Criminal Migration

Mexico cartel - US gang ties cross racial divides

Mexico Cartel-US Gang Ties Deepening as Criminal Landscape Fragments

by Marguerite Cawley 18 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

Peru is the world's biggest coca producer

Brief

Colombia Traffickers Sourcing Coca from Peru and Bolivia: General

by Mimi Yagoub 17 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

Hector Manuel Coronel Castillo and Narciso Portilla Arevalo

Brief

Attempts to Purchase Colombia Rebel Drug Labs Show Sinaloa Cartel Expansion

by Seth Robbins 15 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

The seizure at the port of Cartagena, Colombia

Brief

Colombia Seizes ‘Historic’ 7 Tn Cocaine Load Destined for Europe

by Marguerite Cawley 10 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

FARC leadership with El Salvador's new president (center)

Terrorist Groups in Latin America: The Changing Landscape

by Douglas Farah 7 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

Honduras security officials guarding a drug lab

Brief

Honduras Cocaine Lab Report Casts Doubt on Production Migration

by Charles Parkinson 31 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

Steven Vladyslav Subkys

Brief

What Was Ukraine Drug Trafficker Doing in Mexico?

by Michael Lohmuller 28 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

One of the apparent victims of the turf war

Brief

East Paraguay Killings Linked to Brazil Criminal Battle

by Charles Parkinson 20 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

The bodies of the men killed in Tachira

Brief

Massacre Highlights Colombia BACRIM Cross-Border Operations

by Marguerite Cawley 18 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

Fisherman in Manabi, Ecuador

Ecuador’s Cocaine Pirates: Part II

by Alejandra S. Inzunza and Pablo Ferri 16 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

Off the coast of Manta, Ecuador

Ecuador’s Cocaine Pirates: Part I

by Alejandra S. Inzunza and Pablo Ferri 14 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

Some of the 292 kilos of cocaine seized

Brief

Paraguay Uncovers Multinational Group Linked to Domestic Cocaine Processing

by Charles Parkinson 5 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

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