The US designated Brazil’s two largest criminal organizations, the First Capital Command and the Red Command, as terrorist organizations.

The Nicaraguan government is systematically persecuting political opponents and potentially protecting powerful criminal interests at home.

Before fentanyl reaches the streets, a wide range of actors influence its movement across Mexico and into the United States, from precursor chemical suppliers and independent clandestine producers to ...

The recent arrest of alleged Albanian drug trafficker Ervin Mata in Brazil is the latest example of how Balkan-origin criminal service providers operate in Latin America. Mata, who was arrested April ...

The appointment of Gabriel Estuardo García Luna as Guatemala’s new attorney general could put the brakes on a period of extreme judicial backsliding, though the top prosecutor inherits a hollowed-out ...

The US military arrested Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores in their home in Caracas on January 3 in a surprise operation that shocked the world. Maduro and Flores were ...

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Is Venezuela now a hybrid state, where the line between governance and criminality has blurred or even disappeared altogether? The start of this evolution can be traced back 20 years to then-President ...