Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón will discuss the drug-related violence that has caused more than 10,000 Mexican deaths in the past three years and may be inching across the border.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Hillary Clinton vowed to speed the delivery of equipment promised in the Merida Initiative, a security partnership between the U.S., Mexico and other Central American nations to combat drug trafficking and organized crime.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Links to information on El Salvador and gangs in both the U.S. and El Salvador.

A timeline of the drug trade in Columbia.

Links to information on the drug trade in Columbia.

(September 16, 2004) What could be more dangerous than trying to bring law and order to Colombia? "An Honest Citizen" follows Maria Cristina Chirolla, head of the attorney general's anti-money laundering office, as she struggles to fight the extraordinary reach of drug money in Colombia.