Henry Shuldiner, Author at InSight Crime

Children walking to school in Cauca, Colombia

Colombian Armed Groups Continue Recruiting Children Amid Peace Talks

by Henry Shuldiner and Luisa Maria Acosta 14 Nov 202314 Nov 2023

A rebel of the dissident Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia stands next to a flag during the release of hostage and Colombian Army soldier Juan David Estrada, in Tacueyo, southwest Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Estrada was handed over to a delegation of the International Red Cross as a peace gesture to the government of Colombia. (AP Photo/Andres Quintero)

News Colombia Peace

Colombia’s Total Peace May Be Unraveling

by Henry Shuldiner and Lara Loaiza 7 Nov 202316 Nov 2023

The Port of Buenaventura

News Colombia Peace

In Strategic Colombian Port, Gangs Await Total Peace

by Sergio Saffon, Luisa Maria Acosta and Henry Shuldiner 12 Oct 202313 Oct 2023

UN Peacekeepers surveil a street corner while a man pushes a wheelbarrow in the background.

UN-Backed Haiti Force Unlikely to Root Out Gangs

by Henry Shuldiner 4 Oct 202313 Oct 2023

Alias chhupeta transformation collage

News

Changing Faces: Sinaloa Cartel’s Longtime Colombia-Connect Sentenced to Prison

by Henry Shuldiner 18 Aug 202313 Oct 2023

a Colombian army sergeant and her two children in Arauca on July 3 with members of the ELN after the guerilla group kidnapped them in previous days

News Colombia Peace

Kidnappings Surge in Colombia Amid ELN Peace Negotiations

by Henry Shuldiner 18 Jul 20236 Nov 2023

Three men give a press conference in front of bags of seized cocaine.

News Cocaine Europe

Cocaine Seizures Spike in Sweden as Traffickers Seek Secondary Routes

by Henry Shuldiner 8 Jun 202313 Oct 2023

This photo shows ex-Guatemalan Colonel Otto Fernando Godoy Cordón led away by Guatemalan authorities.

Guatemala Ex-Colonel Says Military Helped CJNG Run Drugs

by Henry Shuldiner 24 May 202313 Oct 2023

Two men holding a drone modified to carry explosives in Mexico.

News La Familia Michoacana

Mexico Drone Attacks Spike After CJNG, Familia Michoacana Alliance

by Henry Shuldiner 22 May 202313 Oct 2023

A street mural of Junior Roldan in Ecuador

News

Ecuador’s Choneros To Fragment Further After Ex-Leader’s Murder

by Chris Dalby and Henry Shuldiner 10 May 202313 Oct 2023

A man armed with a machete on a street in Port-au-Prince.

Haiti’s Anti-Gang Vigilantes May Pose Future Criminal Threat

by Henry Shuldiner 9 May 202313 Oct 2023

Aerial view on the malecon of Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco Mexico

News Jalisco Cartel

CJNG Reaps Revenues From Tourist Real Estate Scam in Mexico

by Henry Shuldiner 3 May 202313 Oct 2023

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