The Decade-Long Evolution of Latin America’s Homicide Rates
Organized crime — particularly cocaine trafficking — has been the main driver of homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean…
Could US Deportations Compromise Trump Administration’s MS13 Crackdown?
The Trump administration’s decision to return a high-profile gang boss facing terrorism charges to El Salvador as part of a…
Did El Salvador’s Gang Truce Lead to More Violence?
In the latest of a series of academic articles, two scholars add to mounting evidence that gang truces may provide…
What You Need to Know About the Criminal Groups the US Just Labeled ‘Terrorists’
The US government has officially designated several Latin American organized crime groups as terrorist organizations, but the move will do…
Here’s What You Need to Know About the Criminal Groups the US Just Labelled ‘Terrorists’
The US government has officially designated several Latin American organized crime groups as terrorist organizations, but the move will do…
GameChangers 2024: Organized Crime Gets Political
Criminal organizations showed this past year that they pose a growing threat to democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean,…
GameChangers 2024: Resistance to Organized Crime Withers
Welcome to GameChangers 2024, where we chronicle the major stories and trend lines of the last 12 months and preview…
The 5 Most-Read Criminal Group Profiles in 2024
This year saw critical changes within some of the most notorious criminal organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean, reflecting…
Why Do Latin American Governments Keep Betting on States of Emergency?
Several Latin American countries have recently declared or prolonged states of emergency aimed at combating organized crime, even though the…
El Salvador Tops Security Perceptions Survey as Chile, Ecuador Decline
Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be the region with the worst citizen perception of security according to an…