This week we look at surges of violence in Haiti, Ecuador and Mexico, where struggles for territorial control are growing evermore intense.

An Aurora Detention Center officer is accused of breaking a man’s arm while restraining him after the man punched another ...

Despite a buzzy premiere at Cannes, the documentary filmmaker struggled to sell the film's US rights and is releasing it ...

An inmate of the Moshannon Valley Processing Center has filed a federal lawsuit asking for an investigation into his claim that he was “brutally attacked” by another inmate even though he warned ...

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

QUITO, Ecuador -- Clashes that erupted among prisoners in one of Ecuador's most notorious prisons left 13 inmates dead, ...

Authorities in Ecuador have used secret intelligence reports to freeze the bank accounts of Ecuadorian Indigenous and ...

At least 13 inmates were found dead Sunday at a southern Ecuadorian prison ravaged by violence in recent months, the country’s prison service SNAI announced on Monday. The bodies were found after an ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Clashes that erupted among prisoners in one of Ecuador's most notorious prisons left 13 inmates dead, authorities said Monday as the country grapples with drug violence and narcotics ...

Trump claims to be cracking down on drug gangs in Venezuela but pardoned a Honduran drug lord serving time in the US.

A day of violent rioting at a prison in southwest Ecuador on Sunday (November 9) caused the deaths of at least 31 inmates, the country's prisons agency said. Senate Passes Measure to End Government ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Deadly rioting that broke out at a prison in Ecuador where inmates were set to be transferred to a new maximum-security facility has left at least 31 inmates killed and 30 others ...