Journalist Beatriz Adrián reported that Josnars Adolfo Baduel had been admitted to the Hospital Vicente Salias – otherwise known as the “Military Hospital” of Fort Tiuna – at least four times for asphyxiation, purportedly due to waterboarding after being detained.

In November of 2019, a document published in the biography “Raul Seixas – Don’t say that the song is lost,” by journalist Jotabê Medeiros, reopened an old wound between Raul and the writer Paulo Coelho; his work raised the hypothesis that Raul could have denounced Paulo during the military dictatorship.

Each year the Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), a Mexican NGO, releases a ranking of the 50 most violent cities in the world.

Deaths related to drug trafficking in Chile have continued despite the COVID-19 crisis.

Analyzing the relationship between violence and emigration has become increasingly important in the recent years in Latin America.

Newly available documents from the Association of Special Surveillance and Private Security Services, also known as the Convivir Papagayo of the Urabá region of Colombia, reveal the central role of the cattle breeders of the region in paramilitary organization.

On May 11th, the Mexican government published an agreement of the President and three Secretaries, ordering the participation of the armed forces in public security assignments until March 2024.

A former soldier, Sergio Pintado Otero, offered President Lacalle Pou information on those disappeared during Uruguay’s dictatorship in exchange for settling a “debt” the State owes him.

The Delegation of the European Union to Mexico, as well as the embassies of Norway and Switzerland, condemned the assassination of Mexican journalist Jorge Armenta and environmental defenders Eugui Roy Martínez and Juan Zamarripa, which took place on May 16, May 7, and April 11 in the states of Sonora, Oaxaca, and Chihuahua, respectively.

Former members of the guerilla group will be discussing events in which they partook during M-19’s conflict with the Colombian government.