On January 16, the mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, declared a new protocol regarding social protest interventions in the city.
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Monday through Saturday, 8am to 6pm, residents of Nicaragua can expect to see nine police officials associated with the Department of Special Operations posted outside of banks, shopping malls, and other public places.
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Children in Mexico are being trained to defend themselves in the face of the drug trafficking and violence that are running rampant in the country.
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OjoPúblico visited Ucayali, Peru, to analyze files, reports, and evidence five years after the assassination of Ashéninka leaders Edwin Chota, Jorge Ríos Pérez, Leoncio Quintisima Meléndez, and Francisco Pinedo Ramírez on the border of the Amazon of Peru and Brazil.
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The Golfo, Noroeste, Talibanes, Sinaloa, and Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) cartels have disputed this important trafficking territory for years, and have begun to adapt to the lucrative Fentanyl trade in the last two-to-three years.
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Brazil has an infamous history of prohibiting movements and peaceful protests from continuing with violent police brutality, especially when the event of the protest is fighting against the government.
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More than 800 migrants were stranded in Tapachula, located within the Chiapas state.
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On January 23, people in Mixco and San Juan Sacatepéquez were awakened to soldiers swarming the streets for six days.
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Homicides in Mexico City will increase because disputes continue between criminal organizations that fight for the control of drug trafficking in 16 towns.
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Due to increasing numbers of deaths caused by gang violence, the Honduran Public Transport sector has announced a nationwide strike to urge the government to take action.
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