The Nashville ICE Raids: Anti-Gang Offensive or Immigration Crackdown?
On the night of May 4, the phones and social media of migrant rights activists in Nashville lit up with…
US Drone Strike Highlights Sucre’s Role in Venezuela’s Cocaine Corridor
On September 2, a small boat left the coast of Sucre state, Venezuela, and headed into the Caribbean Sea. Moments…
On the Radar: Seismic US Drug War Shifts
This week, we analyze another US missile strike in the region, what the decertification of Colombia in the US war…
On the Radar: Crime Crackdowns Sweep LatAm
This week we question the nature of Venezuela’s Cartel of the Suns, Tren de Aragua, and US military ops in…
Behind the Curtain: Venezuela’s ‘Cartels’ and the US Missile Strike Explained
The targeting of a go-fast boat off the coast of Venezuela on September 2 heralded a quantum shift in the…
On the Radar: Tren de Aragua Is Not an International Drug Trafficking Group
This week, we assess the troubling US airstrike on a “suspected” drug boat in the southern Caribbean and compare the…
5 Things to Know About Trump’s Missile Strike in the Caribbean
The United States has significantly escalated its policy of treating organized crime groups as terrorists with a lethal missile strike…
Video: The US Just Bombed a ‘Narco Terrorist’ Boat. Or Did It?
A US military airstrike in the southern Caribbean’s international waters, which the Trump administration claims killed 11 members of the…
Beyond Tren de Aragua: Venezuelan Gangs Spread Across Latin America
While headlines and political speeches have focused predominately on Tren de Aragua, another criminal group from Venezuela has expanded its…
What Is Tren de Aragua?
Is Tren de Aragua a terrorist organization bent on invading the United States or a spent criminal force being used…