Identify and asses armed groups and criminal actors through the largest database on organized crime in the region. Understand each group’s history and leadership structure, and review in-depth profiles of key criminals.

  • Diosdado Cabello
    Diosdado Cabello is a retired Venezuelan military officer who has held important political posts during the administrations of the… Read more: Diosdado Cabello
  • Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN)
    The Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada – ACSN), also known as Los Pachenca, is an armed group that emerged following the demobilization in 2006 of the paramilitary army led by Hernán Giraldo, alias “El Patrón,” on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.
  • Larry Amaury Álvarez Núñez, alias ‘Larry Changa’
    Larry Amaury Álvarez Núñez, alias “Larry Changa,” is one of the co-founders and original leaders of Tren de Aragua, Venezuela’s most prominent criminal organization, which has expanded its operations across Latin America.