December 2013 - Page 3 of 7

A police chief in north Peru, lauded for dismantling a major organized crime group, has now been... ReadLeer

Brief / Peru

Colombia is set to miss its 2013 coca eradication target by a considerable margin, largely due to... ReadLeer

Brief / Coca

Fifty-five inmates escaped from an Ecuador prison by rushing the guards at an undermanned gate,... ReadLeer

Brief / Ecuador

In the slums of Medellin, Colombia, adolescent girls have become the spoils of war and merchandise... ReadLeer

Analysis / Colombia

Notebooks abandoned by EPP guerrillas escaping a botched army ambush reveal some of the group's... ReadLeer

Brief / EPP

The former head of Mexico's secret service has branded Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo"... ReadLeer

Brief / El Chapo

Venezuela's interior minister says the 2013 murder rate has fallen around 30 percent since last... ReadLeer

Brief / Homicides

Police in Colombia appear to be closing in on the country's most wanted criminal, the military... ReadLeer

Brief / Otoniel

The Igarape Institute explores the emerging use of technology in violence prevention in Latin... ReadLeer

Brief / Cybercrime

Depending on who you ask, the nearly two-year old truce between El Salvador's two largest gangs is... ReadLeer

Analysis / El Salvador

Mexico's Attorney General's Office has newly opened investigations into allegations that President... ReadLeer

Brief / Elites and Organized Crime

The prison population in Ecuador has risen dramatically in the past four years, a phenomenon tied... ReadLeer

Brief / Ecuador

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