A decade ago, Latin America’s criminal groups were starting to experiment with cryptocurrency, but in 2025, they went all in.

In 2025, environmental crimes spread into corners of the Amazon Basin that had previously mostly escaped the rampant plunder of other areas.

In a year where cocaine and fentanyl garnered international attention, marijuana continued to play a key role in Latin America.

Migration flows through Latin America collapsed in 2025, and criminal groups scrambled to fill the multibillion-dollar hole in their profits.

This year saw a dramatic reset to the fight against organized crime in the Americas, and these criminal groups were constantly in the news.

From drug boat bombings to terrorist designations to WMDs, in 2025, the Trump administration upended the way the United ...

Even as the infamy of the Tren de Aragua grows in the Americas, its cohesion and organization are weakening. The assertion by the regime of Nicolás Maduro that Tren de Aragua has been wiped out in ...

Tren de Aragua has quickly become one of the most infamous crime groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. Governments across the region have deemed it a top security priority. The United States has ...

The US government’s new sanctions against Venezuela’s so-called “Cartel of the Suns” incorrectly portray it as a hierarchical, ideologically driven drug trafficking organization rather than a ...

A border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana is turning violent after attacks on Guyanese security forces. Could the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro be using criminal gangs to provoke ...

Mexico’s criminal landscape may be on the brink of a profound transformation as the ongoing war between two rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel threatens to split the group in two, according to a new ...

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 ...