As the US doubles down on overt interventions, experts warn policymakers may be overlooking a key battlefield: prisons across the region.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa shake hands at the presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sep. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool) QUITO, ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, marking the Trump administration’s latest step to target criminal cartels in Latin ...

Nayib Bukele’s autocratic tendencies were already clear when he ran for a second term as El Salvador’s president in 2024. He had extended a “temporary” state of emergency for two years, and used it to ...

We know all about the men involved in various gangs around the world, but what happens when those men are caught and sent to prison? How do they all communicate with each other in different prison ...