WASHINGTON - Undercover American narcotics agents have laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington's expanding role in Mexico's fight against drug cartels, according to current and former federal law enforcement officials. The agents, primarily with the Drug Enforcement Administration, have handled shipments of hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal cash across borders, those officials said, to identify how criminal organizations move their money,...

Honduran Foreign Minister Mario Canahuati criticized President Hugo Chávez for his "intent to influence" and his "intervention" in the domestic policy of other countries, according to statements published on Monday by Colombian newspaper El Espectador. "We do not share the intention to influence the domestic policy of other countries. He (Chávez) should not promote interventionism as part of his policies," said the Honduran Foreign Minister when...

Chile’s Police And U.S. Embassy Are Working Together To Investigate CAM.A radicalized indigenous Mapuche group linked with acts of violent protest is gathering strength and becoming more organized, according to the recently released U.S. State Department’s 2009 report on world terrorism. The Mapuche is Chile’s largest indigenous group. The report says that the group Arauco Malleco Committee (CAM) has shown signs of “improved planning” in its activities and of a...

WASHINGTON - Outgoing CIA Director Michael V. Hayden said yesterday that the most pressing issues facing his successor include Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon and surging violence in Mexico - but not the war in Iraq. Hayden also defended the agency's use of harsh interrogation methods and said he had advised the incoming administration against going too far in dismantling the agency's counterterrorism programs. "These techniques worked," Hayden said of the agency's...