SIZEABLE BLACK ECONOMY

US$30 billion a year – Ecuador reveals size of local cartel trade

CRIME & INSECURITY

Security success or truce? What explains the drop in violence in Rosario?

At Luciano Couso, AFP

CRIME & SECURITY

Crime deterring return of South American footballers

At David Salazar in Bogotá, AFP

FEATURE

Poverty, marginalisation, cocaine: Gangs find lucrative combo

At Josefina Salomon

CRIME & INSECURITY

Rosario is always near

At Javier Calvo

Extortion in Peru

Pay up, or else: Latin America cowed by lucrative extortion

At Carlos Mandujano & Héctor Velasco, AFP

El Salvador Elections

El Salvador's Bukele claims 'record' re-election victory

At Mariëtte Le Roux, AFP

El Salvador Elections

El Salvador goes to polls with gang-busting Bukele miles ahead

At Mariëtte Le Roux, AFP

Drug war crisis

Relatives of Ecuador drug boss 'Fito' arrested and deported from Argentina

Narco-violence terrorises Ecuador

Ecuador’s ‘armed conflict’ against drug cartels explodes into violence