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A Dominican Customs and Border Protection officer walks past a radiation detector for cargo containers at Port Caucedo in Boca Chica, east of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Monday, Sept. 25, 2006. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Amid Dominican port concerns, a surge in smuggling

By Ezequiel Abiu Lopez and Ben Fox, Associated Press

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- The relationship between a U.S. senator from New Jersey and a wealthy political benefactor has highlighted gaps in … Read More

Telemundo Latin America news roundup - January 7, 2013

Telemundo Latin America news roundup – January 7, 2013

By NBCLatino Staff

The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. Authorities are searching for the plane of missing Italian fashion executive Vittorio Missoni. His plane … Read More

In this photo taken with a cell phone early Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, and released by Brazil's General Superintendency of Prisons of Alagoas (SGAP), guards hold a cat that has items taped to its body at a medium-security prison in Arapiraca, in Alagoas state, Brazil. A prison official says they caught the cat slipping through a prison gate with a cell phone, drills, small saws and other contraband taped to its body. (AP Photo/SGAP)

Cat caught smuggling saws and drills into Brazil prison

By Associated Press

SAO PAULO  — Guards thought there was something suspicious about a little white cat slipping through a prison gate in northeastern Brazil. A prison … Read More

FILE photo of Members of The 755th National Guard Military Police Company Listen To General Emilio Diaz Colon During A Briefing Prior To A Possible Deployment To Kosovo In Salinas, Puerto Rico, March 3, 2000. (Photo By Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images)

Puerto Rico to activate National Guard

By Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's new governor is calling out the National Guard to help prevent drug and weapons smuggling. Alejandro Garcia … Read More

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally at Palacio De Los Jugos on August 13, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Host for Romney event is a convicted drug dealer

By David Fischer, Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — Mitt Romney held a campaign event Monday evening at a Miami juice shop owned by a convicted cocaine trafficker. Romney appeared at El Palacio … Read More