BBC News – Latin America

• Carlos Holmes Trujillo: Colombian defence minister dies with Covid-19
  Carlos Holmes Trujillo was a key figure in Colombia's struggle against drug rings and armed groups.
• Coronavirus: Carlos Slim, Latin America's richest man, tests positive
  The 80-year-old Mexican telecoms mogul shows mild symptoms and is doing "very well", his son says.
• Burnt bodies found in vehicles on US-Mexico border
  The 19 victims were discovered in an area where violent drug cartels operate.
• Covid-19: Mexican President López Obrador tests positive
  Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 67, announces he is receiving medical treatment for the coronavirus.
• Manaus: Brazil's city on the Amazon river buckles under second Covid wave
  Doctors in the rainforest’s biggest city Manaus are struggling to control rising numbers of deaths from Covid-19 and soaring cases.