Despite the widespread use of states of emergency, the increasingly militarized response to organized crime, and the growth of criminal economies, the murder rate in 2025 across Latin America and the ...

US President Donald Trump says the only way to defeat organized crime, drug trafficking, and transnational gangs is by using military force.

As International Women’s Day approaches, women continue to be a fundamental part of Latin America’s organized crime groups ...

A lavish narco-funeral in Mexico, why violence is rising in Ecuador despite hard-line security measures, and the regional ...

How the killing of El Mencho could impact the CJNG, as well as Mexico's criminal future, drawing on lessons from the past.

Authorities at Brazil's Port of Santos are analyzing new intelligence and data to identify how drug traffickers operate and intercept them.

Mainstream media called on our in-depth understanding of the CJNG, El Mencho’s criminal career, and Mexico’s role in the criminal ecosystem.

This week on On The Radar: our most in-depth analysis of the fall of “El Mencho,” leader of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG).

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At least 121,695 people were murdered in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2024, putting the median homicide rate at around 20.2 per 100,000 people, about the same rate as 2023. The already ...

In March 2019, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro created a new wing of the Bolivarian Revolution political movement, the Peace Defender Squads (Cuadrillas Defensoras de la Paz). The squads, known by ...

Venezuela’s organized crime groups and networks have evolved rapidly over the last decade, exploiting social and political crises that have wracked the country while benefiting from a criminally ...