The cartel La Familia Michoacana has brought extreme violence to the state of Guerrero.

While overseeing the implementation of the peace treaty between the government and the FARC in Colombia, former Uruguayan president José Mujica commented on the historic accords, the long war, and the prospects for peace, Venezuela, and drugs.

—Researched and written by Diane Bustamante— In the last decade, 2017 has proven to be the deadliest year for journalists in Latin America.

In a long and dusty street, a man named Francisco owned a small store in a building of Panchimalco. Even so, the Revolutionary Faction of the Barrio 18 gang demanded that he pay “rent” to them.

2017 broke the record for violent crime in Mexico, making it the most violent year on record within the past two decades, with 23,101 recorded incidents of homicide.

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the High Commissioner of the United Nations Human Rights Commision, concluded that the extraordinary measures, which the Salvadoran government has decided to use in order to combat gangs, are in violation of human rights and should be repealed.

Mexicans have reason to doubt their government’s commitment to persecuting the human rights violations that occurred at Ayotzinapa.

Colombia celebrated one year of peace between the state and the largest guerilla group: FARC. President Juan Manuel Santos and Rodrigo Londoño, leader of the FARC, met at Colón Theater where they signed a peace agreement a year before.

From the beginning of his term, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto stated that his first obligation as president of the republic would be to uphold and execute the law.

A new commission that intends to combat corruption in Guatemala has received nearly unanimous support, but President Jimmy Morales and the Congress have not taken significant action to demonstrate their commitment to tackling the issue.