Decreased Cocaine Flows Lead to Increased Extortion in Northern Colombia
A decline in drug trafficking in northern Colombia has led to a rise in extortion as increasingly fragmented criminal groups…
Colombia’s Ex-FARC Mafia Issues IDs to Enforce Criminal Governance
Reports of Colombian armed factions demanding custom identification documents in their territories show criminal groups’ growing territorial control amid ongoing…
Colombia’s AGC Squeezes Profits From Control Of Key Migration Choke Point
White-sand beaches that were once designated for tourists have become camping grounds for thousands of migrants in Necoclí, a small…
Q&A: How the AGC Threatens Colombia’s Plans for Total Peace
One of Colombia’s biggest criminal groups is expanding its reach, threatening to disrupt the government’s peace processes with other armed…
Is Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua ‘Invading’ the US?
Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang is causing increasing concern in the United States, even though the group appears to have…
Salvatore Mancuso
Salvatore Mancuso, alias “El Mono” or “Santander Lozada,” is a former Colombian paramilitary commander who was part of the Peasant…
Authorities in Colombia Expose Tren de Aragua’s Involvement in Drug Trafficking
The capture in Colombia of a leader of a faction of the Venezuelan mega-gang, Tren de Aragua, has highlighted the…
InSight Crime’s 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up
Record cocaine production and high demand for the drug contributed to criminal violence across Latin America and the Caribbean in…
Ex-FARC Mafia
The ex-FARC mafia are a series of criminal structures that emerged during and after peace negotiations between the Colombian government…
Unmasking the Foreign Players on Ecuador’s Criminal Chessboard
Ecuador declared war on 22 domestic drug trafficking gangs in January, proclaiming them terrorist organizations and arresting over 11,000 suspects.…