What the Zetas-Gulf Split Reveals About the Sinaloa Cartel’s Civil War

The Drug Enforcement Agency describes the Sinaloa Cartel as “one of Mexico’s oldest criminal organizations, and one of the most violent and prolific polydrug-trafficking cartels in the world.” Based in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the modern iteration of the…

Defending the Defenseless: Protecting Women in the DRC Amid Rising Rebel Violence

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has long been a battleground for competing rebel factions, with women bearing the brunt of the violence. The recent attack on Munzenze prison in Goma on February 5, 2025, stands as a grim…