DataInSights: Why Are There More Women in Mexican Prisons for Organized Crime?
New data on Mexico’s female prison population suggests a rise in the number of women behind bars for involvement with…
Is Mexico’s Family-Focused Counternarcotics Strategy Working?
With the arrest of a top cartel leader’s brother, Mexican authorities are again resorting to an often ineffective strategy of…
Methamphetamine Traffickers in Mexico Become Global Wholesalers
After a long day of work in the highlands, a coordinator for several clandestine methamphetamine and fentanyl laboratories in the…
Mexico Fentanyl Production Migrates North as Chapitos Death Threats Loom
Huddled in the back of a fruit and vegetable stand in the south of Culiacán, the hitman scanned the area…
Sinaloa Cartel
The Sinaloa Cartel, often considered the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, is a network…
Unmasking the Foreign Players on Ecuador’s Criminal Chessboard
Ecuador declared war on 22 domestic drug trafficking gangs in January, proclaiming them terrorist organizations and arresting over 11,000 suspects.…
Honduras ‘Narco-State’ on Trial in US
The first week of the trial of Honduras’ ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández was marked by dramatic testimony that detailed how…
What Is Behind the Criminal Conflict Raging in Chiapas, Mexico?
Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas has started 2024 with a surge in violence between the Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco Cartel…
Brokers: Lynchpins of the Precursor Chemical Flow to Mexico
When Ana Gabriela Rubio Zea contacted her chemical suppliers in China on behalf of a new client, she needed to…
Mexico’s 2024 Election Could Spark Violent Criminal Realignments
Mexico’s increasingly diverse and horizontally integrated criminal landscape could enter a period of violent upheaval in the wake of political…