Issue Nov 12-18 2025: Given former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s increasingly evident links to organized crime, is Claudia Sheinbaum’s defense of his character an act of complicity or loyalty? The current Mexican president, who owes her political career in no small measure to López Obrador, is under scrutiny for her untiring support of

Issue Nov 12-18 2025: Without complete information, it is impossible to determine whether or not a war crime was committed in Guaviare. This episode prompts a review of the applicable legal framework, the State’s obligations, the limits on the use of force, and the dilemmas that arise when minors are used in hostilities.

Issue Nov 12-18 2025: After Operation Containment, the deadliest in the history of the Brazilian police, the government of Rio de Janeiro, in chorus with exponents of the national far-right, has once again spread the discourse of narcoterrorism. According to this narrative, groups like Comando Vermelho (CV) would not only be actors in organized crime, but

Issue Nov 05-11 2025: Uruguay’s National Police is urging the government to give “immediate and visible social use” to assets confiscated from organized crime, arguing that long delays reduce their economic and symbolic value.

Issue Nov 05-11 2025: Declarations of a state of emergency and their extensions have become an endlessly recurring formula for Peruvian governments: indeed, between the years 2000 and 2024, successive governments in Peru have declared states of emergency 610 times, or an average of two every month.

Issue Nov 05-11 2025: The repudiation of the massacre perpetrated by the police in Rio de Janeiro should be unanimous in a civilized society, but it is considered synonymous with defending criminals for most of the population.

Issue Oct 29-Nov 04 2025: The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Castro, has declared successful a massive sting operation carried out by security forces against members of a drug cartel gang in the city.

Issue Oct 29-Nov 04 2025: On July of 2024, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, the historic leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, was kidnapped and given over to authorities in the United States by Joaquín Guzmán López, “El Chapo” Guzmán’s son, causing one of the oldest criminal organizations in the country to split into two factions,

Issue Oct 29-Nov 04 2025: School violence has become one of the most alarming security emergencies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Issue Oct 29-Nov 04 2025: The Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro confirmed that at least 119 people were killed in the massive police mission targeting the Comando Vermelho drug gang, making it the deadliest operation in the city’s history.