El Salvador’s mass trials of alleged gang members are the latest phase in President Nayib Bukele’s hardline security model.

Conservative hardliner Keiko Fujimori is poised to become Peru’s next president, following a chaotic and divisive election.

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De la Espriella promises a hard line on Colombia's criminal groups. Also this week: DEA's fentanyl strategy and Fujimori's ...

Voters in this week's presidential runofss in Colombia face two extreme security, drugs. and peace promises in candidates ...

Social media influencers are playing an increasingly important role in organized crime. Nelson AI helped explain how.

“I’m a drug trafficker from the Northeast, my cartel,” raps El Makabelico. “With my AK-47 slung across my chest, I ride alongside El Komander. My souped-up .38 Super, encrusted with diamonds.” Those ...

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The Border Command (Comandos de la Frontera – CDF) is a Colombian criminal group that emerged in 2017. It arose from a criminal alliance between dissidents from the former 32nd and 48th Fronts of the ...

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El Mencho is dead. The Sinaloa Cartel, as we once knew it, is gone. The Chapitos are cooperating with US authorities. Mexico’s criminal landscape is entering a new phase — one defined by fragmented ...