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Honduras complains about "threatening" El Salvador, Nicaragua boats

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Thursday said he had complained to El Salvador and Nicaragua about the presence of "threatening" boats in a shared gulf that gives the nations access to the Pacific Ocean.Full story

Congress looks at fixing "temporary" U.S. immigration limbo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Congress delves deeper into the immigration debate, members of both parties agree that an unloved system which gives temporary residence to nearly 300,000 foreigners in the United States is broken. Full story

US targets street gang involved in human trafficking

For the first time, a street gang operating in the United States has been officially designated a transnational criminal organization, empowering officials to more aggressively target the group, Mara Salvatrucha MS-13, which engages in the drug, sex, and human trafficking trades. Full story

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Marta Iraheta has been hunting for months for word of her missing nephew, Elmer Esau Barahona, who left his native El Salvador in June.

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