Behind the Curtain: If Venezuela’s Regime Changed, What Could It Mean for Organized Crime?
Why you should care about tensions between the Trump and Maduro administrations, what a power vacuum could mean for Venezuela’s…
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…
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…
Video: Are President Bukele’s Celebrations Around Security Gains Justified?
President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador is celebrating 1,000 days without homicides since he took power in 2019. But what…
On the Radar: El Mayo’s Plea Will Change Nothing
This week, Ismael Zambada García, alias “El Mayo”, one of the founders of the Sinaloa Cartel, pleaded guilty to drug…
On the Radar: ‘El Mayo’ To Plead Guilty
This week, On The Radar focuses on Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael Zambada Garcia, alias “El Mayo,” who is set to…
Video: The Military is Going to Leave Ecuador’s Prisons – What Comes Next?
Last week, Ecuador announced it would begin to withdraw military forces from the prisons, over a year and half after…