crime

El Salvador reports 20 homicide-free days in January

Published on: January 26, 2024
13:46

San Salvador, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador has reported 20 days without gang-related murders, according to the National Civil Police (PNC).

New bills to curb insecurity in Costa Rica

Published on: January 24, 2024
13:27

San José, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) A package of ten new bills to end the insecurity that exists in Costa Rica today will go through its approval in Parliament to become laws of the Republic soon.

Salvadorian authorities continue to target drug trafficking and gangs

Published on: January 18, 2024
00:15

San Salvador, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Authorities in El Salvador continue its raids against drug trafficking and gangs just weeks before the presidential elections on February 4.

Ecuador requests aid to crack down on crime in Davos Forum

Published on: January 17, 2024
17:32

Davos, Switzerland, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld stressed on Wednesday the pressing need to strengthen international cooperation in security matters during her attendance to Davos Economic Forum.

El Salvador reports good results in security

Published on: January 9, 2024
00:15

San Salvador, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador maintains its decreasing trend in the number of murders attributed to gangs in January, when it reported four days without victims at the beginning of the year, an official source said on Monday.

Ecuador among nations with the highest crime rates in the world

Published on: December 25, 2023
09:50

Quito, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The Global Initiative against Organized Crime (Gitoc) today ranked Ecuador as the eleventh nation with the highest crime rate and the sixth country with the highest rate of extortion and money charging for illegal protection in the world.

Salvadoran official says gov’t cracks down on crime

Published on: December 13, 2023
17:39

San Salvador, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador is making progress in the fight off human smugglers alias 'coyotes,' drug trafficking and smuggling gangs that try to use its borders to move illicit goods, an official source informed on Wednesday.

Costa Rica carries out operations against criminal groups

Published on: November 22, 2023
08:37

San José, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rican authorities are immersed in a crusade to tackle organized crime and drug trafficking, which claim lives every day in the country.

Solidarity expressed to Al Mayadeen after Israeli crime

Published on: November 21, 2023
15:12

Beirut, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) Personalities and organizations from Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Tunisia, Iran and Palestine expressed their solidarity with the pan-Arab channel Al Mayadeen after the Israeli crime against one of its press teams in the south.

Lebanese Resistance reacts to Israeli crime against journalists

Published on: November 21, 2023
15:10

Beirut, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) The Lebanese Resistance (Hizbulah) attacked today Israeli military concentrations in response to the crime committed against the journalists of the pan-Arab channel Al Mayadeen, Farah Omar and Rabih Al-Meemari.

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