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FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2020 file photo, a protester holds a sign with a message to stop supporting gangs during a protest demanding the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A UNICEF report says that escalating gang violence has displaced thousands of women and children in the capital in the first two weeks of June 2021. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)
Report: Gang violence displaces thousands in Haiti's capital

By Dánica Coto And Evens Sanon Jun. 15, 2021 10:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 6, 2021, file photo, police respond to a multiple fatality shooting in a house in Portland, Ore. The city has seen a spike in gun violence in the past year and authorities say one reason is an increase in gang activity. (Mark Graves/The Oregonian via AP, File)
'People are scared' as gang activity fuels Portland violence

By Sara Cline Jun. 10, 2021 01:02 AM EDT

A hospital emplyee wearing protective gear as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, transports oxygen tanks, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, June 5, 2021. Haiti defied predictions and perplexed health officials by avoiding a COVID-19 crisis for more than a year, but the country of more than 11 million people that has not received a single vaccine is now battling a spike in cases and deaths. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)
OAS mission visits Haiti amid concerns of violence, chaos

Jun. 08, 2021 04:12 PM EDT

Ex-Salvadoran legislator charged with dealing with gangs

May. 07, 2021 04:18 PM EDT
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A former legislator and presidential candidate apparently fled to Honduras Friday after he was charged with making a deal with...

Nory Yamileth Hernandez stands at the property where she lived with 11 others, including her three teenage children, before it was flooded by last year's hurricanes Eta and Iota in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Hernández, 34, said she had joined the first big migrant caravan hoping to reach the U.S. in October 2018 but didn’t make it to Mexico before turning back, and is sure she will try again soon. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Desperation grows in battered Honduras, fueling migration

By María Verza Feb. 11, 2021 09:42 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020 file photo, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, accompanied by members of the armed forces, speaks to supporters outside Congress in San Salvador, El Salvador. The Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador's president on an unannounced trip to Washington on the first week of Feb. 2021. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
Sources: Biden officials snub Salvadoran leader in DC trip

By Joshua Goodman Feb. 08, 2021 06:19 PM EST

Guatemalan soldiers stands guard at a police checkpoint on the Motagua River to stop the advance of Honduran migrants in Zacapa, Guatemala, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. A once large caravan of Honduran migrants that pushed its way into Guatemala last week had dissipated by Tuesday in the face of Guatemalan security forces. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
Large migrant caravan dissolves in Guatemala

By Oliver De Ros And Santiago Billy Jan. 19, 2021 01:44 PM EST

US government executes drug trafficker for Virginia gang killings, despite his COVID-19 infection last month

Jan. 14, 2021 11:37 PM EST
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — US government executes drug trafficker for Virginia gang killings, despite his COVID-19 infection last month. ...

In this Feb. 5, 2020, file image from video, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)
Analysis: Senate 'gangs' show Biden what's possible, and not

By Lisa Mascaro Dec. 12, 2020 12:40 AM EST

This August 2016 photo provided by the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Washington shows Brandon Bernard. The Trump administration on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, is poised to begin an unprecedented number of executions in the run-up to Joe Biden's inauguration by putting to death. Bernard, a former Texas street-gang member for a 1999 slaying of a young religious couple from Iowa during which he burned their car with their bodies in the trunk. (Stacey Brownstein/Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Washington via AP)
US set to execute 1st of 5 inmates before Biden inauguration

By Michael Tarm Dec. 09, 2020 06:17 PM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2019, file photo, Casanova attends the world premiere of Amazon Prime Video's "Free Meek" limited documentary series at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York. Authorities said Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, that Casanova, whose legal name is Caswell Senior, was among 18 people indicted in connection to a litany of gang-related crimes including racketeering, murder, drugs, firearms and fraud offenses. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Invision/AP, File)
18 indicted, including rapper, in gang-related activity

Dec. 01, 2020 09:58 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2020 file photo, volunteer firefighters rush to a waiting helicopter to load emergency aid to be transported to a nearby zone where residents are believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled landslide, during search and rescue efforts, in San Cristobal Verapaz, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta. The search was eventually called off after recovering a few bodies and declaring about 100 people missing. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)
Punishing hurricanes to spur more Central American migration

By Claudio Escalon And María Verza Nov. 24, 2020 02:36 PM EST

In this image take from UNTV video, Nayib Armando Bukele, President of El Salvador, speaks in a pre-recorded video message during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. (UNTV via AP)
El Salvador taps new DC lobbyist in pivot to Biden

By Joshua Goodman Nov. 18, 2020 03:38 PM EST

People hold banners as they demonstrate on the street to protest against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday Oct. 16, 2020. Nigerian protests against police brutality continued Friday for the ninth day, with demonstrators fending off attacks from gangs suspected to be backed by the police, warnings from the Nigerian military, and a government order to stop because of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria's anti-police brutality protests block major roads

By Sam Olukoya Oct. 16, 2020 04:19 PM EDT

A Salvadoran businesswoman, who is one of the applicants of a small refugee program that was shut down by President Donald Trump, stands in a hallway of her home in Santa Ana, El Salvador, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. After a court settlement and a judge order, however, she and about 2,700 other Central Americans who had been conditionally approved, have been allowed to move forward in the process and travel to the U.S. The woman is now waiting to finally join her husband and daughter in the U.S. but the new coronavirus pandemic has delayed her arrival. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
Central American refugees stopped by Trump, then by pandemic

By Gisela Salomon And Claudia Torrens Sep. 13, 2020 12:59 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020 file photo, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, accompanied by members of the armed forces, speaks to supporters outside Congress in San Salvador, El Salvador. Bukele has imposed some of the region's toughest measures against the new coronavirus and a growing number of human rights advocates at home and abroad complain the 38-year-old leader has used the emergency to seize near-dictatorial powers. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
El Salvador hires, then fires, lobbyist booming under Trump

By Joshua Goodman Aug. 21, 2020 01:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2017, file photo, Northern Arizona guard Karl Harris drives on Arizona guard Allonzo Trier (35) during the first half during an NCAA college basketball game in Tucson, Ariz. Another dream, of playing in the NCAA Tournament, became a reality when Northern Kentucky clinched the Horizon League tournament title in March. Mere hours later, it was snatched away by a pandemic spiderwebbing across the globe. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, FIle)
Grit, resolve carry Northern Kentucky's Harris in hard times

By John Marshall Jul. 11, 2020 04:58 PM EDT

FILE- In this March 10, 2020, file photo, Northern Kentucky guard Karl Harris (14) celebrates following an NCAA college basketball game against Illinois Chicago in the Horizon League men's tournament championship in Indianapolis. Another dream, of playing in the NCAA Tournament, became a reality when Northern Kentucky clinched the Horizon League tournament title in March. Mere hours later, it was snatched away by a pandemic spiderwebbing across the globe. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Grit, resolve carry Northern Kentucky's Harris in hard times

By John Marshall Jul. 11, 2020 04:39 PM EDT

A Chicago police officer helps a child walk through an area being investigated after two men were shot Friday, July 3, 2020, in Chicago. At least 13 people were killed in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, police said. At least 59 others were shot and wounded. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Chicago's holiday weekend ends with 17 dead, 70 wounded

By Don Babwin Jul. 06, 2020 03:15 PM EDT

Rosa Alba Santoyo speaks on the phone and is embraced by a woman giving her condolences the day after she lost three of her adult children in an attack on the drug rehabilitation center where they were being treated, at her home in Irapuato, Mexico, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Gunmen burst into the drug rehabilitation center and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. After the loss of her three children, only two of Santoyo's seven children remain living. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Death toll rises to 26 in Mexican drug rehab center attack

By Eduardo Verdugo Jul. 02, 2020 04:12 PM EDT