Hector Silva, Author at InSight Crime

Investigations El Salvador

How an MS13 Clique in El Salvador Took a Cocaine Corridor

by Hector Silva, Victoria Dittmar and Alicia Florez 23 Mar 20214 Oct 2023

São Paulo, Paraguay and Beyond: The PCC’s Growing Power

by Angela Olaya and Hector Silva 12 Feb 202024 Apr 2023

The Terrorist Who Worked for the US

by Hector Silva 14 Jun 201824 Apr 2023

Bishop Gregorio Rosa ChÃ¡vez

Brief

El Salvador Church Offers to Mediate Resolution With Gangs

by Hector Silva 17 Jan 201724 Apr 2023

Courting El Salvador’s Puppet Master

by Hector Silva 29 Dec 201524 Apr 2023

Rances Ulises Amaya, alias 'Murder' or 'Blue'

The MS13’s Prostitution Rings in the United States

by Hector Silva 22 Jul 201524 Apr 2023

A younger Munguia Payes (left) and Molina Montoya

El Salvador: A Murder, A Bogus Investigation, An Army Cover-Up?

by Hector Silva 25 Sep 201424 Apr 2023

Colonel Carlos Rivas Najarro

Murder of Colonel’s Son Raises Questions Over Role of El Salvador’s Military

by Hector Silva 24 Sep 201424 Apr 2023

US Federal Agents Go After Texis Cartel Leader ‘Chepe Diablo’

by Hector Silva 22 Jul 201424 Apr 2023

Chepe Luna is welcomed by family in 2012

The Corrupt Legacy of El Salvador Trafficker ‘Chepe Luna’

by Hector Silva 10 Jul 201424 Apr 2023

Alias "Medio Millon," arrested in May 2012

The Many Faces of MS-13 Arms Supplier ‘Medio Millon’

by Hector Silva 25 Jul 201324 Apr 2023

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