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.

  • Salvatore Mancuso
    Salvatore Mancuso, alias “El Mono” or “Santander Lozada,” is a former Colombian paramilitary commander who was part of the Peasant Self Defence Forces of Córdoba and Urabá (Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Urabá – ACCU) and the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia – AUC). In February 2024, after serving more than 15 years for drug trafficking in the United States, he returned to Colombia, where he was appointed a peace manager as part of President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” initiative. 
  • Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias ‘Niño Guerrero’
    Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias “Niño” Guerrero,” is the main leader of Tren de Aragua, the most important criminal group in Venezuela.
  • Tareck El Aissami
    Tareck El Aissami was Venezuela’s Vice President of the Economy and the country’s Minister of Industries and National Production until March 20, 2023, when he resigned after an anti-corruption operation arrested multiple high-ranking officials in his circle.