The tightening of US migration policy after Donald Trump, means the number of migrants seeking to cross the US/Mexico border ...

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

A recently appointed security official in the Trump administration once led a think tank that published false reports about ...

In Ciudad Juárez, an old criminal guard is being replaced by a new one amid a changing criminal economy on the US-Mexico ...

Criminal networks battling over drug routes and markets have made the northeastern state of Ceará into one of Brazil's ...

InSight Crime investigator Parker Asmann provided expert analysis to several media outlets in Honduras following the release ...

This is the story of alias “Fito,” one of Ecuador’s top crime bosses and the leader of the powerful criminal group, the Choneros.

Drug traffickers today realize that their best protection is not a private army but anonymity. This is the story of “Memo Fantasma” or “Will the Ghost,” who started life in the Medellín Cartel, funded ...

InSight Crime's co-director Steven Dudley and managing editor Deborah Bonello discuss President Trump's latest directive, and why it fundamentally misunderstands the region's criminal landscape.

The digital recruitment of children into criminal organizations throughout Latin America is booming, but government responses ...

InSight Crime investigator and project manager Victoria Dittmar provided expert analysis to the Texas Observer for an article that examined how US-Mexico border strategies often fall short in tackling ...

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