Behind Bars in Argentina’s Organized Crime Hotspot
In a wing reserved for members of Rosario’s most violent gang, the Monos, InSight Crime watches a “pigeon” moving back…
Video: The Military is Going to Leave Ecuador’s Prisons – What Comes Next?
Last week, Ecuador announced it would begin to withdraw military forces from the prisons, over a year and half after…
2. The Tocorón Takeover
In the early morning of September 23, 2023, convoys of up to 11,000 heavily armed security officers, some in armored…
The Tocorón Takeover
In the early morning of September 23, 2023, convoys of up to 11,000 heavily armed security officers, some in armored…
3. Bolívar: A New Sanctuary for Tren de Aragua?
Dozens of motorcycles, caked in the reddish mud of the gold mines, travel the narrow road through Las Claritas, a…
Bolívar: A New Sanctuary for Tren de Aragua?
Dozens of motorcycles, caked in the reddish mud of the gold mines, travel the narrow road through Las Claritas, a…
In Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Old Criminal Groups Form New Criminal Guard
The first body was found in the morning. The man had been shot and killed. His hands and feet had…
The Fall of Fito: What It Means — and Doesn’t — for Ecuador’s Underworld
Ecuadorian security forces captured the country’s most notorious criminal leader in a crucial — though largely symbolic — win in…
El Salvador’s Anti-Gang Crackdown Now Has Political Opponents in Its Crosshairs
Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights defender amid growing concerns over the government’s repressive anti-crime tactics,…
Can a Prison ‘Hell’ in Argentina Contain Rosario’s Narco Surge?
Argentina has begun construction on its first maximum-security prison for drug traffickers and murderers near the city of Rosario, reigniting…