Guatemalan authorities freed hostages on Monday who were being held by gang members in two prisons, including a juvenile facility, in riots attributed to retaliation for the transfer of gang leaders ...

ESCUINTLA, Guatemala (AP) — Clashes between security forces and gang members in Guatemala’s capital Sunday killed seven officers, authorities said, shortly after police in the country’s southwest ...

Rio De Janeiro-- Forty-two inmates were killed at three different prisons in the capital of Brazil's northern Amazonas state Monday, authorities reported, a day after 15 died during fighting among ...

Officials feared a gang riot last November at Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville after inmates discovered a guard was planting contraband tattoo needles in cells during searches, resulting in ...

The beginning of the 2020s saw a spike in gang-related gun violence in the city, similar to the activity around the country.

GUATEMALA CITY — Members of Guatemala’ s two largest gangs — Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha — staged riots in two Guatemalan prisons on Tuesday, demanding the return of 10 leaders who were sent to ...