For four decades, Ismael Zambada García alias “El Mayo,” who was just sentenced to life in prison without parole in the United States, was the ghost of Mexican drug trafficking. While his fellow ...

InSight Crime's Deborah Bonello and Victoria Dittmar break down how El Mayo's sentencing won't end the war in Sinaloa and signals a new chapter in Mexican organized crime, in this week's Insight Take.

Nearly a year after Brazil’s biggest-ever banking fraud scandal was exposed, authorities are only beginning to understand its full extent.

United Nations data on coca cultivation in Colombia in 2024, showed drug crop plantations expanded while concentrating in certain territories.

Following the death of CJNG leader “El Mencho” in a February 2026 military operation, US authorities have named his stepson, Juan Carlos Valencia González, alias “El 03,” as the group’s new leader.

For nearly two decades, Juan Carlos Valencia González built power inside Mexico’s Jalisco Cartel while staying almost invisible to the public. The US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) recently ...

Larry Changa will be tried in Chile, in what could be the final chapter for one of the three founding members of Tren de Aragua.

Earlier this month, Costa Rican authorities intercepted a fishing boat off Golfito, Puntarenas, hauling 560 kilos of cocaine dissolved into liquids and hidden in plastic barrels, along with another 95 ...

Alleged members of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) circulated a video on social media threatening the Unión Tepito and the Tláhuac Cartel, two criminal ...

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At the height of its power, the Familia Michoacana’s brutal tactics, strong base of operations and pseudo-religious ideology made it a formidable operation and a point of fascination for outsiders.

Rotela Clan is a criminal group run by the Rotela family in Paraguay. It was originally specialized in the microtrafficking of crack in poorer neighborhoods of Asunción and Concepción, but has since ...