InSight Crime
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14 years of research and analysis on organized crime and corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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📍 In a year marked by tensions between Venezuela and the United States, one key actor has strengthened its position and expanded its control over the Colombia-Venezuela border: the National Liberation Army (ELN). Learn more in our latest investigation: https://bit.ly/44L0wJo
🌱In 2025, organized crime continued expanding its environmental crimes across the Amazon Basin, damaging forests and communities. See how illegal mining and illicit crops are reshaping the region in our GameChangers 2025 series: https://bit.ly/453TeRa
December 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🌱In 2025, organized crime continued expanding its environmental crimes across the Amazon Basin, damaging forests and communities. See how illegal mining and illicit crops are reshaping the region in our GameChangers 2025 series: https://bit.ly/453TeRa
🇻🇪 In 2025, Venezuela was a central target of the US drug war revival — from maritime strikes to renewed pressure on state-linked criminal networks. Our #GameChangers2025 chapter dives deep, and you can join our exclusive event for more insight. https://bit.ly/4rQ4RoN
December 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🇻🇪 In 2025, Venezuela was a central target of the US drug war revival — from maritime strikes to renewed pressure on state-linked criminal networks. Our #GameChangers2025 chapter dives deep, and you can join our exclusive event for more insight. https://bit.ly/4rQ4RoN
👮 Immigration and gang crackdowns often make headlines — but the facts are more complex. InSight Crime’s reporting helps unpack what these policies actually do. Support independent analysis. Donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
👮 Immigration and gang crackdowns often make headlines — but the facts are more complex. InSight Crime’s reporting helps unpack what these policies actually do. Support independent analysis. Donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
🇵🇾Paraguay has spent over a decade as South America’s marijuana breadbasket. Vast cultivation and proximity to major consumer markets like Brazil and Argentina maintain it as the region’s leading supplier of illicit cannabis.
GameChangers 2025: The 10-Year Evolution of Latin America’s Booming Marijuana Market
In a year where cocaine and fentanyl garnered international attention, marijuana continued to play a key role in Latin America.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
🇵🇾Paraguay has spent over a decade as South America’s marijuana breadbasket. Vast cultivation and proximity to major consumer markets like Brazil and Argentina maintain it as the region’s leading supplier of illicit cannabis.
Trump’s drug war reset reduced migration flows in 2025 — but also pushed criminal groups toward more violent, predatory activities. Learn more in our #GameChangers2025 series. https://bit.ly/4qdjW1R
December 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Trump’s drug war reset reduced migration flows in 2025 — but also pushed criminal groups toward more violent, predatory activities. Learn more in our #GameChangers2025 series. https://bit.ly/4qdjW1R
🎙️ Segovia has been one of the most violent towns in Colombia for generations. Driving that violence is the lust for gold of armed groups, mafias, corrupt elites, and multinational corporations. Hear more in our podcast, La sombra de El Dorado. https://bit.ly/4pObbMh
December 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🎙️ Segovia has been one of the most violent towns in Colombia for generations. Driving that violence is the lust for gold of armed groups, mafias, corrupt elites, and multinational corporations. Hear more in our podcast, La sombra de El Dorado. https://bit.ly/4pObbMh
In 2025, the collapse of migration flows to the US reshaped organized crime strategies across Latin America. Learn more about our findings at an exclusive event for donors on January 9. Save your seat at the table with a donation: https://bit.ly/4rQ4RoN
December 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In 2025, the collapse of migration flows to the US reshaped organized crime strategies across Latin America. Learn more about our findings at an exclusive event for donors on January 9. Save your seat at the table with a donation: https://bit.ly/4rQ4RoN
📆InSight Crime’s GameChangers 2025 series is out. On January 9, our directors and top editors will break down what this year’s findings signal for 2026.
Access to the donor-only briefing is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution. https://bit.ly/48RVkVk
Access to the donor-only briefing is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution. https://bit.ly/48RVkVk
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📆InSight Crime’s GameChangers 2025 series is out. On January 9, our directors and top editors will break down what this year’s findings signal for 2026.
Access to the donor-only briefing is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution. https://bit.ly/48RVkVk
Access to the donor-only briefing is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution. https://bit.ly/48RVkVk
👮 Immigration and gang crackdowns often make headlines — but the facts are more complex. InSight Crime’s reporting helps unpack what these policies actually do. Support independent analysis. Donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
👮 Immigration and gang crackdowns often make headlines — but the facts are more complex. InSight Crime’s reporting helps unpack what these policies actually do. Support independent analysis. Donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
Gamechangers2025 | From Colombia’s Cauca mountains to Brazil’s favelas and Caribbean islands, the cannabis variety known as “Creepy” has spread across Latin America, driven by strong demand and its potent hallucinogenic effects. Read more: https://bit.ly/48InvHw
December 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Gamechangers2025 | From Colombia’s Cauca mountains to Brazil’s favelas and Caribbean islands, the cannabis variety known as “Creepy” has spread across Latin America, driven by strong demand and its potent hallucinogenic effects. Read more: https://bit.ly/48InvHw
📊 Cocaine is at the center of organized crime in the Americas. In 2025, InSight Crime documented production trends, homicide rates, trafficking shifts, and criminal dynamics. Support our 2026 investigations and donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📊 Cocaine is at the center of organized crime in the Americas. In 2025, InSight Crime documented production trends, homicide rates, trafficking shifts, and criminal dynamics. Support our 2026 investigations and donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
📆In 2025, Venezuela was a central target of the US drug war revival — from maritime strikes to renewed pressure on state-linked criminal networks. Our #GameChangers2025 chapter dives deep, and you can join our exclusive event for more insight. https://bit.ly/4rQ4RoN
December 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
📆In 2025, Venezuela was a central target of the US drug war revival — from maritime strikes to renewed pressure on state-linked criminal networks. Our #GameChangers2025 chapter dives deep, and you can join our exclusive event for more insight. https://bit.ly/4rQ4RoN
🌎 GameChangers2025 | As migration flows to the US declined, many criminal networks lost a key source of income. Here’s how groups like Colombia’s Gaitanistas and Mexico’s La Línea moved to adapt: https://bit.ly/3L9sasZ
December 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
🌎 GameChangers2025 | As migration flows to the US declined, many criminal networks lost a key source of income. Here’s how groups like Colombia’s Gaitanistas and Mexico’s La Línea moved to adapt: https://bit.ly/3L9sasZ
In 2025, criminal groups such as Colombia’s Gaitanistas shifted toward extortion, “reverse” human smuggling, and drug trafficking after a historic collapse in migrant flows through the Darién. Read more in #GameChangers2025: https://bit.ly/3L9sasZ
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
In 2025, criminal groups such as Colombia’s Gaitanistas shifted toward extortion, “reverse” human smuggling, and drug trafficking after a historic collapse in migrant flows through the Darién. Read more in #GameChangers2025: https://bit.ly/3L9sasZ
💡 Make an annual donation and become part of our Partners Investigating Crime. Attend exclusive events on organized crime in Latin America and with Silver or Gold plans, schedule private sessions with our experts. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/46CDiFv
December 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
💡 Make an annual donation and become part of our Partners Investigating Crime. Attend exclusive events on organized crime in Latin America and with Silver or Gold plans, schedule private sessions with our experts. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/46CDiFv
🇭🇳 #JOH | The 2018 arrest of Juan Orlando’s brother, Tony Hernández, a former congressman linked to major cocaine-trafficking networks, opened the door to US investigations that later implicated and helped convict the former president. Now Trump has pardoned JOH. Read more.
Juan Antonio 'Tony' Hernández Alvarado
Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernández Alvarado is a former Honduran congressman, the brother of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández and a convicted drug trafficker sentenced in the United States for his participation in moving cocaine.
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December 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🇭🇳 #JOH | The 2018 arrest of Juan Orlando’s brother, Tony Hernández, a former congressman linked to major cocaine-trafficking networks, opened the door to US investigations that later implicated and helped convict the former president. Now Trump has pardoned JOH. Read more.
🇺🇸 In 2025, InSight Crime examined how U.S. policy is increasingly linking immigration and gang enforcement. Our reporting shows how this approach shapes policing, prosecutions, and deportations. Support our work — donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🇺🇸 In 2025, InSight Crime examined how U.S. policy is increasingly linking immigration and gang enforcement. Our reporting shows how this approach shapes policing, prosecutions, and deportations. Support our work — donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
GameChangers2025 | With criminal groups increasingly consolidated and reduced support from the US, Colombia is heading for presidential elections in 2026. Explore the implications and possible scenarios at our donor-only event on January 9: https://bit.ly/4rQ4RoN
December 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
GameChangers2025 | With criminal groups increasingly consolidated and reduced support from the US, Colombia is heading for presidential elections in 2026. Explore the implications and possible scenarios at our donor-only event on January 9: https://bit.ly/4rQ4RoN
📍 The fentanyl market continued to evolve in 2025, with new routes, precursors, and emerging actors. InSight Crime documented these changes. Your support will help us continue this coverage in 2026. Donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📍 The fentanyl market continued to evolve in 2025, with new routes, precursors, and emerging actors. InSight Crime documented these changes. Your support will help us continue this coverage in 2026. Donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
👉With the reopening of the Colombia-Venezuela border in 2022, clandestine crossings fell out of use. This forced the ELN, which had profited from them, to make up lost revenues by extorting binational transport companies. Read more: https://bit.ly/44L0wJo
December 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
👉With the reopening of the Colombia-Venezuela border in 2022, clandestine crossings fell out of use. This forced the ELN, which had profited from them, to make up lost revenues by extorting binational transport companies. Read more: https://bit.ly/44L0wJo
👉 From bombing suspected drug boats to labeling fentanyl a WMD, the US expanded the legal boundaries of the drug war in 2025. We analyze what changed — and what didn’t — in our new #GameChangers2025 chapter.
GameChangers 2025: How the Trump Administration Reset the Fight Against Organized Crime
From drug boat bombings to terrorist designations to WMDs, in 2025, the Trump administration upended the way the United States...
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December 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
👉 From bombing suspected drug boats to labeling fentanyl a WMD, the US expanded the legal boundaries of the drug war in 2025. We analyze what changed — and what didn’t — in our new #GameChangers2025 chapter.
The Zetas, once one of Mexico’s most feared criminal groups, has fragmented into different entities, and yet it remains one of the most-read criminal profiles of 2025. Learn more about the infamous group.
Zetas
The Zetas, once one of Mexico's most feared criminal groups, infamous for their violence, no longer presents the threat it did.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Zetas, once one of Mexico’s most feared criminal groups, has fragmented into different entities, and yet it remains one of the most-read criminal profiles of 2025. Learn more about the infamous group.
👉 In 2025, we observed major shifts in cocaine trafficking — including new maritime corridors and emerging regional actors. Your donation ensures we can keep documenting these dynamics in 2026: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
👉 In 2025, we observed major shifts in cocaine trafficking — including new maritime corridors and emerging regional actors. Your donation ensures we can keep documenting these dynamics in 2026: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
🎙️ Paramilitary groups, mining mobsters, and corrupt politicians have turned the town of Segovia into a mafia stronghold. To find out what life is like on front line of Colombia’s gold wars, listen to our Spanish language podcast, La sombra de El Dorado: https://bit.ly/4nL2RLK
December 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🎙️ Paramilitary groups, mining mobsters, and corrupt politicians have turned the town of Segovia into a mafia stronghold. To find out what life is like on front line of Colombia’s gold wars, listen to our Spanish language podcast, La sombra de El Dorado: https://bit.ly/4nL2RLK
🇭🇳 #JOH | While Juan Orlando Hernández projected himself as a close US ally against organized crime, DEA investigations documented alleged ties to groups that moved hundreds of tons of cocaine. His recent pardon has brought those findings back into focus. Read about this case.
Special Series: The Rise and Fall of Honduras Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández
Juan Orlando Hernández, was the first Central American president to be accused, tried, and convicted of drug trafficking in the United States
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December 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🇭🇳 #JOH | While Juan Orlando Hernández projected himself as a close US ally against organized crime, DEA investigations documented alleged ties to groups that moved hundreds of tons of cocaine. His recent pardon has brought those findings back into focus. Read about this case.