The genocide trial of Guatemala’s former dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, has resumed since the decision of the country’s Constitutional Court to separate the trials concerning Ríos Montt and the former military intelligence chief, José Rodríguez.

Mexican journalists Javier Valdez Cárdenas and Miroslava Breach were both assassinated within three months of each other in Mexico.

Although violence in Colombia is declining due to the Ceasefire with the ELN (National Liberation Army), the situation in the regions of Chocó, the North of Santander, Arauca and Nariño may be fragile.

Prisons across Latin America are becoming hotbeds for the proliferation of organized crime, spreading outside of confinement to affect public safety.

The civil society group, “Salvando Vidas, desde San Pedro Sula al Hemisferio,” held an event on October 11, at the Salon Emperador III of the Copantl Convention Center.

October 7th marked the fortieth anniversary of the first time the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo took to the square with the iconic white handkerchiefs wrapped around their heads.

According to the majority of people who live in Rio, drug users are to blame for the violence in the city to a greater extent than the dealers are.

FARC dedicated an homage to “Mono Jojoy” in El Apogeo, a cemetery south of Bogotá, remembering him as “defender of the poor.” In Caquetá, “la disidencia” paid him tribute with arms.

From 2010 to 2015, the drug cartel system in Mexico has transformed to increase profits.

In Nicaragua, there have been 44 violent murders against women between January and September.