Browsing: Street Gangs

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…

A leading figure in the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for participating in a RICO conspiracy and conspiracy to commit…

After the U.S. State Department announced it would designate the Venezuela Sun Cartel as a “foreign terrorist organization,” InSight Crime co-director Jeremy McDermott was interviewed by…