About ISSLA RISK: Independent Investigations Firm for Latin America
Established in 2009, ISSLA RISK is an independent corporate intelligence and investigations firm specializing in Mexico, South America and the Caribbean.
We provide investigative due diligence, corporate fraud investigations, asset tracing, litigation support and on-the-ground intelligence across Mexico, South America and the Caribbean.
Our clients include international law firms, litigation funders, financial institutions, investors, multinational corporations, and global intelligence and investigations firms that need reliable investigative support in the region.
Our strength lies in going beyond publicly available information.
Through established local networks, human intelligence (HUMINT), structured source enquiries, and field investigations, we help clients uncover critical information, assess hidden risks, identify assets, and navigate complex jurisdictions where official records may be incomplete, fragmented, or difficult to access.
Every engagement is tailored to the client’s specific objectives, combining investigative experience, regional knowledge, and appropriate local resources to deliver discreet, reliable, and actionable intelligence.
Intelligence Before Capital Deployment.
The people
Victor Cañete Arias
Founder and Case Direction
Directs assignments, defines the client question and oversees reporting and regional coordination.
Fernando Cañete
Marketing and Advertising
Leads the firm’s brand, communications and advertising.
Derlis Paredes
Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Caribbean Coordination
Supports local enquiries and coordination in the specified jurisdictions when the case scope and access permit.
Matías Karisteas
OSINT and Research
Supports source collection, research organisation and analyst workflows.
Alexander
Mexico Investigations
Coordinates local research, enquiries and field activity in Mexico within the agreed mandate.
Daniel Yesid
Colombia Investigations
Supports corporate records, local checks and field enquiries in Colombia.
Our Approach
Every enquiry begins with what the client has to decide, and by when.
Registries, courts and documents come first; nothing is asked of a person that a record can answer.
We look for what the record does not say, and check whether the silence matters.
Each source is weighed for proximity, motive and consistency before it supports a finding.
Confirmed facts, credible indications and open questions are reported separately.
Scope, sources and findings are shared only as the client and the law allow.
Regional Coverage
We work across Mexico, South America and the Caribbean, including the Triple Frontier and the oil-producing north of South America. Access to records, sources and field locations is confirmed jurisdiction by jurisdiction before work begins.
Who We Work With
Intelligence firms, law firms and litigation funders, corporations and investors, banks and financial institutions, insurers and reinsurers.
Our team
Responsibility has a name. Capability has a place.
Every assignment needs a person accountable for the question, the method, the evidence and the final report, backed by investigators who know each jurisdiction’s records and operating realities.
Who is responsible for your matter?
Case direction
A designated lead agrees the investigative questions and scope, coordinates the work and remains the client’s point of contact.
Local execution
Country investigators carry out the specific records, enquiries or visits they are qualified and authorised to perform.
Analysis and review
Analysts assess source reliability, reconcile discrepancies, distinguish evidence from inference and review the report before delivery.
Regional capability, organised around the mandate
- Mexico
- Local records, enquiries, field coordination and support for cross-border matters.
- Northern South America and the Caribbean
- Investigative coordination and local enquiries for matters involving Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and relevant Caribbean jurisdictions.
- Colombia
- Corporate and court research, local checks and field support where feasible.
- Triple Frontier (Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina)
- Enquiries across three legal systems and a shared commercial environment, scoped country by country.
- Research and OSINT
- Structured searches, source records, relationship mapping and evidence organisation.
- Cross-border direction
- Scope, legal and source-access questions, quality review and client reporting across the mandate.
The assignment plan confirms the specific people, locations, access and methods available. A profile on this page does not promise the same service or source access in every country.
Our working commitment
We give clients a clear point of responsibility, a defined local work plan and a report whose conclusions can be traced to the evidence. If an important fact cannot be verified, we say so and explain the practical limit.
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