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narco-gangs
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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…
July 7, 2017
Nightmarish Narco-Violence in Chihuahua
An armed clash in the early hours of July 5 in a mountain village in Mexico’s border state…
July 6, 2017
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…
June 13, 2017
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…
May 30, 2017
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…
May 16, 2017
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…
March 22, 2017
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…
March 15, 2017
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…
November 17, 2016
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…
July 21, 2015
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…
July 9, 2015