Latin America faces a dual pressure: transnational criminal organizations adopting advanced technologies and foreign states with mass data collection capabilities. This 'technological leveling' grants criminal groups capabilities historically exclusive to states. According to Víctor Ruiz, founder of SILIKN in Mexico, 'criminal organizations move faster than governments.' While the use of neurodata by criminal organizations is still incipient, experts warn that the convergence of AI, biometrics, and neural analysis could become a tool for control, blackmail, or manipulation. In response, artificial intelligence also emerges as a defensive tool. Colombia's National Police, in cooperation with Amazon Web Services, implemented predictive systems that significantly reduced response times and improved accuracy in identifying criminal patterns. The response, analysts agree, must be technological, legal, and cooperative, in a race where the speed of adaptation will define the balance of power in the region.
