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Mexico nabs gang leader in US consulate killings
A top drug gang enforcer says he ordered the killing of a US consulate worker because she helped provide visas to a rival gang.
Drug dealer hired as police officer
A constable was suspended on full pay for three years until he was found guilty of supplying methamphetamine just months before he applied for the job.
Drug baron ballads prove fatal for Mexican musicians
Mexican musicians who perform songs about drug barons have become the targets of rival drug gangs.
A catalyst for social change
Carol Hirschfeld talks frankly about what she hopes is life-changing programming at Maori TV.
Casualties mount in bloody Jamaican stand-off
More than 30 killed as government steps up hunt for former ally Christopher Coke.
Man charged over 'gang' assault on boy
A police investigation into the assault on a four-year-old in a Whakatane park has resulted in the arrest of a 21-year-old local man.
Gang after some rough justice
Black Power members say they want to track down the attacker of a boy, 4, so they can deal to him before police.
Man who assaulted boy sought by police, Black Power
It may be a race between police and Black Power gang members as to who catches a man who assaulted a four-year-old boy because he was wearing a red shirt.
'Wannabe' gangster may be behind attack - police
A four-year-old was assaulted in a Whakatane park simply for wearing a red shirt, the colour associated with the Mongrel Mob.
Woman drugged kidnapper to flee, court told
A gang member is accused of kidnapping and raping a woman who says she was able to escape after drugging his coffee with codeine.
Red T-shirt earns teen a beating
A teenager needed two rows of stitches and a steel plate to repair his shattered jaw after being beaten over the colour of his T-shirt.
Gang member beat and raped partner, court told
The partner of a gang member accused of beating her was declared a hostile witness after refusing to repeat her complaint in court.