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Human Rights Watch: New Salvadoran Penal Reforms Represent a Danger to Minors

Today, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned that recent penal reforms approved by the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly put children and adolescents in grave danger by allowing them to be transferred to adult prisons. According to HRW, the new penal reform violates … Read more

Mexico Cartels: The Sinaloa Cartel to the ELN: Ally or Subordinate?

Remarks from Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro that the Sinaloa Cartel is the “current boss” of the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) suggest a relationship of subordination between the two groups that remains unproven. Petro emphasized the importance of education in preventing young people from taking up arms and being paid by … Read more

Canada Declares MS-13 and Six More Latin American Criminal Groups as Terrorist Organizations

The Government of Canada has taken a firm step in its strategy against drug trafficking by designating MS-13 and six other Latin American transnational criminal groups as terrorist organizations. The list of terrorist groups with this terrorist designation are the … Read more

U.S. State Department Labels MS-13, Tren de Aragua, and Mexican Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

The U.S. government has officially designated several Latin American organized crime groups as terrorist organizations, but the move will do little to help attack these complex criminal networks. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced February 20 that the Venezuelan mega-gang Tren de Aragua, the MS13 street gang, and the … Read more

Deputy Claudia Ortiz: VAMOS Is the Only Opposition to President Bukele’s New Ideas Political Party

Yesterday, Claudia Ortiz, the sole Legislative Assembly deputy from the VAMOS political party, stated that VAMOS is emerging as “the only alternative” to counterbalance the ruling party amid ARENA’s internal conflict. Ortiz made the statement during a Dialogo 21 TV … Read more

Chile Struggles to Tackle Spike in Human Trafficking: A Growing Crisis

Human trafficking cases in Chile have increased alongside rising migration in recent years, but the country’s institutions are struggling to tackle the problem, according to a new report. The number of human trafficking cases has exploded by more than tenfold over the past decade. The Attorney General’s Office identified 104 victims in sexual exploitation cases in 2023, compared with just nine in … Read more

President Nayib Bukele Announces Rosales Hospital is 90% Complete

Yesterday, President Nayib Bukele announced on his X social media account that the Rosales Hospital is 90% completed. The president shared a video of his visit to the construction site, accompanied by Health Minister Francisco Alabi. The Rosales Hospital is … Read more