Hundreds of people are sleeping next to the Northern Bus Station in Mexico City, after the rail border crossing into the United States was shut down
The mayor of the coastal municipality does not stay in the same place for more than one night after an assassination attempt and authorities cannot safeguard the lives of schoolchildren amid a gang turf war
Poverty, exclusion and violence: this is the story behind Johan David Castillo and the other assassins who were hired to kill Fernando Villavicencio
The number of planted hectares went from 204,000 to 230,000 during 2022, while the tonnage of drugs that has been produced reached 1,738, the highest figures ever recorded
Facundo Farias added the third goal for Miami (8-14-4), which remains 14th in the Eastern Conference table
More than 83,000 fans at the nearly full Monumental de Nuñez Stadium were getting jittery until Messi scored
The latest CAF report proposes global measures on how to mitigate warming and seek solutions in nature
Drug traffickers’ infiltration of the industry that is responsible for about 30% of the world’s bananas has contributed to unprecedented violence across this once-peaceful nation
Authorities attribute the country’s spike in violence over the past three years to a power vacuum triggered by the killing in 2020 of Jorge Zambrano, alias ‘Rasquiña’ or ‘JL,’ the leader of the local Los Choneros gang
An executive of Swiss energy giant Vitol admitted paying $600,000 in bribes to Mexican oil company officials
Rising violence in Ecuador and the lack of a police presence in many areas of the capital has led residents to form vigilante groups to tackle criminals
The candidate for the Citizen Revolution Movement won 33% of the vote in the first round, while the businessman came in second place with 24%
The presidential election campaign has been marked by violence and the assassination of one of the candidates amid a wave of organized crime-related terror
A wave of violence in the run-up to Sunday’s ballot led candidates to end their campaigns screened by police escorts following the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
Ecuador’s unprecedented violence has left people fearful of leaving their homes. Although voting is mandatory for most adults, people may stay home and pay the fine rather than risk going to the polls
The country is enduring a process similar to that experienced by Colombia in the 1980s and Mexico a few years later with an escalation of violence
Violent deaths quadrupled from 2019 in the lead-up to the assassination of a presidential candidate, locals are afraid to leave their homes and school classes have been suspended
More than 3,600 officers took part in the operation to transfer the inmate, who is the leader of the criminal gang Los Choneros, which has links with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel
The assassination of candidate Fernando Villavicencio has deepened the security crisis and shaken up the political landscape just days before the first round on August 20
The assassination of the Ecuadorian presidential candidate has revealed the scope of the criminal network gripping the country, where Mexican cartels and Colombian hitmen have gained a foothold
The Ecuadorian police have arrested six Colombians suspected of participating in the attack against the presidential candidate, during which the gunman was shot dead
More cocaine moves through Ecuador than any other country in the world, meaning cartels like Sinaloa and the CJNG need local criminal organizations to handle transport and logistics
The presidential candidate was assassinated while traveling in a state-provided vehicle that lacked armor despite the multiple threats he had received from organized crime
The killer fired at least 40 shots, injuring other people who accompanied the politician
As Mexican criminal groups battle over control of the territory, the country has been plunged into a deep security crisis
The politician claimed in a video that Los Choneros, a local arm of the Mexican organization, would attack him if he continued to refer to them during his presidential campaign
The politician, who was close to President Guillermo Lasso, was shot three times in the head after a campaign rally in Quito
