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Large parts of Haiti are under the control of violent rival gangs, and citizens have taken to the streets to demand more security from the government

World

Haitian gangs getting rich off murky market for baby eels

Gangs in Haiti are profiting from a lucrative trade in baby eels caught in the crime-ridden country’s rivers and estuaries and sold abroad for...

AFPNovember 17, 2025

A poster is displayed during a mass for the health of Colombian senator Miguel Uribe, who was shot in Bogota in early June

World

Woman arrested over alleged links to Colombia presidential candidate shooting

A woman arrested Saturday in southern Colombia was suspected of being involved in the attempted murder of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, police said. Uribe,...

AFPJune 15, 2025

L'élue Marielle Franco pendant une séance du conseil municipal de Rio de Janeiro en février 2017, moins d'un an avant son assassinat

World

Brazil trial begins over murder of iconic activist Franco

Two ex-police officers went on trial in Brazil on Wednesday over the 2018 assassination of charismatic black LGBT activist Marielle Franco, a Rio de...

AFPOctober 30, 2024

Mexican soldiers are seen in Culiacan in the northwestern state of Sinaloa

World

Drugs, people smuggling at heart of Mexico’s raging violence

Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, will present a national security plan on Tuesday aimed at combating around 30,000 murders a year, many of them...

AFPOctober 7, 2024

Soldiers frisk a man during a patrol in the Ecuadoran capital Quito on January 12, 2024

World

Latin America’s experience shows limits of all-out war on gangs

As Ecuador wages war against criminal gangs, experts warn that similar security crackdowns have produced mixed results elsewhere in Latin America — and sometimes...

AFPJanuary 12, 2024