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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
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Tren de Aragua Was Built by Venezuela’s State. Now That State Has Changed. What’s Next For the Gang’s Fate?
By Dionys Duroc
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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
By Dionys Duroc
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Florida Is Arming Brazil’s Gangs. Washington & Brasília Just Agreed to Plug the Arms Flow
By Dionys Duroc
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Mexico Found El Mencho’s Would-Be Successor Hiding in a Ditch. The CJNG’s Leadership Crisis Just Got Worse
By Dionys Duroc
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Peter Thiel Buys $12M Mansion in Buenos Aires as Palantir Shadows Move with Argentina’s Milei
By Dionys Duroc
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Milei Bypasses Congress to Allow U.S. Forces in Argentina for Joint Military Exercises
By Sociedad Media
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15 Months into Ecuador’s War on the Gangs: What We Know — and What it Means for Latin America
By Dionys Duroc
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The Pentagon is Building an AI-Powered Military Force to Fight Cartels in Latin America
By Dionys Duroc
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Suspect in 1994 Panama Plane Bombing Extradited From Venezuela After 30 Years
By Dionys Duroc
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ICE Renews $10 Million Bounty on Head of ‘El Chapo’s’ Son — Why the Cartel Boss is Still on the Run
By Dionys Duroc
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Florida-Brazil Gun Pipeline: Washington & Brasília Create Joint Task Force to Combat Organized Crime
By Dionys Duroc
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The Smuggling Network That Turned Cuban Desperation into Hard Cash
By Dionys Duroc
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Trump vs. Brazil’s Gangs: Washington Calls Them “Terrorists” — Lula Says That’s a Prelude for Intervention
By Dionys Duroc
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Colombia Records Deadliest First Quarter for Massacres Since Peace Agreement
By Sociedad Media
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‘King of the South’ Captured: The Arrest of Sebastián Marset and What it Reveals About South America’s Drug Networks
By Dionys Duroc
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American Airlines Flight Attendant Found Dead in Colombia—Medellín Mayor Confirms Body Discovery, Extradition of Suspects Possible
By Dionys Duroc
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Argentina Declares CJNG a Terrorist Organization—and the Implications Reach Far Beyond Mexico
By Dionys Duroc
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