How InSight Crime Tracked Down an Explosive Narco Video in Honduras
This article is part of our Narrated Stories Series On February 12, 2025, a convicted drug trafficker named Bayron Ruiz…
On the Radar: The Ripples of Maduro’s Removal Continue
This week, we analyze the ripples of recent US operations in the Caribbean and Venezuela across the region. That includes…
GameChangers 2025: US Reignites the War on Drugs and Weakens It for 2026
The quantum shift in US security policy in Latin America and the Caribbean under President Donald Trump in 2025 has…
How Maduro’s Ouster Will Shift Criminal Dynamics in Venezuela
US President Donald Trump insisted that the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has removed the “kingpin of a vast…
GameChangers 2025: The 10-Year Evolution of Latin America’s Booming Marijuana Market
In a year where cocaine and fentanyl garnered international attention, marijuana continued to play a key role within the regional…
GameChangers 2025: Migration Smuggling Market Goes From Boom to Bust
The number of migrants traveling through Latin America to the United States plummeted in 2025 and sent organized crime groups…
GameChangers 2025: How the Trump Administration Reset the Fight Against Organized Crime
From drug boat bombings to terrorist designations to WMDs, in 2025, the Trump administration upended the way the United States…
What Happens Now That the US Has Labeled Fentanyl a WMD
US President Donald Trump has designated the synthetic drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, putting the drug on…
On the Radar: US Targets and Negotiates with Traffickers
This week, we analyze the US’s anti-drug strategy in South America, a Sinaloa Cartel boss’s guilty plea, and the pardoning…
Could Armed Groups Backed by Maduro Resist a US Invasion of Venezuela?
With the United States weighing up a military intervention to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power, the criminal organizations…