In Sight Crime
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 06:59
A recently captured drug trafficker from Nicaragua has accused Sandinista political heavyweight Eden Pastora of placing a hit on his life, something that speaks to the political and criminal intrigue surrounding one of Nicaragua's legendary figures and the ruling party
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 06:43
Drug hits and gang shootouts are fueling fears the criminal pact that has lowered violence in Colombia's second city, Medellin, to historic levels could be expiring.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 06:34
Getting here from Lima takes more than 20 hours by car, keeping in mind the possibility of the road collapsing
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 07:46
Over 400 former paramilitary fighters in Colombia, including numerous ex-leaders, are slated for release from prison by December 2014.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 06:52
Paraguay's antinarcotics chief Crispulo Sotelo voiced concern that the nation was becoming more involved in cocaine production, as indicated by a number of recent laboratory busts.
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 08:47
El Salvador's street gangs have been ambushing police with military-grade weapons, leading to fears the gangs, for the first time, have police outgunned. Is the Salvadoran military the source of their firepower?
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 08:14
El Salvador's new President Salvador Sanchez Ceren has declared he will not "make a truce with organized crime," in comments that will dent the hopes of those looking to revive the 2012 gang truce.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 08:52
He argued that with the recreational use of marijuana now legal in two US states -- Colorado and Washington -- it did not make sense for Mexico to have policies that differed from those of the "most important consumer market" for Mexican drugs.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 07:39
The footage also shows the EPP's training excercises and the group's main encampment, depicting a total of 18 soldiers -- including seven women and various underage members -- according to Ultima Hora.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 09:16
An official in the Dominican Republic stated that the majority the country's contract killings involve former police officers, revealing not just the extent of corruption, but the central role of ex-officials in organized crime on the Caribbean island.