Environmental Defenders in Mexico Face Deadly Threats From Organized Crime
Environmental defenders in Mexico are facing increasingly lethal attacks as organized crime deepens its role in land conflicts, often with…
A Golden Opportunity: Maduro and Venezuelan Miners Target Essequibo
Just after 5 p.m. on May 13, 2025, shots rang out along the Cuyuní River, as troops from the Guyana…
No Man’s Land: How Drug Trafficking Took Root in the Disputed Essequibo Territory
When soldiers and anti-drug officials dug up 4.4 tons of cocaine at an illegal airstrip in northwest Guyana on August…
False Promises: How Essequibo’s Mineral Wealth Spurs Human Trafficking
There was a familiar element when police in Guyana’s capital of Georgetown raided the Red Dragon nightclub in the early…
Will Judicial Elections in Mexico Make a Bad Situation Worse?
Voters in Mexico will head to the polls to select a new Supreme Court and hundreds of local and federal…
New Narco Video Scandal Spotlights Selective Justice in Honduras
Authorities in Honduras are prosecuting a former general for taking bribes from drug traffickers using similar video evidence that implicated…
El Salvador’s Anti-Gang Crackdown Now Has Political Opponents in Its Crosshairs
Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights defender amid growing concerns over the government’s repressive anti-crime tactics,…
Crime Limits Growth in Latin America, Says World Bank
A report from the World Bank brings a renewed focus to the impact of organized crime on economic development in…
How Corruption Fuels Arms Diversion in Latin America
Corruption is a key component of the arms trafficking networks that funnel state-owned weapons into the hands of organized crime,…
Can a Prison ‘Hell’ in Argentina Contain Rosario’s Narco Surge?
Argentina has begun construction on its first maximum-security prison for drug traffickers and murderers near the city of Rosario, reigniting…