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Tourists return to Rio viewpoint after shootout scare
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Tourists return to Rio viewpoint after shootout scare

  • AFP AFP
  • Updated 20 hrs ago

Tourists flocked to an iconic Rio de Janeiro viewpoint on Tuesday, a day after a gunfight between police and drug gangs in a nearby favela trapped over 200 people on the hilltop.

Gun battle traps more than 200 tourists at Rio viewpoint
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Gun battle traps more than 200 tourists at Rio viewpoint

  • AFP AFP
  • Updated Apr 21, 2026

More than 200 tourists were trapped Monday atop an iconic hill overlooking Rio de Janeiro after a gunfight broke out between police and drug gangs in a nearby favela, authorities and a tour operator said.

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Gang gunfight in Ecuador leaves 12 dead

  • AFP
  • Mar 6, 2025

Rival factions of an Ecuadoran drug trafficking gang fought each other Thursday in the violent port city of Guayaquil, leaving at least 12 peo…

'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison for gangs
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'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison for gangs

  • Marvin RECINOS
  • Jan 28, 2025

Over 80,000 Salvadorans have been detained since President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency after a surge in gang violence in 2022

'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison for gangs
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'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison for gangs

  • Marvin RECINOS
  • Jan 28, 2025

Inmates are pictured exercising at El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, but they are confined to their cells for the vast majority of t…

'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison for gangs
National News

'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison for gangs

  • Oscar BATRES
  • Updated Apr 1, 2025

Confined to their cells for all but 30 minutes a day, denied visits, forced to sleep on stainless steel cots without mattresses: this is life …

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