Nina Lakhani
Friday, July 8, 2016 - 06:47
The US government is investigating allegations that a hitlist of activists was circulated to special forces units of the Honduran military with instructions to eliminate the targets including Berta Cáceres, the celebrated environmental campaigner who was later gunned down in her home.
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 06:42
Scores of innocent women have been illegally arrested and tortured by Mexican security services looking to boost arrest figures to justify the war on drugs, according to damning new research by Amnesty International.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 06:59
Berta Cáceres, the murdered environmental campaigner, appeared on a hitlist distributed to U.S.-trained special forces units of the Honduran military months before her death, a former soldier has claimed.
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 05:25
The 1989 killings at the Central American University (UCA) in San Salvador was one of the most notorious crimes committed during El Salvador’s 12-year civil war, which left 75,000 civilians dead and only formally ended in 1992.
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 08:30
Vulnerable children fleeing gang-fueled violence in Central America are routinely deported by Mexican immigration officials regardless of the dangers they may face on their return home, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 05:10
Another indigenous activist has been murdered in Honduras amid an escalating wave of repression against the relatives and colleagues of renowned campaigner Berta Cáceres, who was murdered less than two weeks ago.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 05:41
Honduras’s president, Juan Orlando Hernández, has announced the launch of a new international anti-corruption body to tackle criminal networks within the country’s political and judicial systems, in an attempt to appease anger over impunity and graft.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 06:33
Chief prosecutor says ‘there is no organised crime in Mexico City’ – but recent string of murders leaves many residents and experts believing the city has lost its status as a safe haven from gangland violence
Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 07:13
Killings have sparked a wave of protest and international outrage, focused largely on the escalating violence against journalists in Mexico, especially in Veracruz. WIth a total of 13 murders since 2011, Veracruz has become the most dangerous place in Latin American to be a journalist.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 06:54
In 2014, almost 300,000 people abandoned their homes to escape threats or violence and sought refuge in another part of the country. No one knows how many have left the country, but in the first half of 2015 almost 24,000 adults and children were deported back to El Salvador after being caught trying to reach the US.