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

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

How Rasquiña built Ecuador’s criminal federation and how its collapse fueled the gang wars driving violence across the ...

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

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

Cargo theft gangs in Costa Rica use customs data, GPS jammers and fake police stops to hijack trucks. InSight Crime explains how these networks operate.

Haiti elections are currently non-existent, leaving a power vacuum that empowers criminal groups. We examine the current state of the country’s governance crisis. You Trust our Reporting, We Need Your ...

Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, Brazil’s 80-year-old president, completed a stunning turnaround to win a fourth presidential term, but with rising criminality and an opposition-controlled Congress, he ...

As criminal governance becomes entrenched, the question about Haiti’s return to democracy is not when but how. In a briefing on October 19, the United Nations’ top delegate to Haiti, Carlos Ruiz ...

One of Latin America’s most impoverished nations, Bolivia is the world’s third-largest producer of coca after Colombia and Peru and a key transit point for drugs. In addition to serving as an air ...

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 ...

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