The Menores continue to be connected to violent incidents since the March raids. In early August, a home in Rosario was ...

The use of liquids to conceal and traffic cocaine through commercial supply chains is growing, and driving an evolution in Europe’s role in the global cocaine supply chain, which is evolving beyond ...

A car bomb in Zacatecas signals a new phase in the CJNG–Mayiza rivalry, as cartel violence and explosive attacks escalate ...

This week: the US' shifting boat-strike strategy in Ecuador, the new state of emergency in Peru's prisons, and Bolivia's ...

Venezuela’s food subsidy program is ending after years of aid, corruption, money laundering, and ties to organized crime ...

The arrest of the Pulpos leader could shake the Peruvian criminal group but the country's extortion crisis will continue.

The Gaitanistas, also known as the Gulf Clan, Urabeños, and Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia – AGC), emerged from the ashes of Colombia’s paramilitary ...

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Sebastián Marset was Uruguay’s most famous drug trafficker and the leader of an international network known as the First Uruguayan Cartel (Primer Cartel Uruguayo – PCU). Marset had ties with foreign ...