There has been a growing push from Americans, particularly those along the Mexican border, for the federal government to label the Mexican drug cartels as terrorists. On Thursday, the State Department that the actions of the cartels are consistent with those considered to be “terrorism or insurgency.” “I do acknowledge that many of the facts on the ground, the things that are being done by those organizations, are consistent with what we would call either terrorism or...

More violence in Mexico's war on drug cartels: A car exploded in Monterrey, Mexico in an area that's seen a spike in violence. No one was injured, but the explosion caused extensive property damage. Investigators say a military convoy was chasing a suspicious vehicle and a small car exploded as the convoy passed. Police in Monterrey are trying to determine if the car was packed with explosives or if someone threw grenades at the car. Monterrey has seen more drug violence since early last...

Basque militant group ETA issued a statement Thursday saying it is ending its 43-year armed campaign for independence and called on Spain and France to open talks. The group made the announcement to Basque daily Gara, which it regularly uses as a mouthpiece. ETA declared a permanent cease-fire in January, but up to now had not renounced armed struggle as a tool for achieving an independent Basque state - a key demand by the Spanish government. "ETA has decided the definitive cease of its...

International negotiators met in the Basque Country on Monday to pave the way for a historic, definitive end to armed Basque separatist group ETA. Basque Country regional president Patxi Lopez joined other policymakers in calling on ETA to seize on the results of the one-day conference here as a basis to shut down operations for good. Visiting Ground Zero in New York on the eve of the meeting here, Lopez said ETA was "already broken" and that democracy and democrats did not need...

Two men have been charged in what law enforcement officials say was a bombing plot in the United States approved by senior members Iran's Revolutionary Guard Quds Force. The plot targeted the Saudi ambassador to the United States for assassination and may have included other targets including the Israeli embassy, ABC News reports. During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called the plot's details chilling, saying the suspects didn't care that they...

Mexico City, Sep 23, 2011 (EFE via COMTEX) -- No one was hurt when a homemade bomb exploded here early Friday outside an office of Mexico's CFE electric utility, the state-owned company said. The blast occurred shortly after midnight Thursday near the door of a customer service office in the capital borough of Iztacalco, the CFE said in a statement. The explosion damaged the office's facade and entrance hall, according to the statement, which said authorities are investigating the...

The bloodied bodies of a man and a woman were found hanging from a bridge in the northeast Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo Tuesday, along with two posters left nearby warning social media users about reporting on the drug war. Bloggers who write about Mexico’s ongoing drug war have been threatened in the past, but this is believed to be the first time that users of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook have been targeted by the cartels. The posters also called out by...

Two social network users, Gilberto Martínez Vera, 35, and María de Jesús Bravo Pagola, 34, have been detained in Xalapa, in the eastern state of Veracruz, since 25 August on charges of terrorism and sabotage for posting messages on Twitter and Facebook about the possibility of an organized crime attack on a Veracruz school. They are facing the possibility of a sentence of 3 to 30 years in prison, a fine equivalent to 750 days of their salaries and suspension of their...

Hezbollah has established a center of operations in Cuba in order to expand its terrorist activity and facilitate an attack on an Israeli target in South America, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported. According to Yedioth Ahronoth, the attack is meant to avenge the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyah. The organization alleges that Israel was behind his 2008 assassination. According to the report, three Hezbollah members have already arrived in Cuba with the purpose of...

692652 From left to right: Carlos Carrazco Espinoza y Javier Alonso Martínez. Jonathan Jahir Reyna, Juan Ángel Leal, Julio Tadeo Berrones. Mexican authorities have arrested five alleged members of the Zetas drug cartel for their role in a deadly attack on a Monterrey casino. Some 52 patrons of the Casino Royale were killed when gunmen stormed the building and used gasoline to light on fire on Thursday. Nuevo Leon Governor Rodrigo Medina held a press conference early Monday...