March 3, 2016 Plumbers find $50,000 gold bar stored under bathtub You never know where you may strike gold.
March 3, 2016 Argentina spymaster links Fernandez gov't to Nisman's death Argentina's most famous spymaster says he thinks a prosecutor investigating the country's worst terrorist attack was killed by people linked to the government of former President Cristina Fernandez.
March 3, 2016 Lawyer: Mexican Drug lord changes mind, wants extradition A lawyer for drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman says his client now wants to be extradited as soon as possible to the United States.
March 2, 2016 Marine biologists in Argentina investigate 23 dead dolphins Marine biologists said Wednesday that they are trying to understand why 23 endangered Franciscana dolphins have showed up dead on several beaches.
March 2, 2016 Mexico seals records in lop-sided shootout that killed 42 Mexico's transparency watchdog agency has taken the government's side in denying an appeal to release autopsy reports on 42 suspects killed by federal police in 2015.
March 2, 2016 OAS rights commission finds 'serious crisis' in Mexico The human rights commission of the Organization of American States is warning about what it calls an "alarming" and "tragic" situation in Mexico involving not just drug violence but excessive use of force, impunity, torture and police collusion with criminals.
March 2, 2016 Investigation into Brazil's speaker of the house approved The speaker of the lower house in Brazil's Congress faced new efforts Wednesday to strip him of his office or put him behind bars.
March 2, 2016 Mining company behind dam burst sign clean-up deal The company running an iron ore mine whose dam break caused the worst environmental disaster in Brazil's history has agreed to initially pay 4.4 billion reais ($1.1 billion) to clean up the Doce River over the next three years Samarco says in a Wednesday news release that it will pay the money to a foundation in charge of restoring the river basin.
March 2, 2016 Philippines spots suspected Chinese ships at disputed atoll A Philippine official says he spotted five suspected Chinese coast guard and navy ships in a disputed atoll in the South China Sea and fears Beijing will take control of another area frequented by Filipino, Vietnamese and Malaysian fishermen.
March 2, 2016 Guatemala court orders $1M in damages in sex slavery trial A Guatemalan court has ordered a retired army officer and a former paramilitary to pay more than $1 million in damages to victims of sexual enslavement during the country's civil war.