Extradition

Investigations Fentanyl

Brokers: Lynchpins of the Precursor Chemical Flow to Mexico

by Parker Asmann 2 Feb 202428 Feb 2024

Venezuela narcotráfico

News Elites and Crime

Venezuelan Officials Key in Convicted Drug Trafficker’s Network

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 21 Dec 202321 Dec 2023

News Sinaloa Cartel

After Arrests, Extraditions, and Infighting, What Does the Future Hold for Mexico’s Chapitos?

by Parker Asmann 19 Dec 202315 Jan 2024

Detained MS13 leader Élmer Canales Rivera, alias “Crook,”

US Terrorism Trial of MS13 Leader Could Expose El Salvador Gang Talks

by Parker Asmann and Alex Papadovassilakis 11 Dec 202311 Dec 2023

Ovidio Guzman Extradition First Picture DEA fentanyl

An Extradition (and a Fentanyl Prohibition) as Mexico Tries a Counterdrug Reset

by Steven Dudley and Victoria Dittmar 18 Sep 202313 Oct 2023

El Barney shown on a most wanted poster.

News El Salvador

Acquittal of Top MS13 Leader Weakens El Salvador’s Anti-Gang Rhetoric

by Gavin Voss 20 Jun 202313 Oct 2023

Erico Galeano shown with current president of Paraguay Santiago Peña at a political event.

News Elites and Crime

Paraguayan Prosecutors Indict Senator Linked to Transatlantic Cocaine Trade

by Gavin Voss 29 May 202313 Oct 2023

‘Viejo Santos’: The Decline of an MS13 Leader Wanted in the US

by Carlos Garcia 12 Oct 202213 Oct 2023

A photo of Armando Eliú Melgar Díaz, alias “Blue,” a top MS13 leader wanted in the United States

US-El Salvador Tensions Rise With Extradition of Top MS13 Leader Blocked For Now

by Parker Asmann 6 Oct 202213 Oct 2023

Migrants who have been smuggled into the US

News Human Smuggling

United States Suddenly Keen to See Guatemala Extradite Human Smugglers

by Alessandro Ford 8 Aug 202213 Oct 2023

El Salvador's Supreme Court has not approved the extradition of any MS13 leader during the administration of current President Nayib Bukele

Is El Salvador Willing to Extradite MS13 Leaders to US or Just Playing for Time?

by Alex Papadovassilakis 14 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

News

From Ally to Extradited: Former Honduras President Sent to US on Drug Charges

by Alex Papadovassilakis and Parker Asmann 21 Apr 202213 Oct 2023

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