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On the Radar: Cocaine Power Shifts and Seizures
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (358+ words) In this week's On the Radar, we ask: The US alleges Colombia's President Gustavo Petro is involved in drug trafficking " but is he? What does the dismissal of Venezuela's defense minister mean for the Cartel of the Suns? And what's…...
Map: Military Strikes Target Complex Criminal Landscape on Colombia-Ecuador Border
23+ hour, 23+ min ago (190+ words) Ecuador's armed forces, backed by the United States military, conducted airstrikes on camps on March 6 that they claim belonged to "narco-terrorist" groups along the country's northern border with Colombia." Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said the target of the strikes was…...
On the Radar: Latin America Keeps Attacking Crime — But Is It Working
6+ day, 28+ min ago (125+ words) Join our exclusive event on March 26, where our experts unpack the organized crime dynamics shaping homicides across 31 countries. "nase a nuestro evento exclusivo, en ingl's, el 26 de marzo, donde nuestros expertos analizar'n las principales din'micas que impulsaron los homicidios en…...
On the Radar: Presidents Talk Organized Crime
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (303+ words) Join our exclusive event on March 26, where our experts unpack the organized crime dynamics shaping homicides across 31 countries. "nase a nuestro evento exclusivo, en ingl's, el 26 de marzo, donde nuestros expertos analizar'n las principales din'micas que impulsaron los homicidios en…...
On the Radar: What's New in Trump's Push for More Military Might to Fight Organized Crime?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (144+ words) Join our exclusive event on March 26, where our experts unpack the organized crime dynamics shaping homicides across 31 countries. "nase a nuestro evento exclusivo, en ingl's, el 26 de marzo, donde nuestros expertos analizar'n las principales din'micas que impulsaron los homicidios en…...
How Criminal Decisions Over the Drug Market Impact Public Health in Northern Mexico
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1244+ words) Buying drugs isn't about choice anymore " it's about whatever's available." That's how many drug users in northern Mexico describe how local illicit drug markets have transformed over the past decade. Today, Eugenia's reality is starkly different. She now uses fentanyl,…...
What Marset's Capture Tells Us About the Cocaine Business
1+ week, 2+ day ago (686+ words) The capture of Sebasti'n Marset, one of South America's most wanted individuals, exemplifies why the takedown of major leaders should be just one part of a multi-pronged approach to tackling the drug trade. Marset was arrested on March 13, 2026, in Bolivia…...
InSight Crime’s 2025 Homicide Round-Up
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1718+ words) Despite the widespread use of states of emergency, the increasingly militarized response to organized crime, and the growth of criminal economies, the murder rate in 2025 across Latin America and the Caribbean declined. While murders in the region dropped last year…...
A CJNG Death in Mexico and A Missed Opportunity
2+ week, 5+ day ago (405+ words) A CJNG Death in Mexico and A Missed Opportunity'InSight Crime I cannot recall a time in the last two decades that I've covered the region's crime wars that I've done as many media interviews as I did this week around…...
On the Radar: Ecuador’s Escalating Crime Crisis
2+ week, 6+ day ago (69+ words) On the Radar: Ecuador's Escalating Crime Crisis'InSight Crime El Mencho's lavish funeral in Mexico, why violence is rising in Ecuador despite hard-line security measures, and the future of the South American country's fight against organized crime. are the focus of…...