A police operation in Brazil revealed how the Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua has established presence in the country.

Tren de Aragua's takeover of Lima's sex trade left a trail of dead women whose murders sent a chilling message to those ...

This week's On the Radar looks at the DEA and Pentagon assessments concluding that US airstrikes haven't dented the cocaine ...

Maduro's unprecedented arrest shook Venezuela’s power structures—both legal and illegal. We’ve been tracking the impacts.

Reports that an armed attack on the Guatemala-Honduras border was linked to the Lorenzanas trafficking network illustrate the resilience of family clans in the Central American drug trade. The ...

President Trump’s administration has made the fight against drug trafficking the premise for militarized, punitive action both at home and abroad. At home, it has inflated the threat represented by ...

InSight Crime's Deborah Bonello and Victoria Dittmar break down how El Mayo's sentencing won't end the war in Sinaloa and signals a new chapter in Mexican organized crime, in this week's Insight Take.

The United Nations has finally published its data on coca cultivation in Colombia in 2024, as drug crop plantations expanded, yet concentrated in certain territories, offering the incoming president ...

The US State Department has added the Chone Killers in Ecuador to its list of foreign terrorist organizations operating across Latin America. InSight Crime Managing Editor Deborah Bonello discusses ...

The explosive charges filed against ex-Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya have spotlighted the symbiotic relationship between Mexican officials and the organized crime groups they are tasked with ...

The Caribbean has long been a pivotal node in the global drug trade, acting as a stepping stone for South American cocaine destined for consumers in Europe and the United States. Since September 2025, ...