InSight Crime2d
Did El Salvador’s Gang Truce Lead to More Violence?
El Salvador's gang truce may have provided a short-term reprieve from violence but ultimately added to the total death toll, ...
The Origins of the Venezuelan Gang Tren de Aragua and Why US Policies May Only Make it Stronger
When the U.S. government deported 177 Venezuelans on Feb. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that 80 of the deportees were members of ...
A look at the 8 Latin American crime groups designated as terrorist organizations by the US
The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U.S. to be “foreign terrorist organizations.” ...
MS-13 boss ‘Old Saint’ ran sinister US murder, drug network from a South American jail: prosecutors
Moises Humberto Rivera-Luna helped reign over the violent street gang MS-13 in the US out of a prison cell in El Salvador, ...
Suspected MS-13 member faces court for alleged southern Indiana stabbing
CLARKSVILLE, Ind. — Mario Rios, a suspected member of the MS-13 gang, appeared in court Monday afternoon on charges of attempted murder and battery with a deadly weapon. Police said Rios allegedly ...
Hoodline4d
Bladensburg Man Sentenced to 108 Months for 18th Street Gang Involvement
Elvis Maradiaga gets 108-month sentence for his role in the 18th Street gang, with others receiving varying terms.
Daily Mail8d
Unmarried couple from El Salvador are allowed to remain in UK after claiming warring gangs in their home towns prevented them from continuing their relationship
An unmarried couple from El Salvador have been allowed to remain in the UK after claiming that opposing gangs in their home towns stopped them from continuing their relationship. The unnamed ...
CBS News26d
Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison, which could soon house deportees from the U.S.
Starting in 2022, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador declared a state of exception, which empowered police and the military to arrest people on suspicion of gang affiliation, without any ...
National Review15d
Dictators, Democrats, and In-Betweeners
In El Salvador, the president has described himself as “the ... It begins, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele, famous for his heavy-handed crackdown on street gangs, threatened to use similar tactics ...