The US State Department has added the Chone Killers gang in Ecuador to its list of foreign terrorist designations.

While the series captures surface-level dynamics of these illicit economies, it often ignores the complexity of criminal operations.

El Salvador’s mass trials of alleged gang members are the latest phase in President Nayib Bukele’s hardline security model.

Conservative hardliner Keiko Fujimori is poised to become Peru’s next president, following a chaotic and divisive election.

De la Espriella promises a hard line on Colombia's criminal groups. Also this week: DEA's fentanyl strategy and Fujimori's ...

Will the killing of Tren de Aragua founder Niño Guerrero have much impact on organized crime? Does the capture of “Fito”’s brother in Ecuador promise to improve the security situation there? And which ...

El Mencho is dead. The Sinaloa Cartel, as we once knew it, is gone. The Chapitos are cooperating with US authorities. Mexico’s criminal landscape is entering a new phase — one defined by fragmented ...

Brazil’s two largest criminal organizations – the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) and the Red Command (Comando Vermelho – CV) – have been designated terrorist organizations ...

Peru’s presidential run-off remains too close to call, with conservative Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez Palomino locked in a technical tie as of June 8 and vote counting expected to ...

The explosive charges filed against ex-Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya have spotlighted the symbiotic relationship between Mexican officials and the organized crime groups they are tasked with ...