InSight Crime's Deborah Bonello and Victoria Dittmar break down how El Mayo's sentencing won't end the war in Sinaloa and ...

Nearly a year after Brazil’s biggest-ever banking fraud scandal was exposed, authorities are only beginning to understand its ...

For four decades, Ismael Zambada García alias “El Mayo,” who was just sentenced to life in prison without parole in the United States, was the ghost of Mexican drug trafficking. Keep up to date on the ...

President Trump’s administration has made the fight against drug trafficking the premise for militarized, punitive action both at home and abroad. At home, it has inflated the threat represented by ...

Following the death of CJNG leader “El Mencho” in a February 2026 military operation, US authorities have named his stepson, Juan Carlos Valencia González, alias “El 03,” as the group’s new leader.

Larry Changa will be tried in Chile, in what could be the final chapter for one of the three founding members of Tren de ...

Earlier this month, Costa Rican authorities intercepted a fishing boat off Golfito, Puntarenas, hauling 560 kilos of cocaine dissolved into liquids and hidden in plastic barrels, along with another 95 ...

For nearly two decades, Juan Carlos Valencia González built power inside Mexico’s Jalisco Cartel while staying almost invisible to the public. The US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) recently ...

Who is winning the drug war – governments or drugs? Is Mexico’s ruling party cracking under pressure from President Trump and organized crime? What is in the crosshairs of the latest OFAC sanctions ...

An anti-gang operation that became an attack on rural communities. In July 2024, the Tren del Llano gang attacked a voting center to protest Venezuela’s stolen election. The Chavista regime responded ...

The United States is this week upping the multimillion-dollar rewards it has on the heads of the remaining leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel’s Chapitos faction, just as prosecutors are targeting the ...

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito,” was the head of the Choneros, one of Ecuador’s most prominent criminal groups. He joined the Choneros during its rapid rise from a regional gang into one of ...