The Human Rights Commission of Zulia (Codhez) reported that 377 individuals were killed due to police violence in Zulia, with national security forces being the main culprits.

The past year has kept Venezuela at the forefront of the news cycle with a failed coup, global attention as Juan Guaidó challenges Maduro’s legitimacy, and their handling of the coronavirus.

An “epidemic of violent homicides” and other crimes has been reported in Guanajuato.

Despite the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia), communities in southern Córdoba continue to suffer the consequences of disputes between illegal armed groups for control of the territory.

The central headquarters of the Acción Democrática (AD) party were stormed by Chavista paramilitary forces on August 9th.

A recent protest in the Loreto region of Peru against the operations of the oil and gas company PetroTal escalated into a situation of violent repression.

Most newspapers and TV programs do not name factions and militias in order not to validate these groups, but that decision has not always been innocuous and may even be dangerous to citizens.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights expressed concerns over a law in Uruguay that would limit the prosecution of individuals convicted of human rights violations.

In June 2020, the Mexican National Intelligence Center received information about a possible hit on the Secretary of Citizen Security, Omar García Harfuch.

The organization Global Witness has recently published a report that documented the highest number of crimes against environmental activists since they started documenting them in 2012.