García Luna Convicted, But Corruption Concerns Endure in US-Mexico Partnership
The conviction of Mexico’s former public security minister, Genaro García Luna, on drug trafficking and corruption charges represents a complicated…
Latin America Makes Little Progress Against Corruption
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are stagnating in their struggle with corruption, with most unable or unwilling to…
Haiti Gangs Embrace Political and Police Chaos
Haiti’s Acting Prime Minister landed in the capital after a foreign trip to be greeted by police rioting, diminishing political…
Genaro García Luna
Genaro García Luna is the former head of Mexico’s Federal Investigation Agency (Agencia Federal de Investigación – AFI) and was…
GameChangers 2022: El Salvador’s Gang Crackdown Has Steep Human Rights Cost
This year, the El Salvador government embarked on possibly the most ruthless gang crackdown ever seen in Central America, taking…
Historic Judgement Shows How Guatemala Is Still Fighting Its Past
With a historic ruling to convict the former president and vice president — and an incredible off-script riff — three…
Panama Became Logistics Hub for Drug Trafficking ‘Super Cartel’
Panama’s role as a sophisticated drug trafficking hub, not a mere cocaine transit point, was revealed when the country was…
From Maverick to Crook: The Predictable Downfall of Peru’s Pedro Castillo
Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo is both unoriginal and unique. Unoriginal in that he is the sixth president in six…
Was a Super Cartel Really Controlling Europe’s Drug Trade?
The arrest of a top Balkan drug trafficker in Dubai has revealed how some of Europe’s leading drug traffickers were…
International Sanctions Seek to Weaken Haiti’s Patronage System Between Politicians, Gangs
A raft of sanctions from the United States and Canada targeting senior Haitian politicians threatens to pull back the curtain…