Tag: Drug-trafficking
Brazil Aims to Financially Choke Organized Crime
President Lula seeks to improve investigations into organized crime and illegal arms trafficking. On Wednesday, Brazilian Justice and Public Security Minister Wellington Lima informed that his country’s newly launched anti-crime strategy seeks to cut off funding for organized crime. RELATED: Brazilian Prosecutors Seek Conviction of Bolsonaro’s Son on Charges of Coercing Supreme Court Justices “We […]
May 14, 2026
Attacks With Bombs Shake Colombian Municipalities
‘Nothing is more urgent than restoring Colombians’ security,’ Bogota Mayor Galan said. On Tuesday, Cali Security Secretary Jairo Garcia confirmed that three bomb explosions targeting police stations in the city left at least two people dead and 36 wounded, including three minors. RELATED: Colombian Social and Grassroots Organizations Call for National Mobilization to Support Popular […]
June 10, 2025
US Authorities Capture Two Leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel
On Thursday, Ismael Zambada and Joaquin Guzman-Lopez were apprehended in El Paso, Texas. On Friday, Rosa Rodriguez, the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), revealed that Mexico did not participate in the U.S. operation to apprehend Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, and Joaquin Guzman-Lopez, one of the sons of ‘El […]