Conservative hardliner Keiko Fujimori is poised to become Peru’s next president, following a chaotic and divisive election that has underscored the challenges she faces in taming a longstanding ...

De la Espriella promises a hard line on Colombia's criminal groups. Also this week: DEA's fentanyl strategy and Fujimori's ...

“I’m a drug trafficker from the Northeast, my cartel,” raps El Makabelico. “With my AK-47 slung across my chest, I ride alongside El Komander. My souped-up .38 Super, encrusted with diamonds.” Those ...

Voters in this week's presidential runofss in Colombia face two extreme security, drugs. and peace promises in candidates ...

Social media influencers are playing an increasingly important role in organized crime. Nelson AI helped explain how.

The killing of Niño Guerrero struck a substantial blow to the gang he helped found: Tren de Aragua. Deborah Bonello and ...

Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias “Niño Guerrero,” top leader of the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua, was ...

Since they began in September 2025, the US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific have been marked by their opacity. You Trust our Reporting, We Need Your Support. With a ...

As the United States drags the drug war back in time, traffickers are leaping forward, creating new ways of disguising and moving cocaine while weaving sophisticated global networks to reach new ...

US strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and the capture of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro have rewritten the rules of the decades-long “war on drugs.” But while certain ...

Casa de Pizarro is a stately palace overlooking Lima’s ample main square that serves as the seat of Peru’s executive branch and the official residence of its president. Yet for the best part of a ...

Despite the widespread use of states of emergency, the increasingly militarized response to organized crime, and the growth of criminal economies, the murder rate in 2025 across Latin America and the ...