Security

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

Washington Labels Colombia’s Most Powerful Criminal Network a Terrorist Organization. Now Petro’s Peace Talks Are in Trouble — and the Election Is 25 Days Away

Washington designated Colombia's most powerful criminal network a terrorist organization five months ago — and with the election 25 days away, the consequences are only now fully arriving

By Dionys Duroc

/ 6 May 2026

Washington Labels Colombia’s Most Powerful Criminal Network a Terrorist Organization. Now Petro’s Peace Talks Are in Trouble — and the Election Is 25 Days Away

Florida Is Arming Brazil’s Gangs. Washington & Brasília Just Agreed to Plug the Arms Flow

Florida arms Brazil’s gangs. Washington & Brasília launch a real-time intelligence program to stop it. But with Trump threatening to designate Brazil’s most powerful drug networks as terrorist organizations, Lula visits the White House on Thursday to placate Washington

By Dionys Duroc

/ 5 May 2026

Florida Is Arming Brazil’s Gangs. Washington & Brasília Just Agreed to Plug the Arms Flow

Mexico Found El Mencho’s Would-Be Successor Hiding in a Ditch. The CJNG’s Leadership Crisis Just Got Worse

A 19-month surveillance operation. More than 500 troops. Sixty armed guards. And in the end, one of the most wanted men in the Western Hemisphere was found alone in a roadside ditch in Nayarit. This is the arrest of “El Jardinero,” a second blow to the CJNG

By Dionys Duroc

/ 29 Apr 2026

Mexico Found El Mencho’s Would-Be Successor Hiding in a Ditch. The CJNG’s Leadership Crisis Just Got Worse

Peter Thiel Buys $12M Mansion in Buenos Aires as Palantir Shadows Move with Argentina’s Milei

Silicon Valley’s most politically connected billionaire has bought a mansion in Argentina, met with Milei’s inner circle, and is planning a two-month stay. Nobody is saying exactly what was discussed, but Argentina’s congress wants to know

By Dionys Duroc

/ 27 Apr 2026

Peter Thiel Buys $12M Mansion in Buenos Aires as Palantir Shadows Move with Argentina’s Milei

Milei Bypasses Congress to Allow U.S. Forces in Argentina for Joint Military Exercises

Argentina’s president used an emergency decree to authorize the entry of U.S. troops and warships for Operation Daga Atlántica & a naval PASSEX exercise — a deepening of the U.S.-Argentina military partnership activated unilaterally

By Sociedad Media

/ 22 Apr 2026

Milei Bypasses Congress to Allow U.S. Forces in Argentina for Joint Military Exercises

15 Months into Ecuador’s War on the Gangs: What We Know — and What it Means for Latin America

Ecuador declared an internal armed conflict in January 2024, 15 months later, it has the highest homicide rate in Latin America, U.S. forces operating on its soil & a president asking Washington for troops. Here’s where things stand

By Dionys Duroc

/ 22 Apr 2026

15 Months into Ecuador’s War on the Gangs: What We Know — and What it Means for Latin America

The Pentagon is Building an AI-Powered Military Force to Fight Cartels in Latin America

Washington is fusing artificial intelligence, autonomous drones & counterterrorism doctrine into a new kind of war against organized crime in the Western Hemisphere

By Dionys Duroc

/ 21 Apr 2026

The Pentagon is Building an AI-Powered Military Force to Fight Cartels in Latin America

Suspect in 1994 Panama Plane Bombing Extradited From Venezuela After 30 Years

Ali Zaki Hage Jalil arrived in Panama City on Monday to face trial for the Alas Chiricanas bombing that killed 21 people. Extradition — approved by Venezuela’s post-Maduro regime — closes 30 years of impunity in one of Latin America’s biggest unsolved terrorism cases

By Dionys Duroc

/ 21 Apr 2026

Suspect in 1994 Panama Plane Bombing Extradited From Venezuela After 30 Years

ICE Renews $10 Million Bounty on Head of ‘El Chapo’s’ Son — Why the Cartel Boss is Still on the Run

Two of El Chapo’s four sons are in U.S. custody & cooperating with prosecutors. ICE renews $10 million bounty on the third. Here is the full story of why the most wanted cartel leader in North America is still free

By Dionys Duroc

/ 15 Apr 2026

ICE Renews $10 Million Bounty on Head of ‘El Chapo’s’ Son — Why the Cartel Boss is Still on the Run

Florida-Brazil Gun Pipeline: Washington & Brasília Create Joint Task Force to Combat Organized Crime

Brazil & the United States announce a new intelligence-sharing agreement on Friday targeting illegal arms trafficking from Florida to Brazil’s most powerful criminal organizations

By Dionys Duroc

/ 11 Apr 2026

Florida-Brazil Gun Pipeline: Washington & Brasília Create Joint Task Force to Combat Organized Crime

The Smuggling Network That Turned Cuban Desperation into Hard Cash

For over a decade, a transnational criminal organization kidnapped Cuban migrants in Mexico and called their families in Miami. The financial architect of that operation was just arrested in Cancún

By Dionys Duroc

/ 8 Apr 2026

The Smuggling Network That Turned Cuban Desperation into Hard Cash

Trump vs. Brazil’s Gangs: Washington Calls Them “Terrorists” — Lula Says That’s a Prelude for Intervention

The PCC has 40,000 members, operates in 90 countries, and earns nearly a billion dollars a year. The Trump administration wants to call it a terrorist organization. Brazil’s president is calling it a sovereignty threat — and voters are watching both men closely

By Dionys Duroc

/ 8 Apr 2026

Trump vs. Brazil’s Gangs: Washington Calls Them “Terrorists” — Lula Says That’s a Prelude for Intervention