The Drug Case Against the Former Honduras President Trump Wants to Pardon
US President Donald Trump’s plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández belie the evidence US prosecutors used to…
Ecuador’s Official Security Claims Belie Reality
Ecuador’s government marked two years in office by trumpeting the results of its hardline anti-crime policies. But its claims of…
DC Terror Suspect with CIA Ties Kills National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, Wounds Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe Near White House
A suspected Afghan terrorist who killed National Guard troops Sarah Beckstrom and wounded Andrew Wolfe near the White House once…
The Pros and Cons of a US Intervention in Venezuela
The world has been watching for weeks to see if the United States will escalate its militarized anti-drug mission in…
How Industrial-Scale Crypto Laundering Sustains Mexico’s Synthetic Drug Trade
On a hazy afternoon in May 2021, Daniel Gonzalez, alias “Rafael Arocho,” sped through Pasadena in a white Lexus packed…
What’s Behind Costa Rica’s ‘First’ Transnational Criminal Organization?
Authorities in Costa Rica are on high alert after uncovering the so-called South Caribbean Cartel, reportedly the country’s first transnational…
InSight Crime Co-director Adds Nuance to ‘Cartel of the Suns’ Debate
After the US State Department announced it would designate Venezuela’s Cartel of the Suns as a “foreign terrorist organization,” InSight…
On the Radar: Rebel Leader Iván Mordisco Threatens Violence After Colombia Military Strikes
This week in On the Radar, we analyze the arrest in Spain of one of Ecuador’s most powerful criminal leaders,…
How a New Port Created Ecuador’s Latest Criminal Epicenter
It was around 3 p.m. on July 19 when a young man stumbled into a small billiards hall in the…
Top Leader of Ecuador’s Lobos Gang Arrested in Spain
You’ve probably heard of Fito, Ecuador’s most famous gang boss, who was recently extradited to the United States. But authorities…