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  • Hilaria Zavala, interviewed on Monday, May 21, 2012, says six men kicked in her door about 3 a.m. on Friday, May 11, threw her husband on the ground, put a gun to his head and then took him away for two hours during a commando drug raid in Ahuas, Honduras. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

    DEA-backed commando raid followed Honduran drug shooting

    The gunfire from a U.S.-backed Honduran anti-drug mission that appears to have targeted civilians by mistake wasn't the only terror that night more than a week ago, villagers say. They describe heavily armed commandos storming into homes and manhandling residents, and they think American agents joined in.

  • Briefly: Zetas chiefs ordered bodies dumped in town square

    The Mexican army said Monday that the top leaders of the hyperviolent Zetas drug cartel ordered underlings to leave 49 mutilated bodies in a northern Mexico town square and then hung banners around the country denying responsibility.

  • Hondurans demand U.S. drug agents leave after shooting

    People in Honduras' predominantly Indian Mosquito coast region burned down government offices and demanded that U.S. drug agents leave the area, reacting angrily to an anti-drug operation in which they say police gunfire killed four innocent people, including two pregnant women.

  • Hondurans demand ouster of U.S. agents after deaths

    People in Honduras' predominantly Indian Mosquito Coast region burned down government offices and demanded that U.S. drug agents leave the area.

  • Maya exhibit in Philly seeks to dispel 2012 myths

    If the world ends on Dec. 21, 2012 _ as some believe the Maya predicted _ that leaves plenty of opportunity to see a new exhibit that examines the civilization's ancient kingdoms, intricate calendar systems and current culture.

  • "Everything's been all right so far, but going forward, I'm afraid. Sometimes criminal guys hop on the train, and they'll rob you or kill you. ... Yeah, I'm scared." -Victor Caseres, 26, who had traveled 750 miles by hopping freight trains  to arrive at the shelter (Keith Dannemiller/Special to The Washington Times)

    Central Americans determined to trek north to U.S.

    Migrants in search of jobs in the U.S. face a gantlet of life-or-death risks in their treks across Mexico from its southern border: Many fall prey to extortion, kidnapping, rape and killing by crooked police and criminal gangs.

  • Alfonso Cordova (back row, far right) lived in the U.S. for 30 years and owned an auto repair shop in Los Angeles. Then he was deported to his native El Salvador. His stop at a shelter in Tultitlan, Mexico, is one step closer to his goal of getting back to California to be with his wife, two grown sons and his business. Evidence in Mexico shows that the number of Central Americans migrating north continues unabated and may even be surging. (Keith Dannemiller/Special to The Washington Times)

    Deported illegals persist in quest to reclaim lives in U.S. shadows

    The vast majority of undocumented Central Americans passing through Mexico are young first-timers, fleeing violence, unemployment and impoverished conditions in their home countries. But stories of seeking to reclaim a life in the shadows of U.S. law are not uncommon.

  • Syrian Army soldiers shout slogans and hold up portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a pro-regime rally in Damascus, Syria, on March 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

    Obama administration grants protected status to Syrians

    Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday said she will grant special status to Syrians currently in the U.S., allowing them to stay here past their current visas while their home country remains in turmoil.

  • The Mayan Beach Garden Inn is on Mexico's Caribbean coast near the border with Belize. With just seven rooms, it's ideal for travelers who want a beautiful beach without crowds. (Associated Press)

    Splendid beachside isolation can be had in Mexico

    My criteria for a vacation were simple: Warm weather. Postcard beaches. Clear, sunny skies. Long, languid days to immerse myself in beach books. A price that wouldn't break the bank. And most of all, solitude.

  • Most inmates in Honduras fire were not convicted

    The prisoners whose scorched bodies were carried out Thursday morning from a charred Honduran prison had been locked inside a crowded penitentiary, where most inmates had never been charged with a crime, according to a government report obtained by the Associated Press.

  • Blanca Flores, wife of dead inmate Oscar Soto, cries outside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras, on Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012. A fire started by an inmate late Tuesday tore through the prison, killing 358 inmates, said Supreme Court Justice Richard Ordonez, who is leading the investigation. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

    Report: Most Honduras fire inmates were awaiting trial

    The prisoners whose scorched bodies were carried out piece by piece Thursday morning from a charred Honduran prison had been locked inside an overcrowded penitentiary where most inmates had never been charged, let alone convicted, according to an internal Honduran government report obtained by the Associated Press.

  • Soldiers scramble during clashes Wednesday with relatives of inmates after a deadly prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras. As many as 350 inmates are missing and presumed dead and at least 21were injured in the blaze, authorities said. (Associated Press)

    Hundreds die in fire started in a prison

    A fire started by an inmate tore through a severely crowded Honduran prison, burning and suffocating inmates in their locked cells and killing as many as 350 people in one of the world's deadliest prison fires in a century, authorities said Wednesday.

  • Inmates' relatives stand at the gates of the prison in Comayagua, Honduras, early on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012,  after a fire broke out inside the facility Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

    As many as 356 killed in Honduras prison fire

    A fire started by an inmate tore through an aging and severely overcrowded Honduran prison, burning and suffocating inmates in their locked cells and killing as many as 356 people in one of the world's deadliest prison fires in a century, authorities said Wednesday.

  • A police forensic team examines the bodies of three people said to be gang members and killed by unidentified assailants in the village of Los Hornos, Honduras. Honduras has become a main transit route for South American cocaine, a trend that has helped drive the country's homicide rate to the highest level in the world and left many villages dependent on the cocaine trade. (Associated Press)

    Peace Corps pullout latest blow to Honduras

    The U.S. government's decision to pull out all its Peace Corps volunteers from Honduras for safety reasons is yet another blow to a nation still battered by a coup and recently labeled the world's deadliest country.

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