Brazilian police raid gang in Rio, leaving at least 64 people dead and 81 under arrest
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking…
Venezuela’s Maduro claims US war plot with Gerald Ford Carrier
CARACAS (AP) — Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro said the United States government is forging a war against him…
US strike in Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat, killing 6
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has conducted its 10th strike on a suspected drug-running boat, Defense Secretary…
Lime growers’ leader in Mexico killed after denouncing cartel extortion
Authorities in Michoacan, Mexico, have reported the killing of Bernardo Bravo, a leader of lime growers MEXICO CITY…
Michoacan lime growers’ leader Bernardo Bravo killed
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A leader of lime growers in the violent western Mexican state of Michoacan was…
UN authorizes larger force to fight gangs in Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted Tuesday to authorize a much larger, 5,550-member international force…
Alberta police bust $15M pure cocaine smuggling operation with ties to Mexican cartels
A cross-border drug trafficking network has been dismantled after Alberta law enforcement made what it said was the…
Rubio says US is designating 2 more gangs as foreign terrorist groups
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the United States is designating…
Marco Rubio to head to Latin America as Trump prioritizes immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Mexico and Ecuador next week, making his…
Haiti declares state of emergency as gangs ravage country’s central region
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government announced Saturday that it is implementing a three-month state of…
4 arrested in Brazil police raids over gang running illegal ride-hailing app in Rio
SAO PAULO — Police in Rio de Janeiro carried out raids against a criminal group Friday that allegedly…
‘There will be no invasion.’ Sheinbaum confident Washington won’t strike cartels in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — U.S. military forces will not strike Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum vowed Friday in response to reports that…