Investigating organized crime is an expensive and often risky enterprise. Reaching primary sources and getting the real story involve extensive fieldwork. Please donate. Every dollar supports our mission.
DONATE NOWNews Analysis
Mexico's authorities have linked two weapons allegedly found in the possession of former Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon to homicide…
A recent report on drug policy, backed by high-profile political figures, argues for a move away from the zero tolerance…
With Honduras set to build its first ever maximum security prison, the government is wrestling with some serious questions: will…
Washington has paid out billions of dollars to contractors for counternarcotics operations in Latin America in recent years -- but…
A Paraguayan politician with ties to the cigarette industry was shot dead while driving in the Alto Parana province, close…
Colombia's police arrested a boss of the Urabeños drug gang, who ran operations in the northeast region of La Guajira.
Mexico's authorities have discovered 14 bodies in a series of clandestine graves in Acapulco, thought to be victims of drug…
Two top homeland security officials testifying before a U.S. Senate subcommittee this week said that they have seen a marked…
The arms trafficking industry is generally thought to be a significant contributor to drug violence in Central America. But do…
Recent discoveries of homemade "tanks" belonging to Mexican criminal groups have caused widespread concern, but these heavily-armored trucks…
The Caribbean nations of Barbados, Grenada and St Lucia signed up to an Organization of American States security program aimed at combating…
Guatemala's president says intelligence information indicates that fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, alias 'El Chapo,' is moving between Honduras…