El Salvador Tops Security Perceptions Survey as Chile, Ecuador Decline
Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be the region with the worst citizen perception of security according to an…
Tren de Guayana Gang Expands Into Southern Venezuela Mining Towns
Tren de Guayana, one of Venezuela’s oldest illegal mining groups, allegedly has used ties to President Nicolás Maduro’s administration to…
Ex-Intel Official Explains Chile’s Organized Crime Explosion
For decades, Chile enjoyed an enviable position in South America, seemingly relatively untouched by the violence that organized crime had…
Ketamine Trafficking Rising in Chile’s Thriving Synthetic Drugs Market
Record seizures of ketamine in Chile show how the drug is making its way into the country’s already extensive synthetic…
How Maduro’s Criminal Regime Is Tilting the Venezuela Elections
This Sunday’s presidential elections will define not only the democratic future of Venezuela but its criminal evolution, and President Nicolás…
Is Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua Behind Surge in Chile Kidnappings?
The last decade has seen a 135% increase in kidnappings in Chile, with the greatest surge occurring between 2021 and…
US Labels Tren de Aragua a Transnational Criminal Threat
The recent US designation of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua as a transnational criminal organization puts the group on…
Tren de Aragua Just Sustained Its Biggest Leadership Blow
The arrest in Colombia of one of the co-founders and principal leaders of Tren de Aragua represents the most significant…
Tren de Aragua Factions Persist Despite Venezuela’s Crackdown
Gangs allied to Venezuela’s mega-gang, Tren de Aragua, remain operational despite multiple security operations against it, calling into question the…
Chile Court Bomb Threats Highlight Tren de Aragua’s War on the State
Bomb threats targeting multiple courthouses in Chile suggest that the transnational criminal organization of Venezuelan origin, Tren de Aragua, is…