Illegal drug trafficking between Colombia and Mexico accounts for 5% of Mexico’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

–Researched and written by Emily Smith— Two years after the murder of Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres, those involved in her murder have finally been convicted. Cáceres was shot and killed in her home on March 2, 2016, in the town of Lenca, Honduras, due to her involvement in the fight against the building of

–Researched and written by Aaron Freeman— The murder of Camilo Catrillanca in November by members of the GOPE or “Jungle Command” special forces of the Chilean uniformed police have shaken the Chilean Executive to the core, but President Piñera has taken every step to protect his “political strongman.”

According to the Immigration Directorate of Costa Rica, “more than 30,000 Nicaraguans have crossed the San Juan River” into their country from Nicaragua since January 19 of 2018, when Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega began his campaign of oppression against protesters within his nation.

Luis Sánchez, an editorial columnist for La Prensa, has been arrested.

A court in Guatemala sentenced a former member of the Patrulla Especial Kaibil—an elite military force—to 5,160 years in prison for his role in the Dos Erres Massacre.

On November 14, 2018, a squad of carabineros, Chile’s national police force, entered the Mapuche community of Temucuicui and “killed the young Camilo Catrilanca.”

On November 26, 2018, Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez was asked by the press about what his administration was doing to discover what happened to the people who disappeared under the last dictatorship.

Journalists and their sources around the world are often persecuted for the information they report on sensitive topics.

Former Chilean Army Commander-in-Chief Juan Emilio Cheyre has been sentenced to three years and one day of probation for covering up crimes related to the Caravana de la Muerte in 1973.