Following El Mencho’s death, the CJNG faces a new era of succession and potential fragmentation. Learn who could lead the cartel and its criminal operations in Mexico.

The CJNG is headed by alias "El Mencho," a feared but mysterious leader. The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) is a transnational criminal group that emerged from ...

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho," is the talismanic leader of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG) Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” was the founder and leader of the ...

How football fuels Paraguay’s drug trade, the latest extradition request from Mexico to the US, and what the latest cocaine ...

In attempting to target gang leadership, Guatemala's government instead exposed its limited capacity to do so.

Which Latin American countries collaborate with the US on anti-narcotics? Consult this map for a look at the ever-evolving web of alliances in the region.

This week, we’re asking what the future might hold for the United States’ relationship with Honduras, what a mass kidnapping in Mexico tells us about the country’s crime wars, and whether another high ...

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In 2020, the US Department of Justice released a bombshell indictment charging sitting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other senior members of his government with “narco-terrorism” and ...