James Bargent
Friday, November 6, 2015 - 04:09
Colombian police say criminal group the Urabeños have been allocating land to local communities in order to build up support, which arguably has helped leader "Otoniel" escape the massive manhunt meant to capture him.
Friday, November 6, 2015 - 03:57
Authorities in Panama say they have dismantled a criminal network run by Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel and Colombia's FARC guerrillas, offering further evidence of how the Mexican criminal group has built ties with Colombian rebels in order to advance their drug trafficking interests.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 04:42
The arrest of six members of a family running an extortion gang in Buenos Aires has drawn attention to a new trend in extortion in Argentina, known regionally as "virtual kidnappings."
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 07:02
Prosecutors in Honduras have launched a scathing broadside against the state's inability to protect witnesses in criminal cases -- a key but often overlooked factor contributing to the sky-high impunity levels that have exacerbated the country's security crisis.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 06:59
The arrest of a special investigations agent wanted for extradition by the United States over alleged connections to Honduran drug kingpins the Valles casts a new light on the ongoing failures of attempts to weed out police corruption in Honduras.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 07:08
Colombian military confiscated 542 items of mining equipment, among them bulldozers, excavators and backhoes, 108 of which were destroyed. In addition, 1,757 people were arrested in connection with illegal mining and 655 mines were closed down.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 06:42
Uruguay has seen a record level of homicides during the term of outgoing President Jose Mujica, and rising violence will be a key challenge for his successor Tabare Vazquez, as well as for the future of the country's marijuana legalization policy.
Monday, December 1, 2014 - 06:25
Costa Rica has set in motion a plan to establish a specialized organized crime and drug trafficking court in an attempt to stop organized crime infiltrating the country's judicial system.
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 06:50
Around 2,000 inmates convicted of low-level drug offences could be released in Ecuador under a new criminal code.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 07:43
Los traficantes dependen en gran medida de la corrupción y la ineficiencia de las fuerzas de seguridad con bajos recursos, y no de la violencia, por lo que los descarados ataques contra los agentes de seguridad, como este reciente asalto son una rareza.