Haiti’s Notorious Gang Leader, Vitel’Homme Innocent, Named in Presidential Killing
Away from the besieged center of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, one gang leader has gained notoriety for attacks in the city’s…
Mexico’s Gulf Cartel Doing Damage Control After Kidnapping, Murdering US Citizens
A faction of one of Mexico’s older organized crime groups is doing damage control with a cheap public relations campaign…
Jamaica Success in Gang Case but Violence Continues
The conviction of an infamous gang boss in Jamaica’s biggest-ever gang trial marks a win for the country’s anti-gang legislation.…
Murder of Gaitanista Leader Shows Internal Divisions Ahead of Colombia Peace Talks
The murder of a high-level commander of Colombia’s Gaitanistas at the hands of his own group reveals discord within the…
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…