Fito’s Wife and Daughter Captured in Colombia | On the Radar
Ecuadorian and Colombian authorities captured the wife and daughter of former Choneros leader alias “Fito” in Santander, Colombia, the most…
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…
The InSight Take: Organized Crime in Brazil’s Elections
With Brazil’s presidential election just weeks away, public security has become a defining campaign issue. In this week’s InSight Take,…
Cheap Drones Are A Costly Problem For Governments in Latin America
Mexico and the United States recently agreed to deepen security cooperation around counter-drone technology, as governments across Latin America race…
The InSight Take: Organized Crime Adopts the Latest Technologies in the Drone-IED Arms Race
Organized crime groups across Latin America are weaponizing commercial drones, pairing them with IEDs to attack rivals, security forces, and…
On the Radar: Cartel Coalition’s Gaps and a CJNG Weapons Bust
What can Washington’s new “cartel coalition” deliver? What does the arrest of CJNG operators in Europe say about the group’s…
Mapping Latin America’s Megaprisons
In the three years since President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele opened his famous Terrorism Confinement Center (Centro de Confinamiento…
Brazil Crackdown Reveals New Tren de Aragua Playbook
A recent police operation in northern Brazil has revealed how the Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua has established a presence…
On the Radar: Maduro Trial Takes Shape as Brazil Targets PCC Finances
What’s the latest on the US case against Nicolás Maduro? Brazil keeps targeting the PCC’s finances—but is it working? And…