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Organized crime groups across Latin America are weaponizing commercial drones, pairing them with IEDs to attack rivals, ...
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The US is planning ground operations in Latin America as part of its war on drugs. This and more in this week's On the Radar.
The implications of Colombia's terrorist label for criminal groups, resumed missile strikes, and more violence in Haiti.
Heraclio Guerrero Martínez, alias "Tío Lako," remains a key figure in the CJNG after escaping a military raid in Michoacán, ...
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Alleged members of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) circulated a video on social media threatening the Unión Tepito and the Tláhuac Cartel, two criminal ...