Colombian security remains under threat of illegal paramilitary groups, according to a new report by the NGO Indepaz.  They show that in the first quarter of 2016 there were 14 paramilitary groups in operation in 146 of 1,100 municipalities in 22 of 32 provinces in Colombia.

El Salvador’s Security Commission is studying the approval of 15 new crimes and has increased the entence time for another 12 in a series of reforms that will enable mechanisms for the second government of FMLN to confront the massive reappearance of gangs, created and perfected under the governments of Francisco Flores and Antonio Saca.

The prestigious British magazine The Economist finds that the FARC must have a fortune of around 10.5 million dollars. Thus, the polemic returns.

Authorities in El Salvador have reported 5,227 women murdered between 2003 and 2015.

The Organization of American States (OAS)’s General Secretary restated the commitment of the Organization to provide proposals that help fight crime.

Now that the government and the ELN have announced a formal phase in negotiations that would begin in Ecuador within the next two months, there is hope that a “complete peace” will finally be achieved in Colombia, said President Santos.

The possibility of approval for the law that authorizes the use and the production of cannabis has sparked initial calculations of the dimension this market.

Seeking to alter the global approach to the initiative against drugs, Mexico looks to lay out a plan at a special assembly of the UN soon. 

Two human rights NGOs will report their findings regarding the behavior of police in Venezuela soon. 

As peace talks persist with one leftist group, and begin to hint at materialization with another, paramilitary groups on the right are taking advantage as more and more grassroots political leaders are assassinated.