March 17, 2017 El Salvador judge summons ex-soldiers in El Mozote massacre A judge in El Salvador has reopened the case of the infamous El Mozote massacre during the country's civil war and summoned 20 military suspects to appear in court.
March 17, 2017 Guatemala court lifts immunity of presidential adviser Guatemala's Supreme Court has granted a request by prosecutors to lift the immunity of Edgar Justino Ovalle, a lawmaker and adviser to President Jimmy Morales.
March 17, 2017 Mexico says inmates forced to wear thongs, scrub floors A state government in northern Mexico says it is investigating alleged inmate abuse at one of its prisons.
March 17, 2017 Argentine peace laureate visits Falklands ahead of troop ID Nobel peace laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel and other Argentine human rights activists have visited a Falklands Islands cemetery ahead of planned efforts by Britain and Argentina to identify the remains of 123 Argentine soldiers buried after their 1982 war.
March 17, 2017 Search in Mexico for crocodile that killed man Environmental authorities are searching for a 10-foot (3-meter) crocodile that killed and apparently ate a man in southern Mexico.
March 17, 2017 Polish court issues arrest warrant for US man in Nazi case A court in eastern Poland has issued an arrest warrant for a Minnesota man sought in a Nazi massacre, opening the way for Poland to seek his extradition from the United States.
March 17, 2017 Mexico: rail duopoly hurts competition, cites high prices Mexican regulatory authorities say an investigation has found that an effective rail duopoly between Kansas City Southern and Grupo Mexico has increased transport costs and created a lack of competition in rail freight.
March 17, 2017 The Latest: Son says Minnesota man innocent of war crimes The Latest on a Polish court issuing an arrest warrant for a Minnesota man sought in a Nazi massacre (all times local): 5:05 p.m.
March 17, 2017 Spain: Guatemalan official absolved in prisoner's executions Former Guatemalan interior minister Carlos Vielmann has been absolved by a Spanish court in a high-profile case of summary executions of inmates a decade ago.
March 17, 2017 German court convicts man for smuggling drugs in wheelchair A Dutch citizen has been sentenced in Germany to 5 ½ years in prison for smuggling multiple kilograms (pounds) of cocaine inside his wheelchair from the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao.