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Ecuadorean gang leader ‘Fito’ agrees to be extradited to the US
TOPSHOT - A protestor lights an aerosol can during a protest against gentrification in Mexico City on July 4, 2025. The protesters cited rising housing costs and the displacement of long-time Mexican residents from areas of the city that have received large numbers of foreigners. (Photo by Carl de Souza / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Numerous firearms, depicted here, were seized by police officers during searches in January 2024 as part of an investigation into an alleged terror plot, according to Canadian authorities.
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Members of Canadian military among four charged in ‘extremist’ plot to grab land in Quebec
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MANTA, ECUADOR - JUNE 25: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy.) In this Handout image provided by the armed forces of Ecuador, José Adolfo 'Fito' Macías, Head of criminal organization Los Choneros, is recaptured by members of the Ecuador's Armed Forces on June 25, 2025 in Manta, Ecuador. Macias, also known as Fito, who was currently serving a 34-year prison sentence for drug trafficking and homicide related crimes, managed to escape from the Guayaquil regional prison in January 2024 to avoid his transfer to a maximum security section of the facility. Fito's escape sparked an escalation of violence in Ecuador. (Photo by Handout/Getty Images)
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Drug kingpin ‘Fito,’ Ecuador’s most wanted man, has been captured, says Ecuador’s president
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Gabriel Jesús Sarmiento, in an image released by the Venezuelan government.
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Peru is considering sending foreign prisoners to El Salvador
Police officers work at the site where a bus exploded in front of a police station in Villa Rica, Cauca department, Colombia, on June 10.
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At least 7 dead after wave of explosions hit southwest Colombia, authorities say
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Colombian president vows to hunt ‘mastermind’ behind shooting of political rival, after teenager arrested
An image of Lorena Jacqueline Morales released by the Guanajuato Prosecutor’s Office.
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Video of man carrying suspicious bundle after his employee’s death fuels femicide outrage in Mexico
These are the four Dutch newsmen believed killed in the Chalatenango province north of the capital, San Salvador, published in a San Salvador newspaper March 11, 1982. From left: Jan Cornelius Kuiper, director; Jacobus Andries Koster, producer; Johannes Willemsen, cameraman, and Hans ter Laan, soundman.
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Top Salvadoran ex-military officers sentenced for wartime killing of Dutch journalists
Chile prosecutes individuals alleged to have stolen babies
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