World Sep 04 Rubio says U.S. is designating 2 Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist groups By Matthew Lee, Regina Garcia Cano, Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press
World Nov 22 Watch 10:17 Boys forced into gangs, girls face sexual abuse as Haiti violence robs childhoods Gang warfare in Haiti has displaced about 700,000 people, more than half of them are children. The fighting has sent poverty and hunger skyrocketing and children are caught between the gangs and their tenuous futures. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs and… By Marcia Biggs, André Paultre, Eric O'Connor
Nation Oct 31 Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty to gang, drug and gun charges in Georgia racketeering case The 33-year-old Grammy winning artist, whose given name is Jeffery Williams, entered his pleas without reaching a deal with prosecutors after negotiations between the two sides broke down, lead prosecutor Adriane Love said. By Associated Press
Nation Sep 06 Former hitman sentenced to 25 years for prison slaying of crime boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger A former Mafia hitman has been sentenced to 25 years in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. By John Raby, Associated Press
World Jul 16 2nd UN-backed contingent of Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to help quell gang violence The officers arrived in the capital of Port-au-Prince, where gangs control at least 80 percent of the city. By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press
Jun 25 UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrive in Haiti, Kenya-led officers prepare to face gangs By Associated Press A couple hundred officers from Kenya landed in the capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. It wasn't immediately known what the Kenyans' first assignment would be. Continue reading
Apr 21 Ecuador votes in referendum to toughen fight against gangs behind surging violence By Associated Press Ecuadorians headed to the polls Sunday in a referendum touted by the country's fledgling leader as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence. Continue reading
Feb 28 Justice Department finds problems with violence, gangs and poor conditions in 3 Mississippi prisons By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department says Mississippi is failing to protect inmates in three prisons from violence because it does not adequately supervise incarcerated people, control contraband or investigate harm and misconduct. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 9:36 Thousands of innocent people jailed in El Salvador’s gang crackdown By Amna Nawaz, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Julia Galiano-Rios El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele was re-elected for a second term in a landslide win. Bukele has overseen a vast and brutal crackdown on gangs, transforming the nation from one of the deadliest to one of the safest in Latin… Continue watching
Jan 10 ‘You cannot play with the mafia.’ Ecuador’s escalating gang violence is broadcast live as masked gunmen storm TV studio By Allen Panchana, Gonzalo Solano, Associated Press Much of Ecuador simmered with tension following Tuesday's attack at public channel TC Television in Guayaquil, a coastal city that is considered the country's most violent. Continue reading