17/04/2016 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
LatAm Nations Get Ready for UN Special Session on Drug Policy
For the third time in its history, the United Nations will hold a special session late this month to discuss global drug policy. Several Latin American nations with much at stake are prepared to make a case for rethinking the so-called "war on drugs."
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09/01/2016 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
What's Next for Mexico After 'El Chapo' Recapture?
Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was reportedly recaptured in Mexico, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced on January 8 via Twitter.
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07/12/2015 | Transparencia
The LatAm Soccer Officials Implicated in Latest FIFA Scandal
The US Department of Justice indicted an additional sixteen Latin American soccer officials on corruption charges, shedding more light on a complex network involving multiple sports media companies that agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to the region's most powerful soccer brokers.
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20/04/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Bloody Ambush a Setback for Colombia Peace Talks
The most violent FARC attack since Colombia's peace talks began is unlikely to derail the negotiations completely, but is nonetheless indicative of the degree to which certain guerrilla factions are vulnerable to criminalization.
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17/03/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The UN's Top Recommendations for Ending Torture in Mexico
At the end of a report that describes "disturbing" levels of impunity around torture cases in Mexico, the United Nations offers dozens of recommendations to combat the problem, the majority of which have to do with confronting ongoing, severe dysfunction in the justice system.
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27/01/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
'New Gang Truce' Announced in El Salvador
El Salvador's gangs have reportedly committed to a new truce, which, if true, is apparently intended to show the government that the gangs exert major influence over the country's violence levels, and that their demands must be taken seriously.
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27/01/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US Releases New Plan for Caribbean Drug Trafficking
The White House's new strategy to confront drug trafficking in US Caribbean territory, the first federal plan of its kind, comes amid concerns over increased drug trafficking and gang violence in the region.
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12/01/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia on Track for Least Violent Year in 3 Decades
While the official number of homicides hasn't yet been released by authorities, the statistics available thus far indicate that conflict-ridden Colombia may have just registered its most peaceful year in decades. However, the data doesn't tell the whole story.
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09/01/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Is Venezuela Becoming the Most Dangerous Nation in Latin America?
With nearly 25,000 violent deaths estimated for 2014 and 90 violent deaths reported in Caracas in the first week of 2015, Venezuela may now be one of the most dangerous nations in the Americas, although the lack of official statistics obscure the true scale of the security crisis.
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21/12/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
What the New US-Cuba Deal Means for Organized Crime, Security
The US hasn't provided any specific details about what a historic new deal with Cuba means in terms of security and counternarcotics policy -- an area where limited collaboration between the two countries already exists -- but the restored relationship is nonetheless promising on many fronts.
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03/11/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
60% Bolivia Prosecutors Linked to Crimes: Congress
According to Bolivia's Congress, there are some 300 public prosecutors who are currently under investigation for allegedly committing a crime, a figure that suggests a high degree of judicial corruption in the Andean country.
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21/10/2014 | Transparencia
Colombia's Attorney General Investigating False Witnesses in 3000 Cases
Colombia's Attorney General's Office is reportedly investigating over 3,000 cases that involved false testimony from witnesses, a phenomenon that further damages the credibility of the justice system.
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05/10/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
What Is Behind Murder of Venezuela Politician?
After a young star of Venezuela's ruling socialist party was murdered in his home, the government has sought to blame the opposition and portray the victim as a political martyr. However, this narrative is drawn into question by his reported ties to the murky world of Caracas' militant collectives.
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18/09/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Closer to Global Drug Policy Reform? Not So Fast
A report by a panel of high-profile political figures states that the taboo around discussing new approaches to drug regulation has been broken. But while alternative drug policy advocates have enjoyed significant victories in the past few years, there's still room for setbacks.
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09/02/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazil Developing Technology to Trace Cocaine 'DNA'
Brazil's Federal Police director said that his nation was developing ways to trace cocaine's origins through chemical analysis, more evidence of resolve by Latin America's superpower to confront drug trafficking in the region.
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24/10/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazil - 50-Year Crime Family Feud Behind Killings in Rural Brazil
A conflict in Brazil's northeast, where security forces launched an operation to quell a violent feud between criminal dynasties, is a reminder that in some rural parts of the country, state presence is as weak and crime as rampant as in urban favelas.
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26/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Latin America - Post-2009 Coup, Honduras a 'Narco-Storehouse'
The Honduras government says Mexican gangs like the Zetas and the Sinaloa Cartel are turning the country into a "narco-storehouse." Has the country sufficiently recovered from the 2009 political crisis to rebuild its anti-crime efforts?.
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19/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Humala Shakes Up Peru's Drug Policy
Peru's move to suspend coca eradication efforts may last no longer than a week, but it is the first real indication that President Ollanta Humala is more than willing to make bold changes to the country's drug policy.
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10/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
El Salvador Military Officer Sentenced for Arms Trafficking
A former officer in El Salvador's Special Forces was sentenced to 31 years in prison after attempting to sell weapons to an undercover agent posing as a member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC).
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