Elijah Stevens
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 05:31
The infiltration of criminal groups into El Salvador's security forces is a serious and ongoing threat, according to the government, and is contributing to record levels of violence experienced in the past year.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 07:01
A former national judge from Honduras' special court system designed to handle high profile cases against gangs and members of organized crime has been found guilty for accepting a bribe, a positive sign that the country's Attorney General's Office is starting to purge the judicial system.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:51
New revelations about the jailbreak of Mexico's most notorious drug lord, "El Chapo" Guzman suggest that his escape was facilitated by failings on the part of authorities that can only be explained by either incompetence or corruption at the highest levels.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:33
According to one report, traffickers are increasingly using amphibious aircraft to smuggle drugs into Argentina, a development which may possibly be in response to the country's efforts to combat aerial drug trafficking.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 06:17
Mexico has extradited the head of the Sinaloa Cartel's Central America operations to the United States, a move that could spark fresh concern among elites in Honduras thought to be connected to organized crime.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 06:28
A media investigation suggests that death squads, dressed as security forces, killed over a dozen people, and were not investigated by authorities.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 06:31
Honduran businessman and politician, Yani Rosenthal, has allegedly turned himself over to authorities, following US indictments on money laundering charges against the Rosenthal family. The decision may be part of an attempt to safeguard the elite Honduran family’s economic and political interests.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 06:10
An officer in El Salvador’s army has been arrested for selling firearms to an alleged gang member, highlighting how the country’s military is fueling a widespread illegal market for weapons.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 06:00
The number of reported massacres in El Salvador appear to have risen significantly, again raising the question of whether this is primarily the result of gang-on-gang violence or whether there are other factors at play.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 06:35
Police in Brazil have captured a little known figure that has played a major role in the historical development of Latin America's drug trade, and whose links to prominent drug traffickers stretch from Mexico's "El Chapo" Guzman to Colombia's Pablo Escobar.