The U.S. has designated Ecuador's Chone Killers a terrorist group as Washington expands its crackdown on Latin American gangs ...

Federal and local officials unsealed a 65-count gang RICO indictment under Operation Broken Blade, arresting 10 individuals ...

The gang "has committed numerous attacks targeting civilians, law enforcement officers, and government officials," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ministry program student at a Texas prison. Some inmates cite religion to avoid gang recruitment. Robert Daemmrich Photography ...

Guatemala is returning to hardline security policies amid a resurgence of gang activity, two years after its president pledged a renewed approach to the problem. Upon taking office in January 2024, ...

Gangbangers as young as 14 terrorized a Bronx neighborhood for months with shootouts targeting rivals from a local housing ...

Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign has stoked fear about what he calls "migrant crime," despite a nearly 50-year low in violent crime and studies showing that immigrants commit ...

The long-running gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta that led rapper Young Thug to plead guilty in October ended on Tuesday with a jury finding the last two defendants not guilty of murder and gang ...

Despite the connection between institutional harm and gang membership made clear in this week's mammoth royal commission abuse–in care report, the government seems unlikely to soften its "get tough on ...

"Instead of hanging out on street corners, they're hanging out on social media." That's how Francesco Carlo Campisi, a Ph.D. student at Université de Montréal supervised by criminology professor ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs attacked two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas. Gunmen looted homes in ...

Research from CU Boulder sociology professor shows that for many prisoners, gang affiliation tends to drop off once they are released back into their communities Nearly everyone who enters prison in ...