The Nicaraguan government is systematically persecuting political opponents and potentially protecting powerful criminal interests at home.

The recent arrest of alleged Albanian drug trafficker Ervin Mata in Brazil is the latest example of how Balkan-origin criminal service providers operate in Latin America. Mata, who was arrested April ...

Why is the deportation of a key Chavista figure to the US so important? How will Colombia’s elections affect organized crime in the country? What does the surrender of two officials mean for the US ...

Before fentanyl reaches the streets, a wide range of actors influence its movement across Mexico and into the United States, from precursor chemical suppliers and independent clandestine producers to ...

The appointment of Gabriel Estuardo García Luna as Guatemala’s new attorney general could put the brakes on a period of extreme judicial backsliding, though the top prosecutor inherits a hollowed-out ...

InSight Crime explores the implications of the Spain Record Cocaine Seizure and what it means for drug trafficking patterns ...

From alleged narco-politicians to traffickers seeking to dominate the Caribbean coast, several high-profile Costa Rican ...

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US strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and the capture of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro have rewritten the rules of the decades-long “war on drugs.” But while certain ...

Over the past decade, fentanyl has quietly reshaped drug markets in northern Mexico. As criminal organizations in the country became major producers and exporters of the synthetic opioid to the United ...

Despite the widespread use of states of emergency, the increasingly militarized response to organized crime, and the growth of criminal economies, the murder rate in 2025 across Latin America and the ...