SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 31 (UPI) --President Gabriel Boric has submitted a constitutional reform proposal to the Chilean Congress that would make the armed forces permanently responsible for security in ...

The rivalry between Shottas and Spartans has led to heavy militarization in Buenaventura. The Shottas are one of the leading criminal groups in Colombia’s port city of Buenaventura. The group gained ...

These were among the last words that Mozambican blogger Albino Sibia streamed live on Facebook on December 12, 2024, after a police officer shot him twice in the back as he was filming police action ...

Sibia, also known as Mano Shottas, died about four hours later, as he was taken from a local clinic to a hospital. “Mozambican journalists have paid a heavy price reporting the news amid unrest and a ...

"Help. I got shot and they keep shooting...I am dying." These were among the last words that Mozambican blogger Albino Sibia streamed live on Facebook on December 12, 2024, after a police officer shot ...

Strip Pedrito (top left) was shot and injured while he attended the funeral of Mano Shottas (bottom right) who was killed while filming police actions in Ressano Garcia. Photos: Supplied and YouTube ...

Main image: Archive photo of queuing trucks toward the Lebombo border. Insert: Screenshots from social media of the violence that erupted at Ressano Garcia. Protests turned violent again last night at ...

Homicides, massacres and legislative disorder threat attempts to negotiate peace with gangs in three of Colombia’s most violent cities. The government of President Gustavo Petro kicked off the peace ...

Buenaventura is Colombia’s main port on the Pacific seaboard and one of the principal departure points for drug shipments. Long fought over by criminal groups, the city is now the scene of peace talks ...

BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AP) — Officers wade through rows of abandoned wooden homes teetering above a mangrove-cloaked river – one of the key channels used by gangs to move drugs and weapons through ...

Across Colombia, decades of war between leftist guerrillas, rightwing paramilitaries, trafficking groups and the government have left more than 9.5 million people – nearly 20% of the population – as ...

BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AP) — Across Colombia, decades of war between leftist guerrillas, rightwing paramilitaries, trafficking groups and the government have left more than 9.5 million people – ...