The Aragua Train is expanding  in Chile. Here’s how

The Venezuelan mega-gang Tren de Aragua is the first transnational organised crime group to operate in Chile, a country experiencing a crime crisis of...

Ronna Rísquez: “Regional cooperation is key to stopping groups like the Tren de Aragua”

From a prison mega-gang in Venezuela to an international organisation, the Tren de Aragua has had a unique criminal journey, even for Latin America...

Ecuador’s puzzle, explained

Ecuador faces an unprecedented security crisis, with homicide and crime rates at historic levels. While the Noboa administration's strategy has...

Ecuador Criminal logic moves faster than governmental logic

Expert Glaeldys González Calanche sheds light on the complex criminal puzzle that Ecuador has become. She reflects on the impact of the penitentiary...

The outlier: Rosario (and its future), explained 

Argentina is one of the safest countries in Latin America, except for Rosario, the city with a homicide rate five times higher than the national...

Poverty, marginalisation and cocaine: Crime groups find lucrative combo in Argentina

Argentina's economy is in intensive care. Financial stagnation, coupled with record inflation and the slashing of public spending have resulted in...

DRUGS, WOMEN AND PRISONS:
IS COSTA RICA'S RECIPE IN DANGER?

Women represent the fastest growing prison population in Latin America. Most are convicted of petty drug offences, are heads of households and come from marginalized backgrounds.

Ecuador has gone from being one of the most peaceful countries in the Americas, to having one of the highest homicides rates in the region. Why is this happening? Some of the reasons include a reconfiguration of the global illicit drug market and changes in local criminal dynamics. Here’s what you need to know.

We amplify the stories of the collateral victims of crime organizations in Latin America with the aim of generating changes in the narratives as well as in government’s security practices and policies.