Will Colombian Guerrillas Lose Their Safe Haven in Post‑Maduro Venezuela?
The combination of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s exit from power and increasing US military pressure has disrupted the criminal…
How InSight Crime Tracked Down an Explosive Narco Video in Honduras
This article is part of our Narrated Stories Series On February 12, 2025, a convicted drug trafficker named Bayron Ruiz…
On the Radar: The Ripples of Maduro’s Removal Continue
This week, we analyze the ripples of recent US operations in the Caribbean and Venezuela across the region. That includes…
InSight Crime Highlights 10 Years of GameChangers Series
To start the new year, we celebrated the tenth edition of our GameChangers series with a donor-exclusive event with some…
ELN in Venezuela
The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) is Colombia’s last active insurgency and the dominant criminal actor…
5 Criminal Figures Who Helped Develop Venezuela’s System of Corruption
The arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on drug trafficking charges on January 3 brought into…
Samark López Bello
Samark López Bello is a Venezuelan businessman identified as an alleged front man for Tareck El Aissami, who was detained…
FARC Dissidents in Venezuela
Following the demobilization of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC) in 2016, dissident…
Report Puts International Banks, Honduras Elites at Center of Berta Cáceres Murder
The murder of renowned Indigenous activist and environmental defender Berta Cáceres in Honduras in 2016 was an organized criminal operation…