The gang's days of playing Robin Hood to locals are over as it shifts its focus to the internaitonal cocaine trade.

Gang massacres in Mexico, Ecuador's hardline measures against drug violence, and legal action by victims of the US' missile ...

The fight against organized crime is now at the center of a trade war that has erupted between Colombia and Ecuador.

With AI moving into nearly all corners of life, criminal organizations and law enforcement are adopting new technologies to gain an edge.

This week: violent gang reprisals in Guatemala, a symbolic push for justice in Colombia, and mounting pressure on Mexico from ...

With power in Venezuela shifting, the future of the ELN's relationship with the Venezuelan government remains in question.

The number of migrants traveling through Latin America to the United States plummeted in 2025 and sent organized crime groups scrambling to plug a multibillion-dollar hole in their profits. Between ...

Negotiating peace with the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) lay at the heart of Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s election campaign and his Total Peace (Paz Total) ...

Even as the infamy of the Tren de Aragua grows in the Americas, its cohesion and organization are weakening. The assertion by the regime of Nicolás Maduro that Tren de Aragua has been wiped out in ...

Tren de Aragua has quickly become one of the most infamous crime groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. Governments across the region have deemed it a top security priority. The United States has ...

Mexico’s criminal landscape may be on the brink of a profound transformation as the ongoing war between two rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel threatens to split the group in two, according to a new ...

Ten years ago, Tren de Aragua was a little more than a prison gang, confined to the walls of the Tocorón penitentiary and largely unheard of outside its home state of Aragua in Venezuela. Today, it is ...