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Members of an anti-extortion task force patrol the Peruvian city of Trujillo

World

Pay or ‘blood flows’: Peru battles extortion epidemic

With a gun in hand, Colonel Victor Revoredo and his team watched a small house where one of the most wanted criminals in Trujillo,...

AFPOctober 23, 2024

Mexico's outgoing president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves to supporters during the presentation of his final government report at Zocalo Square in Mexico City on September 1, 2024

World

A popular Lopez Obrador presents final report as opponents, US worry

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday presented the final report of his government, defending his legacy a month before turning power over...

AFPSeptember 1, 2024

Garzon has been studying the El Oro parakeet for two decades, working for its conservation and supporting the sustainable management of its habitats

World

Hunt for rare bird shows how Ecuador narco violence impedes research

Biologist Cesar Garzon was searching for a small, endangered parakeet in southern Ecuador when he was warned he may be kidnapped, highlighting the danger...

AFPAugust 30, 2024

Colombia's supreme court building building was partially destroyed in 1985 when it was stormed by guerrillas from the M-19 movement

World

Colombia boosts Supreme Court security over attack plot

Colombia on Friday boosted security at the Supreme Court in Bogota after uncovering an alleged plot to attack it, officials said. The court’s president...

AFPAugust 16, 2024

A man clears out the belongings of a drug trafficking gang which had taken over his home

Business

Pay up or move out: Drug gangs rob Ecuadorans of homes

The family recently got its home back after it was recovered by security forces in the city of Duran.

AFPAugust 5, 2024

Guayaquil has been at the center of an increasingly deadly battle between Ecuadoran drug gangs, and the bodies are piling up

World

Influx of murder victims overwhelms forensic morgue in Ecuador

Bodies by the dozen are piled up at an overfull forensic morgue in Ecuador’s drug violence-plagued city of Guayaquil; the stench of death hanging...

AFPJune 14, 2024

Police stand guard outside the La Modelo prison in Bogotá, whose director was murdered by hitmen, on May 17, 2024

World

Colombia transfers inmates after Bogota prison chief killed

About 15 inmates were transferred from a major Colombian prison on Friday, hours after the facility’s director was gunned down on a street in...

AFPMay 17, 2024

Ecuadoran soldiers carry electoral material at a school in Quito on April 20, 2024, on the eve of a referendum on tougher measures against organized crime

World

Prison chief slain as Ecuadorans vote on anti-crime measures

Assailants gunned down the chief warden of an Ecuador prison Sunday as citizens across the nation cast ballots on proposed tougher measures to fight a...

AFPApril 21, 2024