Choneros
The Choneros is one of Ecuador’s most prominent criminal groups, which first emerged in the late 1990s as a drug…
Guatemala Profile
Guatemala’s criminal organizations are among the most sophisticated in Central America. Some of them have been in operation for decades.…
Corruption, Crypto Test LatAm Money Laundering Laws
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean face multiple obstacles to effective anti-money laundering enforcement, even though the region ranks…
Marllory Chacón, alias ‘Queen of the South’
Marllory Chacón Rossell, better known as the “Queen of the South,” is a Guatemalan drug trafficker accused of working with…
Smuggled Migrants Face Deadly Waters in San Andrés, Colombia
On December 17, 2022, José Gregorio Roa lost track of his wife and daughter, who had set out on a…
Assessing the Early Days of Ecuador’s War on Gangs
In response to a wave of violence in Ecuador, the government made an unprecedented decision last week and declared war…
Mexico’s 2024 Election Could Spark Violent Criminal Realignments
Mexico’s increasingly diverse and horizontally integrated criminal landscape could enter a period of violent upheaval in the wake of political…
InSight Crime’s 2023 By The Numbers
InSight Crime’s coverage continued to deepen and inform the debate on organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean during…
Colombia Struggles to Tackle Prison-Based Extortion
Colombian authorities are struggling to disrupt extortion schemes run by imprisoned Venezuelan gang members, mounting a series of recent arrests…