President Petro's Total Peace Plan offers high reward but carries equally high risk for criminal groups and for all of Colombia…
President Luis Abinader has vowed to root out corruption in the Dominican Republic. But this is much easier said than done.
César Peralta, alias "El Abusador," became the most powerful and well-connected drug trafficker in the Dominican Republic.
InSight Crime charts the history of cocaine from agricultural extract to the basis of global criminal empires.
Is Uruguay ready to bring down its first serious criminal threat, the Primer Cartel Uruguayo, and its founder, Sebastián Marset?…
Venezuela's prisons have failed to stop the country's most dangerous criminals, these can run criminal empires from behind bars.
Two subjects on a motorcycle attacked prosecutor Federico Estrella outside his home in Babahoyo, Los Ríos, on August 15. Estrella had been investigating several violent murders in Babahoyo, according to…
Cartels like the Chapitos have asked for forgiveness from the Mexican people. Will it ever be given?…
Pressure from the US and at home may finally strip away the impunity enjoyed by Paraguay's powerful former president, Horacio Cartes.
In Haiti, Port-au-Prince’s Cité Soleil has become the latest battleground for two well-armed gang alliances.
The US government has added dozens of individuals to a list of allegedly corrupt actors in Central America.
Son of former Honduras President Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo Sosa by a well-armed commando has shocked the country.