On July 1, Mexico approved a law that creates a legal framework for coordination among security agencies tackling high-impact ...

Although the Venezuelan government mostly dismantled the pranato in its prisons, the structure has been replicated in police ...

The creation of a ride-hailing app shows how Brazilian gangs are combining real-world territorial control and technological ...

The erosion of procedural guarantees in El Salvador has opened the door to the persecution of Salvadorans, even beyond the ...

The Chapitos are one of the most powerful crime groups in Mexico, and they are reshaping the country's criminal landscape.

The sentencing of a minor for murdering a Colombian presidential hopeful connects guerrillas to the killing, but evidence is thin.

Rumors abound about Tren de Aragua. It began as a prison gang in Venezuela, led by Niño Guerrero. This is his story.

This week, On The Radar focuses on Sinaloa Cartel founder “El Mayo” who is set to plead guilty to drug trafficking charges in ...

Remaining low profile limited Tren de Aragua’s ability to establish itself in Peru. So the group began to expand.

Tren de Aragua is infamous for its rapid expansion throughout Latin America. But a wave of criminals originally from the northwestern Venezuelan state of Zulia who have been arrested or killed in ...

Tren de Aragua has little chance of building criminal power in the US with so much law enforcement and public attention ...

Mexico is home to some of the hemisphere’s largest, most sophisticated, and most violent organized criminal groups. These organizations have drawn from Mexico’s long history of smuggling and its ...