A Venezuelan non-governmental organization has released a report warning of the spread of vigilante groups, often involving police, operating in the country.
As drug-related violence increases in Mexico, and the justice system seems unable to cope, an increasing number of citizens are turning to vigilantism to protect themselves and administer justice in…
An indigenous community in southwest Mexico has taken up arms and barricaded their town, reportedly in protest against the government's failure to protect them from powerful drug gang the Familia…
The legend of Alejo Garza, a 77-year old farmer who died fighting off the Zetas drug gang while the gang took over his ranch near Ciudad Victoria, Nuevo León, Mexico,…
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This week, Jeremy McDermott, co-director of InSight Crime, was interviewed by La Sexta, a Spanish television channel, about the situation of extreme violence and insecurity in Ecuador…
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