The President and the FARC guerrillas say they can reach a deal in six months.  Reactions varied in predictable ways. 

Fernando Ramos da Silva was killed at age 19, after being hit by eight .38 caliber shots from a sergeant and two Military Policemen’s guns. 

Narcos with militarized weaponry and a massive amount of narcotics find themselves in police custody. 

Unfortunately for Colombia, when justice is realized, it can also tend to be perverted.

There’s always more to war than meets the eye.

Salvadoran gangs and their demand for more weapons show no signs of diminishing, and are arguably ever-increasing now that La Tregua (The Truce) is coming to an end.

13 judicial authorities have been arrested for their involvement in Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s escape from Altiplano’s maximum-security prison.

How feasible are plans for bringing criminal gangs, especially the Urabeños, to justice?

How to label the FARC is an on-going issue in Colombia’s peace talks. 

A “profitable industry” has sprung up around the missing normalistas, while most Mexicans aren’t buying the government’s take on their demise. The case of the missing students and the government’s unreliable investigation are continuing to generate headlines in Mexican papers close to a year after the incident.