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Sonora, Mexico Under Siege Amid Sinaloa Cartel Battle Over Migrant Smuggling
For the last 12 years, the boss of the local Sinaloa Cartel affiliate managing Sásabe left the townspeople alone and allowed them to work, local residents told InSight Crime. That all changed in October, when internal divisions over synthetic drug…
Venezuelan Gang Leaves Trail of Dead in Roraima, Brazil
Tren de Aragua, a group known for its violent methods, advances over Brazilian territory allying itself with the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) and other criminal groups.
In 2021, a wave of assassinations shocked the dwellers of Boa Vista, the capital of the northern Brazilian state of Roraima. At the beginning of the year, the corpse of Ronniel Padilla, a…
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Criminal Profiles
Groups
Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG)
The Jalisco Cartel New Generation is often considered Mexico’s most…
Cartel of the Suns
The “Cartel of the Suns” (Cartel de los Soles) is…
Personalities
Griselda Blanco, alias ‘La Madrina’
Ana Griselda Blanco Restrepo was one of the pioneers of…
Chapitos
The Chapitos are sons of former Sinaloa Cartel leader, Joaquín…
Impact
InSight Crime Investigator Interviewed in Suriname About the #NarcoFiles
The alleged relationship between the current vice president and former president of Suriname with drug trafficking, exposed by InSight Crime as part of the international…
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Suriname #NarcoFiles Sparks VP Response
InSight Crime’s analysis of the links between the Surinamese government and transnational drug trafficking was picked up by the country’s main media outlets such as…
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