Issue Mar 01-07 2023: An intercepted radio message emitted by the Colombian Armed Forces revealed that the Joint Task Force OMEGA has ordered 6,321 of its soldiers to “put the brakes on offensive military operations” against various criminal groups operating in the departments of Meta, Guaviare, and Caquetá.

Issue Mar 01-07 2023: A federal judge in Mexico City has granted an injunction to Mario Aburto, who was sentenced for the murder of former presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio.

Issue Mar 01-07 2023: Another victim has been added to the long list of casualties in Rosario, Argentina’s conflict between drug trafficking entities.

Issue Mar 01-07 2023: President Xiomara Castro of Honduras made a call to action against “the rise of violence;” she tweeted at the Ministry of Security stating, “I demand forceful action and results in the next 72 hours!”

Issue Feb 22-28 2023: After the attacks of January 8 on the government headquarters in Brasília, the only woman to ever run Brazil’s Superior Military Court (STM), Maria Elizabeth Guimarães Teixeira Rocha, affirmed that “it is essential that the armed forces be depoliticized.”

Issue Feb 22-28 2023: Peruvian National Police (PNP) and Army weapons and ammunition records, detailing equipment assigned to agents tasked with controlling protests in Puno and Ayacucho, were found to have significant information gaps, incomplete records, and illegibility issues.

Issue Feb 22-28 2023: The National Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras (Conadeh) has registered 10,354 complaints of human rights violations in 2022, which is 5.8% more than were registered in 2021.

Issue Feb 22-28 2023: Before he died, Eduardo Mendúa of Ecuador served as “the director of international Relations of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie).”

Issue Feb 15-21 2023: According to the 2021 Global Organized Crime Index, Mexico is ranked fourth in the world and second in the Americas, behind Colombia.

Issue Feb 15-21 2023: Under President Gustavo Petro, Colombia has created “La Paz Total” (Total Peace) to curtail damages from guerrillas and paramilitaries.