CJNG’s Fuel Theft Empire in the Crosshairs of US Treasury Sanctions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned 26 Mexican companies involved in fuel theft, signaling the growing importance of…
Truth or Lie? A Letter From El Mayo Fuels Mexico-US Tensions Over Sinaloa Cartel Arrests
Controversy and conflicting narratives persist around the arrests of two top Sinaloa Cartel leaders in the United States, raising questions…
US Customs Makes Historic Fentanyl Seizure
A massive seizure of the drug suggests that fentanyl production is thriving in Mexico, despite a ban by certain criminal…
Sinaloa Cartel Leaders Arrested in Symbolic, but Hollow Victory for US
In a stunning turn of events, two of the Sinaloa Cartel’s most-wanted drug traffickers are in custody in the United…
Juan Orlando Hernández Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking
A US court has sentenced former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández to 45 years in prison, marking the end of…
Vortex of Evil: Gangs and Narcos in Tapachula, Mexico
Sitting on a rock in a street on the outskirts of Tapachula, on Mexico’s southern border, Poison and Malandro share…
US Drug Overdose Deaths Are Dropping, and Here’s Why
When Dennis Cauchon started to notice a sharp drop in drug overdose deaths in the fall of 2023 in the…
Haiti’s Disorganized Organized Crime Strategy
Preparations for the Multi-national Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti continue to sputter, giving the country’s gangs more time to…
US Turns Screw on Enduring Guatemala Drug Clan
The extradition of an alleged Guatemalan drug trafficker linked to the Sinaloa Cartel is a blow to one of the…
Flight Attendants Smuggled Millions of Dollars in Fentanyl Cash Proceeds to the Dominican Republic
A case in which flight attendants working for passenger airlines used their privileged access to transport millions of dollars of…