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narco-gangs
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Haiti: Narco-Compromised Army To Be Unleashed On Drug Gangs
Sound like a good plan?
Brazil’s Top Fugitive Drug Lord Gets Popped
Police took selfies with him.
Yet Another Deadly Prison Uprising In Mexico
There was yet another deadly prison uprising in Mexico. The latest grim manifestation of the unrelenting prison crisis in Latin…
What We Don’t Get About ‘Narcos’—and Why We’re Living Out an Alternative Narrative in Real Life
Pablo Escobar is not a heroic figure. When you kill enough people to become known as “The Patron…
Is Anti-Drug Strongman of the Philippines in Bed with Narco Gangs?
Is it really possible that Philippine President Rodirgo Duterte—who has unleashed a “War on Drugs,” which has now…
Mexico: Cartels Kill Another Journalist
Yet another Mexican journalist was slain on Tuesday, as the cartels continue to exact vengeance on any who…
Rights Violations Seen in Federal Mara Crackdown
Civil rights organizations in New York are trying to determine if police and school officials on Long Island helped federal…
Burma’s Rohingya Refugees Tarred with Narco-Stigma
The Rohingya Muslim people of Burma are facing what some have called genocide in their homeland, long denied citizenship rights…
Colombian Coca Production Makes Record-Breaking Jump
In unsettling news for the country’s peace process with the FARC guerrillas, Colombia registered a record-shattering 50 percent increase in…
International Investigators Targeted by Spyware Sold to Mexican Government
In the current atmosphere of cyber crime, hacking and spying, this is an especially egregious example: the international…
Horrific Prison Massacre as U.S. Homeland Security Chief Visits Mexico
If Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto hoped to present an image of stability to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly when he…
Nightmarish Narco-Violence in Chihuahua
An armed clash in the early hours of July 5 in a mountain village in Mexico’s border state…
U.S. Guns Reportedly Shipped to Brazilian Narco-Gangs
Amid fast-escalating nightmarish narco-violence in Brazil comes disconcerting word that police in Rio de Janeiro seized 60 assault rifles hidden…
El Salvador: Barrio 18 ‘Revolutionaries’ Sentenced in Massacre
Last week, a judge in El Salvador sentenced seven accused members of the country’s feared mara gang networks to 390 years in…
Brazil, Bolivia Launch Joint Anti-Narco Operation
Bolivia and Brazil have agreed to a joint plan to fight criminal gangs that operate on their shared…
Guatemala: Barrio 18 Gang in Deadly Prison Siege
At least three guards were killed when riot police were sent in to storm the Etapa 2 juvenile detention center outside Guatemala…
Mexico: Another Mass ‘Narco-Grave’ Found in Veracruz
More than 250 human skulls were unearthed from a mass grave outside Mexico’s port city of Veracruz, state…
Central America: Tri-National Task Force Emerges to Fight Narco-Gangs
On Tuesday, joint security force bringing together the three nations of Central America’s Northern Triangle officially began operations…
Colombia: State Seizes Narco-Lands from FARC
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on July 18 announced details of an operation to seize nearly 278,000 hectares said to…
Details Emerge in Mexican Narco-Gang Massacre
Last week, Mexico’s independent Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center (or Center Prodh) released new evidence that…
