Panama Became Logistics Hub for Drug Trafficking ‘Super Cartel’
Panama’s role as a sophisticated drug trafficking hub, not a mere cocaine transit point, was revealed when the country was…
How Latin America’s Synthetic Drug Traffickers Launder Dirty Cash
The rise of synthetic drugs, in particular fentanyl and methamphetamine, has changed the landscape of opportunity for drug traffickers in…
French Man Allegedly Murdered by Algerian Migrant He Welcomed Into His Home
Last Updated on December 8, 2022 An Algerian migrant has been charged and accused of killing a 65-year-old French man…
From Maverick to Crook: The Predictable Downfall of Peru’s Pedro Castillo
Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo is both unoriginal and unique. Unoriginal in that he is the sixth president in six…
What Lies Behind Jamaica’s Perpetual Loop of States of Emergency?
A broad state of emergency announced across Jamaica in order to rein in rising violence has been met with scorn,…
State Officials Targeted as CJNG, Sinaloa Cartel Clash in Zacatecas, Mexico
The murders of state representatives in Zacatecas, a deeply troubled and strategically important state for Mexico’s most powerful cartels, is…
How Peru Is Tackling the Danger of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua
General Ulises Guillén, director of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) Anti-Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Directorate, has led an effort by…
Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations’ New Marijuana Strategies
In 2010, the RAND Corporation said it was “noncontroversial” to declare that at least 50 percent of the marijuana consumed…
As Marijuana Fades, Sinaloa’s Organized Crime Does Not
In Mexico’s Golden Triangle, where the northwest states of Chihuahua, Durango, and Sinaloa converge to form the country’s epicenter of…
The Chapitos’ Monopoly on Drug Sales in Culiacán, Sinaloa
Local drug sales in Sinaloa’s capital city may be a small-time business. Even so, it’s controlled by one of the…