Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro police involved in 21% of recorded fatalities in 2021
Data from the State Civil Police Secretariat collected through the Access to Information Law show that of the 2,510 records...
September 6, 2021Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Haitian community in Chile demonstrates against death of migrant shot by police
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Haitian community of Chile has demonstrated this Wednesday in front of the police station...
September 2, 2021
Black people in Brazil are 2.6 times more likely to be murdered than non-blacks
The data are in the 2021 Atlas of Violence edition, released yesterday, August 31. The study was prepared by the...
September 1, 2021
Fires ravage islands of Paraná River delta in Argentina
Thousands of hectares of wetlands have been devastated in Argentina due to fires affecting islands in the Paraná River delta
September 1, 2021
Honduras records more than 200 arrests for human trafficking this year
Honduras recorded this year more than 200 arrests for the crime of human trafficking, official sources said Thursday
August 27, 2021
Massachusetts federal court admits Mexico’s lawsuit against U.S. arms companies
Massachusetts' court admitted the historic lawsuit filed by the Government of Mexico against U.S. arms companies for arms trafficking
August 20, 2021
Mexican drug trafficker Eduardo Arellano Felix released from US prison
Mexican drug trafficker Eduardo Arellano Felix, former head of the Tijuana cartel, was released from a federal prison in Pennsylvania
August 19, 2021
Young Colombian man has been missing for almost a month on a trip to the US
Miami-Dade Police are looking for Miguel Angel Roldan, a 23-year-old Colombian who arrived at the Miami airport from Los Angeles...
August 17, 2021
Underreporting of crimes against LGBTQI+ in Brazil is human rights concern
The over 20% increase in violent crimes against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, transvestites and intersex people (LGBQTI+) in 2020, released...
July 21, 2021