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
For 47 years, Washington banned Guatemala from buying American weapons. On Monday, that changed—and the announcement signals a new chapter in U.S.-Central America security cooperation
Paraguay signs a landmark agreement authorizing U.S. troops to operate on its soil—making it the latest South American nation to align with Washington’s expanding military framework to counter the cartels
At a historic counter-cartel summit in Doral, top U.S. officials tell Latin America’s military leaders that the cartels are the ISIS of this hemisphere—and that Washington will destroy them with or without cooperation
Ecuador, DEA, and Europol seize $346 million worth of cocaine, arresting 16 people, including a former lawmaker, in a bust exposing the hidden pipeline connecting Ecuador’s gangs with Albanian crime networks
The British strengthen security ties with top cocaine producer, Ecuador, as Europe seeks to reduce the profitable flow of illicit drugs from Latin America
