Chapitos Plea Deal Raises More Questions on US Role in El Mayo’s Kidnapping in Mexico
A top leader of the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel has agreed to cooperate with US prosecutors, marking yet…
The Drug Case Against the Former Honduras President Trump Wants to Pardon
US President Donald Trump’s plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández belie the evidence US prosecutors used to…
How Industrial-Scale Crypto Laundering Sustains Mexico’s Synthetic Drug Trade
On a hazy afternoon in May 2021, Daniel Gonzalez, alias “Rafael Arocho,” sped through Pasadena in a white Lexus packed…
US Foreign Terrorist Designations in Latin America: An Interactive Map
The United States has intensified its tactics for fighting organized crime in Latin America, including designating various Latin American criminal…
What’s Missing From the US-China Fentanyl Agreement
The United States and China announced they would step up the fight against fentanyl as part of a new trade…
Chinese Broker’s Arrest Hits Mexico’s Fentanyl Trade Harder Than ‘Kingpin’ Captures
After several months on the run, a Chinese citizen accused of leading a transnational drug trafficking network with ties to…
Will New Reform Help Mexico Address Money Laundering Challenges?
Reforms to Mexico’s anti-money laundering law earlier this year injected fresh hope and marked a key step forward in the…
Even as US-Mexico Border Encounters Plummet, Migrants Are Still Vulnerable to Organized Crime
The number of migrants apprehended on the US-Mexico border in the 2025 fiscal year plunged to the lowest total in…
Is the Jalisco Cartel Helping the Chapitos in Mexico?
Reports that the Jalisco Cartel New Generation is aiding the Chapitos faction of Sinaloa Cartel in parts of Mexico have…
Mexico Doubles Down on Militarization With National Guard Reform
As part of a series of security reforms pushed by Mexico’s government, the country’s main civilian public security force has…