The Judicial Investigation Police’s Special Tactical Response Unit (SERT) has a new weapon, and its nickname is “The Beast,” or “La Bestia,” in Spanish. The fully armored…
https://www.facebook.com/sanjose.usembassy/photos/a.10154020338653228.1073741986.71189598227/10154020338788228/?type=3&theater With an acronym like “G.R.E.A.T.,” how can you go wrong? G.R.E.A.T. stands for “Gang Resistance Education And Training,” and it’s a new program here sponsored by…
Guatemalans are steaming. Crowds of them have poured into the streets this month — some 60,000 on May 16 alone — to protest corruption and demand the…
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Some 400 gang members were transferred on Friday from prisons in northern and eastern El Salvador to one with higher security in Izalco,…
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Clad in bullet-proof vests and balaclavas, elite squads of soldiers and police are preparing to wage a guerrilla-style war on El Salvador's gangs, trying…
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — It all started with a phone call. The man on the line said he was part of the Mara Salvatrucha gang and…
Guatemalan security forces on Friday captured the alleged intellectual author behind the murder of a TV cameraman in southern Guatemala, according to police. “The man was identified…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Panama’s economy will grow by 7 percent this year, but because of glaring inequality, most Panamanians will never see that prosperity. In Guatemala, corruption…
The Honduran military establishment says parents are not fulfilling their role in teaching children essential guiding values and principles. Thus, the Honduran Armed Forces (FAH) – which…
