2024 | THE GLOBAL SAFETY REPORT. The port city of Guayaquil acts as a critical export . hub for transporting cocaine to Europe. In 2023, no other region anywhere in the world — excluding

Dec 27, 2024 · Ecuador became the latest Latin American nation to turn to a militarized response to combat organized crime in 2024. But the crackdown has missed its mark, leading to a reorganization rather than destruction of the country’s criminal groups.

Dec 3, 2024 · In the space of just a few years, the Lobos have evolved from a splinter group of the Choneros to one of Ecuador’s most powerful and innovative criminal organizations, with thousands of members spread across the country and within the prisons.

Dec 6, 2023 · Sources: Emergency decree enacted by El Salvador legislative assembly, March 26 2022; El Salvador legislative assembly; confidential police intelligence reports; interviews with El Salvador security officials; Revista Factum But while the crackdown’s impact has been transformative, the gangs are not finished in El Salvador. In fact, the government’s own data …

Sep 12, 2024 · Gang violence in Trinidad and Tobago is on the rise, and without significant policy changes, predictive models suggest the trend will worsen over the coming years.. The country has experienced a sharp spike in homicides in 2024, with 413 cases as of August 26, surpassing the figures from the same period over the previous five years.

Jun 11, 2011 · The discovery of a narco-tank factory in north Mexico is the latest evolution in traffickers' increasingly tactical struggle for territory. While some minimize the importance of these vehicles, they could escalate the battle, pushing Mexico to resemble conflicts such as …

Nov 21, 2024 · The assassination of a police informant in São Paulo’s main international airport has exposed serious flaws in Brazil’s witness protection system, complicating efforts to dismantle powerful organized crime networks.

May 27, 2024 · The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) is a transnational criminal group that emerged from the Milenio Cartel following a series of killings, arrests, and internal fractures.

Jul 12, 2024 · Tren de Aragua is Venezuela’s most powerful homegrown criminal actor and the only Venezuelan gang that has successfully projected its power abroad. It has grown from a prison gang limited to the state of Aragua, to a transnational threat with a wide criminal portfolio.

Jul 12, 2024 · Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias “Niño” Guerrero,” is the main leader of Tren de Aragua, the most important criminal group in Venezuela.The organization’s expansion and transnational reach in different Latin American countries has positioned Niño Guerrero as one of the most renowned prison leaders, also known as pranes, in the region.