Threats and killings aimed at mayors, police and prosecutors show how organized crime is expanding in Chile and testing ...

Venezuela's first major attack against the ELN is a rupture in the longstanding relationship between Chavista administrations ...

How does cargo theft work on Central America’s main trade corridor? Managing Editor Deborah Bonello and journalist Owen ...

Beyond the stories that we know from news reports are the real lives of people and communities impacted by organized crime.

Cargo theft is a lucrative illicit business in Costa Rica that requires an advanced level of organization and planning.

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THE LATEST: The United States launched a lethal strike in the eastern Pacific on October 27, killing five. This followed one other lethal strike earlier in the month. The deadly US alleged drug boat ...

In July 2024, storied Sinaloa Cartel boss Ismael Zambada García, alias “El Mayo,” and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of the now-jailed former kingpin, Joaquín Guzmán alias “El Chapo,” were arrested in ...

Organized crime groups across Latin America are weaponizing commercial drones, pairing them with IEDs to attack rivals, security forces, and civilians. From CJNG’s drone unit in Mexico to gang warfare ...

President Trump’s administration has made the fight against drug trafficking the premise for militarized, punitive action both at home and abroad. At home, it has inflated the threat represented by ...

The Justice Ministry published a list of the eleven most wanted criminals in Venezuela. A recently released list of Venezuela’s most wanted criminals has brought attention to some of the country’s ...

Help us continue investigating how synthetic drug networks evolve across the Americas. The hideous levels of violence plaguing Zacatecas, exemplified by ten bodies abandoned in a van outside the ...