Guatemala Welcomes U.S. Help in Gang Crackdown After Prison Break

President Bernardo Arévalo called an overhaul of his country’s prison system an “absolute priority” after 20 inmates accused ...

Guatemala's president accepts resignations of top security officials after gang escape

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo accepted the resignations of three top security officials Wednesday as ...
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Escape of 20 Barrio 18 gang members from a maximum-security prison sparks crisis in Guatemala

The United States, which has designated the gang as a terrorist organization, will support polygraph interrogations to ...

Guatemalan officials resign after maximum security jailbreak

Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo said on Wednesday he had accepted the resignations of his minister of governance and two deputies in the wake of an August jailbreak ...
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I First Met Raila Odinga in Kamiti Maximum Prison, Gitobu Imanyara Recalls

Some lives speak for themselves. They do not ask to be celebrated. They are lived out loud, with conviction and cost, shaped ...
Trinidad and Tobago Express

Police foil drone delivery into Arouca Maximum Security Prison

An operation led by the Commissioner of Police prevented a delivery of prohibited items via drone to the Maximum Security ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

Peru's new interim leader oversees prison raids in bid to get tough on surging crime

In one of his first acts as interim president of Peru, José Jerí on Saturday led a series of raids on prisons holding gang ...
Trinidad and Tobago Express

Maximum Security inmate found dead in prison cell

An inmate at the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca was found dead in his cell early Tuesday morning, police reported.