The Colombian president, Alvaro Uribe, ordered the new commander of the Army, General Óscar González, to capture the maximum heads of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (the FARC ) and recognized criminal. "That the arms of the Republic arrive fast at Briceño (Jorge) that is known with the alias of ' Jojoy' Monkey, that the arms of the Republic arrive fast at the other terrorist: to White (Alfonso, maximum leader of the FARC ) and to all its partisans ",...

MEXICO CITY - A conversation between pilots and the control tower gave no hint that anything was wrong moments before a plane carrying Mexico's second-most-powerful official suddenly dived into rush-hour traffic. The death of Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mourino was a serious setback for Mexico's U.S.-backed fight against drug smuggling. He was President Felipe Calderon's most trusted confidante as the government pursues a hardline strategy that has brought down top drug kingpins but has...

“Iran affords South America major priority in its foreign policy and Brazil enjoys a special position in this respect,” Mottaki stated in Tehran on Saturday. He made the remark in a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Celso Amorim. As to Brazil's international positions, the Iranian foreign minister said that Tehran and Brasilia generally share the same interests in numerous global matters which can be used as potential for bilateral consultations. Amorim, for his...

U.S. officials have warned of a real danger Islamist extremists could form alliances with wealthy and powerful Latin American drug lords to launch new terrorist attacks against the United States. According to recent remarks made by Under Secretary of Intelligence and Analysis in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Charles Allen, at a two-day conference hosted by SOUTHCOM and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA); “The threat of ties between criminal...

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Strangely enough MUSLIM CENTER DE MEXICO's activities in the second largest city in Mexico was due to a business opportunity that a Mexican hamburger factory (Trosi de Carnes SA de CV) had in 1995 when McDonalds Restaurants were opened in the Middle East. Trosi de Carne due to the Crazy cow disease in Europe was offered the production of hamburgers for all McDonalds restaurants in the Middle East and North Africa. MCM was asked to certify that the imported Halal meat...

Lima, Oct. 11 - Spain’s government condemned today the attack perpetrated by the narco-terrorism in the Peruvian province of Tayacaja, Huancavelica, that killed 13 soldiers and two civilians. The Spain’s Foreign Affairs and Cooperation ministry stated in a communiqué its rejection to the attack and “its deeply felt condolences to the families of the deceased victims”. In addition, the Spanish ministry expressed grief “to the entire Peruvian...

Forced recruitment of minors in Colombia by guerrillas and paramilitaries is rising drastically and is now a principal reason for families to flee their homes. Few statistics exist, but one leading organization estimates there are between 8,000 and 13,000 children in the ranks of the country’s illegal armed groups, reported BBC Mundo. “It is estimated that 30 percent of the members of illegal armed groups are minors,” said María Clara Melguizo, spokeswoman for...

MIAMI - There is real danger that Islamic extremist groups such as al-Qaida and Hezbollah could form alliances with wealthy and powerful Latin American drug lords to launch new terrorist attacks, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Extremist group operatives have already been identified in several Latin American countries, mostly involved in fundraising and finding logistical support. But Charles Allen, chief of intelligence analysis at the Homeland Security Department, said they could use...

Friday afternoon, the Ecuadorian Vice President, Lenin Moreno, met with the Iranian Vice President, Hamid Baghael. During the meeting, the Vice Prime Minister of Ecuador expressed interest in the Tehranian Regime’s opening of a diplomatic mission in Quito. During Rafael Correa’s time in power, relations between Ecuador and Iran have strengthened. On the 31st of July last year, the Chancellor, Maria Isabel Salvador, inaugaurated the commercial office of Ecuador on Iranian soil in...

Iranian Industries and Mines Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian said in Caracas on October 5 that Iran has commissioned hundreds of millions of dollars worth of industrial projects in Venezuela. Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, the Iranian official said that two development projects in the housing and tractor manufacturing fields will soon be inaugurated, the Mehr News Agency reported. The two sides discussed the status of projects underway by...