Despite relatively peaceful proceedings in 2018, the 2022 Colombian elections are shrouded in an atmosphere of violence and uncertainty.

One year after 16 people were killed in the village of San Miguel del Ene in Peru’s Valle de los ríos Apurímac, Ene, and Mantaro (Vraem), no arrests or convictions have been made in the case.

New incursions by armed settlers 348 members of the indigenous group Miskito were forced to flee their land after.

Among 180 countries, Reporters Without Borders places Mexico as one of the deadliest countries to practice journalism for the third consecutive year.

Marcelo Pecci, right hand man to the prosecutor general of Paraguay, was assassinated by hired killers while on honeymoon in Colombia on May 10.

Robberies, arrests, murders, and the constant siege of opponents are attributed to a network of armed citizens, primarily made up of paramilitaries, that works in parallel to the Nicaraguan National Police.

The Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia paramilitary group enforced an armed strike from May 5 to May 8 in AGC-held territory in response to the extradition of one of their top leaders.

Daniel Johnson, executive director of Fundación Paz Ciudadana, pointed out the flaws in the recent increase in police personnel and offers suggestions to increase efficiency without the need for more officers.

According to the report “Galería del horror: Atrocidades y eventos de alto impacto registrados en medios” by the NGO Causa en Común, during the first four months of 2022, Michoacán was the Mexican state with the largest number of massacres in the country.

The non-governmental organization FundaRedes released its April 2022 report, sharing the harsh truth about what is happening at the border of Venezuelan western states.