Coca

GameChangers 2020: Conflicting US Approach to Latin America Organized Crime

by Parker Asmann and Seth Robbins 22 Dec 202029 Sep 2023

Brief

Peru in Familiar Stalemate With Shining Path Rebels

by Sergio Saffon 4 Sep 202024 Apr 2023

Brief

Drop in Coca Crops, Increase in Colombian Cocaine

by Juan Diego Posada 26 Jun 202024 Apr 2023

Violence Rages On in Colombia’s Cauca Department

by Juan Diego Cárdenas 10 Jun 202024 Apr 2023

Colombia’s Coca Eradicators Spared From Coronavirus Lockdown

by Juan Diego Cárdenas and Chris Dalby 20 May 202024 Apr 2023

Tensions Rise in Bolivia’s Chapare as Government Escalates Anti-Drug Operations

by Max Radwin 8 May 202024 Apr 2023

‘Contador’ – Colombia’s Sought After Patron of Cocaine

by Lara Loaiza and Maria Alejandra Navarrete 20 Feb 202024 Apr 2023

Brief

Wave of Murders Hits Small Coca-Producing Town in Northern Colombia

by Maria Alejandra Navarrete 3 Dec 201924 Apr 2023

Brief

Half of All Destroyed Coca Crops Replanted in Colombia

by Juan Camilo Jaramillo 29 Oct 201924 Apr 2023

Brief

Colombia’s El Tandil – Where Children’s Education Depends on the Coca Leaf

by Maria Alejandra Navarrete 28 Oct 201924 Apr 2023

Brief

Coca Crops Surge Amid Security Vacuum on Peru-Bolivia Border

by Sergio Saffon 3 Oct 201924 Apr 2023

Brief

Chemicals for Cocaine Production Hidden in Sugar and Beer in Peru

by Sergio Saffon 16 Sep 201924 Apr 2023

Stay Informed With InSight Crime

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive a weekly digest of the latest organized crime news and stay up-to-date on major events, trends, and criminal dynamics from across the region.

We go into the field to interview, report, and investigate. We then verify, write, and edit, providing the tools to generate real impact.

Our work is costly and high risk. Please support our mission investigating organized crime.