Juan Orlando Hernández’s escape from legal accountability at home and abroad point to the larger challenges of democracy building under the shadow of US power.
Articles on Drug cartels
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Crackdowns may suppress some forms of gang activity without dismantling their economic structures.
Study suggests long-practiced strategy of taking out the heads of drug cartels may be missing underlying predictors of crime.
Wholesale and street prices for meth have dropped sharply over seven years, but it’s as potent as ever. Are new global supply routes to blame?
Mexico’s cartel landscape has expanded significantly since 2006, fuelled by arms smuggling and drug consumption north of the border.
Mexico has been following the same rulebook of engagement with the cartels for much of the past two decades, with very limited success.
Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel have set up roadblocks and attacked property and security forces in the days following their leader’s death.
The killing of the Jalisco New Generation cartel’s leader is likely to spark a wave violence.
In Colombia’s coca-cultivating Catatumbo region on the border with Venezuela, community care and survival efforts amid escalating violence are in a state of emergency.
The Colombia-Venezuela border has long fuelled cycles of violence in Colombia. It’s now the main sticking point in any Venezuelan efforts to transition to democracy and the rule of law.
A direct confrontation between the US military and Latin America’s drug cartels is edging closer.
US military buildup in the Caribbean has prompted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to reciprocate with military drills.
President Claudia Sheinbaum walks a fine line between appeasing Washington and not alienating voters at home.
The Trump administration says Colombia is failing to meet anti-narcotics obligations as cocaine production surges and cooperation frays.
The US’s new approach to tackling international drug cartels raises international legal issues.
An expert in international law explains that the Trump administration’s justification for deadly strike doesn’t hold water.
The presence of US naval forces close to Venezuela has rattled the country’s leadership.
The use of US force against drug traffickers is not without precedent.
Reducing rainfall and droughts are causing problems between the US and Mexico because of a historic agreement to deliver water between them.
Violence against women is central to how criminal sovereignty in Mexico is exercised and reproduced.
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