Police nab alleged smuggler of Ecuadorean migrant (AP)
AP - Authorities have detained an alleged smuggler of an Ecuadorean man who told police he survived a massacre of 72 fellow migrants in Mexico, the justice minister confirmed Sunday.
Guatemala landslides bury up to 100 people (Reuters)

People cross a flooded street on a makeshift balsa in Villahermosa, Tabasco state, Mexico, September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Luis LopezReuters - A massive landslide buried up to 100 people in Guatemala trying to dig out a bus caught in deep mud as torrential rains battered the country.
Chile miners mark entire month trapped underground (AFP)

Rescuers talk to the trapped miners in Copiapo, Chile, via a videolink. Thirty-three miners mark Sunday one full month trapped deep in a Chilean mine, with their anxious relatives preparing a ceremony to observe the grim milestone.(AFP/Chilean Ministry of Mining)AFP - Thirty-three miners mark Sunday one full month trapped deep in a Chilean mine, with their anxious relatives preparing a ceremony to observe the grim milestone.
Death toll in Guatemala landslides rises to 36 (AFP)

People surround a bus after it was covered by a landslide on September 4, on the Interamericana road, Tecpan municipality, Chimaltenango, Guatemala. The death toll from landslides in Guatemala rose to 36 on Sunday as President Alvaro Colom declared the disaster a AFP - The death toll from landslides in Guatemala rose to 36 on Sunday as President Alvaro Colom declared the disaster a "national tragedy."
Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)

People stand in front of a bus partially covered by a landslide, due to heavy rains, on the Pan-American highway at Tecpan, Guatemala, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. At least 12 passengers were killed and around 25 injured, rescue workers said. (AP Photo)AP - Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused mudslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — most of them in separate disasters along the same highway.
Chile mine disaster exposes old family feuds (AP)

In this photos provided by Chile's government, trapped miner Claudio Yanez talks to his relatives during a video conference at the collapsed San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Thirty-three miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Chile's government)AP - While a fire warms their campsite, the icy feeling between Cristina Nunez Macias and her mother-in-law is as palpable as the cold Atacama desert.
Salvadoran police find over $9M in cash in drums (AP)

A police officer shows to journalists the containers in which over 9 million US dollars, displayed at back, were found buried in a rural area in Zacatecoluca state, east of San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. According to government investigator Jorge Cortez, the money is related to drug trafficking. (AP Photo/Rony Gonzalez, La Prensa Grafica) EL SALVADOR OUT – NO USAR EN EL SALVADORAP - Police in El Salvador have found two buried oil drums stuffed with millions of dollars in cash possibly linked to the illegal drug trade, authorities said Saturday.
Venezuela OKs payment for French retailer Casino (Reuters)
Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has approved a $690 million payment to French retailer Casino and other owners of a supermarket chain nationalized earlier this year, state media said on Saturday.
Robbers burn clothing store, 6 die in Barbados (AP)
AP - Robbers set a clothing store ablaze, killing at least six people in the normally peaceful capital of Barbados, police said Saturday.
Judge orders Mexico drug lord 'La Barbie' held for 40 days (AFP)

Edgar Valdez aka 'La Barbie' of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, is presented to the press at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City, on August 2010. A Mexican federal judge has ordered 40 days of initial detention for Valdez, a notorious accused drug lord who police arrested this week, the attorney general said Saturday.(AFP/File/Alfredo Estrella)AFP - A Mexican federal judge has ordered 40 days of initial detention for Edgar Valdez, a notorious accused drug lord who police arrested this week, the attorney general said Saturday.
Mexican judge orders drug lord held 40 more days (Reuters)

A soldier stands guard on a military vehicle after a gunfight with gang members at a ranch approximately 90 mi (140 km) from Monterrey September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Tomas BravoReuters - A Mexican judge ordered Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez, believed to be one of the country's top drug bosses, held for 40 more days of investigation, the federal prosecutor's office said on Saturday.
Judge orders alleged kingpin 'La Barbie' held (AP)

Texas-born fugitive Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias 'the Barbie,' center, is presented to the press in Mexico City, Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. Valdez, who was captured on Monday by federal police, faces drug trafficking charges in the U.S. and is blamed in Mexico for a brutal turf war that has included bodies hung from bridges, decapitations and shootouts as he and a rival fought for control of the divided Beltran Leyva cartel. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - A judge has ordered a U.S.-born suspected drug lord known as "La Barbie" held for 40 days pending an investigation into organized-crime and other possible charges, authorities announced Saturday.
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