Was Haiti’s President Moïse Killed for Valuable State Contracts?
US prosecutors leveled new charges against alleged assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, raising questions about whether the murderers were…
Ecuador’s ‘Most Wanted’ Criminal Captured in Colombia
Ecuadorian authorities captured an alleged drug kingpin who bridged the gap between Ecuador’s local gangs and the international drug trafficking…
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…
Caribbean Nations Call for US Gun Crackdown As Murder Rates Soar
As American-made guns continue to be Caribbean gangs’ primary source of weapons, heads of government are demanding that the US…
What Lies Behind Jamaica’s Perpetual Loop of States of Emergency?
A broad state of emergency announced across Jamaica in order to rein in rising violence has been met with scorn,…
The Capture of Hell Troop’s Leader Could Mean Trouble Brewing in Tamaulipas, Mexico
The Northeast Cartel has brought Mexico’s northern city of Nuevo Laredo to a standstill for the second time this year…
Capture of Hell Troop Leader Could Mean Trouble Brewing in Tamaulipas, Mexico
The Northeast Cartel has brought Mexico’s northern city of Nuevo Laredo to a standstill for the second time this year…
Ecuador Prison Quietly Released Top Albanian Cocaine Kingpin
News has emerged that Ecuadorean prison authorities quietly released one of Europe’s most notorious cocaine traffickers last year, in a…
Violence Rising in Hidalgo, Mexico’s Oil Theft Center
Mexico’s ordinarily quiet state of Hidalgo is seeing a rapid rise in violence connected to an increase in oil theft,…
Uruguay’s Gang Wars Worsen in Montevideo Neighborhoods
The neighborhoods of Villa Española and Peñarol in Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, have been at the crux of fighting between local…