Niño Guerrero Is Dead. This Is How He Built Latin America’s Most Notorious Criminal Franchise
Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias “Niño Guerrero,” top leader of the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua, was killed in…
US Terrorism Designations Will Hit the PCC’s Money—and Everyone Else’s
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How Tren de Aragua’s Expansion Sparked Financial Evolution
A Tren de Aragua money laundering scheme discovered in Chile highlights how the gang’s transnational expansion has spurred financial evolution.…
How Influencers Launder Money for Criminal Groups
The arrest of several influencers in Brazil shows how social media facilitates money laundering for criminal groups. Brazilian influencer Chrys…
The Boss in the Shadows: Rosalinda González Valencia’s Role in the CJNG
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From Drug Dealer to the Sinaloa Cartel’s Highest-Ranking Woman
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Carnival, Samba, and Criminal Control in Rio de Janeiro
A few days after Carnival in Brazil in 2025, one of the country’s premier samba schools, Salgueiro, issued a blistering…
On the Radar: Football, Cocaine, and Corruption
How football fuels Paraguay’s drug trade, the latest extradition request from Mexico to the US, and what the latest cocaine…
Will the US Send Alleged Fuel Smugglers to Mexico?
The Mexican government has requested the extradition of several US citizens accused of colluding with organized crime groups to smuggle…
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…