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Puerto Rico Governor Signs Law Recognizing Fetus as a Human Being in Penal Code

Critics warn the change injects legal uncertainty into medical decision-making.

INPE Stops Drug Smuggling in Chiclayo Visits and Foils Trujillo Inmate’s Escape Attempt

Peru Bill Would Criminalize Owners of 'Dangerous' Dogs After Spate of Attacks

Rio Court Orders Preventive Arrest of Ex-Hurb CEO After False ID Detention in Ceará

Peru Inmate Escapes Huánuco Prison as Police Probe Motorcycle Linked to His Father

Indonesia Enacts Sweeping Criminal Code Criminalizing Sex Outside Marriage

EOW Kashmir Files Chargesheet Against 108 in Electric Division Sumbal Corruption Case

Indonesia Begins Enforcing New Penal Code, Ending Dutch-Era Criminal Law

Crime Branch Kashmir Files Chargesheets in Livestock and Job Fraud Cases

Mexico’s Emergency Agencies Warn Against 911 Prank Calls on Day of the Innocents

Authorities Say Man Electrocuted While Fleeing Police in Nuevo León Dies After Climbing Utility Pole

Nordio Says Italy Will Move on Criminal Procedure Overhaul After Justice Referendum

Argentina's Penal Code Overhaul Faces Legal Pushback as Alternative Draft Reaches Congress

Peru’s Flagrancy Courts Issue 20- and 12-Year Sentences for Sexual Touching of Minors

Argentina Offers ARS 5 Million Reward for Fugitive in 2024 Don Torcuato Homicide

Man Detained After Fire Inside Sagrada Familia Church in Morelia

Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies Backs Harsher Penalties for Property Despojo, Sends Bill to Senate

Peru Government Defends Plan to Criminalize Disclosure of ‘Reserved’ Case Information as Press Groups Warn of Threat to Reporting

Peru Seeks 60-Day Lawmaking Powers as Congress Sets Nov. 28 Debate

Fugitive Held Over Stepmother’s Killing Recaptured in Paraguay After Misiones Prison Escape