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3 claves para entender al Tren de Aragua
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha puesto a la banda criminal de origen venezolano, el Tren de Aragua, en el centro del huracán de sus...
What We Know About Tren de Aragua
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the rise of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that has gained international infamy in recent years. From its home base in ...
Masacres, alianzas y traiciones: la guerra interna que dividió a los Tiguerones de Ecuador
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
El 6 de marzo, unos 20 hombres armados del grupo criminal los Tiguerones acecharon las colinas de los alrededores de Guayaquil, el principal puerto y ...
Massacres, Alliances, and Betrayals: Inside the Gang War That Tore Ecuador’s Tiguerones Apart
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On March 6, about 20 armed members of the Tiguerones criminal group lurked in the hills on the outskirts of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s port hub and larges...
La economía de Culiacán sangra en medio de la guerra del Cartel de Sinaloa
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Una mañana de septiembre, Ana Rosa Sánchez* llegó temprano a su restaurante de mariscos en Altata, un pueblo costero del estado de Sinaloa, para in...
As Sinaloa Cartel War Rages On, An Economy Bleeds Dry in Culiacán, Mexico
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One morning in September 2024, Ana Rosa Sánchez* arrived early to begin her morning routine at a seafood restaurant in Altata, a small fishing villag...
El dinero de los Zetas y la campaña de Colom en Guatemala
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Me llamo Stephen Dudley y soy codirector de InSight Crime.A lo largo de los años, he realizado numerosos reportajes sobre candidatos presidenciales y...
The Zetas, Drug Money and the Colom Campaign in Guatemala
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My name is Stephen Dudley, and I'm the co-director of InSight Crime.Over the years, I've done numerous reports about presidential candidates a...
La interminable disputa por el Bajo Cauca: la joya criminal de Colombia
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cerca de la orilla del Río Nechí, uno de los principales epicentros de la minería ilegal de oro en el norte de Colombia, Javier*, un líder social ...
The New Rules of Engagement in Sinaloa’s Latest Crime Wars
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A group of armed men stormed into a drug rehab facility in the city of Culiacán, Mexico, at around 2:00 in the morning on April 7, and rounded up the...
Las nuevas reglas de juego en la última guerra criminal de Sinaloa
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cerca de las 2 horas de la mañana del 7 de abril, un grupo de hombres armados irrumpió en un centro de rehabilitación de drogas en la ciudad de Cul...
Cinco años después, ¿cómo cambió la pandemia al crimen organizado en América Latina y el Caribe?
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cinco años después del inicio de la pandemia de COVID-19, el crimen organizado adoptó nuevas estrategias y fortaleció su control sobre los territo...
5 Years Later, How Has the Pandemic Changed Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean?
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean has adopted new strategies and strengthened control o...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 08 He Met a Pilgrim Shadow
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two weeks ago, we published what was supposed to be the final episode of The Shadow of El Dorado, our podcast series exploring the story of Segovia, a...
Campo de exterminio en México expone los horrores del reclutamiento forzado del CJNG
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
El descubrimiento de un campo de exterminio y trabajo forzado del Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) ha generado luto nacional en México y evide...
Could US Deportations Compromise Trump Administration’s MS13 Crackdown?
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration’s decision to return a high-profile gang boss facing terrorism charges to El Salvador as part of a controversial effort to ...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 07 War Stories
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We head back to Segovia after several years away. Has the town been able to escape the blood gold cycle? ____This is the final episode of the series....
The Shadow of El Dorado | 06 The Strike
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tensions between informal miners and the Canadian multinational that is the legal owner of the town’s gold have been building ever since we first ar...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 05 Venom
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Segovia goes into lockdown when a new gold war begins as Colombia’s broader conflict enters a new chapter. But is this an existential battle between...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 04 Meet the New Boss
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Global capitalism marches into town, pledging to save Segovia from itself. But what – or who – lies behind the promises of a new era of stability ...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 03 Them
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Frontino story leads us right back to them – the paramilitary groups that have lurked in the shadows of Segovia for generations – and our defi...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 02 The Frontino Men
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our blood gold investigation takes an unexpected turn as we dive into the story of Frontino Gold Mines, a decades-old mystery that could hold the key ...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 01 Blood Gold
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our search for Colombia’s blood gold takes us to Segovia and the illegal mines at the very beginning of the global supply chain. But what we find th...
Ecuador’s Path Forward: Crime, Elections, and the Next President
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into the 2025 presidential elections in Ecuador, a country that was once the envy of Latin America for its stability and safe...
Lo que un asesinato en Chile reveló sobre la relación de Maduro con el Tren de Aragua
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
La relación del gobierno venezolano con el Tren de Aragua ha sido objeto de escrutinio tras las acusaciones de que el ministro del Interior pudo esta...
Por qué los aranceles estadounidenses no detendrán el flujo de fentanilo o de migrantes desde México
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apenas dos semanas después de tomar posesión, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dio un ultimátum a los gobiernos de Canadá, China y M...
Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Slow the Flow of Migrants or Fentanyl From Mexico
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just two weeks after taking office, US President Donald Trump gave the governments of Canada, China, and Mexico an ultimatum.If they did not step up e...
Las informantes de Tibú: cómo el Estado colombiano desató una ola de feminicidios
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Los golpes en la puerta retumbaron en toda la casa.Era una mañana de un domingo de enero de 2021, en Tibú, un municipio del departamento colombiano ...
The Informants of Tibú: How the Colombian State Unleashed a Wave of Femicides
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A banging on the door echoed throughout the house. It was a Sunday morning in January 2021, in Tibú, a municipality in the Colombian department of No...
Los productores de fentanilo en México se adaptan a los retos del mercado
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tras cinco años de auge del tráfico de fentanilo desde el estado noroccidental de Sinaloa, “los señores”, como él se refiere a la facción de ...
How Fentanyl Producers in Mexico Are Adapting to a Challenging Market
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After five years of booming fentanyl trafficking in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, “the bosses,” as he called the Sinaloa Cartel faction of th...
¿Qué ocurrió cuando el Ministerio de Gobernación de Guatemala intentó despedir a 102 guardias penitenciarios señalados de corrupción?
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
En junio de 2024, el Ministerio de Gobernación de Guatemala presentó una denuncia ante el Ministerio Público contra 102 guardias penitenciarios s...
What Happened When Guatemala’s Interior Ministry Tried to Fire 102 Prison Guards It Accused of Corruption?
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In June 2024, Guatemala’s Interior Ministry filed a legal complaint with the Attorney General’s Office against 102 prison guards it accused of c...
Cómo el dinero del narco llegó hasta lo más alto del poder político en las Américas
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
El año 2024 ofreció algunos recordatorios contundentes de que el dinero del narcotráfico puede llegar a los niveles más altos de la política. Des...
Narco Money Scandals Reach the Apex of Political Power in the Americas
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The year 2024 included some stark reminders that drug trafficking money can reach the highest levels of politics. From Honduras to Mexico to Colombia,...
The Rebel and the Peacemaker
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our last episode of this season we explore the incredible life of Raúl Mijango, the rebel turned congressman turned gang mediator turned inmate wh...
Crime Strengthens Crime
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Judge Ivana David has been working in the Brazil's prison system for 30 years, which gave her a front row seat to the emergence of the PCC. Its ri...
Demented Society
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Abraham Barberi is a walking paradox. He is from Mexico but lives in the United States. He does missionary work but plays guitar in a death metal band...
One Prison, Two Gangs
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On June 20, 2023, at least 46 inmates were killed by members of the 18th Street gang at Honduras’ National Female Penitentiary for Social Adaptation...
Daughter of Coca
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Colombia, farming coca for cocaine production provides an alternative livelihood in the midst of poverty and state abandonment. At the same time, c...
Why Bolivia is Burning
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, a series of wildfires—largely set to clear land for agribusiness and make way for new residents — devastated Santa Cruz, the Bolivian sta...
Introducing InSight Crime’s Podcast
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For over a decade, InSight Crime has investigated organized crime in the Americas. Across the hemisphere, we’ve interviewed thousands of people, fro...