InSight Crime

#NewInvestigation | How Organized Crime Shapes Mexico’s Fentanyl Markets. bit.ly/4byDg48

🇲🇽Despite the growth of the domestic fentanyl market in northern Mexico, the state response to public health crises has been limited. Community organizations remain essential. Learn more in our investigation: bit.ly/4boJzIG

#HomicideRoundup | In 2025, Brazil’s homicide rate dropped for the 7th consecutive year, yet police killings and criminal fragmentation complicate that picture. What indicators matter most when interpreting violence in Brazil? Join our March 26 event to learn more: bit.ly/4bqOVTr

🇻🇪With Padrino López’s removal and the appointment of Gustavo González López as defense minister, Venezuela is reshaping its military leadership amid internal and external pressure on state-embedded criminal networks. Read our analysis. bit.ly/4sp0qAU

🇬🇹 #HomicideRoundup | Guatemala’s homicide rate remained comparatively stable in 2025, diverging from escalating violence in other parts of the region. Organized crime dynamics remain localized but persistent. Read our regional analysis here:bit.ly/4rv74UV

From a hierarchical organization to a network of cells embedded within the state and engaged in drug trafficking, the Cartel of the Suns has been redefined multiple times by the United States. Discover what lies behind this name in our latest investigation. bit.ly/4lcIHKk

#HomicideRoundup | On March 26, InSight Crime investigators will share the most relevant findings and analysis from our annual Homicide Round-Up in an event exclusively for donors. Register here: bit.ly/4bqOVTr

🇧🇴 | Bolivian authorities made a surgical arrest of Sebastián Marset in an AI video published by the government. The cinematic portrayal attempts to control the narrative around the capture, but the reality is not so flawless. Learn more here.

🇧🇷 #HomicideRoundup | In 2025, Brazil’s homicide rate dropped for the 7th consecutive year, yet police killings and criminal fragmentation complicate that picture. What indicators matter most when interpreting violence in Brazil? Join our March 26 event to learn more: bit.ly/4bqOVTr

🔎 This week’s On the Radar looks at the storm roiling on the Colombia–Ecuador border over bombings targeting organized crime groups in the area. But will strikes disrupt the complex web of criminal groups there?

#HomicideRoundup | States of emergency expanded across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025. Some countries saw sharp declines in homicides, while others did not. Are these reductions sustainable? We look at the data in our exclusive event: bit.ly/4bqOVTr

#HomicideRoundup | States of emergency expanded across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025. Some countries saw sharp declines in homicides, while others did not. Are these reductions sustainable? We look at the data in our exclusive event: bit.ly/4bqOVTr

🇲🇽Despite the growth of the domestic fentanyl market in northern Mexico, the state response to public health crises has been limited. Community organizations remain essential. Learn more in our investigation: bit.ly/4boJzIG

#HomicideRoundup | El Salvador reported one of the region’s lowest homicide rates in 2025. But how should this data be assessed when access is limited? We’ll answer this and other questions during our exclusive event. Register here: bit.ly/4bqOVTr

🇪🇨 | Before his capture in Mexico, “Lobo Menor,” a top figure in Ecuador’s Lobos crime group, spent years living in Colombia, according to @ecuavisa. More on why Colombia has become the main destination of Ecuador’s crime elite here. bit.ly/3GXIH0W

#HomicideRoundup | Declining homicide rates do not necessarily signal greater stability. In several countries, disappearances, reclassification of deaths, and transparency gaps complicate official figures. Learn the full analysis in our next event: bit.ly/4bqOVTr

🇻🇪| The departure of Padrino López, a central figure in the chavista regime since 2014, disrupts a leadership structure that kept the armed forces cohesive and facilitated corruption. Discover the potential impacts on the Cartel of the Suns. bit.ly/4sp0qAU

🇲🇽 #HomicideRoundup | Mexico’s homicide rate declined in 2025. But record disappearances and classification debates continue raising questions about data transparency. Our regional special analyzes these figures: bit.ly/4rv74UV

🇲🇽 🇺🇸 | As Mexican criminal organizations became producers and traffickers of fentanyl to the United States, pockets of domestic consumption also emerged. Learn more about how these markets developed in our latest report. bit.ly/4byDg48

#HomicideRoundup | States of emergency expanded across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025. Some countries saw sharp declines in homicides, while others did not. Are these reductions sustainable? We look at the data in our exclusive event: bit.ly/4bqOVTr

🇭🇳 | Authorities in Honduras have launched a large-scale operation targeting a drug trafficking network operating in the Moskitia on the border with Nicaragua. Find out more about how organized crime is ravaging one of the country's most biodiverse regions: bit.ly/411IyPG