In recent years, Ecuador has been engulfed in a wave of violence, and authorities struggle to trace the origins of many ...

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 ...

En julio de 2024, el reconocido jefe del Cartel de Sinaloa, Ismael Zambada García, alias “El Mayo”, y Joaquín Guzmán López, hijo del exlíder hoy encarcelado Joaquín Guzmán, alias “El Chapo”, fueron ...

Víctor Zanabria, the commander-in-chief of Peru’s National Police, was accused of protecting informal miners when he was the ...

Despite record cocaine seizures in production and transit countries, huge quantities of the drug arrived in consumer markets ...

Persistent poverty and reduced international aid hinder progress, but organized crime is key in exacerbating the region’s ...

The imperfect peace established in February between Brazil’s two biggest criminal groups has become a failed truce after just two months, as local rivalries trump national orders. The PCC also ...

Perú hizo historia en 2024 con la mayor incautación registrada: 9,4 toneladas de cocaína ocultas en un cargamento de maracuyá en el Puerto del Callao. Esto contribuyó a un total de 40 toneladas ...

US authorities have recently linked Latin American gangs like Tren de Aragua to the sale of “pink cocaine,” or “tusi.” But the evidence suggests that tusi is more marketing than chemistry, raising ...

InSight Crime invites you to an exclusive event just for donors that will unpack how an unprecedented surge in cocaine production is reshaping the global drug trade. Drawing from the latest field ...