President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner began her farewell to years of Kirchnerista rule where her late husband laid the foundation for a human rights agenda: the infamous Navy Mechanics School (ESMA). 

Civil organizations expressed their support for the work of the armed forces in the fight against crime in Mexico. 

So said the governor of Buenos Aires’ campaign chief. 

Colombia began testing new herbicides’ effectiveness in destroying coca plants after glyphosate, the original chemical used in coca fumigation, was declared to be carcinogenic and subsequently banned by President Juan Manuel Santos. 

The confession by the murderer of four children in Caquetá illustrates how Colombia’s internal conflict has permeated social and economic relations. 

According to figures from the Guatemalan Police, 13,156 women and 12,036 men went missing. 

The United Nations noted that a quarter of the violent deaths in the world occur in a group of countries accounting for just 4% of the world population.  

Mexican media outlets challenge the federal government’s account over the deaths of 16 vigilantes, while academics create a system to measure and compare global levels of impunity. 

Of the nine countries in the region, from Mexico to Panama (including the Dominican Republic), El Salvador is the country with the highest rates of individuals arrested for trafficking in illegal arms, although Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, and Honduras also have significant rates.  

The end of the grand paramilitary confederation has implications for the ongoing peace process with the FARC, as the AUC’s demobilized veterans warn of the dangers of not having legal certainty.