Chile's far-right President-elect José Antonio Kast visited El Salvador's mega-prison for accused gang members on Friday ahead of a meeting with President Nayib Bukele to discuss organized crime.

Polls suggest that the candidate close to outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves is likely to triumph in the February 1 vote.

Chile’s far-right President-elect José Antonio Kast visited El Salvador’s mega-prison for accused gang members ahead of a ...

From a young age, he committed himself to human rights work as a lawyer, using legal methods to assist victims. His inspiration stems from those ...

Five severed human heads were found hanging from ropes on a beach in southwestern Ecuador Sunday in a gruesome display linked to ongoing gang violence sweeping across the country, according to reports ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state. The reforms in the bill include more cameras in prisons, ...

The prison has outlasted the war in Afghanistan, has employed tens of thousands of temporary troops and holds six men charged but not yet tried in death penalty cases. The first image of detainees at ...

Fetty Wap has been released from prison early after spending the past three years behind bars. The 34-year-old "Trap Queen" rapper is no longer in custody, having been transferred to community ...

As Venezuela’s interim authorities began to release political prisoners, some of their families raced to the notorious prison that symbolized Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian rule. By Patricia Sulbarán ...

Rapper Fetty Wap has been released early from a federal jail, almost three years after he was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The “Trap Queen” singer, whose legal name is Willie ...

Faced with an energy crisis, Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa has issued a decree that mining projects need to include the development of their own power sources, rather than taking from the national ...