Drug gangs have turned the South American country into one of the most dangerous in the region and the world’s leading exporter of cocaine.

The Americans are not believed to be participating in the actual raids but are helping Ecuadorian troops plan operations and providing intelligence and logistical support, one official with knowledge ...

The CIA aided in the capture of Mexican drug lord El Mencho last week — but it was far from the only mission being undertaken by US forces in Latin America. Joining President Donald Trump’s war on ...

Brazil Supreme Federal Court sentences Brazão brothers for ordering murder of councillor slain in 2018, a milestone of political violence and militia power in Rio de Janeiro.

In a fierce firefight on Sunday, Mexican forces ended one of the most consequential criminal careers in Mexico’s modern history. His journey from farm boy to cartel boss left a trail of thousands of ...

Nahuel Gallo, an Argentine military police officer, is urging the international community to push Venezuela to free 24 ...

Mexico’s Islas Marías was once a notorious island prison that housed criminals and political prisoners. Recently, it was ...

Inside the weekly vigils that refuse to let Florida's most notorious detention camp and the immigrants detained there be ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed California's prison system to embrace rehabilitation for incarcerated people. Will it be a lasting shift?

“People can assess me, interview me, incarcerate me, observe me, and they can think they know what I need,” said Shawn, a man ...

When ICE officers in Minneapolis detained a 5-year-old boy and his father last month and sent them to a Texas detention center, many Americans were alarmed.

More than 170 people have been released from Venezuela’s prisons under a new, highly publicized amnesty law. But that doesn’t cover everyone, including soldiers and exiled political leaders, in a sign ...