Justin Gray, 40, of San Pedro lured the victims from San Diego to Lomita, where with the aid of another associate he shot ...

SÃO PAULO—A Brazilian gang founded in the country’s violent prisons is fast becoming one of the world’s biggest criminal organizations, reshaping global cocaine flows from South America to Europe’s ...

Guatemalan authorities freed hostages on Monday who were being held by gang members in two prisons, including a juvenile facility, in riots attributed to retaliation for the transfer of gang leaders ...

ESCUINTLA, Guatemala (AP) — Clashes between security forces and gang members in Guatemala’s capital Sunday killed seven officers, authorities said, shortly after police in the country’s southwest ...

El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly, which is dominated by President Nayib Bukele’s ruling party, approved a reform which delayed the deadline for planned mass ...

The suit alleges corrections officers at the state's largest prison gave members of a prison gang access to an inmate in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gavel The U.S. District Court in Tacoma sentenced a 44-year-old Puyallup man to 11 years in prison Wednesday for his role ...

SAN JOSE — It took two near-death experiences before 36-year-old Joshua Anthony Hernandez was ready to put his life as a gangster in the rearview mirror. He recovered from a near-fatal drug overdose ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Staff at London's HMP Wandsworth recovered a drone worth £6,000, which had an extended flight time of 40 minutes and the ability ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Some of the gangs South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley listed as tied to violence at the men’s prison in Sioux Falls have the largest gang presence in prisons around ...