Tren de Aragua is infamous for its rapid expansion throughout Latin America. But a wave of criminals originally from the ...

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The erosion of procedural guarantees in El Salvador has opened the door to the persecution of Salvadorans, even beyond the ...

This week, On The Radar focuses on Sinaloa Cartel founder “El Mayo” who is set to plead guilty to drug trafficking charges in ...

Last week, Ecuador announced it would begin to withdraw military forces from the prisons, over a year and half after deploying them to break criminal control. The news marks the beginning of the end ...

Like the AGC, he was born in Urabá, in northwestern Colombia. Chiquito Malo began as a paramilitary fighter with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia – AUC).

In Ciudad Juárez, an old criminal guard is being replaced by a new one amid a changing criminal economy on the US-Mexico border.

The alleged killing of a guerrilla commander near the Colombia-Venezuela border suggests that a fragile criminal alliance has now fractured.

InSight Crime investigator and project manager Victoria Dittmar provided expert analysis to the Texas Observer for an article that examined how US-Mexico border strategies often fall short in tackling ...

What does the end of presidential term limits in El Salvador mean for the country’s fight against organized crime and the rule of law?

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La Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador suprimió los límites para un mandato presidencial indefinido. Esto podría permitir que el presidente Nayib Bukele busque la reelección de manera perpetua, pero ...