Trumps FTO designation of the Tiguerones lands during a time of fragmentation for the gang in violence-plagued Ecuador.

A car bomb in Zacatecas signals a new phase in the CJNG–Mayiza rivalry, as cartel violence and explosive attacks escalate ...

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The Menores continue to be connected to violent incidents since the March raids. In early August, a home in Rosario was ...

This week: the US' shifting boat-strike strategy in Ecuador, the new state of emergency in Peru's prisons, and Bolivia's ...

Venezuela’s food subsidy program is ending after years of aid, corruption, money laundering, and ties to organized crime ...

The Gaitanistas, also known as the Gulf Clan, Urabeños, and Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia – AGC), emerged from the ashes of Colombia’s paramilitary ...

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Sebastián Marset was Uruguay’s most famous drug trafficker and the leader of an international network known as the First Uruguayan Cartel (Primer Cartel Uruguayo – PCU). Marset had ties with foreign ...

In 2023, Ecuador recorded its most violent year in history. The nation’s homicide rate overtook historically violent countries like Honduras, Mexico, and Colombia, even as its fragmenting criminal ...