Venezuelan defectors are exposing Maduro's Cartel de los Soles as a Cuban-orchestrated narco-terrorist network targeting the U.S.

Ecuador's prison authority on Monday said 15 inmates at the Litoral prison in the city of Guayaquil were found dead between Thursday and Sunday.

This week we look at surges of violence in Haiti, Ecuador and Mexico, where struggles for territorial control are growing evermore intense.

As the US doubles down on overt interventions, experts warn policymakers may be overlooking a key battlefield: prisons across the region.