A recent car bomb, clashes between ELN and FARC dissidents, a kidnapping and subsequent murder have made the need for an alliance to combat violence in Cauca, Colombia.

Since the beginning of Mexico’s electoral cycle in September, there have been 139 political assassinations targeting both candidates running for office and non-militant officials.

Authorities suspect that the criminal gang Michoacan Family is behind the murder of 13 policemen (eight state and five ministerial agents) perpetrated on Thursday, March 18, in the community of Llano Grande, Coatepec Harinas, in the south of Mexico.

The president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, recently announced the first phase of the Comprehensive Citizen Security Strategy.

Critics of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro face a renewal of military dictatorship-style security laws.

The director of Chile’s Human Rights Institute, Sergio Micco, went before a Senate Commission to provide updates regarding the 2019 Social Outbreak.

Former drug chief informs authorities that Honduras’s President Juan Orlando Hernández received cocaine shipments from Colombian groups.

The diffuse strategy employed by the FARC has been increasingly adopted by the ELN.

Officials attempt to control violence and provide assistance as illegal armed groups cause massive displacements of vulnerable communities in Colombia.

The murder of young Tembé-Tenetehara warrior, Isac Tembé, in the Brazilian state of Pará, sparked outcry and resistance from the Indigenous community.