US Names El Mencho’s Successor—CJNG May Have Other Plans
For nearly two decades, Juan Carlos Valencia González built power inside Mexico’s Jalisco Cartel while staying almost invisible to the…
On the Radar: ‘El Mayo’ Wants to Avoid Maximum-Security Prison
Can “El Mayo” avoid the same supermax fate as his former business partner “El Chapo”? Will renewed US bounties bring…
Can A New President’s Hard-Line Approach Stop the Spread of Coca in Colombia?
The United Nations has finally published its data on coca cultivation in Colombia in 2024, as drug crop plantations expanded,…
The Last Chapitos Standing: Iván Archivaldo and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán
The United States is this week upping the multimillion-dollar rewards it has on the heads of the remaining leaders of…
The InSight Take: Inside Ecuador’s Chone Killers, the Latest Addition to US Terrorism List
The US State Department has added the Chone Killers in Ecuador to its list of foreign terrorist organizations operating across…
5 Things Season 3 of Euphoria Gets Wrong—and Right—About Organized Crime Along the US-Mexico Border
Euphoria’s third season just wrapped, closing a storyline steeped in the aesthetics and intensities of the criminal underworld along the…
What ‘Euphoria’ Gets Wrong and Right About Border Crime
Euphoria’s third season just wrapped, closing a storyline steeped in the aesthetics and intensities of the criminal underworld along the…
On the Radar: Mexico’s Criminal Pressure Points: Drugs, Corruption, and CJNG Fuel Theft
Who is winning the drug war – governments or drugs? Is Mexico’s ruling party cracking under pressure from President Trump…
Tren de Aragua’s ‘Johan Petrica’: Fugitive and Potential Heir
The killing of Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias “Niño Guerrero,” leaves Yohan José Romero, alias “Johan Petrica,” as the last…
The InSight Take: El Salvador’s Mass Trials Put Bukele’s Gang Crackdown on Display
El Salvador’s mass trials of alleged gang members are the latest phase in President Nayib Bukele’s hardline security model, aimed…