Military veteran and his wife were killed during a robbery in Alabama... Authorities arrested a 46-year-old man on charges of capital murder, manslaughter and home invasion.
Sheinbaum denies links between the Government of Mexico and organized crime after DEA accusations... Claudia Sheinbaum rejected the DEA's accusations of alleged links with organized crime and asked for respect from Mexico and cooperation without interference
Deployment of the National Guard in Democratic cities did not reduce violence: CAP... The Center for American Progress study categorically denies that Trump's troop deployments have managed to reduce violent crime
How Scotland went from being the murder capital of Europe to one of the safest places in the world... For Scotland, treating violence as a public health problem has brought a reduction in the number of homicides
Prosecutors ask for life imprisonment for “El Mayo” Zambada and confiscation of $15,000 million... The United States Prosecutor's Office assures that the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel directed a network of drug trafficking, violence and corruption in Mexico and the United States for decades.
Justice is urgently needed for Mexicans killed by ICE... Salgado's death has generated multiple calls from Democratic officials and immigrant rights groups
The US accuses “Carlitos Rugrats”, head of the Sinaloa Cartel, of narcoterrorism... Carlos Páez Pereda is an operator close to the "Los Mayos" faction, headed by Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada
The World Cup and the real Mexico... Major sporting events not only exhibit logistical capacity or infrastructure; They also reveal power relations
Steve Bannon shows off FBI director for claiming crime is going down... Steve Bannon, former White House advisor, questioned an FBI report pointing to an alleged decrease in crime in the United States.
Sheinbaum highlights the reduction in homicides in Mexico and describes the seven years of the National Guard as a “feat... The president led the corporation's anniversary, and highlighted that the militarized body already has 125,000 elements and enjoys high citizen confidence
A Texas woman is accused of murdering and dismembering her partner, whose remains were found in a landfill... Audrey Troncoso confessed to killing Roland Matthew Sheppard, and authorities say her father helped dispose of the man's remains
3 keys that explain why Keiko Fujimori won in Peru this time after three previous defeats... The right-wing party won the fourth ballot that it disputes, after a series of changes in the country and in its own electoral campaign
Daniel Noboa meets in New York with Kristi Noem to strengthen the “Shield of the Americas”... The "Shield of the Americas" is an ambitious initiative launched by Trump as a regional program, which seeks to neutralize drug cartels
Two Baja California police officers arrested accused of leaking information to the CJNG... According to the investigations, the arrested police officers alerted the cartel about searches, operations and actions of the security corporations.
How Bukele's megaprisons became a model for the radical right... Nayib Bukele's “iron fist” policy, based on mass arrests and megaprisons, is gaining popularity among right-wing leaders in Latin America and Europe
Mexico seizes methamphetamine valued at $518 million in Sinaloa; It is one of the largest seizures in the history of the... The anti-drug operation was carried out between June 19 and 20 in Los Mochis, a region historically linked to the operations of the Sinaloa Cartel.
How Colombia's growing and brutal internal conflict defines its presidential elections... Security is one of the most important issues in the presidential elections this Sunday in Colombia
They find 400 kilos of cocaine inside a truck in Costa Rica thanks to information from the DEA... The DEA received confidential information about a drug shipment that was going to be transported through the province of Guanacaste
Diosdado Cabello reiterates that the Aragua Train was “kicked out” of Venezuela... The Minister of the Interior of Venezuela pointed out that the death of "Niño Guerrero" represents the closing of a process to dismantle the criminal gang
Trump attacks Claudia Sheinbaum for cartels: “She is a very scared woman”... The president of the United States maintains double messages against the Mexican president, as he praises her and then insults her
“Valdo”, a member of the Gulf Cartel and former member of the CJNG wanted by the US, is captured in Colima.... “Valdo” was considered a priority target due to his alleged participation in the trafficking of large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine to the United States.
How much Petro transformed Colombia, “the president of change” who risks his legacy even if he cannot be re-elected... Four years after achieving the presidency, BBC Mundo takes stock of what changed in Gustavo Petro's Colombia
Elections in Peru: Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez maintain a close dispute vote by vote for the presidency... More than 27 million Peruvians were called to the polls to elect the ninth president that the country will have in a decade
How insecurity and political instability are the factors that most motivate voters in the elections in Peru... As in other countries in the region, security and the economy appear to be the decisive factors in Sunday's election
Primary elections: a turning of the page for Los Angeles and California... If you can vote and have not done so, there is still time to do so. Vote. Participant. If you don't participate, don't complain later
The graphics that show the Colombia that the next president will inherit... Gustavo Petro's successor will govern a country with fewer poor people, but with serious public order challenges
How violence was transformed in Colombia and why it continues to define the elections... At one point it seemed that Colombia had turned the page on violence, but this Sunday's elections showed that there is still much to be resolved
A 19-year-old hitman linked to 9 armed attacks and at least 7 crimes is captured in Cancun... The authorities reported that the detainee's weapon was used in several attacks that left multiple fatalities and injured people.
Old Lin, the historic leader and founder of the Barrio 18 gang who died in a Salvadoran prison... Carlos Ernesto Mojica, alias “El Viejo Lin,” achieved notoriety in 2012 when he participated as spokesperson for Barrio 18 during the so-called truce between gangs.
Woman receives sentence of 20 years to life in prison for drowning her three children in New York... The defendant, Erin Merdy, 34, pleaded guilty this year to first-degree murder charges in the deaths of her children.
Why did the Trump administration create the Shield of the Americas?... The emerging framework called “Shield of the Americas” does not simply represent a regional security initiative, but a strategic doctrine
“Gringo Jomi”, the American who was a hitman for CJNG and was captured in Colima... The detainee had an extradition order in the USA, particularly in California, for crimes related to drug trafficking and money laundering
Sheinbaum responds to Trump that Mexico is “acting” in the combat against drug trafficking... The Mexican president recalled that this is not "the first time" that Trump makes these statements, while claiming the work of the Mexican authorities
A woman is captured with explosives in a shopping center in Ecuador... A woman, allegedly a member of the Los Lobos criminal group, was arrested in the act with 40 explosives and 15 meters of fuse inside a bag
Searching mothers achieve arrest of 'La Tia', linked to the CJNG, accused of disappearance of young people... 'La Tia' arrested in Tijuana, allegedly responsible for disappearances and linked to the CJNG; searching mothers played a key role
Fewer homicides reported in the city of Los Angeles, but more LAPD shootings... Mayor Bass explained that the results are due to the expansion of housing and social services initiatives
Homicides in Mexico fall 42% in the first 16 months of Sheinbaum's government... The President of Mexico highlighted that the daily average of victims went from 86.9 in September 2024 to 50.9 in January 2026
Karen Bass said: 'We Are Ready to Resist'... Los Angeles Mayor Gives Her Annual State of the City Report
Who is Laura Fernandez, the young new president-elect of Costa Rica?... Laura Fernandez Delgado is the new president-elect of Costa Rica.
Michael McKee, Chicago surgeon, jailed in Ohio for double murder... Michael David McKee, a Chicago surgeon, was sent to an Ohio jail accused of murdering his ex-wife and her husband
Mexico City is shaping up to be the safest city to host the World Cup... Clara Brugada assured that the capital is ready and prepared for the celebration. Mexico City is moving forward steadily towards the 2026 World Cup
Violence increases in Ecuador and 6 charred bodies found in coastal area... The discovery was made in one of the provinces under a state of emergency decreed by President Daniel Noboa due to the increase in violence
Helena Moreno assumes office as the first Latina mayor of New Orleans... Democrat takes the reins of the city amid a crisis of immigration raids and under the shadow of corruption investigations of its predecessor
How the CJNG went from being an armed wing to a cartel designated by the US as a terrorist organization... Its growth was not sudden, but the result of internal ruptures between cartels, poorly executed security policies, and a growing demand for drugs
Mass shootings are decreasing but gun deaths persist... Scholars on the subject assure that there is no relationship between mass shootings and mental illness
The massacres that plunged all of Mexico into mourning in 2025... The year 2025 ends as one of the bloodiest for thousands of families who, in different corners of the country, still await justice
The murder of “El Panu” may have been ordered by “El Chapo Isidro”, enemy of “Los Chapitos... The Attorney General's Office of Mexico City confirmed the death of Oscar Noe Medina Gonzalez.
Why the state of Sinaloa is considered “the cradle of drug trafficking”... Sinaloa has been the core of drug trafficking production and operations in Mexico, where several of the most notorious organized crime bosses emerged
Omar Garcia Harfuch detailed how his relationship with the White House is... The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection spoke for the first time with the international press about his relationship with the U.S. in the fight against crime
They reveal the cause of death of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer... Authorities release Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's records: multiple stab wounds
Man charged with the murder of a 93-year-old veteran inside his Philadelphia home... The District Attorney's Office charged a suspect in the murder of Lafayette Dailey, a former military man stabbed multiple times in his home
Trump faces legal complications over attacks on vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific... The Trump Administration faces pressure from Congress, a lawsuit, and criticism from international law experts over attacks in the Caribbean and Pacific
As Trump backs down from releasing videos, they sue him to disclose the legal justification for the attacks on boats... Civil rights groups sued the government in federal court to force it to disclose the
NGO warns that Lopez Obrador's six-year term was the deadliest in Mexico's history... MUCD presented its official analysis of violence in Mexico, criticizing the previous president's
How the tentacles of drug trafficking are infiltrating Belgium, a country in the heart of the European Union... Cocaine seizures destined for Belgium from South America are multiplying. Meanwhile, Belgian society suffers the consequences of drug trafficking
Two soldiers shot near the White House: there are concerns of political violence... Members of the West Virginia National Guard were stationed in DC, where they engaged in a shootout with an assailant who was apprehended
Catholic Church calls for national dialogue in the face of the insecurity crisis in Mexico... The Mexican Catholic Church calls on religious leaders and the public for a national conversation and walk to address the security crisis
The complaint against Bukele by the husband of Ruth Lopez, the lawyer who has been imprisoned in El Salvador for months... Lawyer Louis Benavides asks for a fair and public trial for his wife, who he maintains is innocent and whom he has not been able to visit in jail since
the four questions of the popular consultation proposed by the The government's proposals... The internal situation of the country and the lack of clarity in the official proposals have been considered key in the defeat of the government in the popular consultation
Border Patrol reportedly will stop raids in Chicago after violent operation... After violent operations in Chicago, there are reports that officers with military tactics will leave the city, but the DHS denies it
Mexico closed October with an average of 50 murders committed per day... Although the number of murders committed in Mexico decreased, October ended with an average of 50 per day
The death of a protester complicates Jeri's first days as president of Peru... Neither the fall of the former president, Dina Boluarte, nor the arrival of the current president, Jose Jeri, seems to calm the troubled waters of the country
3 keys that explain the dismissal of Dina Boluarte and the new political crisis in Peru... Insecurity addressed the final blow to a government weakened by the ousted president's decision to complete her constitutional term.
Military deployment does not provide long-term security... The federal government is deploying military forces in cities run by Democrats under the guise of curbing crime
Trump signs executive order to reinstate the death penalty in Washington DC... Trump ordered the Department of Justice to implement the death penalty, reversing more than four decades of abolition of this punishment in the nation's capital
Trump will send the National Guard to Memphis, compare violence with Mexico City... Trump will send the National Guard to Memphis, a city he called “four times more dangerous” than Mexico City
With more than 40 shots kill a former mayor and his son on a highway in Veracruz... Veracruz is the state with the most attacks against politicians in Mexico, and the murder of former mayor Melquiades Alarcon Caro is the most recent
Las figuras que muestra que la delinquencia en Washington DC no esta out of control As Trump claims... BBC Verify examined what the figures for violent crime in the capital show and how it compares to other US cities.
Chicago rejects Trump threat to send soldiers to combat the violence... The two-time Democratic governor questioned the president authority to carry out some of his threats.
Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay dies 2 months after being shot in public in Bogota... Uribe Turbay condition had worsened over the weekend in the hospital.
Mixed reactions to the possibility of Bukele being reelected for life... His supporters applaud him, but others say the president of El Salvador is on his way to becoming a dictator
This is how the FBI trains Mexican agents to destroy the cartels... Through a program run by the FBI and the U.S. Department of Defense, Mexican agents are trained to infiltrate criminal networks
The end of hugs, not bullets?: Sheinbaum change to Mexico anti-drug policy... Although the president denies it, Mexico has changed its anti-drug policy, not of her own volition, but due to pressure from Trump.
Tragedy Strikes Philadelphia: Memorial Day Mass Shooting Leaves Two Dead, Nine Injured... A Memorial Day celebration in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park turned tragic as a mass shooting left two dead and nine injured, including three teenagers.
