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Latin America

Gangs Could Overrun Haiti Capital If Aid Falls Short: UN Chief

More than 5,601 people in Haiti were killed in Haiti last year as a result of gang violence, about a thousand more than in 2023, the UN said.

Immigration

33,000 Migrants Stranded in Mexico After Trump's Shuts Down App Asylum Seekers Used to Enter US

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum recently said her administration is working with the U.S. to find a solution

Latin America

Panama Complains To UN Over Trump Canal Threat, Starts Audit

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the government in Panama City referred to an article of the UN Charter precluding any member from "the threat or use of force" against the territorial integrity or political independence of another.

Latin America

Colombian Forces Edge Into Guerrilla Strongholds

For many Colombians, the recent bloodshed carries echoes of a civil war that killed 450,000 over more than half a century and made the country a byword for armed violence.

El Salvador's ex-president Mauricio Funes

Latin America

Mauricio Funes: Journalist Turned El Salvador President

Leading El Salvador from 2009 to 2014, Funes was a bespectacled former TV journalist who modeled himself on moderate leftist leaders, despite heading a party of former Marxist rebels.

Latin America

Colombia Vows 'War' As Guerrilla Violence Kills 100

In just five days, bloodshed has been reported across three Colombian departments -- from the remote Amazon jungle in the south to the mountainous northeastern border with Venezuela, where fighting has displaced almost 20,000 people.

Politics

Panamanian President Rejects Trump's Vow To Take Back Panama Canal: 'It Is And Will Continue To Be Panama´s'

"China is using the Panama Canal and we did not give it to China. We gave it to Panama. And we will get it back," Trump said during his inauguration

Latin America

Deadly Posts: Brazilian Criminal Groups Are Allegedly Monitoring Social Media For Perceived Rivals

As the influence of Brazil's criminal gangs expands into small towns across the country, their presence is reshaping community dynamics

Latin America

More Than 1,000 Businesses in Sinaloa Shutter During Ongoing Cartel Turf Wars

More than 1,000 businesses, including local stores, small businesses and street vendors, have closed in the Mexican state of Sinaloa since "Chapitos" and "Mayos" went to war against each other for control of the Sinaloa cartel.

Latin America

Fugitive Former Director of Mexican Soccer Team Accused of Money Laundering Finally Arrested After 3 Years on the Run

"Billy" Álvarez was part of Interpol's search database in 195 different countries while on the run

Héctor Abel Ríos Armenta and Raúl Alonso Flores Uraga

Latin America

Top Enforcers From the 'Chapitos' Arrested in New Blow for Sinaloa Cartel Faction Engulfed in Bloody Turf War

Authorities also seized firearms, bags with fentanyl pills and two armored vehicles

Politics

Mexican President Denies Country Is Major Fentanyl Supplier: 'The Vast Majority of Fentanyl Comes From Abroad'

When asked if "Los Chapitos" are the ones producing fentanyl she said "that is something that the security Cabinet needs to inform about as they are the ones with all the knowledge"

Latin America

El Mero Mero," Ovidio Guzmán's Uncle and Key Ally of Sinaloa Cartel Faction Set for U.S. Extradition

Hernan Domingo Ojeda Lopez played a key role in trafficking fentanyl and other drugs into the United States.

Latin America

Jalisco Cartel Member 'El Ceviches' Sent To Trial After Escaping Twice From The Same Prison As 'El Chapo'

"El Ceviches" is linked to the kidnapping of six people back in November of 2019.

Latin America

Mexico Unveils New Cash For Guns Plan To Reduce Armed Violence, Offers Over $1,000 For Rifles

President Claudia Sheinbaum's strategy will be carried out by the defense, interior and public safety ministries along with the support from religious authorities

Latin America

'Narco Messages' Accuse Mexican Military Members of Corruption, Links With Sinaloa Cartel Faction

Part of the message suggest that military personnel is tied with a high-ranked member of "La Mayiza," which has been at war with "Los Chapitos" since September