Latin America

• Mexico starts legal action against USA in connection with its citizens’ deaths 16 July 2026
  Mexico has announced legal and diplomatic action following the deaths of seventeen of its citizens, either in US immigration enforcement operations or while in detention, since President Donald Trump returned to office. The Mexican government is filing complaints with US state prosecutors and has sent formal cease-and-desist letters to detention…
• Venezuela: mother 'surrendered to God' before daughter's rescue 9 July 2026
  Amid the devastation caused by Venezuela’s recent earthquakes, the dramatic rescue of twelve-year-old Fabiana Blanco has become a powerful story of hope and answered prayer. Trapped beneath the rubble of her collapsed apartment block for 32 hours, Fabiana survived under concrete and a fallen door while waiting to be found.…
• Attempts to shoot British missionary fail when gun jams 2 July 2026
  Blackpool-born missionary Duncan Dyason faced death three times in Guatemala City when a gangster repeatedly pulled a gun on him — only for it to jam on each occasion. When the man finally confronted Dyason and said he intended to kill him, the missionary calmly asked for just one minute.…
• Venezuela: aid badly needed as total of earthquake victims reaches 2,000 2 July 2026
  A remarkable rescue in Venezuela has brought hope after emergency teams pulled a three-year-old child alive from the rubble in La Guaira, six days after two powerful earthquakes struck less than a minute apart. The disaster has claimed nearly two thousand lives, while more than 6,400 people have been rescued.…
• Venezuela: Trump claims to have killed criminal gang leader 26 June 2026
  A major security operation in southern Venezuela has drawn international attention following reports of a large explosion on 9 June near the illegal mining hub of Las Claritas in the mineral-rich Orinoco Mining Arc. Donald Trump has claimed the operation killed Héctor Guerrero Flores, known as ‘Niño Guerrero’, the leader…