The worsening gang warfare in Guatemala has piled pressure on President Bernardo Arevalo to crack down on crime and root out ...

Dozens of police officers and soldiers, some carrying rifles and wearing bulletproof vests or with their faces covered, ...

Guatemala has entered a 30-day nationwide state of emergency following a dramatic escalation in violence linked to organized ...

Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump ...

Guatemala's president declared a state of siege on Sunday after security forces freed dozens of prison guards held hostage by ...

Officials in the Duluth area say they have arrested 24 people and seized hundreds of grams of drugs as part of a recent investigation into street gang activity. On Thursday, the Duluth Police ...

FILE PHOTO: Members of the security forces kick off Christmas Eve with a military operation against drug traffickers where they detained suspected criminals in El Salvador's capital, according to ...

Homicides in El Salvador dropped sharply in 2025 as a result of a government crackdown on gangs, the Central American country's security minister said Monday.

El Salvador recorded its lowest homicide tally since tracking began, with government officials announcing 82 murders in 2025, a sharp drop from the previous year. Justice and Public Security Minister ...

The Twitter/X bio of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, as of December 2025, reads “Philosopher King.” In the past, it read, “The world’s coolest dictator.” This unabashed public recognition of ...

A Volaris El Salvador Airbus A320-200N, registration N546VL performing flight N3-4321 from Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA) to San Salvador (El Salvador), had been cleared for takeoff from runway 33L ...