On the Radar: Drug Lords, Dissident Groups, and Airstrikes in Latin America
This week in On the Radar: the capture of “El Jardinero” and what it reveals about the future of Mexico’s…
InSight Crime’s 2025 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up
As the United States drags the drug war back in time, traffickers are leaping forward, creating new ways of disguising…
Who Is ‘El Jardinero,’ the CJNG Power Broker Arrested in Mexico?
The capture in Mexico of an influential Jalisco Cartel New Generation leader known as El Jardinero marks a major inflection…
The Boss in the Shadows: Rosalinda González Valencia’s Role in the CJNG
From Narco-Submarines to Liquid Cocaine: How the Cocaine Market Is Evolving Join us this April 27 for an exclusive event…
After El Mencho: A Data-Driven Look at an Evolving Drug Market
From Narco-Submarines to Liquid Cocaine: How the Cocaine Market Is Evolving Join us this April 27 for an exclusive event…
What the Story of Meth Tells Us About the Future of Mexico’s CJNG
On October 28, 2009, Mexican authorities arrested Oscar Orlando Nava Valencia. Known as “El Lobo,” Nava Valencia was the head…
A CJNG Death in Mexico and A Missed Opportunity
I cannot recall a time in the last two decades that I’ve covered the region’s crime wars that I’ve done…
On the Radar: Ecuador’s Escalating Crime Crisis
El Mencho’s lavish funeral in Mexico, why violence is rising in Ecuador despite hard-line security measures, and the future of…
More Than Narco Wives: Women’s Hidden Power in Latin American Organized Crime
The reaction to the recent killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” the former head of the Jalisco Cartel…
On the Radar: El Mencho’s Capture – Gamechanger or Business as Usual?
Will the killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” the head of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation, end the…