Analysis

In a strategy shift, Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum sent 20 narco bosses to the US. Experts say this is an old, and failed, formula that ignores victims.
The arrest of members of the Tren de Aragua criminal organization in the United States is raising alarms, and many questions. Here's what you need to know.
A series of murders and wave of attacks on health workers in Santiago de Chile have exposed new criminal dynamics with potentially long-term consequences. Pablo Zeballos analyses them.
The arrival of a new international mission has opened a new chapter in the long and complex history of Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas and, for months now, taken over by violent gangs. The Kenyan-led mission has sparked hope, scepticism and many questions about the future.
Behind the stories of abuse in Venezuela looms the role of the colectivos, paramilitary groups sympathetic to the government, and the many questions about their future.
Homicidios a sangre fría a plena luz del día, dinámicas mafiosas, funerales narco. En poco más de una década, Chile ha pasado de ser testigo a protagonista del mapa criminal de América Latina. Pero mientras otros gobiernos de la región abordan el crimen con políticas punitivas, la administración de Gabriel Boric ensaya otras estrategias. ¿Pueden funcionar?

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