaica. He pleaded not guilty to charges of running a massive drug ring in the eastern United States from his Caribbean stronghold
HEADLINE:Jamaican gang leader in court, under tight security
CAPTION: Christopher "Dudus" Coke appeared in U.S. court after the government sought for months to extradite him from Jamaica. He pleaded not guilty to charges of running a...
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Escobar's son meets journalists whose building was bombed by his father
1. Sebastian Marroquin (on left) son of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, inside office of El Espectador newspaper, talking with the editor-in-chief, Fidel Cano, and other journalists
2. Various of Marroquin (on left) talking to Cano...
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USA: SENATE COMMITTEE CRITICISED OVER "MEXICO" COMMENTS
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President Bill Clinton's drugs czar has warned a senate committee that criticism of Mexican efforts to combat the drug trade will be counter-productive.
Barry McCaffrey's remarks appeared to be aimed at two U-S senators who...
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U.S. And Mexican officials said they will soon name a group to develop a plan to stop the flow of weapons across the border. Mexico has been rocked by drug cartel violence in the past couple years.
HEADLINE: U.S. and Mexican officials vow to fight drug cartels
CAPTION: U.S. And Mexican officials said they will soon name a group to develop a plan to stop the flow of weapons across the border. Mexico has been rocked by drug cartel...
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A tunnel designed to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego is equipped with electricity, ventilation and a rail system, U.S. authorities said Thursday. The tunnel was discovered on Wednesday, and three suspects are in custody. (Oct. 31)
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A tunnel designed to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego is equipped with lighting, ventilation and an electric rail system, U.S. authorities said Thursday, making it one of...
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PERU: LIMA: US DRUGS CZAR PRAISES PERUVIAN WAR ON COCA PRODUCTION
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The U-S anti-drug Czar Barry McCaffrey has praised Peru and her President Alberto Fujimori for what he called a revolutionary war on coca production.
McCaffrey visited Peru on his return from last weekend's Summit of the...
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A kingpin known as 'Coco' forms a cocaine distribution ring in small-town Wisconsin until authorities move in, with the help of wiretaps and undercover buys. But the drug dealing has left Watertown, Wis. unsettled
HEADLINE: Small town, big drugs: cocaine in heartland
CAPTION: A kingpin known as 'Coco' forms a cocaine distribution ring in small-town Wisconsin until authorities move in, with the help of wiretaps and undercover buys. But the drug...
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Police parade officials allegedly linked to drug cartels
1. Wide of airport tarmac with helicopter and police vehicles
2. Various of prisoners being led across tarmac towards hangar
3. Pan right of prisoners lined up inside hangar
4. Medium of two prisoners
5. Close-up of prisoner...
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Key leaders to agree security crackdown strategy
Night Shots
Peja, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Kosovo's capital Pristina, File 2003
1. Wide shot of U.N. vehicles heading to an operation, tracks to U.N. police in back of a truck
2. Driving shot following police car
3. Mid shot...
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Authorities seize weapons and arrest alleged cartel members
1. Various of two detainees lined up by weapons inside hangar
2. Close of seized grenades in boxes
3. High-powered weapons on display
4. Mid of high-powered weapons and rounds of ammunition
5. Close of boxes of ammunition and bullets
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has visited a police station in Mexico's capital in a show of support for Mexico's struggle with powerful drug cartels.
HEADLINE: Clinton promotes US-Mexican relations
CAPTION: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has visited a police station in Mexico's capital in a show of support for Mexico's struggle with powerful drug cartels. (March 26))
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VOICED : Italian women take on Calabria's notoriou
VOICED : Italian women take on Calabria's notoriou
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VOICED : Fake fingers help ex yakuza lead lawful
VOICED : Fake fingers help ex yakuza lead lawful
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Mexico captures Sinaloa cartel leader
One of the Sinaloa cartel leaders who launched a struggle for control of the gang following the re-arrest of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was captured Tuesday, Mexican prosecutors said.The head of Mexico's detectives' agency, Omar Garcia...