On April 3, 2021, police in the east Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui acted on a tip-off to intercept a silver Toyota Corolla. They interrogated the driver, a middle-aged woman accompanied…
NEWS
How Colombia's Criminal Groups Are Preparing for Presidential Elections
COCAINE
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27 MAY 2022
Colombia has gone from a peaceful election in 2018 to a violent electoral process in 2022, with the increase in violence explained in part by the ongoing reconfiguration of criminal…
NEWS
The Fall of Gentil Duarte – What Does It Mean for Colombia?
COLOMBIA
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26 MAY 2022
Until his death, Gentil Duarte was the most-wanted man in Colombia and one of South America's leading drug traffickers.
NEWS
Memo Fantasma's Wife Faces Potential Money Laundering Charges
COLOMBIA
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26 MAY 2022
Prosecutors in Colombia held a hearing with the partner of alleged drug trafficker Guillermo León Acevedo, alias "Memo Fantasma," on possible money laundering charges, making her the third family member…
NEWS
Betrayals, In-Fighting, Mysteriously Vanished Leader - Is Jalisco Cartel on the Brink?
EL MENCHO
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25 MAY 2022
The CJNG’s reign as Mexico’s most dominant and ruthless cartel may be showing some signs of wear.
NEWS
Ransomware Built in Venezuela Used to Target Institutions Across Latin America
CYBERCRIME
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24 MAY 2022
A doctor operating out of Bolívar City, Venezuela has been charged with designing, operating and selling ransomware tools to a whole host of criminal actors.
NEWS
High Gas Prices Make Fuel Theft Profitable in Mexico
MEXICO
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23 MAY 2022
Mexico is seeing a rapid spike in oil theft across much of the country, with observers divided as to whether high gas prices have led to more robberies, or vice…
NEWS
Costa Rica's Limón Province Becomes Murder and Drug Trafficking Center
COCAINE
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23 MAY 2022
Killings linked to drug trafficking disputes are soaring in Costa Rica’s Caribbean province of Limón, as surging cocaine flows and legacies of gang violence continue to undermine stability in one…
NEWS
Bogotá's Microtrafficking Gangs Fuel Killings and Torture in Post-Pandemic Boom
COLOMBIA
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23 MAY 2022
A reconfiguration of the groups that control micro-trafficking in Colombia’s capital city is responsible for the series of macabre homicides reported in Bogotá over the last six weeks.
NEWS
Pedro Juan Caballero – The Descent into Madness of a Paraguay Border Town
ELITES AND CRIME
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20 MAY 2022
Political assassinations, record drug seizures, gang wars – an avalanche of criminal concerns in Paraguay are coalescing around the city of Pedro Juan Caballero on the border with Brazil.
NEWS
Uruguay's Microtrafficking Approach Under Question as Homicides Jump
DRUG POLICY
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20 MAY 2022
A spate of gang-related killings has caused panic in a marginalized area of Uruguay’s capital of Montevideo, raising debate about the alleged success of the country’s hardening security strategies.
Featured Reporting and Analysis
Cattle from Mexico and the Central American nations of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua help feed the domestic beef markets of each of these countries. The processed byproducts of some of…
CONTRABAND
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18 MAY 2022
Ranchers from Mexico's eastern state of Veracruz know a way to buy cheap cattle: Drive to a remote part of the Chiapas-Guatemala border and purchase cows being brought illegally across…
CONTRABAND
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18 MAY 2022
In 2016, two adopted nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro were found guilty of a conspiracy to bring 800 kilograms of cocaine into the United States.
CARTEL OF THE SUNS
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2 MAY 2022
the jungle region known as La Mosquitia in northeast Honduras has been an ideal corridor for international drug trafficking. However, another criminal economy has emerged at the same time: illegal…
COCAINE
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18 MAY 2022
In 2020, the US Department of Justice released a bombshell indictment charging sitting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other senior members of his government with “narco-terrorism” and accusing them of…
CARTEL OF THE SUNS
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2 MAY 2022
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On May 4, InSight Crime launched its latest investigation, Venezuela’s Cocaine Revolution¸ accompanied by a virtual panel on its findings. The takeaways from this three-year effort, including the fact that Venezuela…
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On May 4, InSight Crime will be publishing The Cocaine Revolution in Venezuela, a groundbreaking investigation into how the Venezuelan government regulates the cocaine trade in the country. An accompanying event,…
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Ever since Juan Orlando Hernández was elected president of Honduras in 2014, InSight Crime has provided coverage of every twist and turn during his rollercoaster time in office, amid growing…
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Venezuela's Cocaine Revolution
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On May 4th, InSight Crime will publish a groundbreaking investigation on drug trafficking in Venezuela. A product of three years of field research across the country, the study uncovers cocaine production in…
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Widespread Coverage of InSight Crime MS13 Investigation
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In a joint investigation with La Prensa Gráfica, InSight Crime recently revealed that four of the MS13’s foremost leaders had been quietly released from…