The 72-hour state of emergency took effect immediately. The government said it would set out to find the killers, kidnappers and other violent criminals it reported escaped from the prison.

The government of Haiti has declared a 72-hour state of emergency following a weekend of violence that included violent gangs attacking two prisons, facilitating the escape of nearly 3,600 inmates.

El Salvador’s congress approved another extension of emergency rules allowing police roundups of suspected gang members which has ... abuses in the first 11 months of the state of emergency.

Ecuador is facing a spike in gang violence as the county's President Daniel Noboa issued a state of emergency. This comes after a group of men attacked a tv station on-air. Some U.S. airlines are ...

A spike in deadly gang violence has prompted the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago to implement a country-wide state of emergency. While the state of emergency will not see a curfew being ...

More than 2,000 soldiers and 500 police officers surrounded a dense neighborhood on the outskirts of El Salvador's capital in an effort to quash the remnants of gangs the president said were ...

After the March killings, El Salvador’s ruling party-controlled legislature declared a state of emergency. The military flooded gang areas across the country, rounding up 13,000 people within a ...

Trinidad and Tobago imposes state of emergency over gang wars. What to know. The dual island nation has recorded hundreds of murders linked to gang violence this year.

Ecuadorian president declares a state of emergency amid gang violence outbreak NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Will Freeman, fellow at Council on Foreign Relations, ...

The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, has declared a state of emergency to fight gang crimes. The president announced the country is "declaring war on extortion." ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — A spike in deadly gang violence prompted the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago to implement a country-wide state of emergency Monday.