Where the rule of law ends, organized crime begins. Sociedad Media covers the cartels, criminal networks, and security alliances reshaping Latin America — and the democracies fighting to survive them. From the CJNG’s post-Mencho power struggle to Ecuador‘s U.S.-backed military operations, we report on the forces threatening the hemisphere’s fragile democratic order
A 25-year-old Colombian journalist was intercepted at a roadblock, interrogated, then killed by the same FARC dissident faction currently sitting at Petro’s peace table — 22 days before Colombia votes
Maduro built Tren de Aragua into a deniable weapon of Venezuelan foreign policy — now he’s gone, the gang is fragmenting across a dozen countries, and nobody in Caracas, Washington, or Bogotá knows what it becomes next
Washington designated Colombia's most powerful criminal network a terrorist organization five months ago — and with the election 25 days away, the consequences are only now fully arriving
Florida arms Brazil’s gangs. Washington & Brasília launch a real-time intelligence program to stop it. But with Trump threatening to designate Brazil’s most powerful drug networks as terrorist organizations, Lula visits the White House on Thursday to placate Washington
A 19-month surveillance operation. More than 500 troops. Sixty armed guards. And in the end, one of the most wanted men in the Western Hemisphere was found alone in a roadside ditch in Nayarit. This is the arrest of “El Jardinero,” a second blow to the CJNG
Silicon Valley’s most politically connected billionaire has bought a mansion in Argentina, met with Milei’s inner circle, and is planning a two-month stay. Nobody is saying exactly what was discussed, but Argentina’s congress wants to know
Argentina’s president used an emergency decree to authorize the entry of U.S. troops and warships for Operation Daga Atlántica & a naval PASSEX exercise — a deepening of the U.S.-Argentina military partnership activated unilaterally
Ecuador declared an internal armed conflict in January 2024, 15 months later, it has the highest homicide rate in Latin America, U.S. forces operating on its soil & a president asking Washington for troops. Here’s where things stand
Washington is fusing artificial intelligence, autonomous drones & counterterrorism doctrine into a new kind of war against organized crime in the Western Hemisphere
Ali Zaki Hage Jalil arrived in Panama City on Monday to face trial for the Alas Chiricanas bombing that killed 21 people. Extradition — approved by Venezuela’s post-Maduro regime — closes 30 years of impunity in one of Latin America’s biggest unsolved terrorism cases
Two of El Chapo’s four sons are in U.S. custody & cooperating with prosecutors. ICE renews $10 million bounty on the third. Here is the full story of why the most wanted cartel leader in North America is still free
Brazil & the United States announce a new intelligence-sharing agreement on Friday targeting illegal arms trafficking from Florida to Brazil’s most powerful criminal organizations