The heat in Rosario, Argentina’s most homicidal city, is infernal. The concrete sidewalks sizzle like hotplates, threatening to scorch the skin of those who dare venture into the day’s heat. Few did ...

InSight Crime analyzes organized crime dynamics driving homicide rates in Latin American and the Caribbean in our annual homicide round-up.

US President Donald Trump says the only way to defeat organized crime, drug trafficking, and transnational gangs is by using military force.

As International Women’s Day approaches, women continue to be a fundamental part of Latin America’s organized crime groups ...

A lavish narco-funeral in Mexico, why violence is rising in Ecuador despite hard-line security measures, and the regional ...

Authorities at Brazil's Port of Santos are analyzing new intelligence and data to identify how drug traffickers operate and intercept them.

Mainstream media called on our in-depth understanding of the CJNG, El Mencho’s criminal career, and Mexico’s role in the criminal ecosystem.

This week on On The Radar: our most in-depth analysis of the fall of “El Mencho,” leader of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG).

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How the killing of El Mencho could impact the CJNG, as well as Mexico's criminal future, drawing on lessons from the past.

At least 121,695 people were murdered in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2024, putting the median homicide rate at around 20.2 per 100,000 people, about the same rate as 2023. The already ...

In March 2019, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro created a new wing of the Bolivarian Revolution political movement, the Peace Defender Squads (Cuadrillas Defensoras de la Paz). The squads, known by ...