El Salvador, once known as one of the most dangerous countries in the world, is now being called safer than much of Europe — including France, Germany, and the UK — by the U.S. State Department.

According to a 2025 survey by the National Crime Research Centre (NCRC) which examined the proliferation and resilience of ...

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen has met in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump ...

The Bronx DA announced charges against 20 alleged 800 YGZ gang members in connection with at least 14 shootings since 2021.

Bukele is one of the more successful examples of the global wave of elected authoritarians eroding democratic norms. Few other practitioners of this authoritarian playbook are as popular at home. Not ...

A reputed member of the Mongols motorcycle club was charged with murdering a member of the rival Vagos in what prosecutors ...

If the Trump administration is serious about making the United States safer and more prosperous, it cannot stop engaging in ...

The U.S. State Department and the Caribbean Community are condemning looming threats by a powerful gang coalition in Haiti to ...

Groups of Muslim inmates use violence and intimidation to ‘overrun’ high-security facilities, leaving authorities powerless to stop them ...

Daniel Noboa wins despite failing to stop the country’s transformation into one of Latin America’s most violent places.

Japan’s largest Yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing ...

A flood of cocaine from Colombia and Peru through Ecuadoran ports has created a plethora of mafias with striking names and ...