Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Member of the Salvadorian army stands guard outside of maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of ...

Anyone who has followed the devastating violence in California’s prisons knows that gang rivalries trigger a lot of the bloodshed. So it stood to reason that if the authorities could get members to ...

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Federal authorities in New York have unsealed an indictment charging the alleged leader of the transnational Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua with a slew of violent crimes as he remains at the helm of ...

The Trump administration is escalating efforts to crack down on gangs that move illicit drugs into the United States, with deadly military strikes at sea and measures to toughen up borders taking ...