VIDEO: Fugitive from Justice takes family hostage, shoots at police, and is arrested after 6 hours of negotiation in Maranhão
A fugitive named Markus Vinícios Soares do Nascimento was arrested after holding three hostages and engaging in a shootout with police in Maranhão, Brazil.
Teenager takes four young women hostage at Degase unit in Ilha do Governador; Bope negotiated surrender
A teenager held four other girls hostage at a socio-educational facility in Brazil, but they were released unharmed after police intervention.
Former hostage negotiator says he doesn't see Maduro as 'a bloodthirsty drug dealer'
Roger Carstens, a former Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, stated in an interview that he does not view Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro as a 'bloodthirsty drug dealer,' challenging the narrative pushed by the Trump administration.