In addition, raids in correctional facilities in Brazil detected communications further ... or if they simply have agreements with local gangs. This is a matter that is being investigated by ...

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has told the BBC he wants US, European and Brazilian armies to join his "war" against ...

A retired Drug Enforcement Administration agent revealed how Mexican cartels, U.S. gangs and sanctuary cities are fueling ...

Brazil has the third biggest prison population in the world, behind the United States and China, with nearly 730,000 inmates as of 2016. Penitentiaries are overcrowded and prey to gangs that often ...

CNN has reached out to the Pentagon and Brazil’s defense ministry on whether ... preemptive pardons for law enforcement officers battling the gangs, and states of emergency.