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

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.

How will Maduro's removal impact Venezuela's criminal landscape and groups, and the criminality embedded in its current ...

This week, we analyze the ripples of recent US operations in the Caribbean and Venezuela across the region. That includes ...

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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) ...

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 ...

The US government’s new sanctions against Venezuela’s so-called “Cartel of the Suns” incorrectly portray it as a hierarchical, ideologically driven drug trafficking organization rather than a ...

Organized crime — particularly cocaine trafficking — has been the main driver of homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean over the last decade, according to data compiled by InSight Crime. While ...

The balance of power in Colombia’s criminal underworld is in flux, as turbulent shakeups see major criminal players competing for control over key territories. At least 29 clashes between armed groups ...

The US government has officially designated several Latin American organized crime groups as terrorist organizations, but the move will do little to help attack these complex criminal networks. US ...