rmed men ambushed a group of gold miners near the Corre Gente mine in the municipality of Sifontes, near to Venezuela’s border with Guyana.
NEWS
US Guns Flow into Haiti, Fuel Gang Violence
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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30 NOV 2021
A string of US citizens and residents accused of smuggling weapons into Haiti underscores how guns purchased in the United States are a source of illegal weapons in a country…
NEWS
3 Security Takeaways from Xiomara Castro's Historic Win in Honduras
COVID AND CRIME
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30 NOV 2021
Leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro appears to have ridden a wave of outrage to become Honduras' next president, beating out her right-wing rival in the ruling party, which has come…
NEWS
Costa Rica Sabotaging Own Efforts to Protect Vulnerable Sharks
COSTA RICA
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29 NOV 2021
A new report has suggested that recent progress made in Costa Rica to protect its abundant shark and turtle populations has been reversed due to recent commercial decisions. …
NEWS
Synthetic Drugs Flood California Crossing of US-Mexico Border
FENTANYL
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26 NOV 2021
A record seizure of methamphetamine and fentanyl at a US-Mexico border crossing near San Diego underscores how this corner has become a major smuggling corridor for synthetic drugs.
NEWS
Five Years into Colombia Peace Process, Ex-FARC Fighters Continue to Flee
COLOMBIA
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26 NOV 2021
Alerts of the mass displacement of ex-combatants in Meta, due to the deteriorating security situation in the department, warn of the ongoing challenges that persist in Colombia five years after…
NEWS
In Contested Zulia and Táchira, Violence Mars Venezuelan Elections
COLECTIVOS
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25 NOV 2021
Under the view of international observers, elections in Venezuela this weekend showed low levels of interference by armed groups or organized crime.
NEWS
Mexico Criminals Target Kindergarten After Huge Lottery Earnings
DISPLACEMENT
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24 NOV 2021
Winning a lottery prize of close to $1 million should have been a positive, life-changing event for a kindergarten and its community in Chiapas, Mexico. It was anything but.
NEWS
Costa Rica's Devil - Bloody Drug Feud Catches Authorities Off Guard
COCAINE
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24 NOV 2021
An unusually drawn-out feud between two rival gangs in northern Costa Rica has left over 150 people dead in five years, with authorities making a renewed push to end the…
NEWS
Extortionists Copycat Argentina's Monos Gang
ARGENTINA
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23 NOV 2021
A criminal borrowed the surname of the imprisoned Monos gang boss to receive extortion payments from businesses in the Argentine city of Rosario – a play that smacks of a…
NEWS
Murder, Drugs, God and Crypto - The Downfall of Brazil's Pharaoh of Bitcoins
BRAZIL
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22 NOV 2021
For the last few weeks, the twists and turns in the case of the Pharaoh of Bitcoins have constantly made headlines.
US Guns Flow into Haiti, Fuel Gang Violence
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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30 NOV 2021
Extortionists Copycat Argentina's Monos Gang
ARGENTINA
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23 NOV 2021
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Long-time leader, Otoniel, President Iván Duque said the gang's "days were numbered." But is that accurate?…
COLOMBIA
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1 NOV 2021
At around 11 p.m. on April 6, 2020, Lieutenant Colonel Ernesto Solís was returning to the military base he commanded near the town of Tumeremo in the eastern Venezuela state…
ELITES AND CRIME
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17 NOV 2021
The Colombian guerrillas have won a battle against the Venezuelan military in the state of Apure. But they will never win the war. Nevertheless, the fighting made one thing clear:…
EX-FARC MAFIA
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13 OCT 2021
On November 5, 2019, threatening pamphlets appeared on the streets of El Callao, a mining town in Venezuela's eastern state of Bolívar.
ELITES AND CRIME
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17 NOV 2021
Though the amount of coca in Peru has been the subject of recent debate, reports indicate that coca crops have increased and are spreading.
COCA
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4 NOV 2021
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