Guatemala Elites Flex Muscle, Excluding Leading Presidential Contender
The leading candidate in Guatemala’s presidential elections has been eliminated on an administrative technicality in the latest sign of how…
Guatemala Ex-Colonel Says Military Helped CJNG Run Drugs
A former Guatemalan colonel has confessed to assisting the Jalisco Cartel New Generation in trafficking cocaine, which confirms allegations of…
Coca May Have Permanently Taken Root in Central America
Honduran and Guatemalan authorities are eradicating record amounts of coca plants, further evidence of the coca’s expansion beyond the traditional…
5 Takeaways From US State Department Narcotics Report
The US State Department’s yearly drug report has found that coca cultivation is slowly spreading outside of the three traditional…
Guatemala Sees Record Coca, But No Cocaine
A radical increase in coca eradication in Guatemala has raised questions about the country’s potential role as a cocaine producer,…
InSight Crime’s 2022 Homicide Round-Up
Countries across Latin America and the Caribbean continued to experience high murder rates in 2022, as cocaine production reached new…
Death, Taxes, and Extortion: Why Latin American Companies Keep Paying Up
A new report has delved into the inner workings of extortion techniques across Latin America, showing the constant innovation needed…
GameChangers 2022: Drug Bonanza Amid Prohibition Challenges in 2023
As more governments in the region reject the drug war and prohibition model pushed by the United States, 2023 will…
Human Smugglers Take to the Waves Along Mexico’s Pacific Coast
An increase in migration by sea along Mexico’s Pacific Coast has highlighted how adaptable the country’s human smuggling networks have…
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…