By: Insight Crime June 2, 2026 Colombia will hold presidential elections on May 31 amid a resurgence of organized crime-related violence that promises to impact the direction the country’s security…
Category: CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS AND POLITICS
Can Guatemala’s New Attorney General Reignite the Anti-Corruption Fight?
May 26, 2026 The appointment of Gabriel Estuardo García Luna as Guatemala’s new attorney general could put the brakes on a period of extreme judicial backsliding, though the top prosecutor…
US reopens Venezuelan Embassy after Maduro captured
April 3, 2026 The US State Department (USSD) said that it has reopened its main embassy in Caracas after seven years of closing up and moving to continue engagement through…
Petro calls State of Emergency due to flooding in Colombia
By: Staff Writer February 17, 2026 Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared an economic, social, and ecological emergency on Wednesday, 11 February, in response to flooding across the north of Colombia. …
How InSight Crime Tracked Down an Explosive Narco Video in Honduras
By: Insight Crime January 23, 2026 On February 12, 2025, a convicted drug trafficker named Bayron Ruiz stopped at a warehouse in Fraijanes, Guatemala, a town of about 60,000 residents…
Maduro pleads not guilty, lawyers claim he is entitled to immunity
By: Staff Writer January 9, 2026 Nicolas Maduro, the deposed president of Venezuela who is now in US custody facing charges of drug trafficking, has pleaded not guilty to those…
Arrest Warrant issued for former Honduran President pardoned by Trump
By: Staff Writer December 9, 2025 Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation that moved…
Pardons, Plea Deals, and Boat Strikes
By: Insight Crime December 9, 2025 As an organized crime investigator, I’ve covered many headline-grabbing stories. But none of them were as jaw-dropping as the arrest, extradition, and drug trafficking…
Hegseth strike killed Venezuelan drug boat survivors
By: Staff Writer December 5, 2025 Us Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, is under fire for a US military strike that killed 11 suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers in a double…
Cartel of the Suns Terrorist Designation is a Gamechanger
By: Insight Crime December 2, 2025 On Monday, November 24, the US government officially designated the Cartel of the Suns as a “foreign terrorist organization.” We’ve written a lot about…
Belize Celebrates Completion of UKCIF Infrastructure Projects with Exit Workshops
November 21, 2025 Two major infrastructure projects in Belize—the Coastal Highway Upgrading Project and the Philip S.W. Goldson Highway and Remate Bypass Project—have resulted in transformative improvements to the country’s…
OECS Advances Regional Biodiversity Goals at Global UNCBD Meetings in Panama
November 14, 2025 The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission participated in and supported OECS Member States at the recently concluded 27th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,…