EPL
What is known today as the Popular Liberation Army (Ejército Popular de Liberación – EPL), or the Pelusos, is a…
Latin American Drug Traffickers Evade Authorities With Unmanned Vessels and Chemical Innovations
Latin American drug networks are increasingly using unmanned vessels and employing new methods to chemically transform cocaine to move large…
Challenges Remain Despite Drop in Cattle Rustling in Colombia
A big drop in cattle rustling in Colombia appears to be related to the increasingly local criminal networks involved in…
Colombia’s Historic Drop in Deforestation Could Be Linked to Criminal Groups
Deforestation in Colombia has fallen to its lowest levels in 23 years, suggesting the government’s fight against environmental crime has…
The Mafias Behind Sand Trafficking in Latin America
Just 50 miles from Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous beaches, one of the city’s most powerful gangsters found a fortune to…
Diego Fernando Murillo, alias ‘Don Berna’
Until his extradition to the United States in 2008, Diego Fernando Murillo, alias “Don Berna,” was the leader of the…
Tren de Aragua Just Sustained Its Biggest Leadership Blow
The arrest in Colombia of one of the co-founders and principal leaders of Tren de Aragua represents the most significant…
Cocaine Surge Fuels Violence as Opium Falls: UN Drug Report 2024
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released its annual drug report, highlighting the manifold destruction caused by…
Why Colombia’s Second Marquetalia May Finally Be Ready for Peace
The dissident guerrilla group known as the Second Marquetalia has entered peace negotiations with the government of Colombia, and appears…
Luciano Marín Arango, alias ‘Iván Márquez’
Luciano Marín Arango, alias “Iván Márquez,” is a former guerrilla commander who rejected a 2016 peace agreement and formed a…