This week shows contradictions in US policy, with Trump fighting the drug war with one hand and doing deals with traffickers ...

US President Donald Trump’s plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández belie the evidence used to ...

A plea agreement made by a top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel's Chapitos faction raises fresh questions about the kidnapping of ...

The Trump administration has accused Maduro of heading the Cartel of the Suns, which it has now added to its terrorist ...

Ecuador marked two years in office by trumpeting results of its anti-crime policies. But its claims don’t show the full ...

From cooks and coca harvesters to owners of their drug empires or trafficking and smuggling networks, women operate in a versatile manner, challenging traditional stereotypes about how they ...

On a hazy afternoon in May 2021, Daniel Gonzalez, alias “Rafael Arocho,” sped through Pasadena in a white Lexus packed with about $600,000 in cash — drug profits bound for a handoff at a San Gabriel ...

Join InSight Crime and EAFIT University experts for a panel unveiling the findings of our new report: Peace Never Had a ...

Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado is Honduras’ former president and a convicted drug trafficker. He served about 19 months of a 45-year sentence in the United States after being found guilty of drug ...

In July 2024, storied Sinaloa Cartel boss Ismael Zambada García, alias “El Mayo,” and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of the now-jailed former kingpin, Joaquín Guzmán alias “El Chapo,” were arrested in ...

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