Latin America

A Brazilian court has sentenced prominent cattle rustler Ronaldo Bezerra da Silva to 64 years in prison after he was found...

The United States sanctioned seven suspected high-ranking members of the Los Huistas, Guatemala’s prominent criminal gang,...

After a three-week-long trial, a federal jury found on Friday four Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members guilty of drug...

A Brazilian court found three companies guilty of illegally logging in the Amazon rainforest, fined them US$100,000 each and...

In the latest crackdown on violent organized crime groups, Mexican security forces arrested the leaders of two drug cartels,...

A Cuban man who turned his Texas farm near the border to Mexico into a drug and human trafficking hub was sentenced to more...

One of the most wanted fugitives in Europe may be on his way home to Italy soon after Brazil’s Supreme Court Tuesday...

European consumers love to buy and use cocaine. Criminal elements in Latin America are happy to feed that market, with the...

Leaked documents show executives from subsidiaries of Swiss mining company Solway knew contaminated water was leaching from...

Mexican authorities said that they have arrested one of the Gulf Cartel leaders who is suspected of being involved in last...

The EU added a cellist and one of Vladimir Putin’s best friends to its list of officials and military figures who have been...

Paraguay’s president dismissed last week two ministers who were allegedly linked to organized crime. The move came after...