Cuba Intel — Narco

💀 Narco-Trafficking Intel 635 SOUTHCOM strikes · USCG / DEA / DOJ interdictions · OFAC narco designations — Cuba ties scored ⇩ CSV

💀 Total events

635

all-time

📅 Last 30 days

fresh ops tempo

🔴 Direct Cuba tie

+ 4 proximity

⚠ Casualties · killed

532

48 detained

⛔ Drug seized · total

5,262.3 t

sum drug_quantity_kg

🚢 Vessel-linked

FK / IMO / name

✈ Aircraft-linked

FK / callsign / reg

🎯 Recent high-impact narco events ≥1 killed or ≥500 kg seized

2026-09-17 ⚪ NONE

Takedown of “Operation Klean Strip” Dismantles Two Methamphetamine Conversion Labs; Nine Arrested, Three Indicted

⛔ 985 kg · marijuana

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2026-09-15 ⚪ NONE

The InSight Take: Colombia’s Total Peace: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next?

⛔ 1,700.0 t · cocaine

🎭 Clan del Golfo

📍 South America · insightcrime.org

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2026-09-09 ⚪ NONE

Chapitos

⚠ 16 killed

🎭 CJNG

📍 South America · insightcrime.org

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2026-09-08 ⚪ NONE

Sebastián Marset

⛔ 10.0 t · cocaine

📍 South America · insightcrime.org

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2026-08-21 ⚪ NONE

Lobos

⚠ 79 killed

🎭 CJNG

📍 Eastern Pacific · insightcrime.org

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2026-08-11 ⚪ NONE

The InSight Take: Abelardo de la Espriella Inherits Colombia’s Fractured Criminal Landscape

⛔ 3,000.0 t · cocaine

🎭 Clan del Golfo

📍 Caribbean · insightcrime.org

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🎭 By perpetrator org top 10 by event count

Organisation	Events	Cuba-tied	Killed	Drug · kg	Last seen
🎭 CJNG	36	—	95	2.4 t	2026-10-15
🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa	29	—	—	500.3 t	2026-10-27
🎭 Tren de Aragua	22	3	86	3 kg	2026-09-24
🎭 Clan del Golfo	9	—	—	4,700.0 t	2026-09-24
🎭 FARC dissidents	9	1	—	—	2026-10-01
🎭 ELN	7	—	—	10 kg	2026-08-27
🎭 Cartel de los Soles	5	5	—	—	2026-09-24
🎭 Cártel del Golfo	2	—	—	—	2026-08-17

Cuba tie: All 🔴 DIRECT 🟠 TRANSITIVE 🟡 PROXIMITY ⚪ NONE

Type: All KINETIC_STRIKE INTERDICTION INDICTMENT OFAC_DESIGNATION DEA_PRESS SEIZURE ARREST

Risk: All CRITICAL HIGH MEDIUM LOW

Source: All justice.gov (412) insightcrime.org (146) southcom.mil (76)

Date	Type	Actor	Region	Drug	Kg	Killed	Perpetrator	Cuba tie	Cuba tie strength	Risk	Title	Description	Source URL	Source org
2026-10-15	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Caribbean			0	CJNG	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	Ex-OFAC Official: The Cartel Risk Companies Can’t See \| The InSight Take	Ex-OFAC Official: The Cartel Risk Companies Can’t See \| The InSight Take Claire McCleskey, a former head of compliance at the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) spoke to InSight Crime’s managing editor Deborah Bonello on what the designation of a further 21 Latin America and the Caribbean criminal organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) actually changes for companies, and why the counter-terrorism playbook may be the wrong tool for criminal groups embedde…	https://insightcrime.org/news/ex-ofac-official-the-cartel-risk-companies-cant-see-the-insight-take/	insightcrime.org
2026-10-12	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America			0	CJNG	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	Tiguerones Leader ‘Willy’ Is Living Free in Spain	Tiguerones Leader ‘Willy’ Is Living Free in Spain William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias “Willy,” the alleged leader of the Tiguerones , one of the most powerful gangs in Ecuador and a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), is living free in Spain, despite still being pursued by Ecuadorian authorities. Willy drew international attention after his gang took over a live broadcast of a television station in Guayaquil on January 9, 2024. That same…	https://insightcrime.org/news/tiguerones-leader-willy-spain/	insightcrime.org
2026-10-05	OFAC_DESIGNATION	SOUTHCOM				0		NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	New Command, Same Heart: Inside Kirtland Medical Group’s Next Chapter	The 377th Medical Group has been redesignated as the Kirtland Medical Group as part of a Department of the Air Force-wide transition to the newly established Air Force Medical Command. As part of the transition, medical groups are being aligned to reflect their host installations rather than their traditional wing alignments. The change moves the KMG from its previous alignment under Air Force Global Strike Command to Air Force Medical Command. This change is designed to streamline adminis…	https://www.dvidshub.net/news/576385/new-command-same-heart-inside-kirtland-medical-groups-next-chapter	southcom.mil
2026-09-29	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America			0	CJNG	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias ‘Willy’	William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias ‘Willy’ William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias “El Negro Willy” or just “Willy,” went from prison guard to founder of Ecuador’s Tiguerones gang . Under his leadership, the group—labeled a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the United States—came to dominate key drug routes in the cities of Guayaquil and Esmeraldas and carried out the brazen January 2024 takeover of TC Televisión. Arrested in Spain in O…	https://insightcrime.org/ecuador-organized-crime-news/william-joffre-alcivar-bautista-alias-willy/	insightcrime.org
2026-09-29	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America			0	CJNG	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias “Willy”	William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias “Willy” William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias “El Negro Willy” or just “Willy,” went from prison guard to founder of Ecuador’s Tiguerones gang . Under his leadership, the group—labeled a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the United States—came to dominate key drug routes in the cities of Guayaquil and Esmeraldas and carried out the brazen January 2024 takeover of TC Televisión. Arrested in Spain in O…	https://insightcrime.org/ecuador-organized-crime-news/william-joffre-alcivar-bautista-alias-willy/	insightcrime.org
2026-09-24	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Eastern Pacific			0	Tren de Aragua	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	Shield of the Americas Blacklists 24 Criminal Groups \| On the Radar	Shield of the Americas Blacklists 24 Criminal Groups \| On the Radar Shield of the Americas governments pledged to sanction anyone supporting Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel and 22 other criminal groups. Also on the Radar: prosecutors say the PCC controls São Paulo buses, and the ACSN loses its second-in-command. Fifteen member governments of the Shield of the Americas coalition signed a joint statement on September 22 declaring their intention to freeze assets and…	https://insightcrime.org/news/shield-of-the-americas-blacklists-24-criminal-groups-on-the-radar/	insightcrime.org
2026-09-24	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Caribbean	marijuana		0	Clan del Golfo	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN)	Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) The Conquering Self-Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada – ACSN), also known as “Los Pachenca,” are an armed group that emerged following the demobilization of paramilitary organizations in Colombia in the early 2000s. Since then, the ACSN have consolidated their power in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , in Magdalena department, where they control multiple drug trafficking c…	https://insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/pachenca/	insightcrime.org
2026-09-18	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME				0	CJNG	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	The Tiguerones: US Terrorist Label Meets a Fracturing Gang in Ecuador	The Tiguerones: US Terrorist Label Meets a Fracturing Gang in Ecuador The Tiguerones , the Ecuadorian criminal group, was added to the US State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) this month. But although the designations expand the US government’s powers to target the group, its members, and its support networks, the Tiguerones are far from a cohesive organization. In Ecuador, the Tiguerones have been linked to terrorist attacks as well as drug traf…	https://insightcrime.org/news/the-tiguerones-us-terrorist-label-meets-a-fracturing-gang-in-ecuador/	insightcrime.org
2026-09-15	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	cocaine	1700000	0	Clan del Golfo	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	The InSight Take: Colombia’s Total Peace: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next?	The InSight Take: Colombia’s Total Peace: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next? Colombia’s armed groups nearly doubled in size during Gustavo Petro’s Total Peace plan. Managing Editor Deborah Bonello and Co-Founder Jeremy McDermott examine what it actually delivered, and whether President Abelardo de la Espriella’s militarized turn will do any better, when history suggests otherwise. Total Peace Under Scrutiny Deborah Bonello: [00:00:01] When Gustavo Petro took off…	https://insightcrime.org/news/the-insight-take-colombias-total-peace-what-went-wrong-and-what-comes-next/	insightcrime.org
2026-09-09	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	cocaine		0		NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	The InSight Take: Organized Crime in Brazil’s Elections	The InSight Take: Organized Crime in Brazil’s Elections With Brazil’s presidential election just weeks away, public security has become a defining campaign issue. In this week’s InSight Take, InSight Crime Co-director Steven Dudley and Investigator Christopher Newton explore how the US terrorist designations of the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) and Red Command (Comando Vermelho) are reshaping the political debate and what the reality of…	https://insightcrime.org/news/the-insight-take-organized-crime-in-brazils-elections/	insightcrime.org
2026-09-03	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America			0		NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	On the Radar: The End of Colombia’s Total Peace?	On the Radar: The End of Colombia’s Total Peace? How is Colombia’s new president backing up his hardline campaign promises? Is Ecuador closing in on who ordered the most high-profile murder in its history, Fernando Villavicencio? And does a wave of high-profile captures and kills across the region signal a renewed regional bet on the “kingpin strategy”—and what comes next? This week’s top three organized crime stories in On the Radar. 1.…	https://insightcrime.org/news/on-the-radar-the-end-of-colombias-total-peace/	insightcrime.org
2026-08-21	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Eastern Pacific	cocaine		0	Cártel de Sinaloa	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	Choneros	Choneros The Choneros are one of Ecuador’s most prominent criminal groups and a leading actor in the violence that has destabilized the country in recent years. The Choneros first emerged in the 1990s as a local gang in Ecuador’s western province of Manabí. However, the arrest of gang leaders in 2011 sparked a decade of evolution. Special Series: Behind Bars, Beyond Control: The Fall of Ecuador’s Prisons and the Rise of Its Mafias Explore our latest investigation i…	https://insightcrime.org/ecuador-organized-crime-news/los-choneros/	insightcrime.org
2026-08-20	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME				0	CJNG	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	CJNG Regional Boss ‘Tío Lako’ Evades Capture Once More	CJNG Regional Boss ‘Tío Lako’ Evades Capture Once More News that an alleged high-ranking Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG ) boss slipped through the Mexican military’s net this week cast a spotlight on Heraclio Guerrero Martínez, alias “Tío Lako,” one of the organization’s most prominent regional power brokers in Michoacán. Mexican army special forces reportedly raided the communities of Tinaja de Vargas and Coles…	https://insightcrime.org/news/cjng-regional-boss-tio-lako-evades-capture-once-more/	insightcrime.org
2026-08-13	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	cocaine		0	FARC dissidents	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	Red Command (Comando Vermelho)	Red Command (Comando Vermelho) The Red Command (Comando Vermelho – CV) is Brazil’s oldest criminal group. Created in a Rio de Janeiro prison in the 1970s as a self-protection group for prisoners, it started out with low-level crimes like muggings and bank robberies. But in the 1980s, the group moved into the cocaine trade, working with Colombian drug cartels and taking on a social leadership role in many of Rio’s marginalized neighborhoods. It has since grown into a sizable national…	https://insightcrime.org/brazil-organized-crime-news/red-command-profile/	insightcrime.org
2026-08-06	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Caribbean	marijuana		0	FARC dissidents	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN)	Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) The Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada – ACSN), also known as Los Pachenca, is an armed group that emerged following the demobilization in 2006 of the paramilitary army led by Hernán Giraldo, alias “El Patrón,” on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Since then, the ACSN has consolidated its power in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , in the department of Magdal…	https://insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/pachenca/	insightcrime.org
2026-08-04	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	cocaine		0		NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	The InSight Take: Ecuador’s Kingpin Strategy Has Tactical Wins, but Strategic Uncertainty	The InSight Take: Ecuador’s Kingpin Strategy Has Tactical Wins, but Strategic Uncertainty The capture of Ecuadorian crime boss Wilmer Chavarría, alias “Pipo,” was a major victory for President Daniel Noboa’s strategy of targeting high-value criminal leaders. But it also raises a larger question: Do kingpin arrests weaken organized crime, or simply make it more fragmented and violent? Pipo allegedly faked his death from COVID-19, obtained a fraudulent death certific…	https://insightcrime.org/news/the-insight-take-ecuadors-kingpin-strategy-has-tactical-wins-but-strategic-uncertainty/	insightcrime.org
2026-07-30	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Pacific	cocaine		0	CJNG	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	On The Radar: Airstrikes Aren’t Stopping Cocaine, DEA Admits	On The Radar: Airstrikes Aren’t Stopping Cocaine, DEA Admits Have US airstrikes in the Caribbean and Pacific actually slowed the flow of cocaine? Who is “El 03,” the man the United States now says is running the CJNG? How will Peru’s new president, Keiko Fujimori, address the country’s organized crime crisis? This week’s top three organized crime stories in On the Radar. 1. US Authorities Admit Airstrikes Are Not Halting Cocaine The dead…	https://insightcrime.org/news/on-the-radar-airstrikes-arent-stopping-cocaine-dea-admits/	insightcrime.org
2026-07-29	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America			0	Cartel de los Soles	VENEZUELAN_REGIME	TRANSITIVE	HIGH	Reshuffled or Reformed? Venezuela’s Criminal Order After Maduro	Reshuffled or Reformed? Venezuela’s Criminal Order After Maduro The arrest of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on January 3 was an unprecedented aggression by the United States.   At the time, President Donald Trump called Maduro the “kingpin of a vast criminal network”—the Cartel of the Suns —and linked him to Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel , which his government has labeled terrorist organizations .  This post is…	https://insightcrime.org/news/reshuffled-or-reformed-venezuelas-criminal-order-after-maduro/	insightcrime.org
2026-07-20	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	cocaine		0	FARC dissidents	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	First Capital Command (PCC): Brazil’s Most Powerful Criminal Organization	First Capital Command (PCC): Brazil’s Most Powerful Criminal Organization The First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) is Brazil’s largest and most powerful criminal organization, with operations in more than 20 countries. In 2026, the group continued expanding its cocaine trafficking routes through Bolivia and Paraguay while maintaining significant influence in São Paulo’s prisons. The United States designated the PCC a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in June…	https://insightcrime.org/brazil-organized-crime-news/first-capital-command-pcc-profile/	insightcrime.org
2026-07-20	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Caribbean	marijuana		0	FARC dissidents	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN)	Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) The Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada – ACSN), also known as Los Pachenca, is an armed group that emerged following the demobilization in 2006 of the paramilitary army led by Hernán Giraldo, alias “El Patrón,” on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Since then, the ACSN has consolidated its power in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , in the department of Magdal…	https://insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/pachenca/	insightcrime.org
2026-07-06	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Central America	cocaine		0		NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	The InSight Take: Inside Ecuador’s Chone Killers, the Latest Addition to US Terrorism List	The InSight Take: Inside Ecuador’s Chone Killers, the Latest Addition to US Terrorism List The US State Department has added the Chone Killers in Ecuador to its list of foreign terrorist organizations operating across Latin America. InSight Crime Managing Editor Deborah Bonello discusses this latest development and what it means for organized crime dynamics on the ground in Ecuador with Co-director Steven Dudley and investigator Gavin Voss. Deborah: [00:00:00] Th…	https://insightcrime.org/news/inside-ecuador-chone-killers-us-terrorism-list/	insightcrime.org
2026-06-04	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America			0	Tren de Aragua	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	On the Radar: Trump in Colombia’s Elections, a Blow to Tren de Aragua, and Brazil’s Terrorist Tag	On the Radar: Trump in Colombia’s Elections, a Blow to Tren de Aragua, and Brazil’s Terrorist Tag What do the latest foreign terrorist designations mean for Brazil ? How does Tren de Aragua launder money in Chile ? And how is US President Donald Trump influencing Colombia’s elections? This week’s top three organized crime stories in On the Radar. 1: The United States Designates Brazil’s PCC and CV Gangs as Global Terrorists The US State D…	https://insightcrime.org/news/on-the-radar-trump-in-colombias-elections-a-blow-to-tren-de-aragua-and-brazils-terrorist-tag/	insightcrime.org
2026-06-02	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Caribbean			351		NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	Violence Between Criminal Groups and LatAm Governments Has Risen Since Trump: Report	Violence Between Criminal Groups and LatAm Governments Has Risen Since Trump: Report As US President Donald Trump attempts to sway security policy in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new report found that confrontations between security forces and criminal groups are on the rise, and criminal groups are adapting. The report , published on May 27 by Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED)—a non-profit organization dedicated to the collection and mapping of data on violenc…	https://insightcrime.org/news/how-has-donroe-doctrine-transformed-latam-security-policy/	insightcrime.org
2026-06-01	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	cocaine		0	Cártel de Sinaloa	NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	The InSight Take: PCC and Red Command— Who Loses From US Terrorist Designations in Brazil?	The InSight Take: PCC and Red Command— Who Loses From US Terrorist Designations in Brazil? In this week’s InSight Take, Managing Editor Deborah Bonello and Co-Director Steven Dudley discuss the recent US terrorist designations of the PCC and Red Command gangs, and how they promise to affect Brazil’s security landscape, elections, and economy. Transcript: [00:00:00] DB: Morning all. I’m Deborah Bonello, managing editor of Insight Crime, and I&#…	https://insightcrime.org/news/the-insight-take-pcc-and-red-command-who-loses-from-us-terrorist-designations-in-brazil/	insightcrime.org
2026-05-29	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Central America	cocaine		0		NONE	NONE	MEDIUM	Brazil’s New ‘Terrorist’ Groups – the PCC and the Red Command – Explained	Brazil’s New ‘Terrorist’ Groups – the PCC and the Red Command – Explained Brazil’s two largest criminal organizations – the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC ) and the Red Command (Comando Vermelho – CV ) – have been designated terrorist organizations by the United States, effective June 5, 2026. The groups are the first Brazilian organizations to be added to the FTO list, which already includes 15 Latin American organizations fro…	https://insightcrime.org/news/brazil-terrorist-groups-pcc-red-command-explained/	insightcrime.org

Date	Type	Actor	Region	Cuba tie	Killed	Drug · kg	Title / Vessel / Perpetrator	Source
2026-10-15	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Caribbean	⚪ NONE	—	—	Ex-OFAC Official: The Cartel Risk Companies Can’t See \| The InSight Take 🎭 CJNG Ex-OFAC Official: The Cartel Risk Companies Can’t See \| The InSight Take Claire McCleskey, a former head of compliance at the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) spoke to InSight Crime’s managing e…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-10-12	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	⚪ NONE	—	—	Tiguerones Leader ‘Willy’ Is Living Free in Spain 🎭 CJNG Tiguerones Leader ‘Willy’ Is Living Free in Spain William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias “Willy,” the alleged leader of the Tiguerones , one of the most powerful gangs in Ecuador and a US-…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-10-05	OFAC_DESIGNATION	SOUTHCOM	—	⚪ NONE	—	—	New Command, Same Heart: Inside Kirtland Medical Group’s Next Chapter The 377th Medical Group has been redesignated as the Kirtland Medical Group as part of a Department of the Air Force-wide transition to the newly established Air Force Medical Command. As part of the transition, medica…	📎 southcom.mil ↗
2026-09-29	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	⚪ NONE	—	—	William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias ‘Willy’ 🎭 CJNG William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias ‘Willy’ William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias “El Negro Willy” or just “Willy,” went from prison guard to founder of Ecuador’s Tig…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-09-29	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	⚪ NONE	—	—	William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias “Willy” 🎭 CJNG William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias “Willy” William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias “El Negro Willy” or just “Willy,” went from prison guard to founder of Ecuador’s Tig…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-09-24	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Eastern Pacific	⚪ NONE	—	—	Shield of the Americas Blacklists 24 Criminal Groups \| On the Radar 🎭 Tren de Aragua Shield of the Americas Blacklists 24 Criminal Groups \| On the Radar Shield of the Americas governments pledged to sanction anyone supporting Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel and 22 other criminal groups.…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-09-24	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Caribbean	⚪ NONE	—	marijuana —	Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) 🎭 Clan del Golfo Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) The Conquering Self-Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada – ACSN), also known as “Los Pachenca,” are an arm…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-09-18	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	—	⚪ NONE	—	—	The Tiguerones: US Terrorist Label Meets a Fracturing Gang in Ecuador 🎭 CJNG The Tiguerones: US Terrorist Label Meets a Fracturing Gang in Ecuador The Tiguerones , the Ecuadorian criminal group, was added to the US State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) this m…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-09-15	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	⚪ NONE	—	cocaine 1,700.0 t	The InSight Take: Colombia’s Total Peace: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next? 🎭 Clan del Golfo The InSight Take: Colombia’s Total Peace: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next? Colombia’s armed groups nearly doubled in size during Gustavo Petro’s Total Peace plan. Managing Editor Deborah Bonello an…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-09-09	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	⚪ NONE	—	cocaine —	The InSight Take: Organized Crime in Brazil’s Elections The InSight Take: Organized Crime in Brazil’s Elections With Brazil’s presidential election just weeks away, public security has become a defining campaign issue. In this week’s InSight Take, InS…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-09-03	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	⚪ NONE	—	—	On the Radar: The End of Colombia’s Total Peace? On the Radar: The End of Colombia’s Total Peace? How is Colombia’s new president backing up his hardline campaign promises? Is Ecuador closing in on who ordered the most high-profile murder in its…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-08-21	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Eastern Pacific	⚪ NONE	—	cocaine —	Choneros 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa Choneros The Choneros are one of Ecuador’s most prominent criminal groups and a leading actor in the violence that has destabilized the country in recent years. The Choneros first emerged in the 1990s as a local g…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-08-20	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	—	⚪ NONE	—	—	CJNG Regional Boss ‘Tío Lako’ Evades Capture Once More 🎭 CJNG CJNG Regional Boss ‘Tío Lako’ Evades Capture Once More News that an alleged high-ranking Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG ) boss slipped through the Mexican …	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-08-13	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	⚪ NONE	—	cocaine —	Red Command (Comando Vermelho) 🎭 FARC dissidents Red Command (Comando Vermelho) The Red Command (Comando Vermelho – CV) is Brazil’s oldest criminal group. Created in a Rio de Janeiro prison in the 1970s as a self-protection group for prisoners, it started out wi…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-08-06	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Caribbean	⚪ NONE	—	marijuana —	Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) 🎭 FARC dissidents Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) The Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada – ACSN), also known as Los Pachenca, is an armed …	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-08-04	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	⚪ NONE	—	cocaine —	The InSight Take: Ecuador’s Kingpin Strategy Has Tactical Wins, but Strategic Uncertainty The InSight Take: Ecuador’s Kingpin Strategy Has Tactical Wins, but Strategic Uncertainty The capture of Ecuadorian crime boss Wilmer Chavarría, alias “Pipo,” was a major victory for President Da…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-07-30	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Pacific	⚪ NONE	—	cocaine —	On The Radar: Airstrikes Aren’t Stopping Cocaine, DEA Admits 🎭 CJNG On The Radar: Airstrikes Aren’t Stopping Cocaine, DEA Admits Have US airstrikes in the Caribbean and Pacific actually slowed the flow of cocaine? Who is “El 03,” the man the United States no…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-07-29	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	🟠 TRANSITIVE	—	—	Reshuffled or Reformed? Venezuela’s Criminal Order After Maduro 🎭 Cartel de los Soles Reshuffled or Reformed? Venezuela’s Criminal Order After Maduro The arrest of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on January 3 was an unprecedented aggression by the United States.   …	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-07-20	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	⚪ NONE	—	cocaine —	First Capital Command (PCC): Brazil’s Most Powerful Criminal Organization 🎭 FARC dissidents First Capital Command (PCC): Brazil’s Most Powerful Criminal Organization The First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) is Brazil’s largest and most powerful criminal organization, with opera…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-07-20	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Caribbean	⚪ NONE	—	marijuana —	Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) 🎭 FARC dissidents Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) The Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada – ACSN), also known as Los Pachenca, is an armed …	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-07-06	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Central America	⚪ NONE	—	cocaine —	The InSight Take: Inside Ecuador’s Chone Killers, the Latest Addition to US Terrorism List The InSight Take: Inside Ecuador’s Chone Killers, the Latest Addition to US Terrorism List The US State Department has added the Chone Killers in Ecuador to its list of foreign terrorist organizations operat…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-06-04	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	⚪ NONE	—	—	On the Radar: Trump in Colombia’s Elections, a Blow to Tren de Aragua, and Brazil’s Terrorist Tag 🎭 Tren de Aragua On the Radar: Trump in Colombia’s Elections, a Blow to Tren de Aragua, and Brazil’s Terrorist Tag What do the latest foreign terrorist designations mean for Brazil ? How does Tren de Aragua laund…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-06-02	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Caribbean	⚪ NONE	351	—	Violence Between Criminal Groups and LatAm Governments Has Risen Since Trump: Report Violence Between Criminal Groups and LatAm Governments Has Risen Since Trump: Report As US President Donald Trump attempts to sway security policy in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new report found that confro…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-06-01	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	South America	⚪ NONE	—	cocaine —	The InSight Take: PCC and Red Command— Who Loses From US Terrorist Designations in Brazil? 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa The InSight Take: PCC and Red Command— Who Loses From US Terrorist Designations in Brazil? In this week’s InSight Take, Managing Editor Deborah Bonello and Co-Director Steven Dudley discuss the r…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗
2026-05-29	OFAC_DESIGNATION	INSIGHTCRIME	Central America	⚪ NONE	—	cocaine —	Brazil’s New ‘Terrorist’ Groups – the PCC and the Red Command – Explained Brazil’s New ‘Terrorist’ Groups – the PCC and the Red Command – Explained Brazil’s two largest criminal organizations – the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC ) and the Red…	📎 insightcrime.org ↗

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