This week shows contradictions in US policy, with Trump fighting the drug war with one hand and doing deals with traffickers ...

US President Donald Trump’s plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández belie the evidence used to ...

A plea agreement made by a top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel's Chapitos faction raises fresh questions about the kidnapping of ...

The Trump administration has accused Maduro of heading the Cartel of the Suns, which it has now added to its terrorist ...

Ecuador marked two years in office by trumpeting results of its anti-crime policies. But its claims don’t show the full ...

From cooks and coca harvesters to owners of their drug empires or trafficking and smuggling networks, women operate in a versatile manner, challenging traditional stereotypes about how they ...

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, often referred to by his initials JOH, is one of the only heads of state ever to be prosecuted for drug trafficking in the United States. JOH’s ...

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At least 121,695 people were murdered in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2024, putting the median homicide rate at around 20.2 per 100,000 people, about the same rate as 2023. The already ...