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Desperation in the Desert: The Industrialization of Migrant Smuggling on the US-Mexico Border

by Parker Asmann and Steven Dudley 5 Oct 202213 Oct 2023

Banners featuring the faces of Jair Bolsonaro and Lula ahead of the Brazilian presidential election

Bolsonaro vs. Lula – Dueling Visions of Crime, Security, and the Amazon in Brazil

by Chris Dalby 29 Sep 202213 Oct 2023

The site of a car carrying migrants that crashed on close to the US-Mexico border

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Human Smugglers Outsourcing Drivers, Wreaking Havoc on US-Mexico Border

by Steven Dudley 20 Sep 202213 Oct 2023

A Cartel Bodyguard in Mexico’s ‘Hot Land’

by Steven Dudley 14 Sep 202213 Oct 2023

From Empires to World Wars – A History of the Global Cocaine Trade

by Douwe den Held, Alessandro Ford and Chris Dalby 1 Sep 202213 Oct 2023

‘Forgiveness’ and the Sticky Question of Justice in Mexico

by Steven Dudley 3 Aug 202213 Oct 2023

MS13 and Barrio 18 gangs in El Salvador have kept their assault rifles

El Salvador Arrests Thousands but Gangs Keep Their Guns

by Roberto Valencia 26 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

Tren de Aragua en Chile

News Tren de Aragua

How Tren de Aragua Controls the Destiny of Migrants from Venezuela to Chile

by Laura Ávila 25 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

Political Connections in El Salvador Help MS13 Leaders Escape Abroad

by Parker Asmann 19 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

Seven packets of Tusi. or pink cocaine, spread out on a table.

News Synthetic Drugs

Tusi: The Pink Drug Cocktail That Tricked Latin America

by Alessandro Ford 6 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

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Mom-and-Pop Stores: Perfect Money Laundering Vehicles on US-Mexico Border

by Jason Buch 15 Mar 202213 Oct 2023

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Paraguay’s Narco-Politics Exposed By Colossal Anti-Drug Operation

by Cat Rainsford and Sergio Saffon 7 Mar 202213 Oct 2023

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