Criminal Organizations
Friday, October 30, 2015 - 06:45
Officials in El Salvador have formally proposed a gang rehabilitation law, but the country's current security conditions -- along with the mixed results of similar initiatives elsewhere in the region -- suggest this legislation is unlikely to provide a viable solution to rising gang violence.
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 06:47
Over 200 people from a small mining town in the state of Guerrero captured eight federal police agents they say work for the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:25
The arrest of a mayor in Honduras on charges of multiple homicide draws attention to the larger regional problem of corruption among local officials, one boosted by the increase in power of these municipal governments.
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 06:37
The run-up to Colombia's local elections on Sunday has seen a drop in political violence compared to previous campaigns, but election monitors warn the influence of armed groups and mafia networks over politics in the country has far from disappeared.
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 06:14
Those held include the drug lord’s brother-in-law and a member of his legal team who is the suspected mastermind of the tunnel-led prison break.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 06:26
Fugitive cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman fell off what appeared to be a small cliff as special forces chased him earlier this month, a Mexican official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 06:22
A recent report reveals 60 percent of all confiscated weapons in Mexico are seized in the three states of Tamaulipas, Guerrero, and Jalisco, with 7 out of 10 weapons confiscated coming from the United States.
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 07:06
In the first nine months of 2015 almost 5,000 have been murdered in El Salvador in a vicious fight for territory between two gangs with a combined membership of 72,000.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 06:11
A top DEA official has sounded the alarm over how heroin traffickers in Mexico have massively increased poppy cultivation and expanded their distribution networks into the east coast of the United States as they look to cash in on the growing number of US heroin users.
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 06:48
According to new figures released by Guatemala's Attorney General's Office, the amount of money that criminal groups make from extortion, kidnapping, and hired killings pale in comparison to the cash involved in several recent corruption scandals.