A system designed to protect state inmates who wish to leave gangs has backfired, leading to increased violence fueled by ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Members of Guatemala’ s two largest gangs — Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha — staged riots in two Guatemalan prisons on Tuesday, demanding the return of 10 leaders who were sent ...

Four Mexican Mafia and Tango Laredo gang members have been sentenced to prison for beating up members of the Paisas gang in a GEO Group detention facility, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The Trump administration is escalating efforts to crack down on gangs that move illicit drugs into the United States, with deadly military strikes at sea and measures to toughen up borders taking ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Twenty-six people face charges for crimes at the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. Two of those people are accused of providing the illegal drugs that led to inmate deaths, ...

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Gangs are a big problem in Texas, but the scope of that problem, and the best ways of fixing it, may be different than you’d think. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Two Mobile County men have become the first to be indicted under Alabama’s anti-gang law, but law enforcement authorities said there are nearly two dozen more suspects. Marcus ...

Seven members of a prison gang who operated a cocaine smuggling along the Texas-Mexico border have been sentenced to a combined 137 years in prison, federal officials said. The gang members ...

ATLANTA — The final two defendants were convicted and sentenced in a human trafficking and gang case, including a Former Atlanta Falcon, in Gwinnett County on Friday. According to the Georgia Attorney ...