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An Ecuadorian soldier on patrol during a major security operation in a local neighborhood of Guayaquil, Ecuador on Jan. 12, 2025. Photo Credit: Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images

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