Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the Andean rock of northern ...

Photo by the National Forestry and Wildlife Service A person in northwestern Peru was bitten by a venomous snake that was hiding in an unusual spot in their home, officials said. The National ...

A 22-year-old thief named for the late John F. Kennedy has caused an uproar in Peru by escaping from prison, shouting out thanks to God as he dashed to freedom, according to video footage that has ...

It marked his 75th career Q1 drop out, officially making him the worst qualifier in modern F1 history. For any driver to survive nine seasons in Formula 1, a remarkable level of talent ...

they would understand that the worst of the worst need to be sent to a prison like that because we got to protect American citizens," Homan said. "We got to protect this country." Homan said his ...

Italy's prisons have one of the worst overcrowding rates in Europe, and have recorded a spike in suicides recently. According to official data, the country has over 62,000 inmates, more than 21% ...

The President of El Salvador plans to double the size of his nation's notorious mega-prison to cram even more criminals in there, according to reports. Nayib Bukele, who opened the Centro de ...

WASHINGTON — A Utah congressman is sharing details about his visit to a prison in El Salvador where a man mistakenly deported from the U.S. was being held. That controversial deportation of ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events ...

What is that prison like? By Annie Correal Annie Correal has been covering El Salvador’s role in the Trump administration’s deportation plans. When Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of ...

Pope Francis spent Holy Thursday visiting those serving time in a Rome prison. Despite recovering from a bout of pneumonia, Francis met with dozens of inmates at Regina Coeli prison as he kept an ...

The 26-year-old man who shot and killed two people in a University of Colorado dorm room last year will spend the rest of his life in prison, court officials said. El Paso County District Court ...