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The Commander-in-Chief of the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN), Eliécer Erlinto Chamorro, aka “Antonio García,” appeared furious after Colombian President Gustavo Petro…

On July 25, 2025, bursts of gunfire disrupted the usual calm in La Fría, a town in the Venezuelan state of Táchira, just a few kilometers…

The future of the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) is now closely linked to Venezuela. As long as the Venezuelan government supports…

This week, we analyze the United States' counter-drug strategy in South America, a Sinaloa cartel leader's guilty plea, and a former Honduran president's pardon for his…

A senior leader in the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel has agreed to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors, marking a new court case that will not…

US President Donald Trump's plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández debunk evidence US prosecutors used to convict the former head of state of…

The Ecuadorian government celebrated its two years in office by touting the results of its tough crime-fighting policies. But his claims of progress do not present…

The world has been waiting for weeks to see whether the United States will escalate its militarized counter-drug mission in the Caribbean to a direct intervention…

On the radar: Rebel leader Iván Mordisco threatens violence after military strikes in Colombia This week on On the Radar, we analyze the arrest in Spain…

Costa Rican authorities are on high alert after uncovering the so-called South Caribbean Cartel, believed to be the country's first transnational criminal organization, which could have…