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Mothers searching for their missing loved ones in Mexico have been murdered, threatened, and ignored, despite government pledges to protect…
What would the impact be of proposed United Nation sanctions on Barbecue, leader of Haiti's G9 gang?…
Former FARC commander Iván Mordisco has reappeared in Colombia after months of speculation that he had died.
Ecuador continues to regularly find caches of weaponry belonging to Colombian guerrilla groups, including land mines and hand grenades.
ELN fighting has reduced in most of Colombia following peace talk commitments, but in Arauca, the group remains active.
Two gangs have coordinated an amphibious attack on a key industrial area north of Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince.
US dollars have been flooding into Venezuela and Ecuador, with authorities unaware of how widespread their use has become…
US and Guatemalan authorities will tell you Moises Humberto Rivera Luna, alias "Viejo Santos," is a top member of the…
Homicides and drug trafficking are pushing up crime levels in Uruguay and authorities are unable to stop it.
Presidential assassination plots and the Jalisco Cartel's influence on government -- the juicy details of Mexico's SEDENA leaks.
Any chance of peace between warring gangs in Ecuador appears to be defunct after another two massacres.
Latin America's environmental and land protectors are routinely murdered by the regions criminals.