How the killing of El Mencho could impact the CJNG, as well as Mexico's criminal future, drawing on lessons from the past.

Following El Mencho’s death, the CJNG faces a new era of succession and potential fragmentation. Learn who could lead the ...

Today, the violence is the result of the rapid growth of the CJNG, which emerged in 2010 after the fragmentation of the Sinaloa and Milenio cartels. Since then, the group has spent years developing a ...

InSight Crime explores the drug trafficking dynamics in Venezuela, the nature of the Cartel of the Suns, and its future without Maduro.

InSight Crime outlines the five CJNG hotspots to keep an eye on in Mexico following the high-profile killing of El Mencho.

The killing of CJNG leader El Mencho sparked violence across Mexico, but what does history teach us about the killing of cartel leaders?

The ELN has used its partnership with Venezuelan authorities to consolidate control along the Colombia-Venezuela border.

For members of Venezuela’s armed forces, drug trafficking, illegal mining, and other criminal rents have become a parallel source of income.

How football fuels Paraguay’s drug trade, the latest extradition request from Mexico to the US, and what the latest cocaine seizure in El Salvador reveals are the focus of this week’s roundup of the ...

The state-embedded drug trafficking structure in Venezuela is largely intact, although the conditions under which it operates have shifted.

In attempting to target gang leadership, Guatemala's government instead exposed its limited capacity to do so.

Which Latin American countries collaborate with the US on anti-narcotics? Consult this map for a look at the ever-evolving web of alliances in the region.