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The government of El Salvador says that homicide data will only include “social violence” and...
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El Salvador to Omit Key Data From Official Homicide Tally
A US federal court has sentenced former Sinaloa Cartel capo Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera...
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El Chapo Has Been Jailed for Life, But Is Mexico Better Off?
Crime organizations in Mexico are increasingly recruiting children and adolescents to use as...
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Mexico Criminal Groups Increase Child Recruitment Tactics
President Nicolás Maduro has announced changes to Venezuela’s highest military positions, in a...
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The Criminal Ties of Maduro’s New Military Chiefs in Venezuela
Thousands of police and military have swept through the north Ecuador district of Buenos Aires in...
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Crackdown on Illegal Mining Won’t End Ecuador’s Gold Rush
Paraguay’s Attorney General’s Office has attributed the recent murder of a farmhand to the...
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Serious Doubts Surround Alleged EPP Attack in Paraguay
Rio de Janeiro police are increasingly using helicopters to fire on suspected criminals in what is...
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Death From Above: The Use of Police Helicopters in Rio de Janeiro
A government crackdown on phone use in prisons has led inmates in El Salvador to adopt desperate...
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El Salvador Inmates Defy Phone Ban With Toilet Paper, Toothpaste
Samark López Bello is a Venezuelan businessman and currently a fugitive from American justice...
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Samark López Bello
Police in Rio de Janeiro have targeted one of the city's oldest and largest militias, but the...
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Despite Recent Arrests, Rio’s Militias Are Here to Stay
The south of Putumayo has re-emerged as Colombia’s second-largest coca producing center,...
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Resurgence of Coca in Putumayo Reflects Colombia’s Failed Strategy
The brazen slaying of a trusted Sinaloa Cartel operative may look like just another symptom of...
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