In Ecuador, recent cases again highlight the criminal infiltration of the police and military, part of a long-standing ...

Venezuelan organized crime has taken root in the Essequibo region as Venezuela escalates claims to this Guyanese territory.

Theories abound around the attempted assassination of presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay — none supported by solid ...

Brazil's organized crime groups are driving legitimate internet providers out to expand their provision of illegal internet ...

The recent arrest of Albanian cocaine trafficker Dritan Gjika in the United Arab Emirates after more than a decade of ...

The lack of traceability for firearms and ammunition in Argentina remains a key vulnerability exploited by criminal groups.

Environmental defenders in Mexico are facing increasingly lethal attacks as organized crime deepens its role in land ...

A new constitutional amendment allows the extradition of Costa Rican nationals for international drug trafficking and ...

Operations by Ecuador’s military following a historic massacre will do little to slow the country's lucrative illegal mining ...

Ecuador’s war on gangs has been in the making for years. But it became official in January 2024, when President Daniel Noboa declared a state of internal armed conflict following a series of seemingly ...

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 ...

Countries across Latin America and the Caribbean continued to experience high murder rates in 2022, as cocaine production reached new heights, the fragmentation of gangs continued, and the flow of ...