La Veta is a platform of journalists, communicators and academics specialising in organised crime and human rights across Latin America.
We investigate and analyse the new ways in which political, economic and criminal powers compete for territorial control across Latin America, as well as the strategies of resistance put in place by the marginalised communities most affected.
We connect political and economic trends as well as criminal dynamics with the experiences of communities living on the margins, revealing the power dynamics reshaping Latin America.
We produce investigative journalism and analysis that brings overlooked stories to light, providing context and perspectives rooted in the communities at the centre of the changes taking place.
Argentine-British journalist, editor and researcher specialising in human rights, security and gender. She has reported from across Latin America for organisations including Amnesty International, InSight Crime, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Washington Office on Latin America, among others. She regularly writes for international media including The Guardian, Al Jazeera and El País. She divides her time between Buenos Aires, Melbourne and London.
Argentine popular educator, human rights activist and photographer specialising in human rights, popular education, children’s rights, disability and community development. He has worked with Amnesty International, CePaDeHu, the Global March Against Child Labour and the Red Epyc, among others. His work has been published by international media including The Guardian, Al Jazeera, El País and NACLA. In 2023, he was awarded UNESCO’s “Coup de cœur Canon” photography prize.
Desarrollador web y comunicador visual mexicano. Especialista en estrategias de comunicación y publicidad, ha colaborado tanto en el sector comercial como en alianza con organizaciones sociales y no gubernamentales. Desarrolla plataformas digitales para periodismo y proyectos editoriales, entre ellas In.Visibles.info. Su experiencia abarca comunicación, publicidad, manejo de marca, diseño editorial, fotografía y redes sociales.
Venezuelan investigative journalist and editor specialising in violence, human rights and organised crime. She has led investigative teams in a number of media outlets in Venezuela and worked for organisations including InSight Crime. Her work has received the Data Journalism Awards and Venezuela’s Ipys Investigative Journalism Award, as well as special recognitions at the Gabriel García Márquez, Javier Valdés and Global Shining Light Awards. She is the author of El Tren de Aragua: La banda que revolucionó el crimen organizado en América Latina.
Salvadoran investigative journalist, author and editor specialising in violence, corruption and organised crime. He worked as a reporter and editor at La Prensa Gráfica and as a senior investigator at InSight Crime. He also served as a diplomat in Washington and as a fellow at the Centre for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University. In 2014, he wrote Infiltrados: Crónica de la corrupción en la PNC de El Salvador (1993-2013) and founded Revista Factum. His work has been published by outlets including El País, Clarín and The New York Times, and he actively collaborates with Prensa Comunitaria and Divergentes, among other outlets.
Argentine investigative journalist specialising in violence and organised crime. He was a war correspondent in Afghanistan and Ukraine and now reports for national and international media from his home city of Rosario. He is the author of the books Los Monos, Rosario and Niños Sicarios. In 2015 and 2022, he received the Adepa Award for Best Investigative Journalism for his work on drug trafficking along the Santa Fe border. In 2017, he received the Konex Award for Graphic Journalism, and in 2023 he was awarded the Pluma de Honor by the National Academy of Journalism.
Douglas Farah
Investigative journalist and analyst with 40 years’ experience covering security and violence in Latin America and Africa. For two decades, he covered civil wars and transnational crime in Latin America as a correspondent for The Washington Post, receiving multiple awards for his work. Since 2005, he has worked as a consultant to think tanks and governments around the world. He is the author of two books and president of the research centre IBI Consultants. In 2025, he founded the Resilience Collaborative, an organisation studying the links between transnational organised crime, authoritarian governance and the criminal capture of states.
Chilean analyst and researcher specialising in transnational organised crime and emerging threats. He holds a degree in Public Security Administration and has 20 years’ experience as an officer with Carabineros de Chile. For more than a decade, he has worked as an analyst and field researcher across the region. He is the author of the books Un virus entre sombras. La expansión del narcotráfico y el crimen organizado and Cuando el crimen reza: Cultos, prácticas, ritos y narcoreligiosidad en el crimen organizado. He is currently a member of the Security Experts Advisory Panel of Chile’s Ministry of the Interior and Public Security, an honorary technical and advisory body, and serves as Director of Research for IBI Consultants in the Southern Cone.
Mexican documentary filmmaker and photographer specialising in human rights, migration and gender. He has produced photographic essays, films and articles on these issues including in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and Venezuela for international organisations including the Washington Office on Latin America, UNHCR, Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières, Art for Human Rights and OXFAM, among others. He has also worked in news production at Televisa, and his work has been published by The Guardian, The Washington Post, BBC Mundo and Newsweek, among others.
We are an independent media organisation. We apply for grants from foundations and organisations that support journalism projects, and we also receive individual donations. In addition, we establish partnerships with other media organisations.
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