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

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

Many drug seizures in Falcón appear to be staged to project an image of effectiveness in the fight against drug trafficking.

Authorities in Honduras have failed to root out high-level corruption when it would mean targeting powerful allies.

Two historic marijuana seizures in the Dominican Republic point to an increase in the flow of the drug into the Caribbean ...

The Trump government has fueled a narrative on Mexico’s criminal groups that may overstate their reach north of the border.

Violence cost Mexico hundreds of billions of dollars in 2024 despite the country becoming more peaceful, according to a recent study.

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 ...

Authorities in El Salvador may be refocusing policies once used to attack organized crime on political opponents now.

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Sebastián Marset is Uruguay’s most famous drug trafficker and the leader of an international network known as the First ...

Coca prices have collapsed in parts of Colombia amid record hectares of cultivation. Could oversupply do what years of eradication have failed to achieve, prompting coca farmers to switch to legal ...