San Salvador (AFP) - Jose was 13 when he entered the violent, murky underworld of the "maras," the gangs that have stained Central America's streets in blood. Like the tens of thousands of young ...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (UNHCR) – As a police officer in El Salvador, Carolina* worked in a unit protecting kidnap victims and murder witnesses, so they could help bring the perpetrators to justice. Then ...
Central Americas "northern triangle" -- consisting of its most crime-ridden nations -- waged a coordinated crackdown this week on two major gangs infamous for extortion, murder and violence: Mara ...
Gangs launch large-scale attack in Haiti's central region as hundreds flee gunfire and burning homes
SAINT-MARC, Haiti -- Heavily armed gangs attacked Haiti's central region over the weekend, killing men, women and children as they set fire to homes and forced survivors to flee into the darkness.
The gang leader known as “Chele” is unable to hold back the tears as he remembers how a rival mara kidnapped and killed his sister and mother. But the wiry, 23-year-old assassin quickly regains his ...
Undocumented immigrants who joined gangs while in the U.S. took American gang culture back to their home countries when they were deported, where it mixed with local gangs, creating a violent mash-up ...
Gangs launch large-scale attack in Haiti’s central region as hundreds flee gunfire and burning homes
Heavily armed gangs attacked Haiti’s central region over the weekend, killing men, women and children as the gangs set fire to homes and forced survivors to flee into the darkness. Police made ...
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