According to an annual report by Nicaragua's National Police, capital Managua is the country's most dangerous city, while the remote southern Atlantic is its most dangerous region, raising questions over why some of Nicaragua's security dynamics are so different from its neighbors.
A new NGO in Nicaragua aims to protect the rights of women who voluntarily work in the sex trade, raising the question of whether sex work should be seen as a legitimate job, or should be treated as a component of organized crime that is inherently linked to problems like human trafficking.
A UN official has warned that drug gangs are trafficking young girls from indigenous communities on the border between Honduras and Nicaragua -- a phenomenon that could be driven by the countries' sex tourism industries.
The head of Mexican drug trafficking organization the Charros, which has been linked to investigations into the murder of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Nicaraguan court.
Authorities in Nicaragua have reported "isolated cases" of foreign gang members in the country, illustrating the growing prominence of street gangs throughout Central America.
Costa Rican authorities have seized 4 tons of cocaine this year at a single crossing point on the Nicaraguan border, in a sign that overland shipping routes remain important despite Costa Rica's efforts to tighten security on its land borders.
Henry Fariñas, the target of the attack that killed Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral in July, is facing drug trafficking charges in his home country of Nicaragua, raising the possibility that the attempted hit was drug-related.
In a surprise move, Nicaragua's authorities detained nightclub owner Henry Fariñas -- the mysterious figure at the heart of the multi-country investigation of the assassination of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral last July -- when he arrived this week from Guatemala.
Nicaragua’s popular police chief has warned that gangs from its crime-ridden neighbors in the “Northern Triangle” could move south, but it could be Nicaragua’s successful anti-gang policies that are exported northwards.
Nicaragua's Navy has seized more than two tons of cocaine in an operation along the Caribbean coast, the latest indication of the increased prominence of Central American land and sea routes in cocaine trafficking.
