Reina Margarita Carrasco, a 46-year-old founder of Bastión del Sur and Partido Libre activist, was murdered in Honduras two days after participating in protests demanding a vote recount following the 2025 electoral crisis. Her killing remains unpunished and is described as part of a broader pattern of political violence targeting women activists in the country.

Election observers in Colombia have flagged 386 municipalities as vulnerable to violence during the 2026 presidential elections, amid rising attacks on political candidates and expanding control by armed groups over territorial regions. The May 25 kidnapping of Alfredo Iván Guzmán Valcárcel, who coordinated a presidential campaign in Tame, Arauca, exemplifies the escalating threat to electoral participation.