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Ecuador Expels US Ambassador in WikiLeaks Flap

QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador said Tuesday it is expelling the U.S. ambassador over a diplomatic cable divulged by WikiLeaks that accuses a newly retired police chief of a long history of corruption and speculates that President Rafael Correa was aware of it. Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced Ambassador Heather...

US Ambassador to Mexico Quits Amid WikiLeaks Furor

MEXICO CITY --The U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigned Saturday amid furor over a leaked diplomatic cable in which he complained about inefficiency and infighting among Mexican security forces in the campaign against drug cartels. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Paris to meet with U.S. allies on Libya,...

Clinton: US Ambassador to Mexico Has Resigned

WASHINGTON --U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual, who criticized his host government's handling of the drug problem in a cable divulged by the WikiLeaks website, has resigned, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday. President Felipe Calderon, who met earlier this month with Obama at the White House,...

Immigration Officials Announce New Gang Arrests

WASHINGTON -- Immigration agents have arrested more than 600 gang members with ties to drug smugglers in the past three months, the largest such roundup since 1965, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday. ICE agents, working with state and local authorities in 168 cities, made 678 arrests from December to...

Mexican Official: 34,612 Drug-War Deaths in 4 Years

MEXICO CITY -- A total of 34,612 people have died in drug-related killings in Mexico in the four years since Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared an offensive against drug cartels, officials said Wednesday. The killings reached their highest level in 2010, jumping by almost 60 percent to 15,273 deaths from 9,616 the...