Mexico
Sinaloa kingpin prevails in prison hunger strike
Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Chapo Guzmán claimed victory after leading a hunger strike joined by hundreds of inmates at Mexico's top-security Altiplano prison.
Tag: narco wars
The Andes
Peru: new ops against ‘narco-senderistas’
Peru's National Police stepped up operations against "narco-senderistas"—surviving remnants of the Shining Path that control cocaine production in two remote pockets of jungle.
Mexico
Mexico: still more ‘narco-fosas’ uncovered
Mexican authorities unearthed five recently buried bodies from a clandestine grave in a rural pueblo of Sinaloa state—the latest in a long string of such gruesome finds.
The Amazon
‘Massacre’ evidence on Peru’s Amazon borderlands
Rare video footage of the "first contact" with an isolated indigenous band near the Brazil-Peru border has emerged—along with accounts of horrific violence against the group.
Central America
Central America: leaders hold migration summit
The US offered Central American child migrants compassion and deportation at a DC summit, while the presidents of Guatemala and Honduras lobbied for more military aid.
Central America
Honduras: US deports migrants; violence continues
The US is trying everything from special deportation flights to pop songs to discourage immigration, but it refuses to change the policies behind the phenomenon.
The Amazon
Ethnic cleansing on Peru’s jungle border
Highly vulnerable "uncontacted" indigenous bands who recently emerged in the Brazil-Peru border region told neighboring tribes that they were fleeing violent attacks in Peru.
The Amazon
Brazil: ‘imminent’ threat to isolated peoples
Officials in Brazil warn that isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon face imminent "tragedy" and "death" following a rash of sightings in the remote area near the border with Peru.
The Andes
Shining Path leaders indicted in US court
Three leaders of Peru's Shining Path guerrilla movement, two still at large, were indicted in a US district court in New York on charges of "narco-terrorism conspiracy."
Mexico
US Border Patrol smuggled arms for Sinaloa Cartel?
A protected witness testified to Mexican prosecutors that members of the US Border Patrol collaborated with the Sinaloa Cartel in arms trafficking to the criminal network.
The Andes
Gains claimed against coca in Colombia, Bolivia
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) claims coca cultivation has been brought to historic lows in Colombia and Bolivia, while Peru has regained the title of top producer.
Central America
Central America: US acts on child migrant ‘danger’
US officials designate the arrival of unaccompanied children at the border a security problem–and scramble to shift blame from Washington's own failed "drug war."