Paraguay’s Attorney General has taken initiative with his zero-tolerance policy towards narco trafficking.

In a landmark decision, Mexico’s Supreme Court of National Justice (SCJN) handed down a ruling that granted four claimants freedom from prosecution for recreational marijuana usage, sparking debate among citizens and political leaders.

In Colombia, the end of armed conflict between the government and the FARC appears to be nearing with the possibility of a bilateral ceasefire by the end of the year and a March 2016 deadline for peace negotiations.

Excavation work conducted by the Collective of Archaeology for Tucumán Memory and Identity (Camit) discovered the remains of four people that were disappeared in Argentina around 1975.

“We have asked the gang members not to leave us in a ridiculous position,” said Medardo Gómez of the Pastoral Initiative for Life and Peace (IPAZ).

The climate of impunity allows the perpetrators of crimes against journalists to continue their attacks without restriction and further violating free circulation of information, said the National Commission of Human Rights (CNDH).

Insecurity imposed by gangs and repressive state plans mean that young people from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are living a more reclusive life-style that is lacking in diversions and in opportunities, in order to circumvent the unrelenting violence.

In 2014 an estimated 288,900 Salvadorans were displaced by violence.

In Mexico, arrests for drug related crimes increased 1,200 percent between 2006 and 2014, but 73 percent of those incarcerated were for detained possession and consumption.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that as soon as a bilateral and definitive ceasefire agreement is in place, the blood shed will end.