On the Radar: Drug Lords, Dissident Groups, and Airstrikes in Latin America
This week in On the Radar: the capture of “El Jardinero” and what it reveals about the future of Mexico’s…
InSight Crime’s 2025 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up
As the United States drags the drug war back in time, traffickers are leaping forward, creating new ways of disguising…
Who Is ‘El Jardinero,’ the CJNG Power Broker Arrested in Mexico?
The capture in Mexico of an influential Jalisco Cartel New Generation leader known as El Jardinero marks a major inflection…
Is Mexico Running out of Kingpins?
On April 27, Mexican security forces mounted an operation in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit and captured Audias Flores…
The Boss in the Shadows: Rosalinda González Valencia’s Role in the CJNG
From Narco-Submarines to Liquid Cocaine: How the Cocaine Market Is Evolving Join us this April 27 for an exclusive event…
On the Radar: Do Crackdowns Work?
From Narco-Submarines to Liquid Cocaine: How the Cocaine Market Is Evolving Join us this April 27 for an exclusive event…
5 Models of Criminal Control Over Fentanyl Markets in Northern Mexico
In various parts of Mexico, local drug markets do not operate according to supply-and-demand logics alone. What is sold, how…
What the Story of Meth Tells Us About the Future of Mexico’s CJNG
On October 28, 2009, Mexican authorities arrested Oscar Orlando Nava Valencia. Known as “El Lobo,” Nava Valencia was the head…
On the Radar: What’s New in Trump’s Push for More Military Might to Fight Organized Crime?
The founder of one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups pleads guilty, US President Trump’s new regional anti-drug push aims…
A CJNG Death in Mexico and A Missed Opportunity
I cannot recall a time in the last two decades that I’ve covered the region’s crime wars that I’ve done…