A Q&A with Julia Yansura from FACT Coalition on how criminal groups capitalize on this multibillion-dollar industry and what ...

According to an indictment by Peru’s public prosecutor’s office, Álvarez extorted, threatened and ordered the assassination ...

Peru is no stranger to emergencies of this ... with corrupt public officials and foreign partners. According to Organized Crime Index , these criminal networks include police officers and ...

Peru’s Congress on Friday voted to dismiss ... allow for the deployment of soldiers to help police crack down on organized crime. Racketeering — part of a crime wave that has spread to many ...

Ecuadorian voters weary of crime reelected President Daniel Noboa, a conservative young millionaire with a divisive ...

Ecuador re-elected President Daniel Noboa to a four-year term. What to know about the pro-President Donald Trump conservative taking on cartel violence.

Rísquez, author of a book on Tren de Aragua, La banda que revolucionó el crimen organizado en América Latina — The gang that revolutionized organized crime in Latin America — argues that ...

allowing him to deploy thousands of soldiers to the streets to combat gangs and to charge people with terrorism counts for alleged ties to organized crime groups. Ecuador started 2025 with its ...

Peru's one-house Congress Friday approved ... his post citing his failure to address rising citizen insecurity, organized crime, and urban violence. This outcome was spurred by events like the ...