May 28, 2019 Nearly 60 inmates killed across four Brazil prisons over two days of violence Nearly 60 inmates were killed at four different prisons in the capital of Brazil’s northern Amazonas state over two days amid apparent riots, authorities said.
May 28, 2019 Japanese man dies on flight after ingesting 246 bags of cocaine: report A Japanese man on a flight from Mexico City to Japan died Friday after he reportedly ingested 246 bags of cocaine and began having seizures shortly after the flight departed.
May 27, 2019 Florida teenagers killed in 'tragic accident' while visiting Peru days after high school graduation A trip celebrating a milestone turned tragic when two recent Florida high school graduates were killed Friday in an accident while exploring Peru, according to officials.
May 24, 2019 Olympian soccer player found dead in Colombia days after being reported missing An Olympian soccer player, who represented Colombia in the 2016 Rio Games, was found dead Wednesday several days after she had been reported missing, police said.
May 20, 2019 Soccer referee dies after collapsing at match in Bolivia A 31-year-old soccer referee collapsed during a Bolivian league match high up in the Andes and died after being taken to the hospital.
May 19, 2019 11 people killed in gun attack at bar in Brazil: reports Brazilian authorities say there has been a "massacre" in the country's northern Pará state without releasing any details, while Brazilian news media say gunmen attacked a bar in Belem City and killed 11 people.
May 16, 2019 Federal agents arrest four protesters occupying Venezuelan Embassy in Maduro-Guaido standoff After a month-long standoff, four protesters who had been living inside the Venezuelan Embassy were arrested by federal law enforcement officers and forcibly removed from the building on Thursday.
May 15, 2019 Mexican cartels using border migrant crisis to distract agents from drug smuggling, Carroll says Mexican cartels are using the migrant crisis at the southern border to overwhelm U.S. agents stationed there so they can smuggle drugs here with greater ease, said James Carroll, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
May 15, 2019 Violence against women and 'femicide' in El Salvador propelling them to US border, data shows A female has been bludgeoned to death in El Salvador, on average, at least every single day this year in what is a growing level of gender-based violence hard to comprehend.
May 15, 2019 Costa Rica tree frog found in a box of bananas at grocery store That's a very long journey.
