One gun, 34 dead: Inside Ecuador’s war on black-market weapons
ALEXANDRA VALENCIA, of Reuters, reports on President Daniel Noboa’s crackdown on an explosion of violent crime and homicides…
Haitian residents lynch and set fire to suspected gang members
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haitian police said on Monday that at least 10 suspected gang members had been lynched and their bodies burned by residents of Port-au-Prince. Haitian police spokesperson Gary Desrosiers said the group of armed bandits had been traveling in a vehicle in the capital and that police had intended to arrest them. People […]
Philippines’ Marcos to shut out ICC after losing drugs war appeal
Manila, The Philippines Reuters Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr, on Tuesday said he would cut off contact with the International Criminal Court after it rejected an appeal asking it to stop investigating his predecessor’s lethal war on drugs. Thousands of Filipinos, mainly low-level dealers and users, were killed by police during Rodrigo Duterte’s fierce crackdown […]
Rio de Janeiro drug shootout death toll rises to 28; judge sees signs of “arbitrary execution”
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Reuters The death toll from a police raid on a drug gang in a poor Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood on Thursday has risen to 28, civil police said on Friday, the deadliest operation ever carried out by the security forces in the Brazilian city. The bodies of three more victims removed […]
Twenty-five killed in deadliest Rio police raid since 2005
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Reuters At least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, one of the state’s deadliest police raids, police said. People targeted in the raid in the poor Jacarezinho neighbourhood tried to escape across rooftops as police arrived in armored […]
England’s COVID-19 lockdown feared fuelling child trafficking by drug gangs
London Thomson Reuters Foundation England’s month-long coronavirus lockdown will hinder efforts to spot and support children trafficked by drug gangs, researchers said on Friday, warning that more girls and young people from wealthy families were being targeted on social media. People were ordered to stay at home from Thursday to combat a surge in infections […]
UK police under fire over children trafficked into drug trade
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation Police efforts to crack down on drug gangs that traffic children in Britain are being hampered by a lack of coordination and inconsistent treatment of victims, a watchdog said on Friday. Thousands of children in Britain are estimated to be used by gangs to carry drugs from cities to rural […]