Heraclio Guerrero Martínez, alias "Tío Lako," remains a key figure in the CJNG after escaping a military raid in Michoacán, ...

The Monster explores forced disappearances in Mexico through the story of a father searching for his missing son ...

The US is planning ground operations in Latin America as part of its war on drugs. This and more in this week's On the Radar.

Colombia just became the 19th member of the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition—better known as Shield of the Americas—days ...

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This week, the US's new "cartel coalition," the arrest of CJNG members in Europe, and a border operation by Brazil and Bolivia.

Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, leaders are attempting to follow the Bukele playbook. Is it working?

A mother searches for three missing children amid the wreckage of decades of armed conflict in Buenaventura, Colombia.

El Sendero Luminoso, o el Militarizado Partido Comunista del Perú (MPCP), es el último remanente del movimiento guerrillero de finales del siglo XX de Perú. Aunque el poder del grupo ha disminuido ...

The Northeast Cartel (Cartel del Noreste – CDN) is a Mexican criminal group involved in drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling. The organization emerged ...

Since they began in September 2025, the US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific have been marked by their opacity. With a regular donation from $50, or a single donation ...

On April 29, US prosecutors in the Southern District of New York announced an explosive set of charges against Rubén Rocha Moya, the current governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa state, for alleged ties to the ...