How Bukele’s War on Gangs Transformed El Salvador
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s offensive against gangs severely weakened the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and Barrio 18 and turned his…
Record Coca Crops in Bolivia Feed a Growing Global Cocaine Demand
Coca cultivation in Bolivia reached record levels for the third consecutive year, in an expansion that appears to be driven…
Record Coca Crops in Bolivia Feed a Growing Global Cocaine Demand
Coca cultivation in Bolivia reached record levels for the third consecutive year, in an expansion that appears to be driven…
Shield of the Americas Blacklists 24 Criminal Groups | On the Radar
Shield of the Americas governments pledged to sanction anyone supporting Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel and 22 other criminal…
The InSight Take: US Drug Certification: Law Enforcement or Politics?
Why did the United States remove Venezuela from its drug blacklist while Colombia and Bolivia remain on it? In this…
Trafficking of Contraband Weight Loss Drugs From Paraguay to Brazil Spikes
Weight loss and diabetes medications are now one of the most smuggled contraband products in Brazil. Pharmaceuticals produced in neighboring…
What Jungle Graffiti Says About the Destruction of Guatemala’s Sierra Lacandón National Park
As I approached the first monumental structure of the ancient Mayan city located deep inside Guatemala’s Sierra Lacandón National Park,…
THEY’RE DRILLING THE ARK: First Ever Permitted Cores Go Into Durupinar
Official Turkish Permits Result in the First Core Samples Taken From the Boat-Shaped Formation at Durupinar Core samples are now…
The Tiguerones: US Terrorist Label Meets a Fracturing Gang in Ecuador
The Tiguerones, the Ecuadorian criminal group, was added to the US State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) this…
On The Radar | US Drops Venezuela From Its Drugs Blacklist. Colombia Could Be Next
Is Venezuela no longer a major drug transit point? What does the US win from Alex Saab’s cooperation—and what does…