Warring Criminal Groups Are Targeting Civilians in Chiapas, Mexico
An intensification of violence in the southern Mexican border state of Chiapas is pushing the number of displaced and missing…
Attacks on Guatemala’s Anti-Corruption President Growing
The arrest of a cabinet member in Guatemala marks an ominous escalation of a spurious legal crusade aimed at derailing…
Santa Muerte Worship Continues Spreading Beyond Mexico
The discovery in El Salvador of a shrine to Santa Muerte, a female deity associated with the criminal underworld, has…
Central America Drug Flights Fall as Traffickers Shift Methods
Aerial cocaine interdictions have fallen sharply in Central America in the last three years, suggesting that drug traffickers are shifting…
US Turns Screw on Enduring Guatemala Drug Clan
The extradition of an alleged Guatemalan drug trafficker linked to the Sinaloa Cartel is a blow to one of the…
100 Days In, Guatemala President Locks Horns with Corruption and Crime
Bernardo Arévalo rode a wave of discontent over corruption to become Guatemala’s president. But 100 days into his government, the…
InSight Crime’s 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up
Record cocaine production and high demand for the drug contributed to criminal violence across Latin America and the Caribbean in…
Anti-Corruption Commission Confronts Guatemala’s ‘Continuum of Impunity’
Santiago Palomo was minutes away from boarding a flight to New York when he got a call from Guatemala’s newly-inaugurated…
What the Corruption Perceptions Index Actually Says About Corruption In Latin America
Latin American countries continued to score poorly on Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), but the report presents a…