Victims
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AMERICAS
Colombia Puts Former FARC Chiefs to Work Searching for the War’s Missing
Colombia’s former FARC commanders have begun serving sentences through victim reparations, including searches for the disappeared. At one cemetery, 54…
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AMERICAS
Mexico Investigates Claudia Tacoronte’s Murder as Other Victims’ Families Still Wait for Answers
Mexico’s prosecution of Claudia Tacoronte’s killing as femicide has renewed scrutiny of other students’ deaths. Advocates say the rapid response…
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AMERICAS
Guatemala Races to Save War Victims’ Files Before History Crumbles into Silence
Guatemala is rescuing thousands of deteriorating civil war records that could help families obtain reparations and uncover their relatives’ fate.…
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AMERICAS
Colombia Judge Temporarily Bars Airstrikes When Intelligence Shows Children May Be Present
Colombia’s renewed air war against armed groups has exposed an old national wound: children recruited into violence can become battlefield…
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AMERICAS
Peruvian Suspect Extradited in Women’s House of Horror Livestream Murders
The extradition of Pequeño J puts a brutal Florencio Varela killing back before Argentina, where three young victims, a suspected…
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AMERICAS
Recent Rural Violence in Haiti Highlights the Vulnerability of Fragile States in Latin America
Recent killings in Haiti's Artibonite region illustrate the consequences of gang dominance, inadequate policing, and shifting armed allegiances, highlighting the…
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AMERICAS
Twenty-Five Years After the Quake, El Salvador Remembers Forty-Five Seconds That Changed Everything
Twenty-five years after January 13, 2001 —the quake that bent El Salvador for forty-five seconds —its aftershocks still live in…
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LIFE
Panama’s Jungle Hospital Heals Victims of Wildlife Trafficking—Then Sets Them Free
At dawn, an ocelot stalks a rubber chicken under a tree. Nearby, howler monkeys test their lungs. But this isn't…
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AMERICAS
Historic New Chile Excavation Sparks Hope for Dictatorship Victims
In a momentous step toward uncovering truths about Chile's painful past, forensic experts have begun excavations at Cerro Chena, a…
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Uncategorized
The Forgotten Latin American Victims of Spain’s “Card Deck Killer”
While the media fixated on the sensational “Card Deck Killer,” several of his victims remained overshadowed by lurid headlines. Among…
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