While the world of drug cartels is often dominated by men, history has seen a number of women rise to power in ways that shocked law enforcement and rival organizations alike. These female narcos ...

When Guadalupe Fernández Valencia, alias “La Patrona,” was photographed sitting in the back of a cop car following her 2016 arrest in Culiacan, Mexico, her expression gave little away. Wearing a ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Adriana Marin is a lecturer in International Relations at ...

President Donald Trump’s approach to the drug war has been characteristically brazen. Since September, spectacular boat bombings by American forces in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific have killed ...

Women often play a central role in the business activities of organised crime. Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock The death of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes ...