A massacre inside Ecuador’s largest and most violent prison is a sign that the country’s criminal organizations are atomizing rapidly pace as the government’s security crackdown stalls.

A rift within the Second Marquetalia underscores the fragility of alliances among illegal groups and highlights the ...

Record-breaking cocaine seizures in the Dominican Republic highlight the resurgence of the Caribbean as a major trafficking ...

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Gangs in Haiti are exploiting political turmoil to tighten their grip on the country, paralyzing domestic and international ...

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The assassination of a police informant in São Paulo’s main international airport has exposed flaws in Brazil's witness ...

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The arrest of a high-ranking Tren de Aragua member is a significant blow to its Colombia operations and offers further proof ...

Each night at Colombia’s Cúcuta border city, illegal dirt tracks connecting the city to Venezuela become highways for ...

Foreign criminal groups in Latin America have taken on a new dimension in the last decade, with European networks directly ...

High-ranking officials from the former government of President Danilo Medina in the Dominican Republic continue… InSight Crime’s 2022 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up InSight Crime reviews Latin America and ...