One of Joaquín Guzmán Loera's granddaughters is launching her stage career with a controversial song. At just 20 years old, Frida Guzmán and her team seem to have a clear idea of how to take advantage of El Chapo's unsavory but immense reputation.
Jorge Hernández, lead singer and accordionist of La Banda de todas las Bandas, has a very deep understanding of the story behind the recent measures against "narcocorridos." Los Tigres del Norte accept the veto and even wonder if they need to change the name of the corridos.
Brazil is at risk of losing control over its Amazon rainforest region to organized crime and traffickers, who use the region to smuggle illegal drugs, a Brazilian Supreme Court judge warned.
Colombia's police said the Paraguayan prosecutor killed while on his honeymoon was likely a victim of "transnational" criminals working across borders.
Rogelio Contreras Rivera, a 20-year-old musician belonging to the group "Los Kumbiamberos RS," was killed in the night from Saturday to Sunday after several men kidnapped him from the stage of a Monterrey bar where the band was performing.
Eleven bodies were found burned and decapitated on the side of the road Thursday in the southern state of Guerrero in Mexico. The same day, President Enrique Pena Nieta announced a nationwide anti-crime plan.
Chile announces special prosecutor to investigate organized crime Chile has taken several steps in the recent past to fight organized crime, the latest of which is assigning special prosecutors to the task.
