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Machete-wielding militias battle gangs in Port-au-Prince as Haiti’s elites vie for power
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Machete-wielding militias battle gangs in Port-au-Prince as Haiti’s elites vie for power

Port-au-Prince, Haiti CNN  —  The wide road that passes in front of Haiti’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport has a post-apocalyptic…
El Salvador begins transferring thousands to ‘mega prison’ amid gang crackdown
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El Salvador begins transferring thousands to ‘mega prison’ amid gang crackdown

Reuters  —  El Salvador’s government moved thousands of suspected gang members to a newly opened “mega prison” on Friday, the…
‘The government is losing ground’ residents say as gangs take territory in Venezuela’s capital
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‘The government is losing ground’ residents say as gangs take territory in Venezuela’s capital

CARACAS, July 18 (Reuters) – “Leave the area! Get the kids out!” screamed gang members walking through western Caracas’ El…
Nigeria: Hundreds of schoolgirls feared abducted in raid
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Nigeria: Hundreds of schoolgirls feared abducted in raid

An armed gang has abducted an unknown number of children in an attack on a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a…
Gangs deliver food in poor Cape Town area amid lockdown
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Gangs deliver food in poor Cape Town area amid lockdown

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Preston’s new face mask is emblazoned with the stars and stripes of the US…
Trend in gang crime bombings rock Sweden
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Trend in gang crime bombings rock Sweden

Sweden, often held up as a safe and peaceful utopia, has experienced an unprecedented wave of bombings this year as…
Brazilian city weary of crime
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Brazilian city weary of crime

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It happens, on average, more than five times a day in Rio de Janeiro: Police…
Anger soars over vicious mob attack on Hong Kong protesters
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Anger soars over vicious mob attack on Hong Kong protesters

Anger soared in Hong Kong on Monday over a vicious assault on pro-democracy protesters by suspected triad gangsters that left…
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in US prison
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Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in US prison

Once one of the world’s most powerful and notorious criminals, Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to…
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