James Bargent
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 00:00
Brazil's military police have killed six people in response to a gang assault against a Rio de Janeiro Police Pacification Unit, as the city's "pacification" program wavers.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 00:00
Guatemalan poppy cultivation is almost entirely focused in the province of San Marcos, which borders Mexico in the south. The region has long been the fiefdom of Guatemalan traffickers with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 00:00
The security crisis in Michoacan has reached a pivotal moment as Mexico's military attempts to disarm the self-defense militias or vigilantes that have taken over several municipalities.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 00:00
The Paredes organization was one of the most powerful of Guatemala's so-called transportista clans -- groups hired to move drug shipments
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 00:00
Authorities only seized 70 tons of cocaine in 2013, down from the record 241 tons seized in 2012
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 00:00
The report also details how the FARC have stepped up political operations by influencing social movements and protests, including the recent coca growers strike in the region of Catatumbo.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 00:00
Former sworn enemies from criminal clans based in Colombia's violence capital, Cali, have brokered an alliance from prison, according to security forces, which if successful could shape the underworld in one of Colombia's key drug trafficking regions.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
Many of the girls drawn into gang life and the Medellin sex trade simply disappear. In 2013, close to 600 children have disappeared -- a majority of them girls -- according to investigators in the mayor's office.
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 00:00
While this case involved military personnel, it is not just the army. According to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, 90 percent of kidnappings in Caracas are linked to municipal police.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 00:00
Only identified as "Senor de la R," the trafficker was deported from the United States after serving an 18-year prison sentence. On his return, he set up his own criminal organization