Investigators are wondering why President Jovenel Moïse’s security team was unharmed while he was being tortured and murdered by a group of armed men
Through the voices of the Haitian leader’s staff, witnesses and official sources, EL PAÍS reconstructs a crime perpetrated by a group of hitmen in the dead of night
The Haitian leader, who was assassinated on Wednesday at his home in Port-au-Prince, had gone up against senators, powerful businesses and Venezuela during his time in office
The head of state was shot while asleep at home by unidentified gunmen, with the government saying the “suspected killers” have been detained
The country is experiencing days of terror. The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has orchestrated the arrests of politicians, journalists, activists and former Sandinista leaders in a bid to retain power with elections due in November
The head of security and citizen protection in Mexico City gave EL PAÍS details of the brutal attack that killed his bodyguards and sent him to the hospital a year ago
The Mexican president has named the intellectuals who support him, as opposed to those who have been allegedly “co-opted” by corruption. EL PAÍS spoke to some to see how they feel about being identified as friends of the government
Many migrants are making the perilous journey, dreaming of a chance at a life in America under the new president of the United States. But this is what really happens when they get there
The confessions of two drug lords during their trial in New York have damaged the presidency of Juan Orlando Hernández amid claims the political elite accepted bribes to provide protection
The showman president of El Salvador is causing a furor in the central American country. But the international community is keeping a wary eye on an unprecedented phenomenon, whose election success on Sunday has empowered him to reform the judicial system and the Constitution
Speaking to EL PAÍS, Jovenel Moïse blames the opposition and powerful figures in the country’s economy for attempting to remove him, vowing to remain in power for another year
The coastal area shared by Mexico, Guatemala and Belize is one of the most porous and little-known regions in the southern America border. Via three feature articles – in Xcalak, a remote Mexican village that lives off the cocaine that washes up from the sea; in Blue Creek, the powerful economic engine of the Mennonites; and in Puerto Barrios, the dark Guatemalan port in the Atlantic – this special report describes the enigmatic reality that exists just a stone’s throw from some of the biggest tourist attractions in the world
At San Francisco Gotera prison, 1,600 inmates have exchanged violence for love preached in the Bible
The government of López Obrador is backing a project that will see migrants assimilated in Mexico and the US incentivize private investment in the south of the country
It is not just at the border that children are being separated from their parents – adults who have a whole life in America are also being deported
The eruption of the Volcán del Fuego on Sunday has left 99 dead and almost 200 missing
Residents of Escuintla flee in fear after new activity from the Volcán de Fuego on Tuesday
The recent volcanic eruption in Guatemala has left at least 69 dead and affected thousands more
Ex-leader of Michoacán self-defense militia talks about current state of nation and future plans
Estimates put the number of femicides in this key industrial and political region at 263 in 2016
A year on from the activist’s murder, dam project she was battling against is still set to go ahead
Non-partisan demonstrations throughout the country bring thousands out to demand “respect” and “dignity”
Juan Francisco Patrón, a senior figure in the Beltrán Leyva cartel, was holed up in residence in Nayarit
Following a migration deal with the US, deportations of Central Americans fleeing violence have soared
Corruptour aims to show participants economic fraud is not inevitable and can be stopped
Health officials under Javier Duarte, who has been missing for three months, acquired counterfeit HIV tests and gave distilled water to kids with cancer
Army brought in to outskirts of capital to restore order, as unrest spreads throughout country