As Sinaloa Cartel War Rages On, An Economy Bleeds Dry in Culiacán, Mexico
One morning in September 2024, Ana Rosa Sánchez* arrived early to begin her morning routine at a seafood restaurant in…
One morning in September 2024, Ana Rosa Sánchez* arrived early to begin her morning routine at a seafood restaurant in…
Despite record cocaine seizures in production and transit countries, huge quantities of the drug arrived in consumer markets in 2024.…
A group of armed men stormed into a drug rehab facility in the city of Culiacán, Mexico, at around 2:00…
Argentina has begun construction on its first maximum-security prison for drug traffickers and murderers near the city of Rosario, reigniting…
A historic resolution at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in mid-March may be the beginning of a…
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean has adopted new strategies and…
In Brazil, where shifts in gang dynamics have created new violent hotspots, innocent bystanders are becoming victims of turf wars…
Haiti’s gangs caused thousands of deaths and the displacement of over a million people in the past year, according to…
As the new Trump administration takes office, Latin America braces for shifts in US policy, with organized crime high on…
The prospects for peace in Colombia appear increasingly remote as illegal armed groups fragment amid a gold and cocaine bonanza.…