David von Blohn

2 days ago | cnn.com | Caitlin Hu |Stefano Pozzebon |David von Blohn |Andy Ortiz

Chiclayo, Peru CNN  —  Chiclayo’s main plaza was raucous with the sounds of hammering and music, people milling in anticipation as the scaffolding went up for vast digital screens in front of the city cathedral. Saturday’s open-air mass would be a very special one: a celebration marking the ascendency of Pope Leo XIV, the world’s first American pope – but better known here as Robert, the world’s first Chiclayano pope.

1 week ago | cnn.com | Isobel Yeung |Norma Galeana |David von Blohn |Julie Zink

Culiacán, Mexico CNN  —  The man sitting in front of us belongs to the Sinaloa Cartel — one of the most powerful and feared criminal networks in the world — and one the US government recently designated a foreign terrorist organization. This is a gang that “murder, rape, torture and exercise total control… posing a great threat to (the United States’) national security,” according to US President Donald Trump, who has promised to “wage war” against Mexico’s cartels.

Mar 9, 2024 | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Caitlin Hu |David Culver |David von Blohn |Lacey Russell

They have the calm of people who have lived through terrible things. But they are just kids. As gangs rampage in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, several children and teenagers tell CNN they have been orphaned, wounded, raped and even recruited by members of these armed groups. Some are navigating life in neighborhoods ruled by gangs, doing their best to stay out of danger. Others work for the gangs, tasked with dangerous jobs such as spying on rival groups or the gory work of disposing of bodies.

Mar 8, 2024 | cnn.com | Caitlin Hu |David Culver |David von Blohn |Lacey Russell

They have the calm of people who have lived through terrible things. But they are just kids. As gangs rampage in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, several children and teenagers tell CNN they have been orphaned, wounded, raped and even recruited by members of these armed groups. Some are navigating life in neighborhoods ruled by gangs, doing their best to stay out of danger. Others work for the gangs, tasked with dangerous jobs such as spying on rival groups or the gory work of disposing of bodies.

Mar 8, 2024 | albanyherald.com | Caitlin Hu |David Culver |David von Blohn |Lacey Russell

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