Crime and injustice thrive in the shadows. I’ve visited territories controlled by narcos, neighborhoods ruled by gangs and a town in the middle of an armed conflict between the Indigenous people who formed a self-defense militia called “El Machete,” and the drug traffickers that ruled over local government and life.

Highlights

Report on the spread of iron fist security policies in Latin America.

Report from a clandestine coca plantation on growing cocaine production in Central America.

Report on a new age of drug trafficking and crime in Ecuador.

Feature on the rise of an Indigenous self-defense militia that expelled drug traffickers.

Exclusive jailhouse interview with a convicted drug trafficker who is the son of a former president of Honduras.

Investigation that revealed new details about a drug trafficker’s political connections ahead of trial.

Report on the trafficking of fentanyl through Mexico to the United States.

Report on cartel violence spreading to Mexico’s most-popular beach destinations.

Report on the assassination of the president of Haiti.

Report on the capture of a fugitive former official of the Venezuelan regime wanted on drug trafficking charges.

Report from Guatemala on a territorial dispute between Mexican cartels.

Report on the capture of one of Colombia’s most enigmatic narcos.