Crime and Justice

Former national police chief Gen Ramon Sabillon made a name for himself by capturing several of the country's biggest drug traffickers. He ended up being fired by President Juan Orlando Hernández. (Leer en español)

President Joe Biden signed an executive order to make sexual harassment a crime under the military's code of justice, part of historic changes in stemming from the murder of Vanessa Guillen.

Rodolphe Jaar is the second suspect charged in the United States for the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on 7 July 2021.

Emil Bove led the New York prosecution of key political figures in Honduras and Venezuela. His departure leaves a hole in the Justice Department, but that won't affect ongoing cases, experts say. (Leer en español)

Former Haitian senator John Joël Joseph was arrested in Jamaica and faces charges in Haiti linking him to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last July.

Rodolphe Jaar, a convicted drug trafficker and former DEA informant linked to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, was arrested Friday by Dominican authorities, according to several diplomatic and security sources.

Mario Palacios was arrested by U.S. agents this week in unusual circumstances. With major questions in Haiti over the mishandling of the investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last July, U.S. prosecutors will be hoping Palacios can help them build a case in the United States. (Leer en español)

U.S. authorities arrested early on Tuesday a former member of the Colombian military wanted in connection with the assassination last year of Haiti President Jovenel Moise. (Leer es español)

El 2 de agosto de 1981 Jose ‘Che’ Dominguez, de 16 años, salió de su casa en Stockton para jugar con sus amigos, y nunca más fue visto. Lee más aquí.

In the wake of the murder of Vanessa Guillen, Congress is set to reform military law so that commanders will no longer decide who gets prosecuted in rape and sexual assault cases. It would also make sexual harassment a military offense.