Mat [00.00.03] It was after dinner, and Elizabeth was clearing up the plates in the house she shared with her husband, Andres Bedoya. Andres was a miner in Segovia, a mountainous town in the heartland ...

El Salvador's gang truce may have provided a short-term reprieve from violence but ultimately added to the total death toll, ...

Migrant smuggling dynamics in northern Colombia are shifting in response to a US immigration crackdown, disrupting criminal ...

The recent killings show how the government's tough-on-crime response has been minimally effective at best and spurred ...

Colombia is home to a billion-dollar black market gold sector that funds armed groups and organized crime, fuels corruption, and has a devastating environmental impact. It is, in short, an epicenter ...

The arrest of Guatemala’s most-wanted fugitive is a blow to one of the country's main drug networks, but may not curb the ...

Latin American criminal groups are increasingly using drones to confront security forces, transport illicit goods, and ...

Coca cultivation in Honduras spread to 16 municipalities in 2024 indicating that the crop has become an established criminal ...

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Global capitalism marches into town, pledging to save Segovia from itself. But what – or who – lies behind the promises of a new era of stability and prosperity for all?

A conversation with Adam Baird about his new research examining how social constructions of masculinity fuel violence in ...

Synthetic drugs' rapid spread is reshaping illicit markets worldwide, according to reports by the International Narcotics ...