Pay to Play: How One City’s Growth Fuels Corruption and Environmental Destruction in Western Honduras
Just before midnight on September 15, 2023, four masked men dressed in all black walked down an alley just north…
Environmental Destruction or Community Development? A Mayor’s Struggle in Western Honduras
It was around 4:00 a.m. on January 26, 2024, when residents of the San Juan neighborhood of San Manuel de…
Are New Laws Actually Worsening Peru’s Security Crisis?
Extortion is rising, contract killings are up, illegal mining is booming, and Peru’s lawmakers are making matters worse by passing…
Mexico Ignores Alternatives to Militarization: Report
Mexico continues to rely on a militarized approach to public security, a strategy widely criticized for its counterproductive results over…
TikToker’s Murder Highlights Danger of Denouncing Venezuelan Organized Crime
The murder of a Venezuelan TikToker during a live stream has highlighted the dangers facing those personally denouncing organized crime,…
Drone Strikes Shake Haiti’s Gangs but Leave Legal and Strategic Questions
A wave of drone strikes has reportedly killed hundreds of alleged gang members in Port-au-Prince and temporarily shaken Haiti’s criminal…
Will Judicial Elections in Mexico Make a Bad Situation Worse?
Voters in Mexico will head to the polls to select a new Supreme Court and hundreds of local and federal…
El Salvador’s Anti-Gang Crackdown Now Has Political Opponents in Its Crosshairs
Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights defender amid growing concerns over the government’s repressive anti-crime tactics,…
Can a Prison ‘Hell’ in Argentina Contain Rosario’s Narco Surge?
Argentina has begun construction on its first maximum-security prison for drug traffickers and murderers near the city of Rosario, reigniting…
Killing Camp in Mexico Shows Horrors of CJNG Forced Recruitment
The discovery of an extermination and forced labor camp run by the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación…