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El Salvador Wants to Hold Mass Trials of Accused Gang Members
Up to 900 defendants could be prosecuted at the same time as a result of the new measure.
Prisoners are Being Tortured to Death in El Salvador’s Prisons
A new report describes what goes on within the Central American nation's prisons, which now hold 2 percent of the adult population.
Student Shot Dead as Thailand’s Strange Trend of University Gang Violence Resurfaces
The shooting is believed to be part of long-running feuds between Thailand’s vocational colleges, which have seen youths assaulted and even killed by students from rival schools.
No, Drug Dealing Is Not Driving London’s Teen Murder Epidemic
Researchers tell VICE World News that murders of young people in London are rarely drug-related, despite what the government and police say.
Honduras Declares State of Emergency as MS-13 Holds Country Hostage
New rules promise to curb the nationwide extortion schemes run by the powerful street gangs, which are worth millions of dollars in the region.
Why Are So Many More Gang Members Suddenly Dying in El Salvador’s Prisons?
At least 83 inmates have died in the country's opaque and overcrowded prison system in the eight months since a gang crackdown.
Haitian Gang Leader Barbecue Has a Plan For Peace
As tensions in the troubled nation mount, gang leader Jimmy Chérizier wants to put gang members in government.
A Gang Called Drug Rich Is Robbing Celebrities All Over Atlanta
They've stolen from Mariah Carey, a "Real Housewives" star, and several professional athletes, according to a new indictment.
These Teenagers Are Learning How to Make Bombs on YouTube and Hurling Them at Schools
“The interrogation reports have left us shocked as these minors seem to have become experts in making a low-intensity bomb in minutes.”
How Latin American Gangs Are Muscling in on Madrid's Crime Scene
Spain's strict COVID lockdown helped foment a generation of restless kids with nothing to do. Now police say they're being recruited by gangs via social media.
Meet MS-13’s ‘Black Widow’ Who Tricked Men Into Marriage and Killed Them
Esmeralda Aravel Flores Acosta formed a working relationship with the MS-13 gang that helped her coerce and kill victims in one of the first human-trafficking cases of its kind.
How ‘West Side Story’ Inspired Real-Life Gangs in 60s Madrid
The Hollywood musical managed to awaken a marginalised youth that lived isolated from the outside world after the Spanish Civil War.