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Ecuador Announces Two-Week Nighttime Curfew in Four Coastal Provinces

The government says the curfew will let the Bloque de Seguridad carry out targeted night operations to disrupt organized crime.

U.S. and Mexico Freeze Assets and Sanction 55 Targets Linked to Jalisco Cartel Leader R3

Facundo Cabral Remembered 15 Years After Fatal Ambush in Guatemala

Car Bombs and Shootings Kill Several in Central Israel

Chiapas Bishops Denounce Crime and Poverty at Basilica of Guadalupe

Pope Leone XIV Marks First Year With Pompei–Naples Pilgrimage Urging Peace and a Social Pact for Naples

Liverpool Q1 Sales Slip as Security Turmoil and Cautious Shoppers Weigh on Stores

U.S. Orders Personnel to Avoid Reynosa After Reports of Violent Roadblocks

Mexico Logged 10,707 Child Disappearance Reports in 2025 as Unresolved Cases Grew

Ecuador Imposes May Night Curfew in Nine Provinces

IPN Cuts Ties With Foundation, Blames It for Unpaid Foreign Scholarships

Six Western Mexico Governors Forge Joint Security Push in Aguascalientes

Two-Year-Old Dies After Valle de Chalco Convenience Store Arson

Peru Extends Lima–Callao State of Emergency for 30 Days

Matehuala Police Chief Detained After 7 Missing Electricians Found Alive

Two Years On, Family Demands Action in Disappearance of Nahua Defender José Gabriel Pelayo

Peru Nightclub Bombing: Three Arrested as Injuries Rise to 44

Diving World Cup Mexico Stop Shifted to Reprogramming After Safety-Driven Cancellation

International Pyrotechnics Fair in Indaparapeo Cancels 2026 Edition Over Security Concerns

CPJ: 129 Journalists Killed in 2025, Two-Thirds Attributed to Israel