In a joint operation, authorities arrested the top leader of the Lobos, Wilmer Chavarría, alias “Pipo,” in the Spanish city ...

Ecuador inaugurates a new maximum-security mega-prison while Colombia and the United Kingdom push back against deadly US anti ...

The first round of Chile’s presidential election was marked by divided opinions on how to address insecurity and organized ...

Margarita Island has long been a drug trafficking hub, but the US anti-drug strikes have transformed the island's criminal ...

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As political shifts are aiding a change in criminal control, the Sinaloa Cartel has abandoned Zulia, Venezuela, where it ...

InSight Crime maps the Latin American criminal groups designated as "foreign terrorist organizations" by the US.

InSight Crime investigator Victoria Dittmar spoke about the global supply chain of fentanyl and the growth of other synthetic ...

Criminal actors in Mexico are becoming more professional, driving up murder rates each year Mexico is home to some of the hemisphere’s largest, most sophisticated, and most violent organized criminal ...

This week, we look at more terrorist designations of Latin American criminal groups and more hard-line security policies.

InSight Crime investigator and project manager Alex Papadovassilakis provided expert analysis to CNN on Haitian gangs.

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 ...