Hundreds of people gathered for a peace march in Zacatecas, Mexico in response to the escalating violence in the region.

Several members of Sendero Luminoso (SL), the Peruvian communist militant group, are approaching their dates of release after being convicted on terrorism charges and imprisoned decades ago.

María Julia Muñoz, the Minister of Education and Culture in Uruguay, among others, gathered to pay homage at the site of a former jail where many victims of Uruguay’s last dictatorship (1973-1985) were held, tortured and disappeared.

A complex history of breakaway guerrilla groups from political and military factions such as FARC, EPL, and others like them has emerged.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has challenged the Salvadoran State, producing evidence of a repressive policy that has permitted excesses and a long list of denunciations, including 47 extrajudicial executions between 2015 from 2016.