A new study from the Pew Center says that unlawful-entry prosecutions -- 92 percent of which involve Latinos -- are behind much of the rise in federal prosecutions over the last two decades.

Venezuelan capital Caracas has become the center of increasingly violent student-run protests against Maduro's government.

State PRD Senator Silvano Aureoles Conejo has called on both local and federal governments to address the social instability and insecurity rampant in Michoacan.

10,000 U visas for crime victims who cooperate with authorities in exchange for legal status have already been granted since Oct. 1 of this year. Petitioners who are approved for the rest of the fiscal year will have to wait until next October to get work authorization.

A new attack in Ottawa suggest the growing crime trend in Venezuela of cutting off women's hair to sell it to black markets, has gone international.

A Wisconsin man assaults two men believing they were speaking Spanish. The two victims were, in fact, speaking Hebrew. Learn more about the vicious hate crime.

“Death dolls” hung from street lamps are becoming an increasingly common sight in a poor suburb of Bolivia’s capital. 10 people have been lynched in the first half of 2013 in Bolivia. Many blame the absence of law enforcement – whether from the state or locality – in neighborhoods where it happens. According to the UN, 47 percent of the country’s municipalities lack a police presence.

Two gay men were severely injured in the NYC neighborhood of Chelsea in a possible hate crime.

Reporters criticize white culture in response to riots in Huntington Beach, mocking commentators like Bill O'Reilly.

A New York City man has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting a gay man over his sexual preference.

Reports of as many as 14 people being injured are coming out of southeastern Texas after two individuals allegedly went on a stabbing spree at a local community college.

Uhuru Kenyatta, accused of crimes against humanity, is leading in the Kenya election. The votes are being counted amidst the controversy of the discarded "spoiled" ballots over administrative issues.

"For the first time in memory," New York City went one day without crime.

The head of Mexico's organized crime unit stepped down on Thursday, just weeks after announcing that members of his team had been charged with having links to the nation's most powerful drug cartel.

New research is out that says one out of seven crimes in New York City so far this year involves the theft of an Apple product.