The Invisible War on Latin America's Poor The US military's "war on narco terrorists" has been waged in secret for nearly two years, leaving a trail of death and destruction across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.
Behind the rhetoric of fighting organized crime lies a stark reality: the victims are overwhelmingly poor men from vulnerable communities who were simply trying to survive.
A recent investigation by 20 journalists has shed light on the identities of 13 previously unidentified victims, bringing the total number of known dead to 16.