Uruguay’s Acting AG Attacked at Home After Marset-Linked Bust
Attackers targeted Uruguay’s acting Attorney General at her home following a major drug seizure linked to the country’s most-wanted trafficking…
5 New Creative Ways Traffickers Tried to Smuggle Cocaine
The endless growth of the global cocaine trade and the game of whack-a-mole to stop it has propelled innovation and…
Diesel Subsidy Cut Could Make Fuel Theft Worse in Ecuador
Fuel theft has spiked in Ecuador as security forces grapple with a growing front in the country’s crime war that…
US Pressures Colombia With Threat of Anti-Drug Aid Cuts
The US government has added Colombia to a list of nations it says are failing to cooperate in the fight…
5 Things to Know About Trump’s Missile Strike in the Caribbean
The United States has significantly escalated its policy of treating organized crime groups as terrorists with a lethal missile strike…
On the Radar: ‘El Mayo’ To Plead Guilty
This week, On The Radar focuses on Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael Zambada Garcia, alias “El Mayo,” who is set to…
Chiquito Malo: Warlord of Colombia’s AGC Crime Conglomerate
Jobanis de Jesús Ávila Villadiego alias ‘Chiquito Malo’ Name Jobanis de Jesús Ávila Villadiego Alias Chiquito Malo Country Colombia Criminal…
The Future of Tren de Aragua
The Tren de Aragua brand is far stronger than the organization behind it, fed in no small part by discourse…
Bolivia’s Election Could Reshape Coca Policy
Bolivians will vote Sunday in a presidential election pitting candidates promising tougher anti-drug measures against defenders of the country’s nationalist…
The Crime Wars Driving Rising Homicides in Ceará, Brazil
Local and national criminal networks battling over drug routes and markets have turned Brazil’s northeastern state of Ceará into one…