Man gets life behind bars for grisly Newark school slayings
May 19, 2011 18:07 EDT
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A former gang member was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the 2007 schoolyard murders of three college-bound students, one of whom he hacked at with a machete before shooting her.
Nigerian army clashes with militants in oil delta
May 11, 2011 18:16 EDT
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - The Nigerian army clashed with militants in the creeks of the Niger Delta on Wednesday, the first such skirmish for months in the heartland of Africa's biggest oil and gas industry.
Canadian shot dead on Mexico City street: official
May 11, 2011 14:13 EDT
A Canadian citizen was shot dead last week in a central neighborhood of Mexico City, a Mexican official said Wednesday.
Tall walls separate rival gangs in Mexico prison
Apr 28, 2011 02:16 EDT
Where tensions run high, walls have climbed higher to try to stop rival Mexican gangs from taking the blood-stained chaos from the streets of Ciudad Juarez with them into prison.
183 bodies found in April in Mexico graves
Apr 26, 2011 18:44 EDT
A total of 183 bodies have been dug out of 40 mass graves in Mexico's northeastern Tamaulipas state on the US border since the start of April, the justice minister said Tuesday.
U.S. warns on travel to five more Mexican states
Apr 22, 2011 14:04 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday broadened its travel warning on Mexico to include parts of five additional states, including a highway where suspected drug gangs shot two U.S. customs officials in February.
SUN reader Sounds off On "What would lure Hollywood to Las Vegas?" from C_Bess: "The people we'd subsidize aren't the so-called 'millionaire' actors. Most people who work on a movie set, as in 95 percent, are being paid laborers' wages. Electricians, swing gang members, set builders — these are good jobs and they would lead to additional tax revenue for the state, more than enough to cover the investment."
Apr 20, 2011 20:00 EDT
On "What would lure Hollywood to Las Vegas?" from C_Bess:
New Jersey crack cocaine bust results in 14 charged
Apr 20, 2011 18:22 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourteen members of a street gang based in Irvington, New Jersey, were indicted on charges of running a crack cocaine distribution network, federal authorities said on Wednesday.
22 Zeta suspects held in Mexico mass graves probe
Apr 19, 2011 21:12 EDT
Twenty-two suspected Zetas drug gang members have been held in the latest arrests over the killings of 145 people found in mass graves this month in northeast Mexico, the justice ministry has said.
Gang members indicted in online prostitution ring
Apr 18, 2011 21:06 EDT
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Three dozen Crips street gang members and two motel owners have been indicted for running a prostitution ring that targeted underage girls through social networking sites including MySpace, Craigslist, Twitter and Facebook, prosecutors said on Monday.
Two jailed for life over London takeaway shooting
Apr 12, 2011 10:33 EDT
Two men were jailed for life on Tuesday for the murder of an innocent 16-year-old girl during a gang-related shooting at a takeaway.
Violence to hit Central America growth: World Bank
Apr 07, 2011 21:28 EDT
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Rising violence from drug cartels and street gangs in Central America is costing the region up to 8 percent of gross domestic product and could hit future growth, the World Bank said on Thursday.
Violence to hit Central America growth - World Bank
Apr 07, 2011 21:27 EDT
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Rising violence from drug cartels and street gangs in Central America is costing the region up to 8 percent of gross domestic product and could hit future growth, the World Bank said on Thursday.
Gaddafi forces shelled Misrata, two dead: rebels
Apr 05, 2011 18:43 EDT
TUNIS (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi shelled the besieged city of Misrata for much of Tuesday and two people were killed in the attacks, rebels said.
Gang member convicted of execution-style killings
Apr 05, 2011 14:43 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury in Newark, N.J., on Tuesday convicted former gang member Alexander Alfaro of murder in the 2007 schoolyard shooting of four college-bound students, authorities said.
Houston police identify victim of apparent gang shooting
Mar 31, 2011 23:56 EDT
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Police on Thursday identified an 18-year-old former Worthing High School student killed in what appeared to be a gang-related shootout during a girls' football game on campus.
Eight-time Los Angeles gang killer sentenced to life
Mar 30, 2011 19:17 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former street gang leader convicted of murdering eight people in the mid-1990s was sentenced on Wednesday to consecutive life prison terms for each of his victims.
Libya warns against arming anti-Gaddafi rebels
Mar 30, 2011 11:55 EDT
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Libya's foreign ministry said on Wednesday a French suggestion that Western powers could arm Libyan rebels violated United Nations resolutions and was tantamount to aiding "terrorists." "Providing military assistance to armed gangs is contrary to Security Council resolutions, and is in support of terrorism as it has been proven that the armed gangs in Benghazi belong to al Qaeda and other terrorist groups," said a foreign ministry statement carried by Libya's official Jana news agency.
Raid to arrest abductors of Estonians in Lebanon
Mar 29, 2011 12:00 EDT
A criminal gang of Lebanese and Syrian nationals is behind the abduction of seven Estonians kidnapped in Lebanon a week ago and a raid is under way to arrest them, a top security official told AFP on Tuesday.
Terror grips Syrian riviera town
Mar 27, 2011 17:14 EDT
Terror has gripped the port city of Latakia on Syria's Mediterranean coast as snipers on rooftops and gangs of young men armed with knives and clubs take root in the scenic resort.
