Over 40 dead in gang violence at Honduras women's prison
At least 41 people were killed Tuesday at a women's prison in Honduras, where violent clashes between rival gangs sparked a fire that tore through part of the facility, police said. Hundreds of...
View ArticleHonduras military takes over prisons after dozens die in riot
Honduras' military began taking control of the country's violent prisons on Monday, following a gang dispute that left 46 inmates dead at a women's detention center last week, officials said.
View ArticleMexico's vigilante anti-cartel crusader Hipólito Mora gunned down in ambush
IN THE PRESS – Friday, June 30: We analyse the French and international press in their continuing coverage of French riots after the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel. Mexican dailies...
View ArticleAnti-corruption Ecuadoran presidential candidate shot dead after rally
A popular Ecuadoran presidential candidate was shot dead while leaving a rally in the nation's capital on Wednesday, prompting President Guillermo Lasso to declare a state of emergency and blame the...
View ArticleEcuadorian presidential candidate Villavicencio assassinated at campaign event
An Ecuadorian presidential candidate known for speaking up against cartels and corruption was shot and killed Wednesday at a political rally in the capital, amid a startling wave of gang-driven...
View ArticleEcuador presidential candidate killed: Supporters of Fernando Villavicencio...
In Ecuador, funeral arrangements are being made for a presidential candidate who was assasinated. Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed after a campaign rally on Wednesday. As a candidate, the 59...
View ArticleParty of slain Ecuador candidate taps reporter as replacement
The party of Ecuador's slain presidential candidate on Sunday tapped a reporter to take his place on the ballot as several contenders to lead the South American nation in a vote later this month...
View ArticleMarseille sees fresh surge in murders as rival drug gangs shoot it out
A bloody rivalry between two drug gangs in Marseille on France's Mediterranean coast has claimed the lives of dozens of people this year, targeted in brazen attacks sometimes carried out by teenagers,...
View ArticleEcuador to vote in election dominated by 'horror' of violence
Ecuador will hold a presidential election Sunday after a campaign marked by the murder of a top candidate and vows to tackle the lawlessness that has engulfed the once-peaceful nation. The small South...
View ArticleLeftist lawyer leads as violence-hit Ecuador heads to run-off poll
Leftist frontrunner Luisa Gonzalez looked set to take on a surprise candidate, the youthful son of one of Ecuador's richest men, in a run-off election in October, official results showed Sunday....
View ArticleAlgiers says French-Moroccan jet skiers shot after 'refusal to comply'
Algeria said Sunday its security forces had opened fire this week on a group of jet skiers from Morocco after they refused to comply with orders to stop.
View ArticleVenezuela sends 11,000 troops to retake gang-run prison with pool, disco, zoo
Venezuela said Wednesday it had seized control of a prison from the hands of a powerful gang with international reach, in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces.
View ArticleBrazil's army deployed to transport hubs in crackdown on organised crime
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday he is sending the armed forces to boost security at some of the country's most important airports, ports and international borders as part...
View ArticleCartel turf war rages in Mexico's Chiapas as groups fight over territory
People in Mexico’s southernmost state, Chiapas, have for the last year and a half, been living through a conflict between rival criminal groups. The Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generacion...
View ArticleMore than 200 mobsters convicted in historic Italian mafia trial
An Italian tribunal on Monday convicted 207 people and sentenced them to a combined 2,100 years in prison on charges related to their membership in Italy’s ’ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, one...
View ArticleItalian court convicts more than 200 people in Calabria mafia trial
An Italian tribunal on Monday convicted 207 people and sentenced them to a combined 2,100 years in prison on charges related to their membership in Italy’s 'Ndrangheta organised crime syndicate, one...
View ArticleFour arrested in Denmark, Netherlands on suspicion of planning terror attacks
Three people were arrested in coordinated actions across Denmark and one person in the Netherlands on suspicion of plotting to carry out “an act of terror,” Danish police said Thursday.
View ArticleIn Mexico, corruption and organised crime fuel crisis in forensic medicine
In Mexico, 111,000 people are classified as disappeared and the country’s morgues hold 52,000 unidentified corpses, bones and remains. The country is going through a crisis in forensic medicine...
View ArticleFrench court annuls extradition of Italian mafia hitman-turned-pizza chef
France's top court on Tuesday annulled a lower court decision to extradite Edgardo Greco, a convicted mafia killer-turned-pizza chef who has been on the run since 2006, to Italy.
View ArticleDiana Salazar, the prosecutor spearheading Ecuador's fight against...
Attorney General Diana Salazar is the leading figure in Ecuador’s fight against "narcopolitics". As the country’s top prosecutor, her revelations have already led to the arrest of several high-level...
View ArticleEcuadoran police arrest nearly 70 people who tried to take over a hospital
Police in violence-plagued Ecuador arrested 68 people Sunday who had attempted to take over a hospital in the country's southwest in the midst of a "war" between drug gangs and the security forces
View ArticleThe lasting legacy of Prohibition in the United States
A century ago, the "manufacture, sale or transportation, importation or exportation" of alcohol was strictly forbidden across the United States, a policy that left an indelible mark. Nine decades...
View ArticleHow a lack of leadership allowed gangs to take over Haiti
Haiti has descended into a state of chaos and despair in recent years, with gangs seizing control of large swaths of the nation and imposing their rule through fear, violence and extortion. FRANCE 24...
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