Óscar Martínez, Efren Lemus, Author at InSight Crime

Catalino Mirando, owner of Acostes bus company, poses with his 9 mm pistol in his office.

The El Salvador Businessman Who Does Not Pay the Gangs

by Óscar Martínez and Efren Lemus 14 Dec 201624 Apr 2023

Gang members wearing Nike shoes

How El Salvador’s Barrio 18 Spends Extortion Money

by Efren Lemus 5 Oct 201524 Apr 2023

Barrio 18 leader "Viejo Lin"

From Extortion to Investment: The Making of Barrio 18, Inc.

by Efren Lemus 2 Oct 201524 Apr 2023

Jesus Sanabria Zamora (front, center) and other suspects

Nobody Wants to Take El Salvador’s Texis Cartel to Trial

by Efren Lemus 27 Aug 201324 Apr 2023

Argentine singer Facundo Cabral was murdered in Guatemala

‘Repollo’ and the Murderer of Facundo Cabral in the Same Narco-Network

by Efren Lemus 22 Aug 201324 Apr 2023

Using a Town Councilor to Get to the Texis Cartel

by Efren Lemus, Sergio Arauz, Óscar Martínez and Carlos Dada 19 Jul 201224 Apr 2023